SCHIPPER
Donna Wesseling Rogers
is the family Point of Contact for the Schipper Genealogy
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A skipper (Dutch Schipper) is someone who has command of a vessel, more or less the equivalent to "captain in charge aboard ship"; Word is derived from the Dutch word schipper; Schip is Dutch for "ship".
Ter Horst is a Dutch toponymic surname. The original bearer of the name was from the horst, which is a historical indication of raised terrain covered with shrubs. See bottom section of this page for Ter Horst Genealogy.
Ter Horst is a Dutch toponymic surname. The original bearer of the name was from the horst, which is a historical indication of raised terrain covered with shrubs. See bottom section of this page for Ter Horst Genealogy.
GENERATION 6
Geurt Schipper (1782-1855)
Geurt Schipper (1782-1855)
1782 MAY 18 * in Loosdrecht, NL
1806-1814 French occupation of Holland
1814 MAY 07 Evert de Bruyn was a very ordinary young man whose rather reckless act went down in history. Actually, you could call it a prank. But they had guts. On May 7, 1814, the commander of the French occupation of Naarden surrendered to the liberators but left the French flag on the church tower. Although the city was still in French hands, Evert and his friends (to include Guert Schipper) climbed the tower and hoisted the Dutch flag to the exultation of the people, but against the will of the occupiers. In fact, Naarden was still several under French rule for several more days. "With his knife he defended the Dutch Flag he had put in the tower of the church". When the liberation was commemorated in 1864, Evert was allowed to do it again. The names of Evert de Bruyn and his friends remain alive in Naarden with Evert de Bruyn Street, Benjanmin van Rooy Street, Geurt Schippersstraat and Jan Houtmanstraat. Geurt Schippersstraat Naarden was named in 1932:
http://www.nederland-in-beeld.nl/Noord-Holland/Naarden/Geurt Schipperstraat.html
Occupation: Tailor (kleermaker); Carpenter?
1855 APR 2 + Naarden, NL
1806-1814 French occupation of Holland
1814 MAY 07 Evert de Bruyn was a very ordinary young man whose rather reckless act went down in history. Actually, you could call it a prank. But they had guts. On May 7, 1814, the commander of the French occupation of Naarden surrendered to the liberators but left the French flag on the church tower. Although the city was still in French hands, Evert and his friends (to include Guert Schipper) climbed the tower and hoisted the Dutch flag to the exultation of the people, but against the will of the occupiers. In fact, Naarden was still several under French rule for several more days. "With his knife he defended the Dutch Flag he had put in the tower of the church". When the liberation was commemorated in 1864, Evert was allowed to do it again. The names of Evert de Bruyn and his friends remain alive in Naarden with Evert de Bruyn Street, Benjanmin van Rooy Street, Geurt Schippersstraat and Jan Houtmanstraat. Geurt Schippersstraat Naarden was named in 1932:
http://www.nederland-in-beeld.nl/Noord-Holland/Naarden/Geurt Schipperstraat.html
Occupation: Tailor (kleermaker); Carpenter?
1855 APR 2 + Naarden, NL
GENERATION 7
Wijgert Schipper (1827-?)
Wijgert Schipper (1827-?)
GENERATION 8
Guert (Geert) Schipper (1856-?)
1856 APR 16 Born in Naarden, Noord-Holland, NL (Bussum area)
1883 Marries Alijda Wilhelmina Heilijgers (Deida W. Heylinger); Six Children: Cornelia W. (1885), Wijgert (1887 APR 29-1901 DEC 9?), William Meindert (1888 JUN 10), Barend (1891), Johanna H. Kroeskamp? (1894) and Pieter (1895)
194X According to Willem, his brother Pieter (aka "The Skunk") is a Nazi sympathizer during WWII. Willem never spoke to him again.
