Burton Heights Christian Reformed Church
1905 - 1923

 

      

Left: The first church which was built in 1905 and used as a meeting place until 1907.
Right: This second church was built in 1908.

This is the third church built in 1923

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The first and second parsonages.

B. Gezon               H. Hoeksema                A. J. Vandenberg               E. J. Smitter              R. Lester              E. I. Vandenberg              P. Pettinga
J. Diephuis              R. T. Veenstra              R. Schols              Rev. H. J. Mulder              G. Dice

                

The first three ministers: Rev. William Bode, Rev. K. Poppen and Rev. H. Beets

1923 - Rev. H. J. Mulder and Family

LOOKING BACKWARD

        The winter of 1903-4 was one that has much snow, sleet and ice to its credit, and with the usual result of discomfort to people - especially those who had to depend upon street cars for transportation or else walk.  There were some eight or nine families in the south end who were members either of LaGrave Ave. or some of the other downtown churches.  This was before the automobile was very much in evidence.  We were old-fashioned enough to consider it wrong to take a street car on Sunday, so it was a case of walk or stay at home, excepting a few who were fortunate enough to own a horse and buggy - or cutter in winter.  But even at that owning a horse in winter was not an unalloyed blessing as one had to eigher hitch near the church in the cold or take it to a livery stable with its added expense and Sabbath-breaking possibilities.

    Often on the long walk to and from church the matter of having a church of our own in the south end was discussed, but it was not until November, 1904, that anything definite was done.  A meeting was called at the home of Mr. William J. Heyboer on the corner of Griggs and Horton Ave. on 18 November 1904, for the purpose of taking some action toward organizing an American Speaking congregation at Burton Heights.

    This was really the beginning of the Burton Heights Christian Reformed Church.  The following were present at this meeting:
William Pell, M. J. Elenbaas, William H. Heyboer, J. Yonkman, J. Formsma, E. J. Smitter, A. J. Englewood and A. J. Vandenberg.

    A preliminary organization was effected, with Mr. Heyboer as Chariman and Vandenberg as Secretary.

    Chairman appoined a committee to look up sites.  This committee reported at the next meeting.  Three locations were suggested.  One of Burton Ave., west of Division, $1,200.00; one on Horton Ave. for $950.00, and another on the corner of Horton and Hazen for $900.00, the latter consisting of two lots.  The unanimous choice was for the last named site and two Trustees were selected to negotiate the purchase of the property.  Enthusiasm waxed high and eight lists were started out to secure funds to pay for our lots.  $225.00 was pledged at the meeting.  A committee was also appointed to acquaint the LaGrave Ave. Consistory of our action.  At the following meeting, Nov. 29, the Trustees reported the purchase of the property, and the committee to LaGrave Ave. reported the approval of our action by the LaGrave Ave. Consistory.  

    Now follows a period of striving to get enough money to pay for our lots, and I can assure you that is was some struggle as wages were low and work uncertain.  In looking over the lists I find donations from $.50 to five dollars - one for $25.00.  Finally the amount was raised and the lots  paid for and we had a beautiful location for a church - but as yet no church, and we soon discovered that building a church means money and still more money, which was then very hard to get and during March and April, 1905, most of the time was spent trying to decide what kind of building we could put up that would be within our reach.

    On 4 April 1905, we asked the Classis to be organized.  Consistory of LaGrave Ave. consented to present our petition.  After taking the matter up with the Consistory we were told that it would be necessary for the head of families and all mature single persons who wished to joine the organization to sign the petition and a committee of two was appointed to hurry the matter along so that it could be presented to the May classis.  At that meeting our petition was favorably acted upon and Rev. Beets, Bosma and Doesema appointed to effect the organization.

    1 June 1905, was the date set by the LaGave Ave. Consistory but was postponed to 8 June 1905.  On the evening of the latter date Burton Heights congregation was duly organized at the M. E. Church on Buchanan Avenue.  The list of Charter members you will find elsewhere in this booklet.

   The first consistory was elected and installed immediately after the organization.

    J. Formsma and William J. Heyboer were elected as Elders and A. J. Vandenberg and E. J. Smitter as Deasons, the former to served two years and the latter one year.

