Life Before Computers

I'm researching a guy named Alphons Van der Grinten. Or, according to census takers, maybe vandergrinten. Or possibly Vandergrinden. Or maybe it's Alphonse? Poor guy.

And his wife! Nobody can spell her name right either. I mean, how hard is it to write Adeleaide Van der Grinten, really? (Or is it Adelade? Or....)