Carol:
I checked the records I'd accumulated and no Simon, Gerrit or Arietta. But
that doesn't mean anything, because I was looking in a specific area
(Macomb County) and after 1865.
Try the MI 1870 Census Index Online:
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http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/>
If that is still up, you may find what you're looking for. Another note I
have said "Looking for a Michigan Ancestor? Try the Utica Cemetery, Shelby, MI
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http://www.concentric.net/Ekkm/Utica.html>
Then there are some Michigan Death Records (got this from Eastman's
Newsletter March 1998), indexed fro 81,540 individuals from all counties
from 1867 thru to 1874, and the database may be enlarged by now:
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http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendis/index.htm>
I reached it one time with no problem, then had trouble another time, and
someone said to start the URL with www. instead of http.
Good luck! Jean