painting
Catalog Number
1996.43.2Description
Painting of a man on horseback. Below the painting are the words G. Albers, Garde D'Honneur van Keiser Napoleon, 1813. G. Albers is Geert Albers a clock maker in Holland dHistory
Painting of Geert Albers (ca. 1790-1871) in Napoleanic Wars. He arrived in the US ca. 1848. He lived in the Holland, MI area and worked as a clockmaker. Marriage records indicate that Geert married Alieda Menken (1805-1892) in Holland, MI on 6-18-1852.At one time he served as a bodyguard for Napolean and fought in the Napoleanic Wars.
Geert and Alieda are buried in Holland, MI in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.