Cornelius Nicolaas Vermeulen was born at Kondekerke, Holland.

The evidence

• “Cornelius Nicolaas Vermeulen was born at Kondekerke, Holland, October 4, 1846, and is the son of Adrianus and Alida (van Galen) Vermeulen. His grandfather, Cornelius Vermeulen, was a man of commanding influence and business sagacity, and for forty-five years held responsible government and state offices in Holland.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 349 / book p. 845

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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