Getty C. Bruggencate1

F, #56, * 9 Oct 1856, + 5 Feb 1906
FatherJohan ten Bruggencate1,2 * 12 Dec 1807, + 22 Dec 1877
MotherNancy Burkhardt1 * 1815, + 1900
     Getty C. Bruggencate was born on 9 Oct 1856 in Oppenheim, New York, (Lotville).2,1,3,4,5 She married Henry Rockefeller on 28 Oct 1875 in St. Johnsville, New York.6,7,5,4,2 She died on 5 Feb 1906 in St. Johnsville5,7,4, and was buried in the Prospect View Cemetery (Sect.-*; Lot #-522 (number unreadable)).5,4 There was a obituary in the Amsterdam, NY Evening Recorder on 6 Feb 1906, in which her husband and children were mentioned.7

Other information:
Gertude Bruggengate and Henry Rockefeller had two sons, Harry G. and Leo; and two daughters, Rennie and Leona, as well as two stillborn sons.7,2
     has Gertrude's name as Brogengate, and her mother as Frances Keck.2

She is listed in the following census:
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Johan ten Bruggencate, Oppenheim, Fulton County, New York.1
1870 Fed. census (1 Jan): Gertrude Bruggencate, (#369), Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York. She was a domestic servant in the household of Livingston Bauder.8
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Brokengate, (#242), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York.3

Name variants: Gertude Bruggengate (in the cemetery transcription).5 Gertie Rockefeller (married name).6 Gertrude (in the 1870 census).9

Citations

  1. [S108] Fed. Census: 1860. New York, Fulton County, Oppenheim Town, ED75, sheet 60, line 27. (NARA: M653, Roll 755, page 60). Household of John Brokenkate.
  2. [S1140] Henry O. Rockefeller, Rockefeller Genealogy, Henry Dockey Rockefeller, p.258, #1982. Available online at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/292622/
  3. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New York, Montgomery County, St Johnsville, pg 431, line 3. (NARA: M593, Roll 974, Page 431). Household of John Brokengate.
  4. [S575] Find-A-Grave, Gertrude Bruggengate Rockerfeller. Memorial# 93875452 <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93875452/gertrude-rockerfeller>. Index and/or images online at http://www.findagrave.com/
  5. [S430] St. Johnsville Cem, St. Johnsville Cemetery <http://www.stjohnsville.com/Cemetery4N.htm>., online: http://www.stjohnsville.com/Cemetery1A.htm
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. New York, Montgomery County, Fultonville (NARA: T9, Roll 865, Page 231C). Household of Henry Rockefeller.
  7. [S596] Amst. NY Ev. Rec., Obituary Mrs. Henry Rockefeller, 6 Feb 1906, pg. 5, col. 4.
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New York, Montgomery County, St Johnsville, pg. 439, line 3. (NARA: M593, Roll 974, page 439. Household of Livingston Bauder.
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New York, Montgomery County, St Johnsville, pg 431, line 3. (NARA: M593, Roll 974). Household of John Brokengate.