Grand Haven Reformed Church, 1850 -1950
Officers,  Pastors and Statistics

Elders and Deacons - Serving from January 1, 1886 to 1950.
Only these names are available from Consistory Record Books, as all previous records were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1889.

 

Elders and Deacons

Fred Albers

Henry Albers

Cornelius Baker

Jurrin Ball

Claude Beukema

Dick Boon

Martin Boon

John Bosch

Fred Boschma

Henry Bosma

Russell Bosma

Antony Bottje

Barney Bymhold

Bernard Bymhyold

J. Cook

Jacob Daane

John DeKiep

John H. DenHerder

Capt. J. DeYoung

J. D. Duursema

Karel Feenstra

William Fett

Willam J. Fischer

A. J. Fisher

Charles Fisher

John A. Fisher

Nelson H. Fisher

Raymond L. Fisher

John Freeze

Anthony Hoebeke

John H. Hoek

John Justema

Simon Justema

John Kamper

Franklin Kieft

Peter James Kieft

William J. Kieft

Anthony Kooiman

Arie Kooiman

Henry Kooiman

Klaas Laman

John LeFeebre

Albert Meeusen

Daniel Meeusen

Ben Mellema

George Meyers

Herman Meyers

G. B. Mulder

P. Mull

Harm Nakken

Reyer Nagtzaam

H. Harold Poort

Abram Reenders

Arthur Reenders

Martin Reenders

James Ritsema

B. Ritzema

Edward C. Roberts

John Roberts

Howard F. Rose

Myron Rose

Abram Ruster

John Ruster

M. Ruster

John Stap

Martin Stap

Arend Stuveling

George Swart, Jr.

Harold Swartz

Adrian Tanis

Govert VanArkel

Herman VanBeukering

Arthur VandenBosch

W. VanderMeiden

Floris VanderHaagen

Orie VanderHaagen

J. C. VanDoorne

M. C. VanDoorne

Martin VanDoorne

John W. VanWoerkom

William VanWoerkom

Folgert VanZanten

Orie VanZuiden

Lou Veenstra

Henry VerBerkmoes

Henry J. Verhoeks

John W. Verhoeks

W. Verhoeks

Albert Vinkemulder

Jacob Welling

John W. Welling

Len Welling

Chris Westhof

George Wuennecke

William Wuennecke

John H. Wyma

Charles Zellar

Pastors and 100 Years in Figures

YEAR

PASTOR

FAMILIES

COMMUNICANTS

SS ENROLLED

1852

VACANT

35

66

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1860

VACANT

100

213

75

1870

REV. J. B. DE BOER

180

195

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1880

REV R. DUIKER

260

255

250

1890

REV. A. WORMSER

200

250

265

1900

REV. T. W. MUILENBERG

222

297

450

1905

REV. T. W. MUILENBERG

225

344

350

1910

REV. H. HARMELING

234

369

400

1915

REV. H. HARMELING

240

493

506

1920

REV. H. SCHIPPER

248

452

515

1925

REV. H. SCHIPPER

269

498

699

1926

REV. H. SCHIPPER

275

494

704

1927

REV. H. SCHIPPER

278

507

714

1928

REV. H. SCHIPPER

285

596

717

1929

REV. H. SCHIPPER

287

585

726

1930

REV. H. SCHIPPER

274

538

712

1931

REV. H. SCHIPPER

258

528

671

1932

REV. H. SCHIPPER

260

533

668

1933

REV. H. SCHIPPER

262

528

628

1934

VACANT

269

543

635

1935

REV. EUWEMA

274

542

645

1936

REV. EUWEMA

283

578

617

1937

REV. EUWEMA

292

600

688

1938

REV. EUWEMA

292

596

709

1939

REV. EUWEMA

286

633

745

1940

REV. EUWEMA

289

638

738

1941

REV. EUWEMA

295

650

740

1942

REV. EUWEMA

305

672

671

1943

REV. EUWEMA

307

661

691

1944

REV. EUWEMA

304

657

523

1945

REV. EUWEMA

308

668

666

1946

REV. EUWEMA

312

671

692

1947

VACANT

309

666

684

1948

VACANT

307

662

547

1949

REV. BRUNSTING

284

522

551

Transcriber: Evelyn Sawyer
Created: 26 November 2005