    The newly organized congregation met in the M. E. Church for some time, but soon the desire to have a meeting place of our own became so strong that a frame building was erected on the east end of our lots.  Everybody helped on this building and thus it soon was ready for use.  It was about this time that we asked and received permission from Classis to call a minister, but it was not until June of 1906 that we were gladdened by Rev. William Bode accepting our call.  He preached his first sermon on 8 July 1906.  It soon became evident that our building would not hold the crowds that came to worship with us so a committee was appointed to get up plans for a new church building.  Rev. William Bode, President; R. Yonker, Vice-President; G. A. Boer, Secretary; C. Veenstra, W. Pelf, J. Olthouse, J. Vis, F. DeVries, A. J. Dint and J. Sytsma.

In November, 1907, the new building was dedicated to the service of God.  The cost complete was between five and six thousand dollars.  In the new building a place had been provided for a pipe organ and the young people of the church, under the able leadership of Mr. B. Gezon, got money together for a fine organ which was soon afterwards installed.

    Dr. Bode was with u7s until December, 1910, preaching his farewell sermon on 25 December 1910.  It was with heavy hearts that we bade farewell to our first pastor who had endeared himself to every one of the congregation by his untiring efforts for her welfare.

    For nearly a year we were vacant - on 1 September 1911, we were gladdened by Rev. K. Poppen accepting our call.  He preached his first sermon 1 October 1911, and for about two years our congregation enjoyed his work and ministry.  His farewell sermon was preached on 5 October 1913.

    Our congregation continued to grow numerically in spite of the fact that we were without a pastor for nearly two years.  It was in March, 1915, that we received the glad tidings from Rev. H. Beets that he had accepted our call and would become our pastor.  His first sermon was preached on 28 March 1915, and he remained with us until 26 September 1920, when he was honored with a call of Synod to the secretaryship of Missions for the denomination.

    Again o0ur heavenly Shepherd was mindful of our needs.  He inclined the mind and heart of Rev. H. J. Mulder, our present pastor, to take up the work among us.  He preached his inaugural sermon 10 July 1921.  His efforts are richly blessed.  Again we had to "Enlarge the place of our tent and stretch forth the curtinas of our habitation."  Taking this retrospect we acknowledge with grate hearts tath Jehovah our God has led us all the way and therefore let us raise our Ebenezer to the glory of His name.

A. J. Vandenberg

OUR PASTORS

    The Rev. William Bode was our first pastor.  He was taking a post-graduate course at the University of Chicago and at the same time engaged in Home MIssionary work in Classis Oost-Friesland, when the call came to him to leave these busy activities and to labor in the quiet little church on the southern outskirts of Grand Rapids.  Our hearts, indeed, rejoiced greatly that he saw in this call a heavenly vision which he had to obey.  The call came to him at a time when we had so very little to offer.  We were then as a congregation only a babe of a year old and very small at that, numbering only 18 families.  We had not beautiful church building to which we could welcome him, as you may see by looking at the picture of our first church home in this booklet.  Nor could we offer him a magnificent manse; a rented house on Sutton Street had to serve as parsonage, and we had to ask him to pay half of the rent himself out of a salary of $700.00
    Rev. Bode was installed in his work among us 6 July 2006.  Up to this time we were part of the Home Mission Field in which Rev. J. R. Brink was laboring.  Rev. Brink preached the installation sermon.
    The Lord richly blessed the work of his servant.  Our little church building soon became too small.  It was torn down and the material used in building our fist parsonage.  Only a year after the arrival of Rev. Bode, we could dedicate our second church building unto the Lord.  Our hearts were sad at his farewell.  He was to take up his studies at the Chicago University and prepare himself for greater work in the Lord's cause.

    In Rev. K. Poppen we received our second pastor.  He also, as our first pastor, left the Home Mission Field to take up the work of the Lord among us.  He was camping on the extreme northwestern border of the Christian Reformed Kingdom in Classis Pacific, when our call came to him.  He was installed 27 September 1911.  Faithful he ever brought unto us the pure unadulterated food of the Word of God.  In his modest, unpretentious way he wrote me: "Our sojourn at Burton Heights was quiet and uneventful."  The Lord increased our numbers by twenty families.  A splendid Men's Society was held during his pastorate.  He only stayed two years.  An urgent call from Madison Avenue, Paterson, NJ was accepted.

    Rev. H. Beets became our third pastor.  He was not a strange among us; for fully 16 years he had ministered to the LaGrave Avenue Church in our own city and many of our members were former members of that church and had learned to love this highly gifted man of God.  He was installed 28 March 1915.  The Lord blessed his work.  During his pastorate of 5 and a half years, 110 persons made confession of faith and about 50 families were added to the church.  Our church building debt was paid, our present parsonage was built, and the site now occupied by our new church was procured.  A call came to him to serve our denomination as director of Missions.  He looked upon this as a call from God.  He preached his farewell sermon 26 September 1920.