1950 OCT 03 Wijgert's grandson Peter Schipper born (GEN 10) (baptized as Wijgert after his grandfather); First Schipper not born in Naarden; Studied history at the University of Utrecht; Works at three local museums; Lives in Tiel, NL; Grandfather was very religious; Spouse Tineke Swaneveld Schipper born in Apeldoorn, NL 1951 MAR 17.
email: [email protected] (Tineke Schipper)
1883 Marries Alijda Wilhelmina Heilijgers (Deida W. Heylinger); Six Children: Cornelia W. (1885), Wijgert (1887 APR 29-1901 DEC 9?), William Meindert (1888 JUN 10), Barend (1891), Johanna H. Kroeskamp? (1894) and Pieter (1895)
194X According to Willem, his brother Pieter (aka "The Skunk") is a Nazi sympathizer during WWII. Willem never spoke to him again.
1950 OCT 03 Wijgert's grandson Peter Schipper born (GEN 10) (baptized as Wijgert after his grandfather); First Schipper not born in Naarden; Studied history at the University of Utrecht; Works at three local museums; Lives in Tiel, NL; Grandfather was very religious; Spouse Tineke Swaneveld Schipper born in Apeldoorn, NL 1951 MAR 17.
email: [email protected] (Tineke Schipper)
GENERATION 9
Willem (William) Meindert Schipper (1888-1972)
Although he was a truck driver, there is no record of William ever owning a car; Walked to and from his job at the Imperial Furniture Company (about three miles round trip); Does not like the Dutch Royal family-was happy to renounce the Dutch Royal Family when he became a U.S. citizen; Self-educated, his home library contained many serious books; House on Myrtle had a driveway, but the curb was never cut onto the street as long as he lived there; Wife Dena keeps their house sparkling clean and they maintain a beautiful flower garden in their backyard; Daughter Alice lived across an alley on Arianna directly behind his house on Myrtle until she moved to a farm in Belmont, MI; Daughter Geraldine lived about two blocks away at 1456 Emerson from about 1949 until her death in 1961; After daughter Geraldine gets sick, he cleans her house on Emerson every Friday; Daughter Joan lives in Flint, MI;
1888 JUN 10 Born in Naarden (Municipality Code is now 0425), Noord-Holland, NL (Bussum area)
abt 1911 Emigrates from the Netherlands to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (via Montreal, Quebec, Canada?) and became a lumberjack in Canada
1916 MAY 23 or 24 Emigrates from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on the Grand Trunk Railroad; Port of Arrival is Portal, North Dakota; Destination is Grand Rapids, MI; Emigrates with the Ter Horst family, to include future wives Johanna and Dina Ter Horst
1916 Occupation is Laborer; Lives at 745 Crosby, Grand Rapids, MI; May have worked at Swift's Meats making Canadian Bacon; Joins Alpine Avenue CRC; A deeply religious man, he served four terms as an Elder at Alpine from 1933-34, 1938-39, 1941-42 and 1944-45.
1917 JUN 5 WWI Draft Registration Card: Work? Address is 719 Leonard Street, Grand Rapids, MI; Alien (not yet naturalized); Citizen of the Netherlands; Occupation is Moving; Employed by J Nicolas; Not married; Described as tall, slender, brown eyes, poor eyesight; Signs his name as William Meindert Schipper
1917 AUG 23 Marries Johanna Ter Horst (1896-1922) in Grand Rapids, MI at age 29 and 21; Respective occupations are laborer and domestic; Two daughters: Alice and Geraldine; SEE TER HORST BELOW
1918 OCT 20 Daughter Alice W. born; Music teacher and church organist; Marries Stuart Wesseling 1946 APR 12; + 2001 SEP 23 in Grand Rapids, MI at the age of 82; Five children with the surname of Wesseling
1919-1920 Occupation is truck driver (for Imperial Furniture Company?); Continues to live on Crosby
1920 Census: Willem (31), wife Johanna (23); daughter Alice (1); Rents at 745 Crosby NW, Grand Rapids, MI; Willem and Johanna are still aliens; Truck driver for Imperial Furniture Company? Works for an hourly wage.
