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Grietje Gertie Grace Greda Oldenhoff
1868 - 1917 (47 years)-
Name Grietje Gertie Grace Greda Oldenhoff [1, 2, 3] Born Aug 1868 Netherlands 
[1, 2] Gender Female Arrival 1884 [2] Arrival 1884 [1] Arrival 1884 [1] Residence 1900 Grand Rapids Ward 12, Kent, Michigan, USA [1] 216 Hyde Park Avenue Residence 1910 Zeeland Ward 1, Ottawa, Michigan, USA [2] mother of 10 children, 5 of whom are now living [Nellie, Jenette, Johanna & second John are living with them] Residence 30 Oct 1915 Sand Lake, Michigan, USA letter to niece Martha (Boezel) Johnston 
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston 
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston
Note that the Martha mentioned could be an as-yet-unknown dau of Gertie but may also be the 27 Sep 1889 Martha Van Wyk, dau of Gertie's husband's brother John (Johannes Gerrits) & Hattie Van Wyk.
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 4 (envelope) of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 1 of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 2 of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 3 of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35Died Between 1916 and 1917 Person ID I382 Terug in de Tijd Last Modified 30 May 2023
Family Willem Gerrits William van Wijk Van Wyck Vanwyk Van Wyk, b. 4 Aug 1862, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 28 Nov 1931, Georgetown Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA (Age 69 years) Married 29 Jun 1885 Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA Marriage of Willem Van Wyck and Greda Oldenhoff
Record Number 97; married 29 Jun 1885 at Holland; Groom: Willem Van Wyck, white, residing in Blendon Town, age 23, born Netherlands, farmer; bride: Greda Oldenhoff, white, residing in Blendon Town, age 18, born Netherlands; by Erich Boy, Pastor of 1st Church of Holland; witnesses G. Van Wyck of Town Blendon and J. Oldenhoff of Town ?Olive?; date recorded 30 Jun 1885Children 1. Martha van Wijk Van Wyck Vanwyk Van Wyk, b. Michigan, USA [natural]2. John Van Wyk, b. 29 Oct 1888, Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA , d. Bef 1900 (Age < 11 years) [natural]+ 3. Jennie Van Wyk, b. 18 Dec 1889, Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA [natural]+ 4. Cora Nellie Cornelia Van Wyk, b. 27 Jul 1892, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA , d. 4 Mar 1976, Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA (Age 83 years) [natural]+ 5. Jeannette Van Wyk, b. 29 Aug 1894, Wyoming Township, Kent, Michigan, USA , d. Jul 1972, New Era, Oceana, Michigan, USA (Age 77 years) [natural]6. Johanna Van Wyk, b. 4 Jun 1897, Wyoming Township, Kent, Michigan, USA [natural]7. John Van Wyk Vanwyk Van Wyck, b. 14 Dec 1898, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA [natural]Last Modified 30 May 2023 Family ID F108 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 29 Jun 1885 - Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA 
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Photos John Van Wk - Birth Register - p 2 of 2
Record Number 915; botn 29 Oct 1888; John Van Wyk; white, male; born Blendon [Township, Ottawa County]; Parents: William and Gertie Van Wyk, both residing Blendon, both born Holland [Netherlands], father's occupation Farmer, date recorded [date county transcript made for state] 17 Jun 1889Jenettie Van Wyk - Birth Register - p 2 of 2
Record Number 5028; born 29 Aug 1894; Jenettie Vanwyk; female, white; born in Wyoming Township; Parents: William and Grace Vanwyk, both residing in Wyoming Township, both born Netherlands, father Laborer; date recorded [date county transcript was made for state] 15 May 189530 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 4 (envelope) of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 3530 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 1 of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35Johanna Van Wyk - Birth Register - p 2 of 2
Record Number 12264; born 4 Jun 1897; Johanna Van Wyk; female, white; born Wyoming [Township, Kent County]; Parents: William and Gradu Van Wyk, both residing Wyoming, both born Holland [Netherlands], father's occupation Laborer, date recoded [date county transcript made for state] 2 May 189830 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 2 of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35Cora Van Wyk - Birth Register Transcript - p 1 of 2
Record Number 10159; born 27 Jul 1892; Cora Van Wyk; female, white, born at Grand Rapids; Parents: William and Gertja Van Wyk, both living in Wyoming [Michigan], both born Netherlands, father Laborer; date recorded [date county transcript made for state] 31 May 1893Johanna Van Wyk - Birth Register - p 1 of 2
