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Rookus family history

The Rookus family in the Dylan Slagh family tree: 22 deceased and historical people born or recorded between 1771 and 1904, in Zaamslag, Zeeland; Zeeland, Michigan; Holland, Michigan; Beaverdam, Michigan. The earliest recorded is Pieter Rookus (1771–1823), Oostburg, Zeeland.

People named Rookus

1700s

• Pieter Rookus (1771–1823) — Oostburg, Zeeland

1800s

• Johanna Rookus (1822–1826) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jacoba Rookus (1823–1887) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Pieter Rookus (1826–1836) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Janna Rookus (1827–1828) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jan Rookus (1830–1831) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Johanna Rookus (1832–1881) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jacobus Rookus (1833–1833) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jacobus Rookus (born 1835) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Neeltje Rookus (1836–1837) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Pieter Rookus (1838–1914) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Neeltje Rookus (born 1839) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Female Rookus (1841–1841) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jan Rookus (1842–1842) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Male Rookus (1845–1845) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jacob Rookus (1847–1922) — Zaamslag, Zeeland
• Jacob Rookus (1878–1948) — Holland, Michigan
• Nellie Rookus (1879–1949)
• Maggie Rookus (1880–1956) — Holland, Michigan
• Minnie Rookus (1884–1967) — Holland, Michigan
• Hattie Rookus (1893–1967) — Holland, Michigan

1900s

• Ada Martha Rookus (1904–1967) — Michigan

Original records

Saved copies of records that mention Rookus people:

• 1910: 1910 census sheet 1A, Holland Twp ED 164 (Rookus, Bos and other households)
• 1920: 1920 census sheet 13A, Holland Twp (Rookus, Bos and other households)
• 1922: Michigan death certificate of Jacob Rookus, Zeeland, Ottawa County, 1922
• 1925: 1925 Michigan Department of Health marriage register page (Ottawa County) including Tony Slagh's marriage
• 1933: Michigan death certificate of Adrianna Rookus, Zeeland, Ottawa County
• 1948: Michigan death certificate of Jacob Rookus, East Grand Rapids, Kent County

Connected families

Rookus people married into, or descend from, these families: Rook, Pyl, Bos, Castel, Koelenhoek, Slagh.

Source: the Dylan Slagh family tree, built from an Ancestry tree and checked against original records where possible. Details can be wrong, especially older ones. Living people and people without verified dates are not shown on this site.