1921 APR 23 Signs Declaration on Intent (No 4011) to become a United States citizen; 323 years old; Truck Driver; 6'1", brown hair, brown eyes; Lives at 745 Crosby ST NW, GR; Last foreign address is Edmonton, Canada; Married to Johanna; Intends to renounce all allegiance to Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands; Has to state that he is not an anarchist or a polygamist
1921 JUL 06 Daughter Geraldine born in Grand Rapids, MI; Willem's occupation is "Chauffeur" (Truck driver?)
1922 JUN 05 Wife Johanna dies
1928 DEC 20 Marries Johanna's sister, Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981); Daughter: Joan; SEE TER HORST BELOW
1930 Census: William (41, Alien, Warehouse Foreman at Imperial Furniture), wife Dina (26, Alien); daughters Alice (11), Geraldine (8), Joan (3 Months); Lives at 1125 Crosby; Rent is $30 a month; Speaks Dutch at home.
1936 Resides at 1175 Walker, Grand Rapids, MI
1937 Factory worker at Imperial Furniture Company; Daughter Alice is a music teacher
1939 Warehouseman at Imperial Furniture Company; Buys house on 1330 Myrtle NW sometime before 1939; Census states that his annual income is $1700 (about $33 a week) for the year 1939
1941 Shipping Clerk, Imperial Furniture Company
1942 Draft Registration Card: Willem Myndert Schipper; 1330 Myrtle NW, Grand Rapids, MI; Phone 77109; Age 53; Born Naarden, NL; Employer: Imperial Furniture CO, 1642 Broadway, Grand Rapids, MI; His point of contact is father-in-law Gerrit Ter Horst (G. Ter Horst) who resides at 1112 Lincoln Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI.
1946 APR 12 Friday 8PM Daughter Geraldine marries Edward Masselink at the Alpine Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, MI: Reception after the ceremony in Church Parlors (Basement)
1949 Furniture Warehouse Foreman, Imperial Furniture Company
1961 JAN 2 Daughter Geraldine dies; Continues to reside on 1330 Myrtle NW, Grand Rapids, MI
196? Moves to Belmont, Kent County, MI, next to the farm of son-in-law and daughter, Stuart and Alice Wesseling.
1972 NOV Dies; Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI; Dina stays for several years at her home on Pettis in Belmont until diagnosed with breast cancer...After problems in a nursing home moves to Flint in 1979.
1979 Dina moves to Flint, MI and lives with her daughter Joan Visser and her husband Henry (Hank) Visser in their garage that Hank converted into an apartment for his mother-in-law; Granddaughter Donna Wesseling Rogers buy her house in Belmont, MI
1981 MAR 23 Wife Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981) dies. She lives with son-in-law and daughter, Henry (Hank) and Joan Visser, in Flint, MI after husband Willem dies in NOV 1972; Dies at Kent Community Hospital in GR; Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI, which is located about a half of a block from their Grand Rapids home.
1888 JUN 10 Born in Naarden (Municipality Code is now 0425), Noord-Holland, NL (Bussum area)
abt 1911 Emigrates from the Netherlands to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (via Montreal, Quebec, Canada?) and became a lumberjack in Canada
1916 MAY 23 or 24 Emigrates from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on the Grand Trunk Railroad; Port of Arrival is Portal, North Dakota; Destination is Grand Rapids, MI; Emigrates with the Ter Horst family, to include future wives Johanna and Dina Ter Horst
1916 Occupation is Laborer; Lives at 745 Crosby, Grand Rapids, MI; May have worked at Swift's Meats making Canadian Bacon; Joins Alpine Avenue CRC; A deeply religious man, he served four terms as an Elder at Alpine from 1933-34, 1938-39, 1941-42 and 1944-45.
1917 JUN 5 WWI Draft Registration Card: Work? Address is 719 Leonard Street, Grand Rapids, MI; Alien (not yet naturalized); Citizen of the Netherlands; Occupation is Moving; Employed by J Nicolas; Not married; Described as tall, slender, brown eyes, poor eyesight; Signs his name as William Meindert Schipper
1917 AUG 23 Marries Johanna Ter Horst (1896-1922) in Grand Rapids, MI at age 29 and 21; Respective occupations are laborer and domestic; Two daughters: Alice and Geraldine; SEE TER HORST BELOW
1918 OCT 20 Daughter Alice W. born; Music teacher and church organist; Marries Stuart Wesseling 1946 APR 12; + 2001 SEP 23 in Grand Rapids, MI at the age of 82; Five children with the surname of Wesseling
1919-1920 Occupation is truck driver (for Imperial Furniture Company?); Continues to live on Crosby
1920 Census: Willem (31), wife Johanna (23); daughter Alice (1); Rents at 745 Crosby NW, Grand Rapids, MI; Willem and Johanna are still aliens; Truck driver for Imperial Furniture Company? Works for an hourly wage.