    Rev. H. J. Mulder came to us from Lafayette, Indiana.  It was difficult for them to leave that area but after arriving they are content.  He was installed on 8 July 1921.
 

1923 Burton Heights Christian Reformed Membership
 

MEMBER

CHILDREN

ADDRESS

ADAMS, JOSEPH

125 BURTON ST., SW

ADEMA, MR. & MRS. SIDNEY

EVELYN, GEORGE, SAMUEL, ALICE, MILDRED

2015 ALICE AVE., SW

APOL, MR. & MRS. J.

HENRY WILLIAM

13 BURTON ST., SW

BAKER, MR. & MRS. PETER

KENNETH KARL

P. S. C., DAVENPORT, IOWA

BARENDSE, MR. & MRS. GERRET

GEORGE, JEANETTE, JOHN

1801 STAFFORD AVE., SW

BARLOW, MR. & MRS. R.

RR#1, DIVISION AVE.

BATS, MR. & MRS. JOHN

JEANETTE PEARL, JOHN, MARION, EDNA HARRIET, EMMA JANE

DIVISION ROAD

BATTS, MR. & MRS. PETER

69 SUTTON ST., SW

BEETS, ABEL

737 MADISON AVE., SE

BEUKEMA, MR. & MRS. J. H.

HENRY THOMAS, DONALD RICHARD, WINIFRED CLARISSA, JOHN ARTHUR, CALVIN CORNELIUS

131 ANDRE ST., SW

BEUKEMA, MRS. R.

69 CUTLER ST., SW

BLACQUIRE, MRS. J.

RR 10, MADISON ROAD

BOER, MR. & MRS. G. A.

2219 FRANCIS AVE., SE

BOERSMA, MR. & MRS. NICK

KATHERINE F., GERALD M., JULIUS J.

RR #1

BOERSMA, MR. & MRS. WALTER

MARTIN B., JOHN G., WILLIAM T., THERESA JANE

716 GRIGGS ST., SE

BOLT, MR. & MRS. J.

THERESA, GEZEINE, LOUISA, FRANCES

ALGER AND MADISON AVE.

BOLT, MR. M.

ALGER AND MADISON AVE.

BOSKOEL, MR. & MRS. HENRY

RANDALL DAVID

921 SHELDON AVE., SE

BOUTERSE, MRS. PETER

RUTH ELIZABETH ADRIANNA, PAUL EDWARD

1305 PROSPECT AVE., SE

BRAT, JENNIE

22 BAYLIS ST., SW

BROERSMA, MR. & MRS. JACOB W.

LUCILLE C., MARGUERITE L.

RR #19, EASTERN NEAR ALGER

BROM, MR. & MRS. LEONARD

MARVIN LEONARD

1745 LINDEN AVE., SE

BRUMMELER, MR. & MRS. ADRIAN A.

JOHN, LORRAINE

2045 FRANCIS AVE., SE

BUIST, MR. & MRS. FRANK

GEORGE ROBERT, CORNELIA JANE, JEANNETTE FRANCES, JAMES HAROLD

134 ANDRE ST., SW

COLE, MR. & MRS. JOHN

EDWARD, CLARENCE, MARGARET, KATHERINE

154 ALGER ST., SW

COOK, MRS. FRED

WALTER, FRED, SOPHIE, GRACE, CLARENCE, HAROLD EUGENE

635 BURTON ST., SE

DAVERMAN, MRS. JOHN

ALFRED JOHN, DONALD MITCHELL

310 BEULAH ST., SE

DE BOER, MR. & MRS. B.

MARGARET LEONA

847 LAFAYETTE AVE., NE

DE BOER, MR. & MRS. JESSE

CELESTE G., JOHN H., ELIZABETH M., RENA J., WESLEY J., EDWARD L.

639 STOLPE ST.

DE JONG, DR. & MRS. J.

DONALD JAY (P.S. C., DAVENPORT, IOWA, BOX 105

34 SUTTON ST., SW

DE MOL, MR. & MRS. DIRK

RICHARD

RR#10, EASTERN NEAR ALGER

DE RINK, MR. & MRS. H.

