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Julian “Jerry” Leep

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Julian “Jerry” Leep

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Sep 1976 (aged 72)
Plainwell, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Martin, Allegan County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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He is very probably born as Julian and is the third of seven children born in Chicago from 1900 until 1910. His parents are both Dutch, born in the northern province Friesland.

In 1910 Julian (6 y) lived with his parents Oscar (35 y) and Sarah Leep (34 y) and his, all in Chicago born, siblings Nicolas (9 y), Harry (8 y), Therisa (4 y), Edwin (2 y) and Clara (2 m), in Chicago, ward 32.

In 1911 Julian's family Leep emigrated to the former Dutch settlement Cramersburg in the southwestern part of the Canadian south central province Saskatchewan. His mother Sarah died there in February 1916 at the age of 40 years. In 1916 Jerry (12 y), his father and widower Andrew (40 y), three brothers, four sisters and grandmother Clara Leep (66 y) were administrated in Maple Creek, about 70 miles southwest of Cramersburg, in Saskatchewan too. His father Andrew remarried in March 1918 in Saskatchewan to the ten years younger Catharina Maria Elisabeth (Katie) Otto.

Animal diseases, coldness, dust bowls, drought, grasshopper invasions, several successive crop failures and low grain prices caused them to leave Canada and in 1921 the family moved to Shepherd, Yellowstone County, Montana, where the family stayed for about five years.

Farmer Jerry Leep, residing in Martin, Allegan County, in the western part of Michigan, married on 28 April 1931 in Allegan County at the age of 27 years to the six years younger Irene Dreyer, born in Michigan, daughter of Pieter Andries Dreijer and Fokje (Fannie) Arjens Wynsma.

Farmer Jerry Leep (36 y), his wife Irene (29 y), their sons Harold (5 y, born in Michigan) and Ernest (2 y, Michigan) lived in 1940 at an own farm, worth $5500, in Shelbyville, Martin Township, Allegan County, Michigan. In 1935 they resided at the same place.

Jerry lived in March 1950 still in Shelbyville, Allegan County, Michigan.

Jerry died in 1976 suddenly at the age of 72 years in a hospital in the city of Plainwell, about 10 miles south of his residence place Shelbyville in Allegan County, Michigan, his widow Irene died in 2003 in Ottawa County, in the western part of Michigan too, at the age of 93 years.
He is very probably born as Julian and is the third of seven children born in Chicago from 1900 until 1910. His parents are both Dutch, born in the northern province Friesland.

In 1910 Julian (6 y) lived with his parents Oscar (35 y) and Sarah Leep (34 y) and his, all in Chicago born, siblings Nicolas (9 y), Harry (8 y), Therisa (4 y), Edwin (2 y) and Clara (2 m), in Chicago, ward 32.

In 1911 Julian's family Leep emigrated to the former Dutch settlement Cramersburg in the southwestern part of the Canadian south central province Saskatchewan. His mother Sarah died there in February 1916 at the age of 40 years. In 1916 Jerry (12 y), his father and widower Andrew (40 y), three brothers, four sisters and grandmother Clara Leep (66 y) were administrated in Maple Creek, about 70 miles southwest of Cramersburg, in Saskatchewan too. His father Andrew remarried in March 1918 in Saskatchewan to the ten years younger Catharina Maria Elisabeth (Katie) Otto.

Animal diseases, coldness, dust bowls, drought, grasshopper invasions, several successive crop failures and low grain prices caused them to leave Canada and in 1921 the family moved to Shepherd, Yellowstone County, Montana, where the family stayed for about five years.

Farmer Jerry Leep, residing in Martin, Allegan County, in the western part of Michigan, married on 28 April 1931 in Allegan County at the age of 27 years to the six years younger Irene Dreyer, born in Michigan, daughter of Pieter Andries Dreijer and Fokje (Fannie) Arjens Wynsma.

Farmer Jerry Leep (36 y), his wife Irene (29 y), their sons Harold (5 y, born in Michigan) and Ernest (2 y, Michigan) lived in 1940 at an own farm, worth $5500, in Shelbyville, Martin Township, Allegan County, Michigan. In 1935 they resided at the same place.

Jerry lived in March 1950 still in Shelbyville, Allegan County, Michigan.

Jerry died in 1976 suddenly at the age of 72 years in a hospital in the city of Plainwell, about 10 miles south of his residence place Shelbyville in Allegan County, Michigan, his widow Irene died in 2003 in Ottawa County, in the western part of Michigan too, at the age of 93 years.


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  • Created by: Peter Hakze
  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107428895/julian-leep: accessed ), memorial page for Julian “Jerry” Leep (7 Jan 1904–1 Sep 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107428895, citing East Martin Cemetery, Martin, Allegan County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Peter Hakze (contributor 47703868).