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The Kalamazoo Valley Family News Letter

Vol. 2, No. 1         September 1972

Page 13 - 14

OVERISEL TOWNSHIP

 

Topics
Clerk Constables First Township Electors Highway Commisioners
Justice of the peace School Inspectors School Superintendents Supervisor
  Treasurer Trustees  

 


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CLERK'S OFFICE
Overisel Township
JAMES A. KLEINHEKSEL, Clerk
HOLLAND, R. 3, MICHIGAN 49423

OVERISEL TOWNSHIP. A colony of twenty Dutch families settled in Overisel township in 1848.
The township was first connected with Monterey and later with Fillmore, becoming an independent township by act of Legislature in 1857,
and named for the province of Overisel, Netherlands (meaning over the Yssel,river of that name) from which district the colony had migrated.

 

Supervisor School Inspectors Treasurer
C. J. Voorhorst (1857-71) Lucas Daugermond (1858) H. Bronwers (1857)
Hendrick Kok (1872-3) Hendrik Brouwers (1859) G. H. Wolterink (1858-67)
C. J. Voorhorst (1874-7) Gerret J. Wolterink (1860-2-4-6-8-70-4-7) H. Bronwers (1868-75)
Hendrick Kok (1878-9) Gerret J. Nykerk (1861) (1863-1865-1867-1869)
(1871-1873)
Jan Scholten (1876-8)
H. Branwer (1880-4) H. G. Michmerhuizen (1872) G. H. Nykerk (1879)
Gerrit H. Nykerk (1885-91) Hendrik Kok (1875-76) (1878-79) Gerrit H. Nykerk (1880)
G. H. Koopman (1892-3)   E. Van Damm (1881)
Mannes Veldhuis (1894-7) Highway Commisioners Gerrit H. Nykerk (1882-3)
G. H. Koopman (1898-1900) Harm Wolters (1858) Lefert Slatman (1884-5)
John J. Hulst (1900-1922) Harm Schepers (1859) H. J. Mechmershuizen (1886-1887)
Harm C. VerBeek (1922-1944) Henry Beltman (1860-3) Gerrit Maatman (1888-9)
Gerrit J. Lampen (1944-1967) Henry Scholten (1861) Egbert Maatman (1890-1)
Julius Wolters (1967-1972) Albert Wuerdink (1862-5) (1868-1871) Hendrik Poelakker, Jr. (1892-1893)
  J. H. Hulsman (1864) John Schipper (1894-5)
Justice of the peace Hendrick Heitman (1866) (1869-1872) B. J. Klinnstreker (1896-1897)
Gerret J. Wolterink (1858) (1862) (1866) William Vugteveen (1867) (1870) John J. Hulst (1898-9)
Lucas Vredeveld (1858)(1861) (1865) (1869)(1873) John Scholten (1873) (1875-1876) Johannes Hoffman (1900-1)
C. J. Voorhorst (1859-63-7)  (1871-2-5-9) Albert Wolkotte (1874) John Nyhuis (1902-3)
Hendrik Kok (1860-1864) John H. Slotman (1877-8) H. D. Poelakker (1904-5)
Jan Boers (1867-1870-1874-1878) John Scholten (1879) Herman W. Hulsman (1906-08)
Hendrick Brouwers (1868-1872) back to topics John Hoffman (1908-10)
Egbert Van Dam (1876)   Gomert Kruithof (1910-13)
Francis Selby (1877) First Township Electors John K. Dangremond (1913-4)
Seymour Butler (1878) Egbert Van Dam John Nykerk (1914-1920)
John Kollen (1906-08) Mannes Kleinheksel George Van Rhee (1920-1)
Fred Voorhorst (1906-09) Mannes Kok Harm C. Ver Beek (1921-2)
John Peters (1908-10) Garret Peters Benjamin Michmershuisen (192- 1924)
Egbert Van Dam (1909-1936) Gerret I. Polakkers Jacob Vanden Bosch (1924-7)
Herman Hulsman (1910-1922) Hendrick J. Kellen Alice Vanden Bosch (1927-30)
Henry A. Lampen (1922-1949) Arent J. Nyenhous Gerrit Lampen (1930-31)
J. H. Slotman (1906-1909) John Frielink Julius Nyhuis (1931-33)
Johannes Hulot (1909-1922) Cornelius J. Voorhorst Arthur Nykamp (1933-35)
Albert J. Ver Beek (1922-1923) Albert Vredevelt Henry H. Lampen (1935-36)
C. J. Voorhorst (1923-1945) Henry Brouwers George Peters (1936-38)
Edward Gunneman (1921-1945) John W. Acteres Nickolas Klokkert (1938-42)
John E. Van Dan (1936-1954) Gerret J. Figuervever Bert Ter Beek (1942-43)
