To all the Vermeers who were at the reunion
Thank you for coming We hope you had a memorable trip to Rock Valley. The weather forecast was (partly cloudy and 90° no rain). We had everything except the partly cloudy and it was above 90°. I think it was very successful and after 63 yrs I finally got to meet my cousin Evert Vermeer and his sons Mark and Ken. I would like to thank JimVS, FreidaVS, EvertV, Bill VO, JohnV and many others for emailing my ramblings sending pictures on to other Vermeers. A special Thank you to Rendert Vermeer for his sharing of the Vermeers Genealogy it was a HOME RUN. Thank You from Donna Melena Beatrice Cornelis Everet Rendert (Disclamer I Everet Know I have forgotten to mention someone please forgive me) Evert and Alida Hendrika (Van Der Horst) Vermeer (First Marriage) Evert and Geertje (Rikkers) Vermeer (Second Marriage)
Geertje Evert Geertje & Evert (burial location) |
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Evert VERMEER, born on Jan 6, 1854 at 23:00 in Harderwijk {Married 1st at 21 yrs} {Married 2nd at 28 Yrs} |
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Wife(1) Alida Hendrika van der HORST, Wife (2) Geertje RIKKERS, 27 years old, 22 years old, born on Oct 11, 1852 at 21:00 in Harderwijk born on Feb 24, 1855 in Doornspijk |
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From the first marriage: 1. m Rende (Ren) VERMEER, born on Oct 16, 1874 in Harderwijk (see also IIa). 2. f Hendrika VERMEER, born on Jul 29, 1876 in Harderwijk (see also IIb). 3. m Wouter VERMEER, born on Sep 9, 1877 in Harderwijk (see also IIc). 4. m Jan VERMEER, born on Mar 30, 1880 at 10:00 in Harderwijk (referencenumber: 71), died on Jan 11, 1881 at 02:00 in Harderwijk, 287 days old (referencenumber: 13), ten huize van zijn vader in de Oosterwijk, aangegeven door vader Evert en Antoon van der Horst [oom], 41 jaren, tuinman. From the second marriage: 5. m Jan (John) VERMEER Sr. Born on Jun 1, 1883 in Harderwijk (see also IId). 6. m Peter Albartus VERMEER, born on Aug 11, 1884 in Harderwijk, died on Oct 31, 1884 in Harderwijk, 81 days old. 7. f Hendrientje VERMEER, born on Jul 24, 1886 in Harderwijk, died on Jul 28, 1894 in Harderwijk at the age of 8, in een huis aan de Vischmarkt. 8. f Pietje (Nellie) VERMEER, born on May 2, 1890 in Harderwijk (see also IIe). 9. f Klasina Elisabetha (Clara) VERMEER, born on Jan 12, 1894 in Harderwijk (see also IIf). 10. f Hendrientje (Hattie) VERMEER, born on Jan 8, 1897 in Harderwijk (see also IIg). 11. m Cornelis (Cornelius, Case) VERMEER, born on Feb 13, 1899 in Harderwijk (see also IIh). 12. m Jan VERMEER, born on Jul 3, 1901 in Harderwijk, died on Jul 27, 1901 at 09:00 in Harderwijk, 24 days old (referencenumber: 83), in een huis staande aan de Vischmarkt; overlijden aangegeven door Johannes Hieter, 65 jaar, mandenmaker, en Ate Rienstra, 38 jaar, gemeentebode. 13. m Hendrik (Henry, Hank) VERMEER, born on Jul 22, 1902 in Harderwijk (see also IIi). Copied from geneology Rendert Vermeer |
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First Marriage Children: Rende and Wilhelmina Sophia (Kloots) Vermeer
Gravesite Marker
Arnout and Hendrika (Vermeer) Snijder
Wouter and Jannetje (Van Houtum) Vermeer
Jan Vermeer born on Mar 30, 1880 at 10:00 in Harderwijk died on Jan 11, 1881 at 02:00 in Harderwijk, 287 days old
This is the part of the Vermeer family that stayed in Holland What a hard decision to stay or go Grandpa Vermeer was 56 and Grandma was 55 when they immigrated to the USA. This year is the 100th anniversary of that occasion what has a century of change brought to everyone involved.
Rhendert has sent me some links to Vermeer web sites: |
Second Marriage Children: One of my best memories when I was a child was going to the Vermeer Reunion. Hosted by different siblings every year. Rock Rapids, IA hosted by the Jan and Elsie (Otten) Vermeer family
John & Elsie (burial location)
Peter Albartus Vermeer born on Aug 11, 1884 in Harderwijk, died on Oct 31, 1884 in Harderwijk, 81 days old.
Sioux Center, IA hosted by the Neil and Clara (Vermeer) Hulstein family
Neil & Clara (burial location) Hull, IA hosted by the Bill and Hattie (Vermeer) Vis family
Bill & Hattie (burial location) Hull, IA hosted by the Bill And Nellie (Vermeer) Lokhorst family
Bill & Nellie (burial location) Rock Valley, IA hosted by the Cornilius (Case) and Mina Vermeer family
Case & Mina (burial location) Jan Vermeer , born on Jul 3, 1901 in Harderwijk, died on Jul 27, 1901 at 09:00 in Harderwijk, 24 days old
Henry Annie (Niewsma) Vermeer lived in Lynden, Washington at this time.
Henry & Ann (burial location) One thing was always certain at these reunions we were going to have Hull ice cream. Uncle Bill Lockhorst worked at the Hull creamery and he told me he keeped the secret recipe for this very popular ice cream. (if only I could have gotten it from him a kids dream come true). They would keep it cold in a big brown bag that was insulated. There was always enough so we could have seconds since we never had it the rest of the year. I am sure there are other memories from when you were gowing up this is just one of mine. Everet John Vermeer
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