Anna Vanden Bosch Portrait and Biographical Record, Pages 550, 551 ANNA VANDEN BOSCH. In mentioning those of foreign birth who have become closely associated with the farming interests of Ottawa County, Mich., we should not fail to present an outline of the career of Mr. Vanden Bosch, for he is one who has fully borne out the reputation of that class of industrious, energetic and far-seeing men of Holland nativity who have become prominent in their different callings in this county. In everything connected with the growth and prosperity of the county he has taken an active interest, and as a tiller of the soil he stands in the foremost ranks. Born in the province of Overyssel, in the Netherlands, in 1830, he is the son of Tam and Jrieje (Bunt) Vanden Bosch, and the grandson of Jacob and Anna (Bunt) Vanden Bosch, all natives of Holland. The grandfather followed the occupation of a farmer and owned the land on which he lived. His son, the father of our subject, was also a tiller of the soil in his native country, and was at one time the owner of eighty acres. Tam Vanden Bosch crossed the ocean in 1848, and with limited means made his way to Ottawa County, Mich., settling in Grand Haven. Later he was one of the first white settlers to locate near the present city of Zeeland, and there he entered eighty acres of land, on which he passed the remainder of his days. His wife died in 1868, and he breathed his last on the farm where he had spent the best years of his life, in 1877, when seventy-seven years of age. The community found in this worthy pioneer a faithful and unswerving friend, ever alert to serve its best interest and generous in his contributions toward every movement tending to the general advancement. His children, nine in number, were as follows: Koene, residing in Grand Haven; Melvin, residing in Zeeland; Peter, a resident of Holland; Jacob, residing in Zeeland; Anna, our subject; Anna (daughter) residing in Grand Rapids; Tallijen, who makes her home in Zeeland; Jrieje, in Zeeland; and John, in Minnesota. The original of this notice was seventeen years of age when he came with his parents to America, and assisted his father in clearing and improving a farm. When twenty years of age he was married to Miss Jane Myer, and immediately afterward bought land. To their union were born four children, two of whom died in infancy. Those living are Tam and Maggie, both residing in Grand Haven. After residing for some time on the farm he had first purchased, he sold out and purchased eighty acres where he now lives, all wild and uncultivated. This farm he has since cleared and improved, and all the buildings have been erected by himself. In 1891 Mrs. Vanden Bosch died, and he subsequently married Miss Jane Gebben, who bore him a child, John. It is but just to say that our subject occupies a conspicuous and honorable place among the worthy residents of Ottawa County, he has always been honest, industrious and enterprising. He is well known in agricultural circles, and is recognized as a careful, energetic farmer, who by his advanced ideas and perseverance has done much to improve the farming interests of his section. In politics, he was formerly Republican, but now advocates the principles of the Democratic party. For about five years he served as Road Overseer, at Noordeloos. He is a member of the Seceder Church.

Portrait & Biographical Record of Muskegon & Ottawa Counties, Michigan 1893, Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company 

Transcriber: Susan Gates Davis
Created: 13 May 2003
URL: Biographies