Source: Cemetery Records

Gerrit Henry TeSelle (1894-1953)

Published on: May 25, 2020Date revised: May 28, 2020

Gerrit H. TeSelle in World War I Uniform

Gerrit Henry TeSelle was born in Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska on 19 August 1894. He was the son of Harmen Jan te Selle and Johanna Arnolda Brethouwer. Gerrit enlisted in the U. S. Army on 25 July 1918, as a Private in the Infantry, Company “D”, 14th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Division. He was honorably… Read more »

TeSelle, Gerrit Henry (1894-1953)

Published on: April 30, 2018Date revised: February 2, 2022

Gerrit H. TeSelle was the youngest son of Harmen Jan te Selle (1844-1919). Gerrit served in WWI and then came back home to Firth, Nebraska. He married Pearl Spellman and they had two children.

te Selle, Gerrit Jan (1841-1921)

Published on: April 30, 2018Date revised: February 21, 2019

Gerrit Jan te Selle (1841-1921) emigrated from the “De Selle” farm in Winterswijk, NL, and eventually settled on farmland near Panama, Lancaster County, Nebraska.

TeSelle, Johanna Marie (1896-1972)

Published on: March 21, 2013Date revised: February 2, 2022

Johanna Marie (Annie) TeSelle was born in Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska on 15 September 1896, and died on 9 November 1972.

te Selle, Harmen Jan (1844-1919)

Published on: February 1, 2013Date revised: December 23, 2022

Harmen Jan te Selle (1844-1919) was born on the “De Selle” farm, near Winterswijk, Netherlands. He and brother Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) emigrated to Wisconsin in 1865, where they lived with their Aunt Janna and Uncle Gerrit Bloemers. Within a few years the brothers moved from Wisconsin to Lancaster County, Nebraska, where they homesteaded farm land, raised their families, and remained for the rest of their lives.