1921 APR 23 Signs Declaration on Intent (No 4011) to become a United States citizen; 323 years old; Truck Driver; 6'1", brown hair, brown eyes; Lives at 745 Crosby ST NW, GR; Last foreign address is Edmonton, Canada; Married to Johanna; Intends to renounce all allegiance to Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands; Has to state that he is not an anarchist or a polygamist
1921 JUL 06 Daughter Geraldine born in Grand Rapids, MI; Willem's occupation is "Chauffeur" (Truck driver?)
1922 JUN 05 Wife Johanna dies
1928 DEC 20 Marries Johanna's sister, Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981); Daughter: Joan; SEE TER HORST BELOW
1930 Census: William (41, Alien, Warehouse Foreman at Imperial Furniture), wife Dina (26, Alien); daughters Alice (11), Geraldine (8), Joan (3 Months); Lives at 1125 Crosby; Rent is $30 a month; Speaks Dutch at home.
1936 Resides at 1175 Walker, Grand Rapids, MI
1937 Factory worker at Imperial Furniture Company; Daughter Alice is a music teacher
1939 Warehouseman at Imperial Furniture Company; Buys house on 1330 Myrtle NW sometime before 1939; Census states that his annual income is $1700 (about $33 a week) for the year 1939
1941 Shipping Clerk, Imperial Furniture Company
1942 Draft Registration Card: Willem Myndert Schipper; 1330 Myrtle NW, Grand Rapids, MI; Phone 77109; Age 53; Born Naarden, NL; Employer: Imperial Furniture CO, 1642 Broadway, Grand Rapids, MI; His point of contact is father-in-law Gerrit Ter Horst (G. Ter Horst) who resides at 1112 Lincoln Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI.
1946 APR 12 Friday 8PM Daughter Geraldine marries Edward Masselink at the Alpine Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, MI: Reception after the ceremony in Church Parlors (Basement)
1949 Furniture Warehouse Foreman, Imperial Furniture Company
1961 JAN 2 Daughter Geraldine dies; Continues to reside on 1330 Myrtle NW, Grand Rapids, MI
196? Moves to Belmont, Kent County, MI, next to the farm of son-in-law and daughter, Stuart and Alice Wesseling.
1972 NOV Dies; Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI; Dina stays for several years at her home on Pettis in Belmont until diagnosed with breast cancer...After problems in a nursing home moves to Flint in 1979.
1979 Dina moves to Flint, MI and lives with her daughter Joan Visser and her husband Henry (Hank) Visser in their garage that Hank converted into an apartment for his mother-in-law; Granddaughter Donna Wesseling Rogers buy her house in Belmont, MI
1981 MAR 23 Wife Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981) dies. She lives with son-in-law and daughter, Henry (Hank) and Joan Visser, in Flint, MI after husband Willem dies in NOV 1972; Dies at Kent Community Hospital in GR; Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI, which is located about a half of a block from their Grand Rapids home.
GENERATION 10
Geraldine (NMI) Schipper Masselink (1921-1961)
(Daughter of Willem Schipper)
1921 JUL 6 Born in Grand Rapids, MI.
1936 FEB Graduates from West Side Christian School on Pine St. in Grand Rapids, MI; See photo below.
1937 Student at Grand Rapids Christian High School; Lives with parents and sisters at the rented 1175 Walker NW; Father is a factory worker; Sister Alice is a music teacher; Alice was also an organist at Alpine Avenue CRC (dates unknown).
1938 "Grand Rapids Christian High School was located on the corner of Franklin Street and Madison Avenue and consisted of a weathered building simultaneously attended by dark-suited seminarians and giggling young girls, and a new addition generally reserved for veteran faculty members". Although it only had about 400 students, a dwarf among the big city schools, Christian High was a formidable power in basketball.
1939 Graduates from Grand Rapids Christian High School; Lives with father William (warehouseman), stepmother Dina and sisters Alice and Joan on 1330 Myrtle NW, Grand Rapids, MI
19XX Davenport Institute.
