ID: I503
Name: Gerardus "Gerart" Schuurmans
Sex: M
Birth: 24 Apr 1829 in Oss, Noord-Brabant, Neth.
Death: 19 Oct 1898 in Wisconsin
Change Date: 27 Jan 2009
Note: Birthdate of 24 Apr 1829 from private Oss database (Oss civil records show birth recorded 25 Apr 1829).
1870 census for Oconto, Wisconsin P. 16 line 4: age 40, living alone (no wife) with sister Nicolasina and her family.
1880 census for Oconto, Wisconsin E.D. 106 P. 50 line 11: age 51, boarder, works in sawmill, living alone (no wife).
Tombstone in Oconto Catholic cemetery - Gerart Schurman d. 19 Oct 1898 age 68 yrs.
1900 census for Oconto, Wisconsin E.D. 143 P. 161A line 1 family 202: Sherman, Rosa, age 52, b. Sept 1847 in Belgium, widowed, 3 children 2 living, f/m b. Belgium, imm. 1883; Mary(?), age 13, b. Apr 1887in Wisconsin, f/m b. Holland/Belgium; Addie (daughter), age 11, b. Oct 1888 in Wisconsin, f/m b. Holland/Belgium.
1910 census for Oconto. Addie is now Edward, age 21. 1900 census was in error...
Father: Johannes Hendrik "Jan" Schuurmans c: 02 Jul 1787 in Oss, Noord-Brabant, Neth.
Mother: Maria Zegers c: 24 Jun 1800 in Oss, Noord-Brabant, Neth.
Marriage 1
Rosalie Engels b: Sep 1847 in Belgium
Children
John Schuurmans b: 25 Dec 1885 in Stiles, Wisconsin Mary Schuurmans b: Apr 1887 in Oconto?, Wisconsin Edward Schuurmans | Sherman b: Oct 1888 in Oconto?, Wisconsin | |