This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ryers, VanWert, Nelson & Smulders Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACI/2033 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Peter Ryers and Mary VanWert. Peter came from the Netherlands about 1872 to Essexville. Married Mary about 1875 in Essexville. Mary was born in Bay Co. but her parents Peter and Berdina Nelson were from the Neterlands also. Any help would be wonderful, thanks & God bless.