HENRIETTA, HILDA

1923 DARWIN AVE., SW

DE VRIES, ARTHUR

153 INSTITUTE PLACE, CHICAGO, ILL

DE VRIES, MISS MARION

158 INSTITUTE PLACE, CHICAGO, ILL

DE VRIES, MR. & MRS. FRANK

2215 DARWIN AVE., SW

DE VRIES, MR. & MRS. GARRET

204 BURTON ST., SW

DE WAARD, MR. & MRS. A.

EDWIN, CLIFFORD, RAYMOND

1914 LAFAYETTE AVE., SE

DE WINDT, MR. & MRS. HENRY

LOREN THOMAS, HENRY ALGER, ELSA MARGARET

1033 BALDWIN ST., SE

DE WINTER, MR. & MRS. CHRISTIAN

MARENA JOHANNA, JAMES ALFRED, CHRISTIAN, JR.

2066 FRANCES AVE., SE

DE WITT, MR. & MRS. A.

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DECKER, MR. & MRS. RICHARD

JOAN, MARY MARGARET, ESTELLA, HENRY

2231 FRANCIS AVE., SE

DHYRE, MRS. (NEE CORNELIA FORNSMA

NITRO, W. VIRGINIA

DICE, MR. & MRS. GEORGE

RR#6, GRAND RAPIDS

DIEPHUIS, MR. & MRS. JOHN

ALICE, CELIA, HENRIETTA, HERMINA

2325 S. DIVISION AVE.

DIKKERS, MR. & MRS. HENRY

RENA, WILMA, CATHERINE, ALGER

114 ALGER

DRENTH, MR. & MRS. GARRETT

WALTER

2207 DARWIN AVE., SW

DYKSTRA, MR. & MRS. BARNEY

GRACE MARION

1956 S. DIVISION AVE.

DYKSTRA, MR. & MRS. FRED

FREDERICK BERNARD

721 CENTURY AVE., SW

DYS, MR. & MRS. G.

RR #6

EKKENS, MR. & MRS. AL

RALPH, CLARENCE, MARGARET, CORA

29 KIRTLAND ST., SE

EKKENS, MR. & MRS. THOMAS

KATHERINE MARION, JOHN FREDERICK, ALFRED WILLIAM

139 SUTTON ST., SW

ELENBAAS, M. J.

AARON

2120 HORTON AVE., SE

ELENBAAS, MARGARET

CHIDIDI MISSION STATION, PORT HERALD, NYASALAND, AFRICA

ELENBAAS, MR. & MRS. R.

2248 HORTON AVE., SE

ENSING, MRS. GEORGE

GERALD, GERRIT, NELSON, RAYMOND, LEON, DOROTHY

2110 HORTON AVE., SE

FERWERDA, MR. & MRS. GEORGE

CORNELIA

116 CUTLER ST., SW

FOLKEMA, MR. & MRS. FRANK

EVELYN, ALICE, SIMON PETER, HAROLD FRANK

RR#8, CLYDE PARK AVE.

FORMSMA, MR. & MRS. BIRNEY

ROBERT JAY, WILLIAM, DONALD LESTER, LAWRENCE HOWARD

736 BURTON ST., SE

FORMSMA, MR. & MRS. JACOB

MELVIN, RUSSELL

80 SUTTON ST., SW

FREYLING, MR. & MRS. F.

MARVIN, ARTHUR, PEARL, MILDRED MAY

2010 HORTON AVE., SE

GARVELING, MR. & MRS. JOHN H.

HENRY, ALVIN CECIL, WILLARD JOHN, IRMA, ELIZABETH

2203 BUCHANAN AVE., SE

GEOMAN, MR. & MRS. LEONARD

SOLOMON WM., JEANETTE HELEN, MARTIN HENRY

RR #1

GEZON, H., SR.

2110 HORTON

GEZON, MARTIN

HILDA, MARIE, ELIZABETH, ESTHER

FRANCIS AND BURTON

GEZON, MR. & MRS. AMOS

MARGARET R., DONALD

1301 LAKE DRIVE

GEZON, MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN

1922 FRANCIS AVE., SE

GEZON, MR. & MRS. HIRAM

MILDRED MARIE, HELEN ANDRE, MARY RUTH, ESTHER JEAN

25 KIRTLAND SW

HAM, MR. & MRS. NICHOLAS

THERESA, HELEN, KATHERINE, HENRIETTA, CAROL EDNA

1919 PALACE SW

HEYBOER, MR. & MRS. ABRAHAM

RR #10

HEYBOER, MR. & MRS. G. A.

