Johannah is my maternal grandfather's mother.
Johannah Ten Cate was the youngest daughter of Berendina Oonk and Derk Ten Cate. She was born on the family farm one mile south of Graafschap, Michigan, April 12, 1876. Unfortunately, she was never to know her mother, as her mother died from a heart attack, September 24,1876; Johanna being less than six months old. At the time of her mother's death, her sister Sena was twelve years old, so household duties fell upon her older sister. Her father married again a year later, which provided the family of five children with a mother. As far as the children were concerned this did not add to their happiness, as the new mother was a strict and often cruel disciplinarian.
Johanna attended the rural school of which Luke Lugers was the teacher, and on Sunday she went to Graafschap Christian Reformed Church. She remained in school until about the time she had finished the sixth reader, when her folks sold the farm and moved to Grand Rapids. School days were over, and she worked for a while in a bean factory.
The stay in Grand Rapids lasted for only about four years and the family moved to Holland. The Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church with its Sunday services and weekday catechism classes was the center of not only her religious life, but her social life as well. This is where she met her future husband, Bauke VanderPloeg, and it was by the greatly beloved minister of her church, Dominie K. Van Goor, that she was married to the man named Bauke, which name they changed to Bert.
Johannah and Bert were parents to seven children. Two of the children, Effie Henrietta and Nelson Earl died as babies. The other five children, John, Bernice, Evelyn, Donald, and Herbert all married and had wonderful families. The children were all raised to help one another. The Bert and Johannah Vander Ploeg family moved around quite a bit when the kids were young. They lived in Grand Rapids for a while as well as Lake Odessa and Grand Haven. They finally settled back in Holland and after several years of doing factory work. Factory work was never really to Bert's liking, so while working in the factory, he and his wife started a floral shop and greenhouse business known as the Shady Lawn Florists on the five acre plot of ground that he owned. Bert resigned from his factory position and gave full time to the florist business in which the whole family was engaged, including his wife. Johanna died at the age of fifty six and her husband Bert died ten years later at the age of sixty six.
The following is Johannah's obituary which ran in the Holland Sentinel
"Local Resident Taken Suddenly"
Mrs. Vander Ploeg Dies of Heart Attack in Car at Home
Mrs Johanna Vander Ploeg, 56, whose enthusiasm for flowers was a factor in the establishment of the Shady Lawn greenhouse here ten years ago, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at her home, 275 East Sixteenth Street, following a heart attack.
Although complaining last week about her heart, Mrs. Vander Ploeg appeared to be in normal health. She had driven downtown yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill and had just returned home when she was stricken. She died in the automobile.
Mrs Vander Ploeg spent practically all of her life in Holland and vicinity. She lived for a few years in Grand Rapids and in Grand Haven. She was born in Laketown township, Allegan County April 12, 1876.
For many years she was interested in flowers and was active with her husband, Bert Vander Ploeg in starting the greenhouse here. She was an active member of Sixth Reformed Church.
Surviving are her husband, three sons, John B Vander Ploeg of Holland and Donald and Herbert Vander Ploeg at home: two daughters, Mrs. Dennis Boer of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill of Holland: two brothers, Herman Ten Cate and Henry Ten Cate of Graafschap: two sisters, Mrs. Sena Deur of Fremont and Mrs. Richard B Mouw of Holland: and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the home and at 2 o'clock from Sixth Reformed Church, Rev J. Vanderbeek will officiate. Burial will be in Holland township cemetery.
Taken from the Holland Sentinel
(Note Holland township cemetery is now known as Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan)
The following appeared in the Sixth Reformed Church Bulletin on November 6, 1932
Last Monday Evening without any warning whatever, Mrs. B. Vander Ploeg suddenly passed on into eternity. The congregation deeply feels the hand of God upon us and extends to the bereaved family its sincerest sympathy.
Johannah Ten Cate was the youngest daughter of Berendina Oonk and Derk Ten Cate. She was born on the family farm one mile south of Graafschap, Michigan, April 12, 1876. Unfortunately, she was never to know her mother, as her mother died from a heart attack, September 24,1876; Johanna being less than six months old. At the time of her mother's death, her sister Sena was twelve years old, so household duties fell upon her older sister. Her father married again a year later, which provided the family of five children with a mother. As far as the children were concerned this did not add to their happiness, as the new mother was a strict and often cruel disciplinarian.
