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Description
"Certificate of Marriage. This is to certify that Antonie van Rij of Holland Ottawa Michigan aged 33 years and Jacoba Westveer of the same place aged aged 31 years were joined in matrimony by me in the place of public worship in Holland in the presence of A. Verhorst and A. Pluggers of Holland on the 10 April in the year of our Lord 1850. Holland Ottawa Mich. 10 April 1850 A. C. Van Raalte Minister of the gospel."
Date
4-10-1850
City
Holland, Michigan
Source
The original documents are held in the Holland Museum.
Rights
This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Holland Museum.
Recommended Citation
Van Raalte, A. C., "Certificate of Marriage Between Antonie Van Rij and Jacoba Westveer" (1850). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 174.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/174
Notes
Description of the document and reference to the Holland Museum by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.