Father: Matthijs Knoop, son of Adrianus Knoop & Catharina van Strijen, b. 1826-d. 1 Sep 1887 Rotterdam. Age 61

Mother: Jannetjen Booij, dau of Jan Hendriks Booij & Antonia Koldewijn b. 1831-d. 3 Jan 1912 Rotterdam, Age 81

Marriage of parents: 19 Jul 1854 in Rotterdam. Matthijs was age 29 and Jannetjen age 23

DUTCH BIRTH RECORD
Kind Adrianus Knoop
Vader Matthijs Knoop
Moeder Jannetjen Booij
Gebeurtenis Geboorte
Datum 16-12-1862
Zuid-Holland, Rotterdam

SIBLINGS:
Matthijs Knoop b. 6 Sep 1855-d. 27 Sep 1855 Age 21d
Jan Hendrik Knoop b. 21 Jul 1856-d. 22 Jul 1856 Age 2d
Jan Hendrik Knoop b. 2 Sep 1857-8 Oct 1898 Age 41 (Wife Maria Theresia Viaene)
Antonia Knoop b. 7 Aug 1859-23 Jul 1891 Age 31 (Husb. Cornelis Augustinus Yark)
Alida Knoop b. 27 Dec 1861-d. 30 Dec 1861 Age 4d
Adrianus Knoop b. 16 Dec 1862
Albertus Matthijs Knoop b. 24 Apr 1865-d. 26 Apr 1885 Age 20y
Matthijs Evert Knoop b. 14 Jan 1868-d. 3 Nov 1879 Age 11y

Adrianus (HARRY) is the only one to immigrate to the USA.
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DEATH
Age 53, widowed husband of Johanna Knoop
Was a day laborer
COD: Tuberculosis

Informant: (Daughter) Mrs. J. (MARY) Green living at same address. She remarried to Clemeth G. Guy at age 50 in Grand Rapids - 17 Jul 1949

MARRIAGE
Name: Adrianus Knoop
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1866
Birth Place: Netherlands
Marriage Date: 13 Jan 1894
Marriage Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Age: 28
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Father: Matthews Knoop
Mother: Jannetje Bovi (BOOIJ OR BOOY)
Spouse: Johanna K Lybaart

1920 Grand Rapids
Harry Knoop 50
Johanna Knoop 22
Jacob Knoop 17

Daughter: Johanna Knoop REYNOLDS b. 1898, m. Clair S. Hess in Grand Rapids on 5 Jan 1929

Note: In the 1910 census, Johanna & her sister Mary along with their brothers Martin & Jacob were living at the DA Blodgett Home for children (orphanage) on Cherry Street Grand Rapids, Michigan. Johanna was 13, Mary was 10, Martin was 7 & Jacob was 6. Their mother had died in 1909 8 days after giving birth.