Johanna attended the rural school of which Luke Lugers was the teacher, and on Sunday she went to Graafschap Christian Reformed Church. She remained in school until about the time she had finished the sixth reader, when her folks sold the farm and moved to Grand Rapids. School days were over, and she worked for a while in a bean factory.
The stay in Grand Rapids lasted for only about four years and the family moved to Holland. The Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church with its Sunday services and weekday catechism classes was the center of not only her religious life, but her social life as well. This is where she met her future husband, Bauke VanderPloeg, and it was by the greatly beloved minister of her church, Dominie K. Van Goor, that she was married to the man named Bauke, which name they changed to Bert.
Johannah and Bert were parents to seven children. Two of the children, Effie Henrietta and Nelson Earl died as babies. The other five children, John, Bernice, Evelyn, Donald, and Herbert all married and had wonderful families. The children were all raised to help one another. The Bert and Johannah Vander Ploeg family moved around quite a bit when the kids were young. They lived in Grand Rapids for a while as well as Lake Odessa and Grand Haven. They finally settled back in Holland and after several years of doing factory work. Factory work was never really to Bert's liking, so while working in the factory, he and his wife started a floral shop and greenhouse business known as the Shady Lawn Florists on the five acre plot of ground that he owned. Bert resigned from his factory position and gave full time to the florist business in which the whole family was engaged, including his wife. Johanna died at the age of fifty six and her husband Bert died ten years later at the age of sixty six.
The following is Johannah's obituary which ran in the Holland Sentinel
"Local Resident Taken Suddenly"
Mrs. Vander Ploeg Dies of Heart Attack in Car at Home
Mrs Johanna Vander Ploeg, 56, whose enthusiasm for flowers was a factor in the establishment of the Shady Lawn greenhouse here ten years ago, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at her home, 275 East Sixteenth Street, following a heart attack.
Although complaining last week about her heart, Mrs. Vander Ploeg appeared to be in normal health. She had driven downtown yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill and had just returned home when she was stricken. She died in the automobile.
Mrs Vander Ploeg spent practically all of her life in Holland and vicinity. She lived for a few years in Grand Rapids and in Grand Haven. She was born in Laketown township, Allegan County April 12, 1876.
For many years she was interested in flowers and was active with her husband, Bert Vander Ploeg in starting the greenhouse here. She was an active member of Sixth Reformed Church.
Surviving are her husband, three sons, John B Vander Ploeg of Holland and Donald and Herbert Vander Ploeg at home: two daughters, Mrs. Dennis Boer of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill of Holland: two brothers, Herman Ten Cate and Henry Ten Cate of Graafschap: two sisters, Mrs. Sena Deur of Fremont and Mrs. Richard B Mouw of Holland: and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the home and at 2 o'clock from Sixth Reformed Church, Rev J. Vanderbeek will officiate. Burial will be in Holland township cemetery.
Taken from the Holland Sentinel
(Note Holland township cemetery is now known as Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan)
The following appeared in the Sixth Reformed Church Bulletin on November 6, 1932
Last Monday Evening without any warning whatever, Mrs. B. Vander Ploeg suddenly passed on into eternity. The congregation deeply feels the hand of God upon us and extends to the bereaved family its sincerest sympathy.
Johannah is my maternal grandfather's mother.
Johannah Ten Cate was the youngest daughter of Berendina Oonk and Derk Ten Cate. She was born on the family farm one mile south of Graafschap, Michigan, April 12, 1876. Unfortunately, she was never to know her mother, as her mother died from a heart attack, September 24,1876; Johanna being less than six months old. At the time of her mother's death, her sister Sena was twelve years old, so household duties fell upon her older sister. Her father married again a year later, which provided the family of five children with a mother. As far as the children were concerned this did not add to their happiness, as the new mother was a strict and often cruel disciplinarian.
Johanna attended the rural school of which Luke Lugers was the teacher, and on Sunday she went to Graafschap Christian Reformed Church. She remained in school until about the time she had finished the sixth reader, when her folks sold the farm and moved to Grand Rapids. School days were over, and she worked for a while in a bean factory.