144 BURTON ST., SE

HEYBOER, MR. & MRS. MATTHEW

33 SUTTON ST., SW

HEYS, MR. & MRS. LOUIS

JOHN LOUIS, CECIL

RR #10

HEYS, S.

801 HENRY AVE., SE

HOEKSEMA, MR. & MRS. H.

HENRIETTA EDNA, GENEVA HELEN, MARY MARGARET, BEATRICE LOUISE

1977 HORTON AVE., SE

HOEKSEMA, MR. & MRS. WILLIAM

HARRIETTE, HENRIETTA, BERNARD WILLIAM, ELEANOR JEANETTE, BERTHA MAE

2021 IONIA AVE., SW

HOLWERDA, MR. & MRS. GEORGE

WILLIAM, CORNELIUS, SIDNEY, FANNY-CORNELIA

RR#10, GRAND RAPIDS

HOOGERWERF, MR. & MRS. PETER

CORA

225 DICKERSON ST., SE

HOOLSEMA, MR. & MRS. D.

PETER, ADRIAN, JOHN H., MARY J.

RR #10

HUITZING, MRS. ANNA

2207 DARWIN AVE., SW

HUIZENGA, MR. & MRS. B.

CORNELIUS

1037 JEFFERSON AVE., SE

JANSEN, MRS. W.

NICHOLAS JOHN

2314 MADISON AVE., SE

JIPPING, MR. & MRS. JOHN H.

JOHANNA, CATHERINE, JOHN LOUIS, FLORENCE MARIE, HENRY EDWARD, DEANETTE HELEN, JAMES IRWIN

125 RIDGE ST., SW

KARSTEN, MR. & MRS. JACOB

ALBERT, GRACE, JENNIE, MARTIN, PAULINE MAE, ANITA JANE, MARGARETA HARRIET, WINIFRED JAY

1941 COLLINS PLACE SE

KIBBEN, MRS. JOHN

26 KIRTLAND ST., SW

KLEINJANS, MR. & MRS. EVERT

ELMER, ANGIE

15 BANNER ST., SW

KLOET, B.

RR #10

KLUNDER, MR. & MRS. M.

ANNE, CAROL

1215 IONIA AVE., SW

KOETSIER, MR. & MRS. HENRY

GENEVA, WILLARD, NELLIE, PERCY

130 STEWART AVE., SW

KONING, MR. & MRS. CORNELIUS

HENRIETTA, CLARENCE, HENRY, RICHARD, JAMES, MARY, MARVIN

RR #^

KRAMER, HENRY

HENRIETTA, PETER, NELLIE

CORNER ALGER AND RR #10

KRAMER, MARTHA

2203 BUCHANAN

KRAMER, MISS REKA

2203 MAY AVE., SE

KREUZE, MR. & MRS. L.

NELSON LESTER

107 LA BELLE ST., SE

KRUGER, MR. STEFANNE

1115 SO. UNIVERSITY ST., ANN ARBOR

KUIPER, MR. & MRS. GERRIT

WILLIAM, WARREN

730 GRIGGS ST., SW

LEEUWENBERG, A.

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LEEUWENBERG, CORNELIUA

MARIE, FAITH

1751 JEFFERSON AVE., SE

LEEUWENBERG, MR. & MRS. D.

ROSE ELANOR

RR#6, 867 BURTON SE

LESTER, MR. & MRS. R. E.

26 ELM ST., SW

LONGSTREET, MR. & MRS. CLARENCE

LEONA JESSIE

RR #1

LONGSTREET, MR. & MRS. NICK

WILHELMINA, JEANETTE

RR#10

LONGSTREET, MR. & MRS. PHILIP

NELSON ALBERTUS, WILLIAM REUBEN, MARION KATE, ALLEN EDWARD

RR#10

LONGSTREET, MR. & MRS. PHILIP, JR.

IRENE MYRTLE

RR#10

LONGSTREET, MR. * MRS. P. N.

WILMA JENETTE

RR#10

LOTTERMAN, ERNEST

BENJAMIN, HENRIETTA, JESSE, HENRY, ESTHER, DORA, NORA, EDITH, LUCILLE

4 EVERGREEN AVE.

LOTTERMAN, H. B.

644 PLATTE ST., SW

LOTTERMAN, MR. & MRS. D.

ANNE LOUISE

1076 SHERIDAN AVE. SW

LUIKAART, MRS. J.

