1839 - 1906

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• Birth	05 Mar 1839	Hattem   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1847  [2]
  Immigration	Milwaukee, MI
  Occupation	schoenmaker
  Died	07 Jun 1906	Milwaukee   [3]
  Person ID	I44722	Population of Aalten, Bredevoort, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk
  Last Modified	09 Mar 2009
  Father	Gerrit Geerlings,   c. 01 Jan 1803, Meppel ,   d. 1884, Milwaukee, WI
  Mother	Aaltien de Vries,   b. 13 Dec 1804, Zwolle ,   d. (7-1885), Milwaukee
  Married	23 Jun 1825	Zwolle
  Family ID	F12492	Group Sheet
  Family	Maria Veenendaal
  Married	03 Mar 1870	Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, WI   [4]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F12512	Group Sheet

• Letters		Letter from John Geerlings to William O Van Eyck Letter by John Geerlings to William O Van Eyck telling the story of how his grandfather and his family survived the Phoenix disaster on Lake Michigan on November 21, 1847.
  Newspaper clippings		Ad for Ironworks, by J. Geerlings (Nieuwsbode, 1860)
  Background articles		Gerrit Geerlings and Aaltien de Vries
  Groups		Passengers on the Phoenix. On November 21, 1847, the propeller Phoenix perished on Lake Michigan, a couple of miles off the shore from Sheboygan. About 250 people died and only 43 people survived. Most of the passengers were Dutch immigrants. See Yvette's Dutch Genealogy Homepage for more information about the disaster.

• Event Map		Event Birth - 05 Mar 1839 - Hattem Immigration - - Milwaukee, MI Died - 07 Jun 1906 - Milwaukee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	= Address   = Location   = City/Town   = County/Shire   = State/Province   = Country   = Not Set




• Sources

  corresp. van Eyck 1940-22/61, J.H. Wissink: Emigrants from Overijssel, etc.. Phoenix documentatie. corresp. van Eyck 1940-22/61. Milwaukee County marriages, Milwaukee Public Library, http://content.mpl.org.