VanDam Family Cemetery
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VanDam Family Cemetery

Drenthe, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA

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    Drenthe, Michigan, USA
    Coordinates: 42.75974, -85.95669
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Van Dam Family Cemetery located on the Gary Van Rhee farm in the vicinity of 147th Avenue and 42nd Street. Several
years ago Mr Van Rhee graciously agreed to the placement of a 3-bar plastic vinyl fence, 21 feet x 31 feet, around
three sides of the cemetery.

This cemetery was used for only a few years, specifically 1863-1875, by the Van Dam Family. It was started when
there were few other options available to the early Dutch settlers. The first person to be buried there was Jan Van
Dam himself, born in 1801 in Haren, Province of Groningen, Netherlands. In the next few years (in 1865, 1866 and
1869) three of his grandchildren were also buried there. And finally in 1875 his wife, Geesje Jans Meinders from
Gieterveen, Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, was put to rest next to her husband. The details of the individuals buried in this cemetery, still legible on the tombstones, and recreated in bronze in the year 1993 when a family reunion was held at this site
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This small cemetery is now in a state of disarray and engulfed in overgrowth. It's not easily accessible behind a red cow barn owned by the VanRee Family.

Writeup is from: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/vandam.txt

Credit of this writeup goes to the websites author!













Van Dam Family Cemetery located on the Gary Van Rhee farm in the vicinity of 147th Avenue and 42nd Street. Several
years ago Mr Van Rhee graciously agreed to the placement of a 3-bar plastic vinyl fence, 21 feet x 31 feet, around
three sides of the cemetery.

This cemetery was used for only a few years, specifically 1863-1875, by the Van Dam Family. It was started when
there were few other options available to the early Dutch settlers. The first person to be buried there was Jan Van
Dam himself, born in 1801 in Haren, Province of Groningen, Netherlands. In the next few years (in 1865, 1866 and
1869) three of his grandchildren were also buried there. And finally in 1875 his wife, Geesje Jans Meinders from
Gieterveen, Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, was put to rest next to her husband. The details of the individuals buried in this cemetery, still legible on the tombstones, and recreated in bronze in the year 1993 when a family reunion was held at this site
---
This small cemetery is now in a state of disarray and engulfed in overgrowth. It's not easily accessible behind a red cow barn owned by the VanRee Family.

Writeup is from: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/vandam.txt

Credit of this writeup goes to the websites author!













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