Record Number 12264; born 4 Jun 1897; Johanna Van Wyk; female, white; born Wyoming [Township, Kent County]; Parents: William and Gradu Van Wyk, both residing Wyoming, both born Holland [Netherlands], father's occupation Laborer, date recoded [date county transcript made for state] 2 May 189830 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 3 of 4
Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35Cora Van Wyk - Birth Register Transcript - p 2 of 2
Record Number 10159; born 27 Jul 1892; Cora Van Wyk; female, white, born at Grand Rapids; Parents: William and Gertja Van Wyk, both living in Wyoming [Michigan], both born Netherlands, father Laborer; date recorded [date county transcript made for state] 31 May 1893John Van Wyck - Birth Register - p 2 of 2
Record Number 12441, born 14 Dec 1898, John Van Wyck; white, male; born Grand Rapids; parents: William & Greda Van Wyck, both residing 13 3nn Avenue [Grand Rapids], both born Netherlands, father's occupation Finisher; date of record [date county transcript made for state] 24 May 1899 ****** Note that birth 12439 was son Russell (born 15 Dec 1898) of Isaac (Furniture Maker) & Bertha Stoutjesdyke (both born Michigan) of same addressJohn Van Wyck - Birth Register - p 1 of 2
Record Number 12441, born 14 Dec 1898, John Van Wyck; white, male; born Grand Rapids; parents: William & Greda Van Wyck, both residing 13 3nn Avenue [Grand Rapids], both born Netherlands, father's occupation Finisher; date of record [date county transcript made for state] 24 May 1899 ****** Note that birth 12439 was son Russell (born 15 Dec 1898) of Isaac (Furniture Maker) & Bertha Stoutjesdyke (both born Michigan) of same addressJenettie Van Wyk - Birth Register - p 1 of 2
Record Number 5028; born 29 Aug 1894; Jenettie Vanwyk; female, white; born in Wyoming Township; Parents: William and Grace Vanwyk, both residing in Wyoming Township, both born Netherlands, father Laborer; date recorded [date county transcript was made for state] 15 May 1895John Van Wk - Birth Register - p 1 of 2
Record Number 915; botn 29 Oct 1888; John Van Wyk; white, male; born Blendon [Township, Ottawa County]; Parents: William and Gertie Van Wyk, both residing Blendon, both born Holland [Netherlands], father's occupation Farmer, date recorded [date county transcript made for state] 17 Jun 1889Jennie Van Wyk (mis-spelled as Vandyk) - Birth Register - p 1 of 2
Record Number 322; born 18 Dec 1889; Jennie Vandyk; female, white; born Blendon [Township, Ottawa County]; Parents: William and Gradie Vandyk; both residing Blendon; both born Holland, Europe; father's occupation: farmer; date recorded [date county transcript made for state] 23 May 1890Jennie Van Wyk (mis-spelled as Vandyk) - Birth Register - p 1 of 2
Record Number 322; born 18 Dec 1889; Jennie Vandyk; female, white; born Blendon [Township, Ottawa County]; Parents: William and Gradie Vandyk; both residing Blendon; both born Holland, Europe; father's occupation: farmer; date recorded [date county transcript made for state] 23 May 1890Marriage of Willem Van Wyck and Greda Oldenhoff
Record Number 97; married 29 Jun 1885 at Holland; Groom: Willem Van Wyck, white, residing in Blendon Town, age 23, born Netherlands, farmer; bride: Greda Oldenhoff, white, residing in Blendon Town, age 18, born Netherlands; by Erich Boy, Pastor of 1st Church of Holland; witnesses G. Van Wyck of Town Blendon and J. Oldenhoff of Town ?Olive?; date recorded 30 Jun 1885
Documents 30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston
Histories 30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston
Note that the Martha mentioned could be an as-yet-unknown dau of Gertie but may also be the 27 Sep 1889 Martha Van Wyk, dau of Gertie's husband's brother John (Johannes Gerrits) & Hattie Van Wyk.
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Sources - [S1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Grand Rapids Ward 12, Kent, Michigan; Roll: T623_723; Page: 26B; Enumeration District: 90.
Birth date: Aug 1868
Birth place: Netherlands
Marriage date: 1885
Marriage place:
Residence date: 1900
Residence place: Grand Rapids Ward 12, Kent, Michigan
Arrival date: 1884
Arrival place:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=24977446&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt1900 United States Federal Census
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Birth date: abt 1868
Birth place: Holland
Residence date: 1910
Residence place: Zeeland Ward 1, Ottawa, Michigan
Arrival date: 1884
Arrival place:
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Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
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