John Adrianus VAN LAANEN
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Born: 26 July 1836 in Boekel, North Brabant, Netherlands
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John Adrianus married Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS abt. 1861 in Wisconsin, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS was born 18 April 1842 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Dometil Sophia "Matilda" died 14 August 1907 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Dometil Sophia "Matilda" was the child of Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS and Julia (Julie) GAMELIN.
John Adrianus VAN LAANEN died 26 February 1912 in Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA.
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Spouse & Children of John Adrianus VAN LAANEN
Marriage date: abt. 1861
Marriage place: , Wisconsin, USA
Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS was the child of Antoine Xavier LYONNAIS and Julia (Julie) GAMELIN
Children of John Adrianus VAN LAANEN and Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS
Died: 13 June 1946, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
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26 July 1836
Boekel, North Brabant, Netherlands
Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1862 Birth of ChildJulia Johanna VERBETEN was born 29 July 1862, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
John Adrianus was 26 years old.
Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
Dometil Sophia "Matilda" LYONNAIS died 14 August 1907, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
26 February 1912
Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
He died at the age of 75.
Record added: 1/14/2026 3:26:55 PM
Last updated: 1/14/2026 3:27:46 PM
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