photograph
Catalog Number
2004.51.5Description
Black and white photograph taken in front of the old Holland High School, ca. 1950. In the back row, left to right: Esther Vander Wege; Jacomina "Minnie" Vander Wege Van Oosterhout; and, Janna Vander Wege (Jacomina's mother). Front row, (children of Jacomina) Jacilyn Van Oosterhout holding her sister Vicki Van Oosterhout Tuttle.History
Vander Wege/Van Oosterhout FamilyJacobus Van Der Wege (1871-1964) and his wife Janna De Jonge Van Der Wege (1874-1963) lived in Holland, MI at 352 West 20th (1929 city directory, 1963 obituary). They were married in 1898 in the Netherlands and arrived in Holland, MI in August 1907.
Jacobus and Janna had nine children: Jacomina "Minnie"; James; William; Anna; Margaret; Peter; John; Cornelius; and Marine.