Lester Gunneman (1945-1954) John Boers Gerrit Lampen (1943-46)
Edward Buescher (1945-1954) Henry G. Michmershuizen C. J. Voorhorst (1946-7)
George Van Rhee (1949-1950) Hendrik Beltman Alice Voorhorst (1947-51)
Harvey Lampen (1950-1954) Gerret H. Kluinsteker Silas Barkel (1951-58)
back to topics Wieger Van Der Kolk Janet Poppen (1958-64)
  Gerret Van Rhee Raymond Slotman (1964-8)
School Superintendents Willein Oldebekking Eleanor Tanis (1968-70)
Hein Laukheef (1875) Rulof De Koning Raymond Slotman (1970-72)
Henry Boers (1876) Hannes Kok back to topics
John H. Kleinheksel (1877) Gerret J. Haller  
Pieter Lepeltak (1878) Hendrick J. Hulsman Trustees
Klaus Scholten (1879) Gerret Scholten John E. Van Dam (1954-68)
back to topics Mannes Maatman Wilber VanderKolk (1954-64)
  Henry Scholten John D. Berens (1964-72)
Constables Barteld Vredeveld Marvin Brower (1968-70)
Mannes Hulsman (1858-9) John Shepers back to topics
Henry Vredeveld (1858-9-60) Harm Walters  
Mannes Kok (1859-60-8) Hendrik Klumper  
John Meyaard (1859) Ruloff Van Dam  
Dirk Boerman (1861) Frederick J. Koopman  
H. G. Michmershuizen (1861-76) Mannes Lankhut  
Albert Wuerdink (1862-66) Mannes Hulsman  
Frederick Wolkotte(1867-78) William Hulsman  
John H. Slotman (1867-79) Egbert Nykerk  
Hendrick Petter (1868-72) Albert Doseman  
Gerret J. Klumper (1870) Hendrik Vredeveld  
John Scholten (1870) Andreas Toonstra  
Remmett Koning (1872) Gerret Nyenhuis  
Albert Wolkotte (1873) Mannes Slatman  
John Schipper (1873) Garret J. Wolterink  
Hendrick Dannenberg (1874) Harm Schepers  
Klaus J. Redder (1874) Zwier Vugteveen  
Frederick Voorhorst (1875-6) Harm Kok  
Florida Hinton (1877) Lucas Vredeveld  
M. Veithuis (1877) Gerret J. Immink  
Hein Brinkman (1878-9) Hendrik Kok  
Jan K. Daugremond (1878-9) William Vugteveen  
Henry A. Wiltse (1879) Evert J. Fokkert  
back to topics Geert Vredeveld
  Klaus J. Redder  
Clerk Gerret Maatman
Jan Boers (1857-62) Albert Woerding  
Hendrick Kok (1863-71) Hendrik Boerman  
Hendricus Kok (1872-6) Lukas Daugermond  
Hendrick Bronwers (1877) (1879) back to topics  
John Kollen (1880-1893)    
Benjamin Voorhorst (1894) (1916)    
Edward Folkert (1916-22)    
James Langeland (1922-9)    
Henry Langeland (1929-31)    
John Voorhorst (1931-40)    
James A. Kleinheksel (1940-1972)    

 

 

INDEX
Allegan City Douglas Village Just so you know Pioneer Society
Allegan County History Drinkwine Bible Record Kalamazoo Library Plainwell City
Allegan County Officials Early Marriages Laketown Township Presbyterians
Allegan Township Editorial Lee Township President Message
Allegan Vacations Family Names, and how they came about -"The Dutch" Leighton Township Salem Township
Allegan's Oldest Living Graduate Fennville City Library References Saugatuck Township
Biographical Historians Fillmore Township Manlius Township Saugatuck Village
Casco Township Ganges Township Martin Township Smile, you've been in Allegan County
Cheshire Township Gravestone of a Genealogist? Martin Village Source of the Quarter
Clyde Township Gun Plain Township Monterey Township Trowbridge Township
County Clerk's Letter Hamilton High School Band Photo News Clippings Valley Township
County Commissioners 1971 Heath Township Nostalgia Anyone Watson Township
Credits and Dedication Help!! Old Fashioned Wayland City
Daniel Like Record Hopkins Township Otsego City Wayland Township
Dann Family Hopkins Village Otsego Township  
Dorr Township Hyder Family History Overisel Township  

 

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