From "Descendants of Albertus Christiaan van Raalte - Founder of Holland, Michigan: 1847 - 1972" by Edward Prins, 1972. Albertus Christiaan van Raalte II (17 Oct 1811 Wanneperveen, Overijsel, Netherlands - 7 Nov 1876), married 15 Mar 1836 to Christina Johanna de Moen (30 Jan 1815 Leiden - 6 Jun 1871) Dirk Blikman Kikkert van Raalte I (1 Mar 1844 Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands - 12 Feb 1910), married 1884 to Katie Ledeboer (1 Feb 1852 - 5 Jun 1926) Dirk Blikman Kikkert van Raalte II (4 Jul 1891 Holland - ??), married 24 Jun 1912 to Margret Elizabeth Hopson (26 Jun 1891 Chicago - ??) [This is most likely the man to whom you refer. He would be A.C. van Raalte's grandson. I could not locate an obituary, which presumably would give details about his career.] Dirk Blikman Kikkert van Raalte V was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1970, according to the book by Prins. Perhaps you could locate him through phonebooks or a search engine. Good luck, Chris Penning At 11:26 AM 9/9/00 -0400, you wrote: >Can anyone help this person? >Please post your answer to her BOTH on this list (let's share & >avoid duplication at the same time) AND to her at ><[email protected]>. >Thanks, >TR > > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: looking for Van Raalte info >> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:53:17 -0500 >> From: Susan Ditto <[email protected]> >> >> Hi, >> I am a historic preservation consultant from Oxford, >> Mississippi. I came upon your website while looking for >> information on a furniture maker from your area by the name >> of Van Raalte. I was hoping that you could shed a little >> more light on him for me or maybe direct me to someone who >> could. >> >> D.B.K. (I am not certain all of these initials are correct) >> Van Raalte was a salesman and later head of the Limbert >> Furniture company from 1916 to at least 1927. He was so >> influential within the company that in the mid-1920s the >> company's furniture mark was redesigned to read "Limbert >> Furniture by Van Raalte Craftsmen." The Limbert company, >> which started out in Grand Rapids, was moved to Holland in >> 1906 where it continued to make furniture under the Limbert >> name until 1944. This company's furniture was extremely >> popular in the early 20th century and is still sought after >> by collectors of fine furniture designs in the Arts and >> Crafts and Colonial Revival styles. >> >> I suspect that the Van Raalte I am looking for was probably >> a descendent of Rev. A.C. Van Raalte, but I have found no >> evidence to support this. I would sincerely appreciate any >> information that you could give me. Thank you very much and >> congratulations on creating such an extensively researched >> website. >> >> Best regards, >> Susan Ditto >> Ditto & Associates >> 1516 Madison Ave. >> Oxford, Mississippi 38655 >> 877-648-4203 >> http://www.dittoandassociates.com/index.htm > > >==== MIOTTAWA Mailing List ==== >The Ottawa County, Michigan USGenWeb Project Page is located at: >http://www.macatawa.org/~brianter/genweb.htm > >