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Catalog Number
2015.10.1
Date of Origin
1949
Description
Black and white studio photograph of Eva L. Meinsma Kobes, 1949.
History
Eva Meinsma (1923-2003) lived in Holland, MI most of her life. The 1930 US Census shows her living at 334 Van Raalte with her sister Marie Meinsma Van Dyke (1919-2005) and grandparents, Mary Van Dyk Vanden Belt (1867-1951) and Henry Vanden Belt (1868-1945). Throughout the 1940's and 1950's, the sisters lived together in Holland (at 54 E. 14th and 207 W. 17th).

Eva would later marry Ben Schakelaar (1908-1972) ca. 1966 and John Kobes (1895-1987). Eva is buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
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