Arrived in Canada in May of 1911 with her sister, Reijerte, her brother-in-law, Cornelius Vandersteen, and several other members of the Grift and Vandersteen families.
An account of her life and that of her family as pioneers in the Marble Ridge / Fisher Branch area of Manitoba is available in the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982), pp 386 to 389
An excerpt from the volume "Hills of Home - Treasured Memories of Bruxelles", which provides some details of her birth family's life in the area:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3079011#page/298/mode/1up/search/grift
- Sister, Reijertje "Reika", married to her brother-in-law, Cornelius Vandersteen
Further:
Her maiden name is "van der Grift" is some of the Dutch records.
Netherlands Birth Registration #28752810
MB Marriage Registration #1913,019075, as "Gresbertus Van Der Steene" and "Cornelia Grift"
With contributions from Karen Hanna
Arrived in Canada in May of 1911 with her sister, Reijerte, her brother-in-law, Cornelius Vandersteen, and several other members of the Grift and Vandersteen families.
An account of her life and that of her family as pioneers in the Marble Ridge / Fisher Branch area of Manitoba is available in the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982), pp 386 to 389
An excerpt from the volume "Hills of Home - Treasured Memories of Bruxelles", which provides some details of her birth family's life in the area:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3079011#page/298/mode/1up/search/grift
- Sister, Reijertje "Reika", married to her brother-in-law, Cornelius Vandersteen
Further:
Her maiden name is "van der Grift" is some of the Dutch records.
Netherlands Birth Registration #28752810
MB Marriage Registration #1913,019075, as "Gresbertus Van Der Steene" and "Cornelia Grift"
With contributions from Karen Hanna
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