1941 Stenographer for Interstate Motor Freight; Lives with parents on 1330 Myrtle; Father is a shipping clerk
1943 Sometime Between SEP and NOV Ed probably has an overseas predeployment leave and goes to Grand Rapids where gets serious about his future wife Geraldine Schipper. Edward takes Gerry's picture with him when he deploys.
1943 Stenographer, OPA (Office of Price Administration?); Lives with parents on 1330 Myrtle
1946 APR 12 Friday at 8 PM Geraldine Schipper marries Edward Masselink at the Alpine Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, MI; Reception after the ceremony was in the Church Parlors (Basement); Double wedding with her oldest sister, Alice; Youngest sister Joan is the bridesmaid; Best Man is Ed's oldest brother, George; Three children: Edward Jr; William and Thomas.
1946-1947 Moves with husband to Glendale California so Ed could study Plastic Engineering on the GI Bill. Before they left Michigan for California, Ed buys a small house trailer and tows it to California behind his 1939 Oldsmobile (?). They live in this trailer while in Glendale, California; Geraldine miscarries a baby boy who is buried in the then new "Baby Memorial Area" in Woodlawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA...Rev. Weersing of Glendale CRC who Ed met while training in Glendale in 1943 was probably there to comfort them during this tragic event; Trailer was sold in California when they returned to Grand Rapids via Edgerton, MN.
1947? Works at Gordon Foods as personal secretary to the owner. He would sometimes visit her at home after she was diagnosed with MS; Benjamin Gordon was a personal friend of Willem and Dina Schipper as Dina used to clean his house.
1947 SEP 18 Purchases land at 1456 Emerson with husband Edward in order to build a house.
1947 OCT Edward Herman Masselink, Jr. born (GENERATION 11); Edward Sr. begins to personally build his house with help from fathers in law Willem Schipper and Gerrit Ter Horst (Gerrit is a professional builder).
1949 Husband Ed is owner of the Masselink Plastic Shop, 436 Broad AVE NW, GR, MI; Resides at 1456 Emerson NW
1949 William Michael Masselink born (GENERATION 11)
1951 Thomas Andrew Masselink born (GENERATION 11)
1951 JUN Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
1951-1953 Geraldine spends time at Pine Rest attempting to treat her MS; Masselink Plastic Shop closes; Edward, Geraldine and Edward Jr. move to Greenville, MI while Edward works at Greenville Products; Son William stays at 1456 Emerson with grandparents Andrew and Bena Masselink; Son Thomas stays with his Schipper grandparents
1954 Husband Edward is an Inspector for Fisher Body on Alpine
1958 Husband Edward joins Masselink Brothers Trucking Service
1961 JAN 2 Dies at age 39 on Monday evening at home in her bedroom at 1456 Emerson ST NW, Grand Rapids, MI "after 10 years of affliction with multiple sclerosis"; Buried in Washington Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI; Gravestone states that she died in 1960, but she actually died in 1961.
1973 Andrew Timmerman (Tim) Masselink born (GEN 12), grandson of Geraldine, Son of Thomas.
1999 Taylor Jolene Masselink born (GEN 13), great-granddaughter of Geraldine, granddaughter of Thomas, daughter of Andrew (Tim)
Geraldine's life can be traced along a three block distance on the west side of Grand Rapids, MI ... from the house she grew up in on 1330 Myrtle, to the house she lived her married life on 1456 Emerson and down the hill to where she is buried on across the street from the intersection of Emerson and Richmond.
1936 Graduation picture below: http://kent.migenweb.net/schools/Protestant/WestSideChr/1936.html
1936 Graduation picture: http://kent.migenweb.net/schools/Protestant/WestSideChr/1936.htm
Ter Horst
(pronounced "ter HORST")
Ter Horst - variants ter Horst, Derhorst, Terhurst, Derhurst, Horst (including van der(n) Horst). Name appears both in the Netherlands (Gelderland and Limburg) as well as on the German side in the district Kleve. The name is Germanic in origin and refers to a "horst", which is a high lying piece of land in a boggy area.
