Vermeer Genealogy

Selected Families and Individuals

Harm Haan^{1, 2} was born^{3, 4} on 18 Sep 1850 in Uithuizen, Groningen, The Netherlands. He died^{2, 5} on 5 Sep 1912 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. He was buried⁵ on 7 Sep 1912 in Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Harm married Grace Drolinger.

Other marriages:
Hoekstra, Sjoerdtje Gerbens

They had the following children.

M ii Louis Haan was born on 14 Jul 1880. He died on 1 Apr 1970.

Jamie Friesema [Parents].

Denise.

Crysler.

Jean Hoekstra [Parents].

Lammert Meints Meints [Parents] was born¹ about 1816. Lammert married Nanje de Vries.

Nanje de Vries¹. Nanje married Lammert Meints Meints.

Pieter Johannes Mihl¹ died² on 28 Jun 1873 in Pieterburen gem. Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands. Pieter married³ Grietje Meints on 15 Jun 1850 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Grietje Meints [Parents] was born¹ on 20 Nov 1821 in Wierhuizen gem. Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands. Grietje married² Pieter Johannes Mihl on 15 Jun 1850 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

They had the following children.

F i Grietje "Grace" Mihl was born on 20 Sep 1849.

M ii

Meint Mihl was born¹ on 13 Oct 1854 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Klaas Teisman¹ was born about 1847. He died² on 26 Apr 1880 in Pieterburen gem. Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands. Klaas married¹ Grietje Mihl "Grace" on 29 Mar 1873 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Grietje "Grace" Mihl [Parents] was born¹ on 20 Sep 1849 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands. Grace married² Klaas Teisman² on 29 Mar 1873 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Other marriages:
Dood, John

They had the following children.

M i

Pieter Teisman was born¹ on 15 Nov 1873 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands.

John Dood was born¹ on 7 Sep 1849 in The Netherlands. He died² on 25 Apr 1936 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA. John married Grietje Mihl "Grace" about 1880.

Grietje "Grace" Mihl [Parents] was born¹ on 20 Sep 1849 in Eenrum, Groningen, The Netherlands. Grace married John Dood about 1880.

Other marriages:
Teisman, Klaas

They had the following children.

F i

Grace Dood was born¹ in Aug 1881 in Illinois, USA.

M ii Nicholas Dood was born on 5 Mar 1884.

M iii

John Dood was born¹ in May 1886 in Michigan, USA.

Nicholas Dood [Parents] was born^{1, 2} on 5 Mar 1884 in Michigan, USA. Nicholas married³ Hattie Knoll on 18 Aug 1904 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.

Hattie Knoll was born¹ about 1886 in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA. Hattie married¹ Nicholas Dood on 18 Aug 1904 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.

They had the following children.

F i

Grace Dood was born¹ about 1905 in Michigan, USA.

F ii

Mary Dood was born¹ about 1907 in Michigan, USA.

M iii

John Dood was born¹ about 1908 in Michigan, USA.

F iv Margaret Dood was born about 1911.

M v Hubert Dood.

Albert Ruiter.

Margaret Dood [Parents] was born¹ about 1911 in Michigan, USA. Margaret married Albert Ruiter.

They had the following children.

M i

Allen Lee Ruiter died on 15 Apr 2008.

Allen Lee Ruiter, age 67, of Grand Haven and formerly of Spring Lake passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at a Muskegon hospital. He was born November 18, 1940, in Muskegon to Albert and Margaret (Dood) Ruiter. He married his former wife, Jane M. Sasse, in Sleepy Eye, MN, in 1964.
Mr. Ruiter was a 1959 graduate of Muskegon Heights High School and attended Hope College before graduating from Mankato State College in 1965. He resided in the Tri-Cities area for 32 years. Over the course of his life, Allen worked for the American Medical Association in Chicago, the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical School Research Lab, A. Ruiter, Ltd. in Spring Lake Township, and Microbionetics of New York. He was a member of the H-Club at Hope College and a long-time member of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake where he previously served as elder, deacon, Eucharistic Minister, and Stephen’s Minister.
Allen is survived by his dear Sarah Jane Essebaggers of Grand Haven; his daughter, Linda (Douglas) Verellen of Traverse City; his son, John (Jennifer) Ruiter of Holland; six grandchildren: Forrest, Maxwell, Olivia, Peter, Luke, and Elizabeth; a brother, William (Kathy) Ruiter of Muskegon; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
The service for Allen will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 19, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Haven with Rev. Thomas Cook and Rev. Richard Rhem presiding. Friends may meet the family 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 18, at VanZantwick Bartels Kammeraad Funeral Home in Spring Lake. Memorial contributions to Hope College are appreciated. Share memories with the family at their online guest book at www.vbkfuneralhome.com.

M ii William James Ruiter.

Gary Kamps.

Jean Gortsema [Parents].

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