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Martin Van Wyk

Male 1915 - 1945  (29 years)


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  • Name Martin Van Wyk  [1, 2, 3
    Born 13 Oct 1915  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1920  Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1930  Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 11 Feb 1945  Manila, Manila, Philippines Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Pfc in 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division, died 11 Feb 1945; Monument: Fort William Mckinley in Manila
    Martin Van Wyk WWII Monument
    Martin Van Wyk WWII Monument
    Person ID I457  Terug in de Tijd
    Last Modified 30 May 2023 

    Father Arend Ernest Van Wyk,   b. 3 Dec 1884, Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1937, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jennette Jennie G Brummels,   b. 16 Sep 1886, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1940, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 3 Jun 1908  Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage of Ernest Van Wyk and Jennie Brummels
    Marriage of Ernest Van Wyk and Jennie Brummels
    Record Number 2403; license date 3 Jun 1908; GROOM: Ernest Van Wyk, 23, white, residing Grand Rapids, born Netherlands, Laborer, parents John Van Wyk and Cornelia Bloomberg, no prior marriages; BRIDE: Jennie Burmmels, 21, white, residing Grand Rapids, born Grand Rapids, no occupation, parents William Brummels and Gertie Van Oeveren, no prior marriages; married 3 Jun 1908 at Grand Rapids by Y.? P. De Jong, Minister; witnesses Thomas Van Wyk [Ernest's brother] and Nettie Brummerls of Grand Rapids
    Family ID F173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living de Haan 
    Last Modified 30 May 2023 
    Family ID F165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Oct 1915 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Feb 1945 - Manila, Manila, Philippines Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Martin Van Wyk WWII Monument
    Martin Van Wyk WWII Monument

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago C;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan; Roll: T625_778; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 79; Image: 1033.
      Birth date: abt 1916
      Birth place: Michigan
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=40308249&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan; Roll: T625_778; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 79; Image: 1033.


    2. [S11] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; Roll: 1003; Page: 31B; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 359.0.
      Birth date: abt 1917
      Birth place:
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=10294655&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; Roll: 1003; Page: 31B; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 359.0.


    3. [S60] World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, National Archives and Records Administration, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or ;).
      Death date: Feb 11 1945
      Death place: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, The Philippines
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ww2korint&h=147922&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt