BERKHOF ANNEX
William Bruce Berkhof
Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 25 May 2019
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Origin of
the surname “Berkhof:”
Generation
5
4 John/Jan Berkhof
1. Biographical notes:
Born 12 January 1836 at Hasselt, Zwartewaterland
Municipality, Overijssel, Netherlands. Died 7 May 1920 at Grand Rapids, Kent County,
Michigan; interred there in Garfield Park Cemetery. Immigrated to the US from
the Netherlands, arriving at New York City on 6 April 1882.
1900 US Census: John Berkhoff,
age 64 (b. Jan 1836 in the Netherlands; parents b. Netherlands) and employed as
a preacher, was heading a household at 285 Eleventh Street in the City of Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. He
immigrated to the US in 188 The
household also included his wife of 37 years, Gerrje Berkhoff, age 60 (b. Oct 1839 in the Netherlands; parents
b. Netherlands), who had had 12 children, 3 of whom were still alive; son, Lucas
Berkhoff, age 26 (b. Oct 1873 in the Netherlands),
single, and a student; son, John Berkhoff, age 23 (b.
Mar 1877 in Netherlands), single, and employed as a cabinet maker; and son,
Ralf Berkhoff, age 15 (b. Nov 1884 in MI), single,
and employed attending a machine. Those
born in the Netherlands immigrated to the US in 1882.
2. Wife: Geesje ter Poorten
Born 11 October 1839 at Gasselte,
Aa en Hunze
Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands; daughter of Lucas
and Jentje (van Veen) Poorten. Died 25 July 1925 at Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Michigan; interred with Jan. Married John/Jan Berkhof on 23 April 1863
in the Netherlands.
3. Children: (12 total, including)
a. Gerrit Berkof: Born 9 November 1865 at Noordbarge,
Emmen Municipality, Drenthe,
Netherlands. Died 16 November 1894 at
Maxwell, Colfax County, New Mexico; interred Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
b. Louis Berkhof:
See generation 3, below.
c. John/Jan Berkhof: Born
23 March 1877 at Noordbarge, Emmen
Municipality, Drenthe,
Netherlands. Died 11 June 1907 at Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; interred there in Garfield Park Cemetery.
d. Ralf Berkhof: Born
November 1884 in Michigan.
3 Reverend Dr. Louis Berkhof
"Lukas"
1. Biographical notes:
Born 14 October 1873 in Emmen Municiipality, Drenthe, Netherlands. Died 18 May 1957 at Blodgett
Memorial Hospital, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan;
interred. Employed as a professor (later
President) at Calvin Theological Seminary, Calvin College, Grand
Rapids.
1900 US Census: Lucas Berkhoff,
age 26 (b. Oct 1873 in the Netherlands), single, and a student, resided with
his parents at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (see above).
1910 US Census: Louis Berkoff,
age 36 (b. Holland; parents b. Holland) and employed as a professor at Clastion? Reform Theological School, was heading a
household at 280 Worden Street in the City of Grand Rapids, Kent County,
Michigan. He immigrated to the US in
1882 (subsequently naturalized) and had been married once. The household also included his wife of 9
years, Rika J. Berkhof, age 38 (b. MI; parents b.
Holland), who had been married once and had had 3 children, all still alive;
daughter, Gracie A. Berkhof, age 7 (b. MI); son, William
Berkhof, age 5 (b. MI); daughter, Jeanetta
Berkhof, age 2 (b. MI): and boarder, William Kloosterman, age 76 (b. Holland) and widowed.
1920 US Census: Louis Berkhof,
age 46 (b. Netherlands; parents b. Netherlands) and employed as a college
teacher, was heading a household at 834 Worden Street in the City of Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. He spoke
Dutch, immigrated to the US in 1882, and became a naturalized citizen in 1896. The household also included his wife, Reka Berkhof, age 48 (b. MI; parents
b. Netherlands and spoke Dutch); daughter, Grace A. Berkhof,
age 17 (b. MI), single, and not employed; son, William Berkhof,
age 15 (b. MI), single, and not employed; daughter, Jennette
Berkhof, age 12 (b. MI); son, John Berkhof, age 9 (b. MI); and father-in-law, William Kloosterman, age 85 (b. Netherlands; parents b.
Netherlands) and widowed, who spoke Dutch and immigrated to the US in 1868 and
became a naturalized citizen in 1883.
1930 US Census: Louis Berkhof,
age 56 (b. Netherlands; parents b. Netherlands), widowed, and employed as a
professor at Calvin College, was heading a household at 834 Worden Street in
the City of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. He spoke Dutch; he immigrated to the US in
1882 (subsequently naturalized); and his residence was valued at $9,000. The household also included his son, William Berkhof, age 25 (b. MI; father b. Netherlands; mother b.
Holland), single, and a student; daughter, Jean Berkhof,
age 22 (b. MI; father b. Netherlands; mother b. Holland), single, and not
employed; and son, John Berkhof, age 19 (b. MI;
father b. Netherlands; mother b. Holland), single, and a student.
2. Wife #1: Rika/Reka Dykhuis
a. Biographical notes:
Born 30 August 1871 at Holland,
Ottawa County, Michigan; daughter of Jacob and Jantje (Wiersema) Dijkhuis. Died 17 March 1928 at Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Michigan; interred there in Garfield Park Cemetery. Married William Berkhof on 8 September 1900 in Paris Township, Huron
County, Michigan.
b. Children: (order uncertain)
(1. William Louis Berkhof:
See generation 2, below.
(2. Grace Altruida Berkhoff: Born 1902.
Died 13 March 1962 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; interred
there in Woodlawn Cemetery. Married
William Meyer (b. 1896, d. 18 May 1982) and had at least the following
children: (order uncertain)
(a. Louis W. Meyer.
(a. Willis Richard Meyer:
Born 25 December 1928. Died 15 December
2011 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; interred there in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
(c. David Meyer.
(d. Karen R. Meyer.
(3. Jeanette "Jean" Berkhoff:
Born 1908. Married
Sidney Stuk.
(4. John Berkhoff: Born
1910. Died 7 July 1998 at East Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; interred there in Woodlawn Cemetery. Married Martha "Marcia" Huiner (b. 11 Nov/Dec 1910 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL, d. 10
Jan 1996 at East Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI; interred with John), daughter of
Peter/Pieter and Anna/Anje (Mensinga)
Huiner.
2. Wife #2: widow Wieberdina "Dena" (Joldersma) Heyns
Born January 1891 in Muskegon Township, Muskegon
County, Michigan. Died 19 February 1984, age 93, at Orange
City, Sioux County, Iowa; interred Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Michigan. Her obituary mentioned
the following children: Peter and Joanne DeJong,
Wilma H. Brouwer, William and Adrianne Berkhof, Sidney and Jean Stuk,
and John and Marcia Berkhof; also sisters, Henrietta Brouwers, and Henry and Clazene VandeVelde. Married
(1st) Herman Heyns (b. 1889, d. 1921) and apparently
had the following children:
(a. Mrs. Reverend Peter Y. DeJong of Pella, Iowa.
(b. Mrs. John Brouwer of Denver, Colorado.
Widow Dena Heyns married (2nd) widower Louis Berkhof (b. 1873, d. 1957).
2 Dr. William Louis Berkhof
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1 December 1904 at Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Died there 22 November 2003, age 98; interred
there in Woodlawn Cemetery. Employed as an educator.
1940 US Census: William Berkhof,
age 35 (b. MI) and employed as a high school superintendant, was heading a
household at 210 Union North in the Village of Tecumseh, Tecumseh Township,
Lenawee County, Michigan. No education
level recorded. The household also
included his wife, Adrianne Berkhof, age 33 (b. MI),
who had completed 4 years of college; and son, Wm Bruce Berkhof,
age 3 (b. MI). William Sr. and Adrianne
resided at Sand Lake, Kent County, Michigan on 1 April 1935.
2. Wife: Adrianne M. Vermaire
Born 1906. Died 25 March 1987, age 90; interred with William.
1920 US Census: Adrian Vermaire,
age 59 (b. Netherlands; parents b.
Netherlands) and employed as a cabinet maker in a furniture factory, was
heading a household at 903 Baxter Street in the City of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Michigan. He immigrated to the
US in 1888. The household also included
his wife, Adriana Vermaire, age 56 (b. Netherlands;
parents b. Netherlands), who immigrated to the US in 1888; son, Sam Vermaire, age 24 (b. MI), single, and employed as a printer
in a print shop; daughter, Dena Vermaire, age 21 (b.
MI), single, and employed as a stenographer in a flour mill; son, Abraham Vermaire, age 18 (b. MI), single, and employed as a biller
for a wholesale grocery; and daughter, Adriana Vermaire,
age 13 (b. MI).
1930 US Census: Adriana Vermaire,
age 66 (b. Netherlands; parents b. Netherlands) and widowed, was heading a
household at 827 Barter Street in the City of Grand Rapids, Kent County,
Michigan. She immigrated to the US in
1889 (subsequently naturalized), and her residence was valued at $4,500. The household also included her daughter, Adriana M. Vermaire, age 23 (b. MI; parents b. Netherlands), single,
and employed as a school teacher.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. William Bruce Berkhof:
See generation 1, below.
b. Carole Ann Berkhoff:
Married Dr. Melvin J. Van Boven and in 1996 resided
in Oklahoma. Carole and Melvin had at
least the following son:
(1. Michael Van Boven:
Married Kelly (?).
1 William Bruce Berkhof:
Born 18 June 1936 at Adrian, Lenawee
County, Michigan. Died 27 October
2017 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. Married June Ruth Cool, descendant # 3 of
generation 13 of the Descendants of Louisa Mehitable
(Drake) Cool on
14 August 1965.
See June's Page
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