Family Tree of DeGraaff generation 11
Descendants of Jacob de Graaff
Latest update performed on September 19, 2020.
11.2. Cornelius DeGraaff, son of Cornelis DeGraaff, was born on July 12, 1911 in Cook County, Illinois.
Cornelius married Agnes Margaret Donohue, daughter of John Joseph Donohue (of Irish parents) and Dora Dorothy Wessel(s) (of German grandparents), on October 05, 1935 in Saint Josephs Church, Hoboken, New Jersey. Agnes was born on July 8, 1910 in Hoboken and christened on August 14, 1910 in St Joseph’s Church, Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey. She passed away on September 27, 1958 in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, Bergen, New Jersey.
The couple raised the following children:
12.1. [F] (i) Living
12.2. [F] (ii) Living
12.3. [M] (iii) Living
12.4. [F] (iv) Mary DeGraaff passed away in 1945 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey.
A family photo taken in 1938 showing from left to right:
Cornelis DeGraaff Sr. and his wife Cornelia (VanderVoort), their daughter i/l Agnes (Donohue) and her husband Cornelius DeGraaff Jr. holding their first born child.
11.5. Henry DeGraaff, son of John DeGraaff, was born on October 25, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2009, in Fullerton, California at the age of 98 and was buried on Wednesday March 11, 2009 at the Dakota City Cemetery.
Henri married Treva J. Chapman, daughter of Carl L. Chapman and Mary E. Churchill, on August 18, 1940 in Mapleton, Iowa. Treva was born on may 20, 1921 in Homer, Nebraska. She passed away on March 20, 2004 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.
The couple raised the following children:
12.5. [F] (i) Bonny Jean DeGraaff was born on October 24, 1943 in Sioux City, Iowa. She passed away at te age of 76 on January 25, 2020 in Fullerton, California.
Bonny married Fay E. Warren, son of Lee B. Warren and E. Lamoyle Warren, on October 12, 1962 in Dakota City, Nebraska. Fay was born on August 30, 1944 in Sioux City, Iowa. He passed away on May 12, 2005 in Fullerton, California.
Fay and Bonny raised 3 children. Fay and Bonnie were preceeded in death by their son Scott Warren who was born on April 26, 1963 in Pender, Nebraska. He passed away at the age of 19 on January 8, 1983 in Oakland, Nebraska.
12.6. [M] (ii) Michael DeGraaff passed away within a day of his birth on April 30, 1945 in Sioux City, Iowa.
12.7. [F] (iii) Lauretta M. DeGraaff was born on May 10, 1946 in Sioux City, Iowa. She passed away on October 22, 2010 in Thurston, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA. Lauretta married {Living}. She is survived by her husband, 2 sons and 6 grandchildren.
Obituary in The Pender Times.
Family Tree of DeGraaff generation 11
11.7. Niel DeGraaff (Neal DeGraff), son of John DeGraaff, was born on August 14, 1913 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. He passed away at the age of 89 on April 1, 2003 Turlock, Stanislaus, California.
Niel married Florence Ethel Bock, daughter of George Fredrick Bock and Odessa Minnie Ewing, on August 16, 1937 in Union, South Dakota. Ethel was born May 23, 1920 in Allen, Dixon, Nebraska. She passed away at the age of 79 on April 5, 2000 in Turlock as well and is also buried in Turlock Memorial Park with her husband.
The couple raised the following children:
12.8. [M] (i) Living
12.9. [M] (ii) Living
12.9. [F] (iii) Beverly Joice DeGraff was born on November 29, 1938 in Mapleton, Iowa. She passed away, only 2 days old, on December 1, 1938 in Luton, Woodbury Co., Iowa.
Death Certificate of Beverly Joice DeGraff
12.10. [M] (iv) Living, widower.
He married his late wife Dorothy Jean Pollard on March 19, 1975 in Carson City, Nevada. Dorothy was born August 10, 1938 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California and passed away at the age of 70 on April 18, 2009 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California.
12.11. [M] (v) Living
11.10. John DeGraaff, son of John DeGraaff, was born on April 12, 1921 in Lester, Lion Co., Iowa. John served in WWII with enlistments on 25 July 1944 and 19 June 1946. He passed away at the age of 71 on November 17, 1992 in Turlock, Stanislaus, California and was buried on November 27, 1992 in Gustine, Merced County, California.
John married Alice Ellen Hubert on 24 January 1984 in Clark, Nevada. Alice was born 5 March 1923 in Atchison, Kansas and passed away 23 May 2000 in Turlock, Stanislaus, California and is buried in Turlock Memorial Park.
The couple raised the following child:
12.12. [F] (i) Living
11.15. Henry Jacob DeGraaff, son of Henry Jacob DeGraaff, was born on October 17, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. He passed away at the age of 72 on December 21, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Henry J. married Harriet Geraldine Waterkamp, daughter of Henry Waterkamp and Tillie van der Mark, on February 10, 1940 in Wisconsin. Harriet was born on March 15, 1920 in Hengelo, Overijssel prov., The Netherlands. She passed away on March 19, 2008 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The couple raisedd 7 children, all living.
11.21. Henry Jacob DeGraaff, son of Jacob DeGraaff, was born on April 21, 1932 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. He passed away at the age of 82 on August 2, 2014 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.
Henry married (1) Gloria Jean Taylor, daughter of Edmond J. Taylor and Arlene Seymour, on April 7, 1951 in Paris, Kent, Michigan. Gloria was born on December 4, 1934 in Schaffer, Delta, Michigan and she passed away on December 19, 2003 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan and sheis buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids. She and Henry divorced sometime in the early 1960’s.
Henry married (2) Patricia Karston in 1964.
Henry was the father of 5 children, 3 by Gloria and 2 stepchildren.
Family Tree of DeGraaff generation 11
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