WILLIAM ARTHUR, MARGARET ANNA, FRED

135 KIRTLAND ST., SW

MAATMAN, MRS. GEORGE

1900 FRANCIS AVE., SE

MAST, MISS JENNIE

JEFFERSON DRIVE SE

MASTENBROEK, MRS. ANNA

FRANCIS, AGNES EDNA

2109 S. DIVISION AVE.

MEDENDORP, MR. & MRS. N.

EASTERN AVE.

MEERSE, J.

DIVISION AVE., NEAR ALGER

MENKEN, MR. & MRS. ED

112 STEWART ST.

MEYER, MR. & MRS. ANTONE

ROELFINA, ANTONIA, HENRY, WILLIAM

317 GRIGGS ST., SW

MEYER, MR. & MRS. COR.(NELIUS)

ADRIAN, COR.(NELIUS), HELEN, BEATRICE

12 BURTON ST. SE

MEYERS, MRS. TEN

BERT HERMAN, HERMAN CORNELIUS

317 BROWN ST., SE

MICHEL, MR. & MRS. G. L.

MARY

118 SUTTON ST. SW

MINDERHOUT, MRS. I. J.

DORIS EILEEN, VIVIAN JEANETTE

1917 COLLINS AVE., SE

MOELKER, HERBERT

44 HOLLAND AVE.

MOERMAN, MRS. JAMES

26 ELM ST., SW

MULDER, REV. & MRS. H. J.

BOYD J., GERHARDUS W., JEAN A., STANLEY D.

2050 FRANCIS AVE., SE

NAGEL, MR. & MRS. HARRY

JOHN, HARRY

2009 DIVISION AVE.

NEDERVELD, MISS ADRIANA

WASHINGTON, D. C.

NITZ, MR. & MRS. GEORGE

GEORGE, JR., HEROLD JOHN

1406 BURTON ST. SW

NOLLES, MRS. N.

2006 DENWOOD AVE., SW

NYDAM, MR. & MRS. ALBERT

WILMA IRENE

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OELKER, MR. & MRS. A. J.

1744 JEFFERSON AVE.

OLTHOUSE, GEORGE

R.F.D., GRAND RAPIDS

OLTHOUSE, MR. & MRS. JOHN

114 SUTTON ST., SW

PELL, MR. & MRS. PAUL

HAROLD JAMES, ROY DONALD, WILBUR PAUL, MILTON C.

2150 MCKEE AVE. SW

PELL, MRS. WILLIAM

736 BURTON ST.

PELTON, MRS. JOSEPH

ELSIE, JENNIE

2202 HORTON AVE., SW

PETTINGA, MR. & MRS. PETER

ERNEST, RICHARD, HENRY, JENET DOROTHY

1930 LAFAYETTE AVE. SE

PLOEG, MR. & MRS. HARRY

ELIZABETH, HENRIETTA, DEANETTA, JOHN HERMAN, ARTHUR LOUIS, HAROLD MORTON, KATTIE LOUISE, KENNETH

RR#6, BOX 66

PONTIER, MRS. WILLIAM

BELGIAN CONGO, AFRICA, HEART OF AFRICA MISSION, NIANGARA VILLE PROVINCE

POSTEMA, MR. & MRS. JACOB

JOHN JACOB

1741 JEFFERSON AVE. SE

POSTHUMUS, MRS. GEORGE

MABEL JACOBA

17 SUTTON ST., SW

POTTER, MR. & MRS. LOUIS

ADRIAN, FRANCIS

RR#10

RATERINK, MR. & MRS. ALBERT

ALIDA, BERNICE

1916 JEFFERSON AVE., SE

RATERINK, MR. & MRS. WILLIAM

GERALDINE RUTH

453 DICKINSON ST., SE

RINGELBERG, MRS. JOHN

JAY RAYMOND, MAURICE HENRY

131 ANDRE ST., SW

ROLLEMAN, CYRUS

1825 STAFFORD AVE., SW

ROTTSCHAFER, MR. & MRS. AL

JOHN HENRY

507 FULLER ST. SE

ROTTSCHAFER, MR. & MRS. J.

WILLIAM, JR.

CORNER GRIGGS AND PALACE

ROZEMA, JOHN

HORTON AVE., SE

SCHEPPERS, MR. & MRS. A. G.

MARGARETHA, SIDNEY, EARL ELMER

60 KIRTLAND ST.

SCHOLS, MR. & MRS. RALPH

KATHERINE A., LAWRENCE H., HAROLD A., MARJORIE J.