Terhorst (in Limburgs dialect: Terhoorsj) is a hamlet of 33 houses and part of the village of Banholt (in Limburgs dialect: Tebannet), which is in the municipality of Margraten in the province of Limburg. There are several old farmhouses originally built in the 18th century. Coordinates: 50°47′N 5°49′E Near Loenen (Gelderland, gemeente Voorschoten) which lies in the triangle Apeldoorn, Zutphen and Dieren there is the former castle Ter Horst situated on the estate De Horsten (which was owned by Princes Juliana - inherited by ?) with origins in 1200 with the current building originating from 1556 but was extensively changed in 1791–1792 with little of the original building remaining. See also Kasteel Ter Horst http://www.kasteelterhorst.nl
There where other castles with the name Terhorst (nearly all have disappeared) so its important to always refer to the area in which reference is made to a kasteel Terhorst. The name Terhorst is relatively rare with few early references on either side of the Dutch border. Floorke van der Horst build another castle Ter Horst near the village Horst - name derived from Floorken van der Horst, in "Land van Kessel". See http://www.landvanhorst.nl
A coat of arms for Terhorst exist described as a Blaze of arms: Or, three crescents sable, points in chief (two-one). Overall in bend gules Crescent: A lion.
Terhorst (in Limburgs dialect: Terhoorsj) is a hamlet of 33 houses and part of the village of Banholt (in Limburgs dialect: Tebannet), which is in the municipality of Margraten in the province of Limburg. There are several old farmhouses originally built in the 18th century. Coordinates: 50°47′N 5°49′E Near Loenen (Gelderland, gemeente Voorschoten) which lies in the triangle Apeldoorn, Zutphen and Dieren there is the former castle Ter Horst situated on the estate De Horsten (which was owned by Princes Juliana - inherited by ?) with origins in 1200 with the current building originating from 1556 but was extensively changed in 1791–1792 with little of the original building remaining. See also Kasteel Ter Horst http://www.kasteelterhorst.nl
There where other castles with the name Terhorst (nearly all have disappeared) so its important to always refer to the area in which reference is made to a kasteel Terhorst. The name Terhorst is relatively rare with few early references on either side of the Dutch border. Floorke van der Horst build another castle Ter Horst near the village Horst - name derived from Floorken van der Horst, in "Land van Kessel". See http://www.landvanhorst.nl
A coat of arms for Terhorst exist described as a Blaze of arms: Or, three crescents sable, points in chief (two-one). Overall in bend gules Crescent: A lion.
TER HORST FAMILY
GERRIT TER HORST (GEN 8)
JOHANNA TER HORST (GEN 9)
DINA TER HORST (GEN 9)
1868 JUN 11 Gerrit Ter Horst (1868 - 1942) (GEN 8) born in Lonneker, Enschede Municipality, Overijssel, NL
1871 JAN 19 Gerrit's future wife, Dena Kuiper Ter Horst (1871 - 1957) (Dina) (GEN 8), born
1895 MAY 17 Gerrit marries Dena Kuiper Ter Horst (1871 - 1957) (Dina) (GEN 8); Seven children (GEN 9): Johanna Ter Horst Schipper (1896 - 1922), John Henry (1898), Willem (1900); Hendrika Ter Horst Rinzema (1902 - 1950), Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981), Hendrick (Henry) (1906), Gerrit (George) (1909) and Hermania (Minnie) (1910); Baby girl (Born and died 1912 JUN 8); All born in the Netherlands.
1896 Gerrit's daughter Johanna Ter Horst Schipper (1896 - 1922) (GEN 9) born around 1896 in Lonneker, Enschede Municipality, Overijssel, NL.; Married to Willem Schipper.
1898 FEB 10 Gerrit's son, John Henry, born in Lonneker, Enschede Municipality, Overijssel, NL. John's son, Jerald ter Horst, was President Ford's Press Secretary (see below).
