Anna Augusta Maria Geleick

Who is Anna Augusta Maria Geleick?

She shows up once in a search of the Netherlands Genlias database Genlias - Zoek uw stamboom uit

She is given as the wife of Dirk Veerman on his death certificate, 19 April 1943, he was 46 years old at the time but it was in Arnhem, the Netherlands, during the German occupation.

He was the son on Lambert Veerman and Aagie Kerkmeester, born in Huizen, N. Holland. Lambert was a fish dealer.

There is no record of their marriage, or of her birth or death. I will make the genealogists error of assuming something until I learn better. It could be that she was born in Germany (quite likely), it could be that she is the third sister of Gottfried Julius August Geleick, that is another child of Gottfried Julius Geleick and Johanna Gertrude Onderstall (not so likely but possible) I know they have 2 daughters born in Krefeld, Germany and the one son born in Cranz (then in E. Prussia, now in Russia). It is possible that they married in Germany though how they met is another story, it is also possible that after Dirk died she returned to Germany, why she would do this in wartime is a mystery, or perhaps she returned after the war for some reason.

It is also possible that she died during the attack on Arnhem bridge that took place a year after Dirk died, and the body was not found or recognized. None of the Geleicks that lived in Arnhem after the war knew about her. It is possible that most of the missing pre war documents were destroyed during the war but not those after, so unless she is still alive in secret then she did not die in the Netherlands.

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