photograph
Catalog Number
2015.10.5Date of Origin
ca. 1935Description
Black and white photograph showing sisters Eva and Marie standing beside their grandparents Henry and Mary Vanden Belt. in front of the family home at 334 Van Raalte, Holland, MI.History
Taken in front of the Vanden Belt home at 334 Van Raalte, Holland, MI. Henry Vanden Belt (1868-1945) and Mary Van Dyk Vanden Belt (1867-1951) cared for their granddaughters. The girls moved in with the grandparents soon after the death of their mother.Marie Meinsma (1919-2005) lived in Holland, MI most of her life. The 1930 US Census shows her living at 334 Van Raalte with her sister Eva Meinsma Kobes (1923-2003) 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). Marie would later marry Fred Van Dyke ( -1992).
Eva would later marry Ben Schakelaar (1908-1972) ca. 1966 and John Kobes (1895-1987). Eva is buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.