----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Preising <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:26 PM Subject: [Ottawa Co., Michigan Genealogy] Family History > Posted on: Ottawa Co., Michigan Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/Ottawa/713 > > Surname: De Ridder, Vander West, Tibbe, Timmer > ------------------------- > > I am researching members of my Mother's family. DE RIDDER- My Great Great > Grandparents were DERK (actually DIRK) DE RIDDER and FRANCES TEN BLEYKER > (actually FRANCIJNTJE DEN BLEIJKER). They emigrated from Texel in 1866, > with their 4 children in 1866. They landed in New York and went to Michigan. > The children's names were: HERBERT (actually HUIP)( my G Grandfather )..married > Ruth Tibbe, BAALTJE ( have no idea what english translation would be), > HUIBERTJE (again..english translation?) and a brother MAARTEN. My G Grandfather > was 10 years old when they arrived in this country and died June 5, 1929 > in Holland, Michigan. He was 72 years old. I know that he had a farm in > or around Holland for many years. I know that he lived in Holland for about > 44 years before his death.I know that he married my G Grandmother on March > 1, 1885 in Graafschap, Michigan by A. Zwemen. The witnesses to the marriage > were A.G. Nusken? and J.G.Tibbe. At the time of his death in 1929 he still > had 2 sisters living. The only names I have are the married names of HALLAM( > or HALLIM or HALLUM ) of Kalamazoo and BOERSMA of Florida. I suppose his > brother MAARTEN had already passed on. My questions are these....Does anyone > know where and when Derk ( Dirk ) De Ridder died and where he is buried? > The same question for Frances De Ridder. Does anyone know where and when > Maarten DE Ridder died and is buried, or did he leave the area? Regarding > the 2 sisters..BAALTJE and HUIBERTJE..one married Hallam and the other > a BOERSMA..does anyone know who married who and again any info about their > families. And finally, does anyone know where the DeRidder farm was located > and is it still standing or has it gone by way of the housing developments. > I only know that it was up or down the road from the Vander West farm. > Also, where was this family located before moving to Holland? Thank you, > Sharon Preising > > > ==== MIOTTAWA Mailing List ==== > EFFECTIVE 02 April 2000: > The Ottawa Co., MI GenConnect boards are now "gatewayed" to this mailing list. > When a board is gatewayed to a mailing list, every message posted to the GenConnect board is forwarded to the corresponding mailing list. > The message sent to the list will contain the URL of the specific post to allow the list subscribers to respond directly to the message. > In this manner, gatewaying will enable more effective communication between the mailing lists and the GenConnect boards. >