Cornelius Johanas Dee was born in the Haag in the Netherlands in 1880
He came to the US in about 1895 as a Mormon Immigrant. His family followed in the early 1900's. His Father was Peter or Pieter Dee.
The family lived in Utah and then Oregon then Cornelius married Anna Jacoba Henstra. They had several children and moved to Lansing Mi before 1920.

The 1920 census lists them in Lansing before my aunt Nellie was born.

Anna Died in 1930 after being hit by a car in Salt lake City. She is burried there.

Cornelius was going by the name of Carl J Dee Sr. and moved to Detroit and worked at Caddilac Motor Div. Later he moved to lansing MI with 3 sons, Tomas, James, and Leonard.

Corneliuw (Carl) died in 1960 in Lansing MI and is buried there.