434 WEAVER ST., SE

SCHOONBEEK, MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN

ALBERT GEORGE, BERNARD EARL

234 STEWART ST., SW

SCHRAM, MR. & MRS. LABAN

JEANETTE, RICHARD MATTHEW, ANGELINE CORNELIA

22 ELM ST., SE

SCHRAM, MRS. M.

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SCHUITEMA, MR. & MRS.

1924 MADISON AVE.

SCHUITEMA, MR. & MRS. ALBERT

EMMA

1901 CENTURY SW

SCHULING, MR. & MRS. H. A.

HENRY, IRENE

1309 PROSPECT AVE., SE

SEIF, MR. & MRS. HERMAN

ROBERT CARROLL

2258 FRANCIS SE

SHARPHORN, MR. & MRS. HERMAN

410 BURTON ST., SW

SINKE, MR. & MRS. MATTHEW

2100 S. DIVISION AVE.

SLOMP, MR. & MRS. GEORGE

GEORGE, JR.

2349 FRANCIS AVE., SE

SMITH, MRS. CHARLES

GRIGGS AND PALACE

SMITTER, MR. & MRS. E. J.

HENRY, ANNA

RR#1, GRAND RAPIDS

SMITTER, MR. & MRS. JOHN

RR#1, GRAND RAPIDS

SOERHEIDE, H. J.

133 STEWART ST., SW

STARK, MR. & MRS. WILLIAM

FRANCES, BERNARD

1834 JEFFERSON AVE. SE

STEENWYK, NICHOLAS

37 BAYLIS ST., SW

STIRDIVANT, MRS. ARTHUR

2159 DIVISION AVE., SE

SULLIVAN, MR. & MRS. HOBART

RR #10

SYTSEMA, MR. & MRS. P.

BUCHANAN NEAR M.C.R.R.

TEXTER, MR. & MRS. JOHN

HENRY, WILMA, EGBERT, EVELYN, ELELA

356 BURTON ST., SW

TIMMER, BERTHA

235 DICKERSON ST., SE

TIMMERMAN, MR. & MRS. RALPH

GERTRUDE

COLLINS SE

TROOST, MRS. EDWARD

141 BURTON ST. SE

UBBING, MR. & MRS. D.

ESTHER, ELMER GORDON

P.S.C., DAVENPORT, IOWA

VAN BOTSELAAR, ALICE

515 BURTON ST., SW

VAN BOTSELAAR, JOHANNA

515 BURTON ST., SW

VAN BOTSELAAR, MARY

515 BURTON ST., SW

VAN BOTSELAAR, WILLIAM

515 BURTON ST., SW

VAN DEN BOSCH, MR. & MRS. JAY

109 WITHEY ST., SE

VAN DEN BOSCH, MR. & MRS. JOHN

ETHEL

445 JAMES AVE., SE

VAN DEN BOSCH, MR. JACOB

JAMES LESTER, JOHN HORACE

2211 MAY AVE.

VAN DER HORST, E.

2164 DIVISION AVE., SE

VAN DER MEL, MR. & MRS. P.

110 ROSE ST., SW

VAN DER VELDE, MR. & MRS. JOHN

LOUIS EDGAR

1845 COLLINS AVE., SE

VAN DER WALL, MRS. NICHOLAS

IRENE

RR#8, GRAND RAPIDS

VAN DYKE, MR. & MRS. HERMAN

HARRIET, KATHERINE

251 GRIGGS ST., SE

VAN ESS, MR. & MRS. JACOB

MARINUS JACOB, HARRY WILLIAM, BARBARA ETHEL, WILLARD JOHN, JOHN JAMES, GEORGE ROBERT, WILHELMINA MARY

69 SUTTON SW

VAN FASSEN, MR. E.

2144 FRANCIS SE

VAN HOUTEN, MR. & MRS. JOHN

34 KIRTLAND ST., SW

VAN HOUTEN, MRS. W.

75 ANDRE ST., SW

VAN HOVEN, MR. & MRS. E.

ELZINA MILDRED

1815 COLLEGE AVE., S.

VAN HOVEN, MR. & MRS. LAMBERTUS

GRACE, HAZEL, FRANK, GILBERT, WALTER, FLOYD, ROBERT

HORTON AVE., SE

VAN KUIKEN, MR. & MRS. NICHOLAS

GERTRUDE, MINOR, EFFIE, AGNES, JOHN LOUIS

1039 JEFFERSON AVE., SE

VAN LAAN, MR. & MRS. J.

