Familie Hieminga - Person Sheet
Familie Hieminga - Person Sheet
NameMartha van der Laan 
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46Birth22 Mar 1905, Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Death5 May 1994, Barrington, Lake County, Illinois, USA
FatherLubbertus Sieger van der Laan (1876-1953)
MotherNieske 'Nettie' Vredevoogd (1880-1949)
Notes for Martha van der Laan
Doug VanderLaan, the compiler, asked his mother Marion about why his aunts Martha and Esther moved away from Michigan, even though all their siblings stayed. Here's her response:
Aunt Peg (Martha)went to to Chicago to get a better job, and probably to get away from home.
The story Aunt Peg told us was that a Hudsonville boy was sweet on Esther
and she decided she didn't want her beautiful sister marrying some hick onion farmer
so she took Esther to Chicago and put her through secretarial school. Funnily enough
the hick farmer became a millionaire... So it looks like Esther was destined for money.
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United States Census, 1910 for Martha Vanderlaan
Name: Martha Vanderlaan
Birthplace: Michigan
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Residence: Georgetown, Ottawa, Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Holland
Mother's Birthplace: Holland
Family Number: 58
Page Number: 7
Household Gender Age
Parent Lubbertine Vanderlaan M 33y
Parent Kristie Vanderlaan F 29y
Martha Vanderlaan F 5y
Theresa Vanderlaan F 3y
Sieger Vanderlaan M 1y
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United States Census, 1930 for Francis P Benson
Name: Francis P Benson
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Chicago (Districts 1751-1976), Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1906
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: United States
Mother's Birthplace: United States
Enumeration District Number: 1892
Family Number: 97
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 71
NARA Publication: T626, roll 494
Film Number: 2340229
Digital Folder Number: 4584295
Image Number: 00461
Household Gender Age
Francis P Benson M 24
Spouse Martha U Benson F 25
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On 23 Feb 1966, she lived at
646 East Hillside Ave.
Barrington, Illinois, 60010
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Aunt Peg (Martha)went to to Chicago to get a better job, and probably to get away from home.
The story Aunt Peg told us was that a Hudsonville boy was sweet on Esther
and she decided she didn't want her beautiful sister marrying some hick onion farmer
so she took Esther to Chicago and put her through secretarial school. Funnily enough
the hick farmer became a millionaire... So it looks like Esther was destined for money.
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United States Census, 1910 for Martha Vanderlaan
Name: Martha Vanderlaan
Birthplace: Michigan
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Residence: Georgetown, Ottawa, Michigan
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Holland
Mother's Birthplace: Holland
Family Number: 58
Page Number: 7
Household Gender Age
Parent Lubbertine Vanderlaan M 33y
Parent Kristie Vanderlaan F 29y
Martha Vanderlaan F 5y
Theresa Vanderlaan F 3y
Sieger Vanderlaan M 1y
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United States Census, 1930 for Francis P Benson
Name: Francis P Benson
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Chicago (Districts 1751-1976), Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1906
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: United States
Mother's Birthplace: United States
Enumeration District Number: 1892
Family Number: 97
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 71
NARA Publication: T626, roll 494
Film Number: 2340229
Digital Folder Number: 4584295
Image Number: 00461
Household Gender Age
Francis P Benson M 24
Spouse Martha U Benson F 25
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On 23 Feb 1966, she lived at
646 East Hillside Ave.
Barrington, Illinois, 60010
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