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2022.18.175Description
Photograph of the wedding party from the wedding of Robert Jacobs and Faye Piers, 8-31-1947.History
Jacobs/Dekker Family HistoryJacob J. Jacobs was born on 5-4-1890 in Lake City, MI. to Jan J. Jacobs (1861-1926) and Hinderkien "Hattie" Groenewold (1864-1933). Jan and Hattie had the following children: Jacob (1890-1954); Bert (1894-1967); Lewis (1896-1980); Jennie (1899-1965); Arie (1901-1923); and, Bertha (1904-1935).
Nellie M. Dekker was born in Illinois on 7-14-1893 to Gerbrand Dekker (1857-1928) and Lena Caauwe (1864-1966). Gerbrand and Lena had the following children: Nellie (1893-1974); Marie (1902-1994); and, Edward (1907-1977).
On 4-4-1917 Jacob married Nellie in Holland, MI. The US Census from 1920 through 1950 shows that Jacob and Nellie lived in the Holland, MI area during this time. Jacob and Nellie had the following children: Walter A. (1918-1995); George (1919-1997); Robert (1925-2006); and, Leon (1928-2015).
Jacob passed away in a hospital in East Grand Rapids on 2-17-1954. Nellie passed away in Holland, MI on 11-14-1974.
Wally married Dorothy Winks in Grandville, MI on 5-12-1939. George Jacobs married Annetta Havinga in Holland, MI on 6-10-1941. Robert Jacobs married Faye Piers in Holland, MI on 8-31-1947.