ROGER WARREN

RR #10

VAN LUNEN, MRS. ANNA

RR#10, EASTERN NEAR ALGER

VAN OEVEREN, A. J.

ROBERT KEITH

1111 PROSPECT AVE., SE

VAN OEVEREN, MRS. MARGARET

2318 FRANCIS SE

VAN PELT, MRS.

225 BROWN ST., SW

VAN RINGELSTEYN, GERRIT

GERRIT, JR., NICHOLAS

318 BROWN ST., SW

VAN RINGELSTEYN, MRS. WILLIAM

DOROTHY, GARRET

318 BROWN ST., SW

VAN TIL, MR. & MRS. MARTIN

EDWARD, ARTHUR, GERTRUDE, JEANETTE

114 ANDRE ST., SW

VAN TOL, MR. & MRS. A. R.

ANTHONY PAUL, HESTER JEAN

1937 RUSSELL AVE., SE

VAN ZEE, MRS. E.

LIZZIE

1715 MARTIN AVE., SE

VANDENBERG, MR. & MRS. A. J.

MARIE, EARL, HAZEL

150 ALGER ST., SE

VANDENBERG, MR. & MRS. ED.

MARJORIE JEAN

2318 FRANCIS SE

VEEN, MR. & MRS. J. C.

2100 FRANCIS AVE., SE

VEENSTRA EDWARD L.

1912 S. DIVISION AVE.

VEENSTRA, MR. & MRS. C. W.

2215 FRANCIS AVE., SE

VEENSTRA, MR. & MRS. R. T.

MARVIN GEORGE, PEARL THERESA

2252 FRANCIS AVE., SE

VELDSMA, MR. & MRS. EDWARD

MINNIE RUTH

1919 DARWIN AVE., SW

VERBURG, MR. & MRS. CORNELIUS

246 DICKERSON ST.

VERBURG, MR. & MRS. GERRIT

DANIEL FRANK, LENA, WILLIAM HOWARD

1739 MADISON AVE., SE

VERBURG, MR. & MRS. LAMBERTUS

2042 PALACE SW

VERHOEF, MRS. HENRIETTA

GERALD ALBERTUS

2206 MAY AVE., SW

VIS, MR. & MRS. JOHN

44 CUTLER ST., SW

VIS, MR. & MRS. WESLEY

FRANKLIN, JOHN

44 CUTLER ST., SW

VOLKERS, MISS DENA

143 CUTLER ST., SW

VOLKERS, MR. & MRS. HERMAN

GRACE, VIOLA, CORNELIA ANNETTE, HARVEY ROBERT, DONALD EARL, RUTH VIRGINIA

143 CUTLER ST., SW

VOLKERS, MR. & MRS. JOHN

18 SUTTON ST., SW

WALBRIDGE, MRS. CHARLES

63 BURTON ST., SW

WALMA, MR. & MRS. JOHN

ANNA, JOSEPHINE, JOHN, HELEN, DOROTHY, RUTH

2161 HORTON AVE., SE

WARMELS, MR. & MRS. BENJAMIN

ROBERT, ELIZABETH, CORNELIUS

110 CUTLER ST., SW

WARMELS, MR. & MRS. JOHN

BENJAMIN RAYMOND, HARRIETT JEANETTE, HAROLD JOHN

2011 IONIA AVE., SW

WIELSMA, MR. & MRS. MARTIN

1607 JEFFERSON AVE., SE

WIERSMA, MR. & MRS. JOHN

40 ANDRE ST., SW

WIERSUM, MR. & MRS. ABRAM

FRANK EDWARD, CLARA RUTH, DONALD

RR #10

WIERSUM, MR. & MRS. FRED

EVELYN C., FRANKLIN R., RAYMOND E.

2344 S. DIVISION AVE., S.

WIERSUM, MR. & MRS. GEORGE

HAROLD EDWARD

RR #10

WIERSUM, MRS. CORNELIA

HAZEL, DORA

2259 HORTON SE

WILLIAMSON, MR. & MRS. I. J.

ROGER BAKER

237 GRIGGS ST., SW

WRIGHT, MRS. B.

BEVERLY JEAN, MARVIN, ELSIE LORAINE

2203 MAY AVE., SW

YONKER, MR. & MRS. R.

EDWARD, BERTHA, NELLIE

RR #10

ZOERMAN, MR. & MRS. HENRY

HENRY, JR.

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Transcriber: Angela Nyburg
Scanned by: ES
Created: 19 September 2012