Anson B. Dorland, D. D. S., at room No. 210 Widdicomb building, Grand Rapids, Mich., is a native of Ontario, Canada, was born July 5, 1870, and is a son of Amos and Sarah (Carrique) Dorland, the former of whom was born in New Jersey, and the latter, of Irish ancestry, in Canada.

Amos Dorland is descended from French ancestors, and from France the family stock was transplanted into Holland, and thence to America in 1652 or 1663, the founders on this continent having been two brothers, viz: Jan Gerrets Dorlandt and Lambert Janse Dorlandt, from whom, it is believed, all the Dorlands, Dorlans, Durlands and Durlings in the United States and Canada have descended the difference in the orthography being due, no doubt, to the various spellings being made by enlistment officers in the early wars, who wrote the names as they were pronounced orally. The ancestors of the subject were patriotic in the extreme, and the members of the modern family have not been remiss in this respect, as they have served their country in the colonial and Revolutionary wars, the war of 1812, the war of the Rebellion and the Spanish-American war—Peter Dorland, the great-grandfather of subject, having been a drum-major in the war of the Revolution.

The children born to Amos and Sarah Dorland were seven in number besides the doctor, viz: Walter A., a dentist in the Pythian Temple, in Grand Rapids; Ada, wife of T. J. Adie, a hardware merchant of the same city; Celestia S. and Maggie M., unmarried; Lena M., wife of John A. Henderson, a dry goods merchant of Acton, Ontario, Canada; Ella Mae and Edna L., at home.

Dr. Anson B. Dorland was professionally educated at the Philadelphia Dental college, from which he was graduated in 1894, but had received his preparation for college under the tutorship of his brother, Walter A., who had graduated from the same institution in 1882. After practicing with him for four years and attending college three years, he engaged in practice alone and now stands well to the front in his calling. He holds a certificate from the Medico-Chirurgical college of Philadelphia, showing his three years attendance at clinical lectures, has passed the required examination before the state board of dental examiners, and is a member of the Grand Rapids Dental society.

Fraternally, he is a member of the Mystic circle and the Lakeside Club, and in politics is a republican. His rapid advance professionally, and his growing popularity, give promise of a bright career in the future, and his general deportment has won for him a firm position in society circles, as well as with the general public. His residence is at No. 107 Jefferson avenue.