Catalog Number

2021.18.7

Description

Painting, done in Germany ca. 1893, of the Hummer sisters.  From left to right: Marguerite, 1888-1971; Hilda, 1886-1964; and, Katherine, 1889-1961.  All born in Holland, MI.  Daughters of George P. Hummer. 

History

Marguerite E. Hummer Kirchen was born in Holland, MI on 1-22-1888 to George P. Hummer (1856-1920) and Margaret Plugger (1860-1932). She married Charles Kirchen (1876-1951) in Grand Rapids, MI on 6-20-1912.

From 1921 to 1940 they lived in Holland, MI at 162 West 12th Street. By 1942 they had moved into their new home at 1081 Ottawa Beach Road in Park Township.

Gift of

Robert Fitzgerald, Jr. & Melinda Fitzgerald Bauman in loving memory of their mother Peggy Kirchen Fitzgerald