Gradus Van Ark, age 73, born in Holland, was retired by the enumeration of the 1910 census. 18 Alice Van Ark, as she appears in Marten Blok‘s household, indicates she came to America in 1865, at age 35. Alice, age 70, born in May of 1830 in the Netherlands, had also arrived in America in 1862 at age 38. The Ottawa County schedule shows Gravis Van Ark, no age of year of birth given (only that he was born in November), a native of the Netherlands, had arrived in the U.S. In 1900 Joan Van Ark’s great-grandmother -Alice-is found twice on the federal census: in the household of husband in Ottawa County, and also in the household of her son-in-law in Kent County. The Van Arks and their two older children were born in Holland the remaining members of the family were born in Michigan. 16 Seven years later, the Van Arks were enumerated on the rolls of the 1880 federal census in Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, with Gerardus Van Ark, age 46, “Proprietor of Planning Mill,” and wife Aaltje, age 50, keeping house son Herman, age 21, working at planning mill daughter Aaltje, age 16, at home daughter Johanna, age 12 at home Frank, age 10 son Hendrik, age eight and son Bertus, age five. The birth record of Hendrik Van Ark shows he was born in Ottawa County to carpenter Gerardus Van Ark and wife, Aaltje, both natives of the Netherlands. Henry is the Americanized form of the Dutch name Hendrik, just as Alice is for the Dutch Aaltje. He survived his wife by more than two decades, having died at age 81 on 16 October 1952 in Cutlerville, Kent County, Michigan. Henry Van Ark, who attended Hope College, was an elder in the Reformed church. 13 Christopher Miller and Alberta Escus are listed as parents on the marriage license for Alice’s sister, Lucy Miller, in 1902. Her death certificate, however, identifies her parents as John Miller and Alberta Eskes. 12 Alice Mae Miller Van Ark was born on 1 April 1877 in Michigan died at age 53 on 2 March 1931 in Holland. The bride, the daughter of Christopher Miller, was born in Fillimore, Michigan. The groom, a bookkeeper, the son of Gradus Van Ark and the former Alice Oldenhof, was born in Holland, Michigan. Miller, age 19, were married 28 September 1896 in Holland, Ottawa County. Their fourteenth anniversary fell later that year, for Henry Van Ark, age 24, and Alice M. 11īased on the 1910 census, the Van Arks had been married thirteen years as of 27 April. Wife Alice, age 42, and son Gordon H., age ten, are also found, but the family with two younger children: Isabel, age six, and Edna May, age three years and three months. His birth and occupational information as matches with what is found in 1910. Henry Van Ark is shown on the 1920 census, at age 47, now in Fillimore Township, Allegan County. 10īy the next decade, Carroll Van Ark was no longer living with his parents. Carroll Van Ark’s occupation is given as newspaper reporter. ![]() 9 Six years later, a local directory shows Henry Van Ark, a furniture dealer, and wife Alice had three children and lived at a Holland rural route. Sons were Carrol C., age twelve, and Gordon H., age three months, both born in Michigan. Van Ark had given birth to two children, both of whom were living. The Van Arks had been married 13, and Mrs. Wife Alice, age 33, was born in Michigan, as were his parents. He was 39, born in Michigan, and both of his parents were native of the Netherlands. 8īy 1910, Henry Van Ark’s occupation had changed from bookkeeper to “retail merchant, furniture,” according to the federal census enumeration for that year. ![]() Van Ark, in the city of Holland, as registered in Ottawa County, Michigan, shows he was the son of Henry Van Ark and wife Alice. The Social Security Death Index shows Carroll Van Ark was born on 14 August 1897 and died September of 1972, his last residence being Boulder. On a business trip to Colorado, Van Ark had the chance to see Boulder and decided that he and his wife and their four children would relocate to that city. 5 A native of Holland, Michigan, Carroll Van Ark worked in advertising and public relations. ![]() Joan Van Ark was born 16 June 1946 in New York City, 4 to Carroll Van Ark and the former Dorothy Jean Hemenway. They have one child, Vanessa Jeanne Marshall, 2 a Princeton graduate who is now a voice-over actress. 1 On 1 February 1966, Joan Van Ark married John Marshall. Coincidentally, the youngest was actress Julie Harris, who played her mother in Knots Landing. Joan Van Ark, the fourth generation Van Ark in America, was the second youngest enrollee of the Yale School of Drama on a scholarship. Actress Joan Van Ark is best-known for her role of Valene Ewing on the long-running CBS nighttime soap Knots Landing.
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