1900 JAN 15 Gerrit's son Willem born; Falls and dies from the concussion 1911 JUL 16 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1902 Gerrit's daughter Hendrika Ter Horst Rinzema (1902 - 1950) born in Lonneker, Enschede Municipality, Overijssel, NL; Married to George Rinzema (1900-1987)
1904 FEB 9 Gerrit's daughter Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981) (GEN 9) born in Lonneker, Enschede Municipality, Overijssel, Netherlands; Has polio in one leg; Taken to Germany in a cart pulled by a big dog to see a horse doctor who tells her to put a "lift" in her shoe so she can walk better; Also married Willem Schipper after sister Johanna's death; Offered to be Willem's housekeeper after her sister'a death as Willem had two young children, Alice and Geraldine; Willem said that would not be fair to Dina, so Willem convinced her father, Gerrit Ter Horst, to give his permission to marry a second daughter; They had one child, Joan. No one kept a cleaner house or tidier garden than Dina.
1906 FEB 15 Gerrit's son Hendrick (Henry) born; + May 1972
abt 1909 Gerrit's son Gerrit (George) born.
abt 1910 Gerrit's daughter Hermania (Minnie) Ter Horst (Sister) born; Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI near Johanna and Dina Ter Horst.
1911 JUL 16 Gerrit's son Willem falls and dies from the concussion in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1916 JAN Son John Henry Ter Horst (17) emigrates from Edmonton, Canada to Grand Rapids, MI; His family follows in May 1916.
1916 MAY 24 Ter Horst family emigrates from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with Willem Schipper; Port of Arrival: Portal, North Dakota; Destination is Grand Rapids, MI; Gerrit (47, laborer), Wife Dina (44), Children Johanna (20, domestic), Hendrika (18), Dena (15), Hendrick (Henry) (10), Gerrit (George) (7) and Hermania (Minnie) (2).
1917 AUG 23 Johanna marries Willem M Schipper (1888 - 1972); Her sister, Dina, also marries Willem after Johanna's death; Johanna worked as a domestic prior to her marriage to Willem Schipper; Kent County Marriage Book 18, page 262.
1918 SEP Ter Horst family lives at 1347 Crosby Place, Grand Rapids, MI.
1920 JAN 15 Census: Gerrit (51; Laborer in Furniture factory); Wife Dina (48); Children John (21), Hendrika (17); Dina (15, later married Willem Schipper), Henry (13); George (11), Minnie (10); Rents 1347 Crosby Place NW (Willem Schipper and married daughter Johanna (24) rents 745 Crosby); All emigrated in 1916 and now have their citizenship papers submitted; All born in the Netherlands as were Gerrit's and Dina's parents.
1922 JUN 5 Johanna dies in Grand Rapids, MI; Age 26; Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI; Plot S 126-03.
1928 DEC 20 Johanna's sister, Dina, marries Willem Schipper; Maintained a spotless house and a beautiful flower garden on 1330 Myrtle Street, Grand Rapids, MI and later in Belmont, MI.
1930 Census: Gerrit (61, furniture factory sander and varnisher, Married at 26); Wife Dena (59, Married at 26); Son George (21, carpenter for a home builder) and daughter Minnie (20) all live at 1112 Lincoln (Gerrit owns the house, value is $2500)
1939 SEP 29 Dina Ter Horst (Age 68, Fair complexion, Gray eyes, Gray Hair, 5' 2", 155 pounds, Married, Residing at 1112 Lincoln Ave NW, GR; naturalized as a US Citizen in Grand Rapids, MI.
1942 DEC 30 Gerrit Ter Horst (1868 - 1942) + Grand Rapids, MI; Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI; Plot T Lot 115 Space 15 (Wife Dena is in Space 16).
1957 Dena Kuiper Ter Horst (1871 - 1957) (Dina) + Grand Rapids, MI; Retired at the Holland Home in Grand Rapids; Called great grandson Thomas Masselink "Toomie"; Broke her hip on the front porch of her granddaughter Geraldine's home at 1456 Emerson, Grand Rapids, MI.
1979-1981 Dina Ter Horst Schipper (1904 - 1981) lives with son-in-law and daughter, Hank and Joan Visser, in Flint, MI from 1979 to 1981; Dies in Flint on 1981 MAR 23.
