Person:Isaac La Roij (1)
Isaac La Roij
b.17 Sep 1831 Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands
d.19 Jul 1917 Wyoming Twp., Kent, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Feb 1828
  1. Isaac La Roij1831 - 1917
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Sep 1861
  1. Clara Laroy1862 - 1945
  2. Lambert LeRoy (LaRooy)1866 - 1952
  3. Nellie Laroy1869 - 1937
  4. Mary Laroy1872 - 1940
  5. George Wilder Laroy1874 - 1935
  6. Dora Laroy1877 -
  7. Jenne Laroy1880 -
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Facts and Events
Name Isaac La Roij
Immigrant Name Isaac Larooy
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][7] 17 Sep 1831 Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands
Marriage 14 Sep 1861 to Jantje Troost
Census[10] 1880 Wyoming, Kent, Michigan, United States
Census[9] 1900 Grandville, Kent, Michigan, United States
Death[1][2][3] 19 Jul 1917 Wyoming Twp., Kent, Michigan, United States
Burial[1][8] 21 Jul 1917 Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

News Item ISAAC LAROOY, PIONEER OF GRAND RAPIDS, DIES

Isaac Larooy, a resident of Grand Rapids for sixty-three years, died Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary J. Kole, 405 Rathbun avenue, S.E. Funeral services will be held Saturday Afternoon at 2:30 at the daughter's residence. Mr. Larooy was born in Wolfaartadyk, Netherlands, Sept. 27, 1831, and in 1864 came to Michigan with one of the earliest of the Holland colonies, locating here. He is survived by four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Clara Vyn, Mrs. Harm Ritzma, Mrs. Mary J. Kole, Lambert, George and John Larooy, all of this city, and Mrs. C.J. Holmes of Jackson.
Source: Grand Rapids Press, Friday, July 20, 1917, pg 19.
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obituary, in Diane Hosler/Grand Rapids Press.

    Friday, July 20, 1917, pg 19.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Diane Hosler/Michigan Death Certificate.
    1. 639 through Seeking Michigan.org.
      Record includes birth date/place, father's name. Informant was John R. Leroy.
  3. ↑ Diane Hosler/Marge VerHake Rudolph Letters.
  4.   Diane Hosler/Cemetery Records.

    Grand Rapids City online cemetery records index.
    He is buried with his wife, Block 12, Lot 11W Space 6

  5.   Diane Hosler/Find a Grave.
  6.   Jennifer (JNS66) 21:51, 4 June 2015 (UTC).

    Birth date/place and parents names.

  7. ↑ 25 Burgerlijke Stand Zeeland (1796) 1811-1980, (1796) 1811-1980, in Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand.

    Geboorteregister

  8. ↑ Isaac Larooy, in Find A Grave.
  9. ↑ Kent, Michigan, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM1-L2Z : accessed 13 July 2015), Isaac Larooy, Wyoming township, Precinct 1 Grandville village, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,723.

  10. ↑ Kent, Michigan, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSV-26P : accessed 13 July 2015), Isaac Laroy, Wyoming, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district 129, sheet 143D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0587; FHL microfilm 1,254,587.

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