Gijs John Peters, 18701959 (aged 88 years)

Name
Gijs John /Peters/
Given names
Gijs John
Nickname
Guy
Surname
Peters
Birth
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Death of a brother
Death of a brother
Death of a paternal grandmother
Citation details: Record 188
Marriage
Death of a sister
Cause: Tuberculosis
Birth of a son
Death of a mother
Cause: Tuberculosis
Note: Died in her home at Lipke farm
Birth of a son
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Birth Records 12A/784
Death of a brother
Cause: Cancer of the liver and gall bladder
Death of a father
Death of a wife
Cause: Heart attack
Burial of a wife
Address: Alta Mesa, Santa Clara Co, California, USA
Note: Her ashes were mailed to Louis Garbin in Horicon, Wis.
Death of a brother
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Address: Twin Falls Cemetery
Death of a brother
Cause: Bronchial pneumonia
Death of a brother
Burial of a father
Address: Twin Falls Cemetery
Burial of a mother
Note: Does not have Geertje's name on the tombstone but instead notes she was the "wife of" Jan Peters.

Does not have Geertje's name on the tombstone but instead notes she was the "wife of" Jan Peters.

Translated it says: Dutch "Vrouw van: English "Wife of" instead of her given name.

Death
Cause of death: Heart attack
Burial
Address: Greenwood Memorial Gardens
Family with parents
father
Johannes Peters
18291923
Birth: March 9, 1829 26 20 Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
Death: February 28, 1923Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, Idaho, USA
mother
Geertje Bronkhorst Peters
18331905
Birth: March 12, 1833 32 29 Uddel, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: February 13, 1905Chester, Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
Marriage MarriageSeptember 2, 1853Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
6 months
elder brother
Lambert Peters
18541916
Birth: February 26, 1854 24 20 Hoog Soeren, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: January 10, 1916Waupun, Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
3 years
elder brother
1856
Birth: November 13, 1856 27 23 Hoog Soeren, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: Netherlands
3 years
elder sister
18591895
Birth: July 9, 1859 30 26 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: December 27, 1895Trenton, Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
4 years
elder brother
Gerrit Peters
18631945
Birth: July 25, 1863 34 30 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: February 14, 1945Waupun, Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
9 months
elder brother
18641950
Birth: April 27, 1864 35 31 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: about 1950Brandon, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin, USA
22 months
elder brother
John Peters
1866
Birth: February 27, 1866 36 32 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
23 months
elder brother
Juliaan Peters
18681944
Birth: January 19, 1868 38 34 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: June 7, 1944Flandreau, Moody Co, South Dakota, USA
3 years
himself
Guy Peters
18701959
Birth: July 28, 1870 41 37 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: February 6, 1959Grass Valley, Nevada Co, California, USA
3 years
younger brother
Henry Peters
18731944
Birth: February 27, 1873 43 39 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: December 27, 1944Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, Idaho, USA
3 years
younger brother
Cornelis Peters
18751960
Birth: December 6, 1875 46 42 Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: February 19, 1960Milwaukie, Clackamas Co, Oregon, USA
2 years
younger brother
18781878
Birth: February 11, 1878 23 26 Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: June 9, 1878Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
Family with Louise (Lizzie) DeWitz
himself
Guy Peters
18701959
Birth: July 28, 1870 41 37 Het Loo, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death: February 6, 1959Grass Valley, Nevada Co, California, USA
wife
Louise DeWitz 1876
18761937
Birth: June 1, 1876 Horicon, Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
Death: June 15, 1937Alta Mesa, Santa Clara Co, California, USA
Marriage MarriageApril 17, 1895Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
13 years
son
Delmar Peters
19081982
Birth: May 8, 1908 37 31 Waupun, Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
Death: November 15, 1982Newark, Alameda Co, California, USA
-12 years
son
Louis Henry Peters
18961968
Birth: May 4, 1896 25 19 Dodge Co, Wisconsin, USA
Death: October 21, 1968Sacramento, Sacramento Co, California, USA
Source citation
Text:

Family pictures received from Linda Peters.

Note

Dutch pronunciation of Gjis is Gish.
The 1910 census lists Guy as living in Chester Township, Dodge Co, occupation as farmer.
Guy will move to Twin Falls summer of 1910.
Guy was the builder who build most of Amsterdam.
Guy and Louise moved to CA before 1914.
1920 census lists Guy living in Oakland township, occupation carpenter.
1930 census lists Guy as living at San Mateo, renting next door to Delmar and Dorothy Peters, occupation carpenter.
After 1930 lived at 1154 College Avenue, Palo Alto.

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