This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carlsonjm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kent/8577.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The census reports below will answer a couple of your questions. 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Adrian Witkam Home in 1900: Grand Rapids Ward 5, Kent, Michigan Age: 39 Birth Date: Apr 1861 Birthplace: Netherlands Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1894 Relationship to head-of-house: Head Father's Birthplace: Netherlands Mother's Birthplace: Netherlands Spouse's name: Theodora Marriage Year: 1884 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 16 Residence : Grand Rapids City, Kent, Michigan Household Members: Adrian Witkam 39, furniture filler Theodora Witkam 41 Hubertus Witkam 15, sand paperer Clement Witkam 12 John Witkam 10 Annie Witkam 9 Theresia Witkam 5 Adriana Witkam 4 Cornelia Witkam 1 John De Roo?Ter 28 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Dorothy Wickham Age in 1910: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Birthplace: Netherlands Relation to Head-of-house: Wife Father's Birth Place: Netherlands Mother's Birth Place: Netherlands Spouse's name: Adrian Home in 1910: Grand Rapids Ward 5, Kent, Michigan Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Year of Immigration: 1884 Household Members: Adrian Wickham 48, painter / house Dorothy Wickham 50 Bert Wickham 23, hardware store Clement Wickham 21, hardware store Grace Wickham 15 Ada Wickham 14 Above census says Dorothy had 7 children and 5 were living, so I think Johannes and Cornelia died by 1910 (Apr). 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Herbert Whitcomb Home in 1920: Allegan Ward 2, Allegan, Michigan Age: 34 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886 Birthplace: Holland Relation to Head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: Mable Father's Birth Place: Holland Mother's Birth Place: France Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Year of Immigration: 1892 Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 652 Household Members: Herbert Whitcomb 34 Mable Whitcomb 27 Dorothy Whitcomb 7 William Whitcomb 5 Robert Whitcomb 3 7/12 Catherine Whitcomb 1 2/12 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Herbert Whitcomb Home in 1930: Allegan, Allegan, Michigan Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: Netherlands Relation to Head-of-house: Head Spouse's name: Mable Race: White Occupation: plummer Household Members: Herbert Whitcomb 42 Mable Whitcomb 37 Dorothy Whitcomb 18 William Whitcomb 15 Robert Whitcomb 13 Kathryn Whitcomb 11 Margaret Whitcomb 9 Barbra Whitcomb 6 I searched at http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 as I think you did also. The birth records of the 3 youngest just don't seem to be there! You might try this for marriages and obits (Kent County): http://data.wmgs.org/ Joan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.