Van Roekel Documents Library

The documents listed below contain a mixture of census, passenger lists, military service, birth and death records, obituaries, newspaper articles, and other references that have been found during research on this family. You may download for your use.
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Jan Harmsen's Birth Record (in Dutch) Grada's death record (in Dutch) Jan Harmsen and Grada Jansen marriage record (in Dutch) 1865 SS Belgian passenger list 1865 Castle Garden immigration record for Jan Harmsen Van Roekel family Jan Harmsen Van Roekel's will Abraham Van Roekel's birth record Abraham Van Roekel's 1901 patent Abraham Van Roekel's 1913 patent Abraham and Nennetje's* son Johannes death and obituary Abraham and Nennetje's son Johannes death announcement in Pella newspaper (in Dutch) Abraham and Nennetje Van Roekel's Obituaries Abraham Van Roekel's will 1940 George Van Roekel family census record Death certificate for George and Fannie Van Roekel's second daughter Nancy (1st Nancy) A very impressive Van Roekel genealogy can be found at the website of Gijs Van Roekel of Maarn, Netherlands. The pedigree of the Van Roekels in this story is found in the line of Derck Backer (Van Roekel) at Gijs's website here. *Nennetje Van Roekel's (van de Krol) plague ship immigration story