Jacob Bouwman
HISTORY  Certificate........Age 84
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Married about 1889
Elizabeth Noord
 HISTORY Certificate........Age 76

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b. Sept. 27, 1869 in Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands
s/o Dora and John Bouwman
Immagrated to U.S. in 1872.
d. Feb 5, 1954
buried inFairplains Cemetery, Kent Co. MI.
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b. Mar. 17, 1869 in Ezinge, Groningen, Netherlands
d/o Clara De Jager and Berend NOORD
Immgrated to U.S. on May 9, 1885
d. Dec. 25, 1946
buried inFairplains Cemetery, Kent Co. MI
Jacob and Elizabeth
PORTRAIT
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Their History is by their name on left.
Sibling
Born
Location
Died
Age
Layed to Rest
1..John, Martha  Nov 19, 1891 Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Aug.24,1968
76
 Kent Co. MI
2..Carrie,.Herman Nauta Dec. 4, 1893
May 1973
79
3..Benjamin, Nella?
............1896 Garfield Park Cemetery July 14, 1971
75
 Kent Co. MI
4..Dora, Harry Beukeman ............1898



5..Peter  ............1900
Dec. 1979
 79
6..Jacob(Jack),Florence ............1901 Fairplains Cemetery May 20. 1966
64
 Kent Co. MI
7..Herman      twins Mar 11, 1905 Garfield Park Cemetery May 11. 1967
62
 Kent Co. MI
8..Elizabeth   twins Mar 11, 1905 Elmwood Cemetery Jan 11. 1971
65
 Allegan Co. MI
9..Gertrude  Feb 29, 1912 Fairplains Cemetery Feb 16, 1999
87
 Kent Co. MI
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See: Children School Records 1910,  1920
Family first owned a muck farm near Byron Center. It is said that the farm
made it possible for Jacob to not have to work when they lived on Quimby St.
John
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.		 Married Martha______. first daughters Betty, Jane, Marian and Doris then had sons John Jr., Andrew, Donald, and Jack.
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John later Married Kathryn Vanderwood who had a son; Dr. Jack
Carrie

Married Herman Nauta   b. Jan. 24, 1894
                                             d. Janurary 1968
Benjamin
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.		 Served in World War One - 1914-1918
Married Nella? 1898-1957,
Twin daughters, Dorothy and Evelyn died young
....third daughter, Erma, died Mar. 22, 1997,
....married Peter Boomker of Grattan, MI.
Dora
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.		 Married VanMalsen (in a 1946 obit)
later Married Beukeman (in a 1971 obit).
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Peter
Owned Wolverine Tile and Flooring Company with Jack, Herman worked there also. Peters son, James came into the company in 1953. The company went into porcelain gas stations and then metal buildings. It became Wolverine Building Products...		 Married Bette Barents in 1922 divorced 1953
Jack  (Jacob Jr.)
.		 Married Florence, 1905 - 1995 
No children.
Herman
.		 Married  in 1934, Lois Marie SHECKLER
Lois is now living in Allegan County.
Elizabeth
.		 Married, Melvin Noel Edwards, divorced in 1954
Married, Ray S. Welsh.
Gertrude
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.		 NEVER MARRIED.................She maintained a beauty parlor in her home at
324 Baynton St...When she could no longer maintain her home she moved to the Rest Haven Home. Her nephew, LaVerne remembers when he visited in 1959 that she had trouble with her arm, making it difficult to work in her beauty parlor.
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Carolyn "Osterhouse" Marsman handled  Gertrude's funeral,
being one of her nieces...
A John 1903-1994 (Married Mary E., 1903 - 1975) is a grave near Jacob but line is not known..

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