2004 JAN + George C. Ter Horst Ann Arbor, MI at age 56 of cancer; Father George Ter Horst, Mother Maude van Strein, Sister Meridith, Wife Amanda; Staff aide to President Ford; Cousin of Press Secretary Gerald terHorst
2010 MAR 31 + Gerald terHorst, former Press Secretary to President Ford (See below)
Jerald Franklin "Jerry" ter Horst (GEN 10)
(July 11, 1922 – March 31, 2010)
Gerry was a journalist who served as the 15th White House Press Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. His resignation in protest of Ford's unconditional pardon of former president Richard Nixon is still regarded as "a rare act of conscience by a high-ranking public official"
He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 11, 1922, the son of Dutch immigrants. He did not speak English until he was five years old. [HIS FATHER, JOHN H. TER HORST, WAS JOHANNA AND DINA'S BROTHER; BOTH JOHANNA AND DINA MARRIED WILLEM SCHIPPER...JERALD terHorst is my MOTHER'S COUSIN]. He dropped out of high school at age 15 to work on his uncle’s farm but returned to school when his high school principal successfully persuaded him to graduate. He went to Michigan State University on an agriculture scholarship and wrote for the school newspaper. His education was interrupted yet again when World War II broke out; Served in the United States Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946 in the Pacific Theater; Finished his college education at the University of Michigan in 1946.
In the midst of the war, in 1945, he married Louise Roth, whom he had met at Michigan State University. She wrote for The Grand Rapids Herald; He wrote for The Grand Rapids Press (the Herald’s rival) after college graduation until 1951. He returned to active duty with the Marine Corps in 1951–1952 before going to write for The Detroit News, first in its Lansing bureau, then in the city room in Detroit. In 1958 he was appointed as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. (1958–1960), eventually serving as bureau chief (1961–1974). On November 22, 1963, terHorst was in Dallas, Texas, riding in the motorcade during President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
White House Press Secretary: When he was appointed in August 1974 to serve as Ford's White House Press Secretary, he was a veteran journalist, respected member of the White House press corps, and an "old friend" of Gerald Ford, whom he had known since Ford's first Congressional race in 1948; In fact, he was writing President Ford's biography at the time. The Detroit News allowed him to take a leave of absence to serve as Ford's Press Secretary. He was applauded for "restoring openness and honesty to the White House" at a time when morale was low, after the Watergate scandal and the Nixon administration's deliberate misrepresentations.
Resignation: Presidency of Gerald Ford § Pardon of Nixon His stint as press secretary lasted but one month, from August 9 to September 8, 1974. He resigned in protest in the wake of President Ford's announcement that he would pardon former president Richard Nixon for any possible crimes connected with the Watergate scandal, saying that "to pursue criminal charges against the former president would be detrimental to the interests of the country".[1] At the time, the story that circulated was that terHorst had resigned because he had been blindsided by Ford's decision and furthermore because he had consistently denied to reporters in his daily press briefings that Ford had any intent of pardoning Nixon. Once the pardon was issued, the story went, terHorst felt that any credibility that he had had with reporters had been undermined. Therefore, he handed in his resignation even before Ford went on the air. TerHorst found the pardon especially unconscionable, in light of Ford's refusal to pardon those who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. His successor was NBC reporter Ron Nessen, who served until the end of the Ford administration.
Shortly after his resignation, his book on President Ford, "Gerald Ford and the Future of the Presidency", was published (with an epilogue about the circumstances leading up to terHorst’s resignation). He was the first-ever recipient in 1975 of the Conscience-in-Media Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He returned to The Detroit News as a national affairs columnist until 1981, when he joined the Ford Motor Company as their Washington, D.C. director of public affairs. He and Ralph D. Albertazzie, the pilot of Air Force One during the Nixon administration, co-authored The Flying White House: The Story of Air Force One (1979), a history of Air Force One—all seven aircraft—and presidential air travel in general. Albertazzie's Boeing 707, known as the “Spirit of ’76”, was the first jet to serve as the official Air Force One.
Ter Horst was married to Louise Roth ter Horst for 64 years, from 1945 until her death in 2009. TerHorst died at age 87 of congestive heart failure in his apartment in Asheville, North Carolina, on March 31, 2010. He was survived by his four children, Peter, Karen, Margaret and Martha, and by eight grandchildren. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerald_terHorst
He only served briefly, but the accommodating terHorst did generate this exchange in the comic strip "Doonesbury".
http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1974/09/03