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• Birth	21 Oct 1831	Hattem   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1847  [2]
  Immigration	Lake Michigan, USA
  Died	21 Nov 1847	Lake Michigan, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I44727	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

• 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.
  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 - 21 Oct 1831 - Hattem Immigration - - Lake Michigan, USA Died - 21 Nov 1847 - Lake Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	= Address   = Location   = City/Town   = County/Shire   = State/Province   = Country   = Not Set




• Sources

  J.H. Wissink: Emigrants from the province of Overijssel in 1847 on board of the Phoenix. Phoenix documentatie.