Kruizenga Genealogy
 
I had the privilege of sitting down with Jack and Sue Nyburg today at their home in Kentwood, Michigan.  They were filled with information and more than willing to share.  As we sat down to a cup of coffee they showed me a couple photo albums Sue has put together. 

While my hopes were a little let down when we did not find a picture of either John or Nettie 'Kruizenga' Hendricks, they did share with me several pictures of the Nyburg family as far back as Carrie M. 'Hendricks' Nyburg and her husband Harry.  Carrie M. was one of the daughters of John and Nettie.  So, while I have several pictures of the Nyburg clan, I have none of my direct relation.

I am still in need of a picture for both John and Nettie Kruizenga. 

Below is a picture of Carrie M. Hendricks Nyburg (1886-1985).
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Within the past couple of weeks, I contacted a family line in the Nettie Kruizenga genealogy.  I shall be sitting down with them this coming Saturday to review/scan pictures.

Nettie Kruizenga was born in August of 1861.  She was a daughter of Jacob Derks Kruizenga (1832-1906) and Janna Nannenga Kruizenga, Jacob's first wife.  In 1882, at the age of 21, Nettie married John M. Hendricks (born in 1859).  John worked as a postal carrier within the city of Grand Rapids for many years, retiring as such.  

This union had four children:

M. Blanche (July 1883)
Carrie M. (Jan 1886)
Eleanor J. (March 1887)
Louise K. (May 1890)

The family I contacted descends from Carrie M. Hendricks who wed Harry D. Nyburg on 20 June 1906.  This union, as per the 1930 Census, produced the following children:

Doris L. (22 in 1930)
Harold R. (18 in 1930)

I wrote to Mr. Jack Nyburg, one of three grandchildren to Mrs. Carrie M. Hendricks Nyburg.  His wife Sue wrote me back.  They have pictures to share.  Looking forward to meeting the Nyburgs.
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Was given some bum scoop concerning the location of Nettie Kruizenga's grave at Greenwood.  The original location - waited for snow to clear - turned out to be empty.  Nothing there.  Nada.  So I called the Grand Rapids City for further instructions only to be given a different locale inside Greenwood altogether!  Nettie is located in Section "L" on the east side at the bottom of a sloping hill.  She is on the lot with her husband John and her daughter Louise (who never married).

Also found - at Garfield Park Cemetery in Grand Rapids (off Kalamazoo) - both Minnie Verkerke and Jennie Treen.  They are both located in the northern half of Section "A".  The Verkerke lot is marked with a monument.  The Treen's are due eastward from that monument.

Pictures were taken and now are posted on site.
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