The stay in Grand Rapids lasted for only about four years and the family moved to Holland. The Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church with its Sunday services and weekday catechism classes was the center of not only her religious life, but her social life as well. This is where she met her future husband, Bauke VanderPloeg, and it was by the greatly beloved minister of her church, Dominie K. Van Goor, that she was married to the man named Bauke, which name they changed to Bert.
Johannah and Bert were parents to seven children. Two of the children, Effie Henrietta and Nelson Earl died as babies. The other five children, John, Bernice, Evelyn, Donald, and Herbert all married and had wonderful families. The children were all raised to help one another. The Bert and Johannah Vander Ploeg family moved around quite a bit when the kids were young. They lived in Grand Rapids for a while as well as Lake Odessa and Grand Haven. They finally settled back in Holland and after several years of doing factory work. Factory work was never really to Bert's liking, so while working in the factory, he and his wife started a floral shop and greenhouse business known as the Shady Lawn Florists on the five acre plot of ground that he owned. Bert resigned from his factory position and gave full time to the florist business in which the whole family was engaged, including his wife. Johanna died at the age of fifty six and her husband Bert died ten years later at the age of sixty six.
The following is Johannah's obituary which ran in the Holland Sentinel
"Local Resident Taken Suddenly"
Mrs. Vander Ploeg Dies of Heart Attack in Car at Home
Mrs Johanna Vander Ploeg, 56, whose enthusiasm for flowers was a factor in the establishment of the Shady Lawn greenhouse here ten years ago, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at her home, 275 East Sixteenth Street, following a heart attack.
Although complaining last week about her heart, Mrs. Vander Ploeg appeared to be in normal health. She had driven downtown yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill and had just returned home when she was stricken. She died in the automobile.
Mrs Vander Ploeg spent practically all of her life in Holland and vicinity. She lived for a few years in Grand Rapids and in Grand Haven. She was born in Laketown township, Allegan County April 12, 1876.
For many years she was interested in flowers and was active with her husband, Bert Vander Ploeg in starting the greenhouse here. She was an active member of Sixth Reformed Church.
Surviving are her husband, three sons, John B Vander Ploeg of Holland and Donald and Herbert Vander Ploeg at home: two daughters, Mrs. Dennis Boer of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill of Holland: two brothers, Herman Ten Cate and Henry Ten Cate of Graafschap: two sisters, Mrs. Sena Deur of Fremont and Mrs. Richard B Mouw of Holland: and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the home and at 2 o'clock from Sixth Reformed Church, Rev J. Vanderbeek will officiate. Burial will be in Holland township cemetery.
Taken from the Holland Sentinel
(Note Holland township cemetery is now known as Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan)
The following appeared in the Sixth Reformed Church Bulletin on November 6, 1932
Last Monday Evening without any warning whatever, Mrs. B. Vander Ploeg suddenly passed on into eternity. The congregation deeply feels the hand of God upon us and extends to the bereaved family its sincerest sympathy.
Johannah Ten Cate was the youngest daughter of Berendina Oonk and Derk Ten Cate. She was born on the family farm one mile south of Graafschap, Michigan, April 12, 1876. Unfortunately, she was never to know her mother, as her mother died from a heart attack, September 24,1876; Johanna being less than six months old. At the time of her mother's death, her sister Sena was twelve years old, so household duties fell upon her older sister. Her father married again a year later, which provided the family of five children with a mother. As far as the children were concerned this did not add to their happiness, as the new mother was a strict and often cruel disciplinarian.
Johanna attended the rural school of which Luke Lugers was the teacher, and on Sunday she went to Graafschap Christian Reformed Church. She remained in school until about the time she had finished the sixth reader, when her folks sold the farm and moved to Grand Rapids. School days were over, and she worked for a while in a bean factory.
The stay in Grand Rapids lasted for only about four years and the family moved to Holland. The Ninth Street Christian Reformed Church with its Sunday services and weekday catechism classes was the center of not only her religious life, but her social life as well. This is where she met her future husband, Bauke VanderPloeg, and it was by the greatly beloved minister of her church, Dominie K. Van Goor, that she was married to the man named Bauke, which name they changed to Bert.
Johannah and Bert were parents to seven children. Two of the children, Effie Henrietta and Nelson Earl died as babies. The other five children, John, Bernice, Evelyn, Donald, and Herbert all married and had wonderful families. The children were all raised to help one another. The Bert and Johannah Vander Ploeg family moved around quite a bit when the kids were young. They lived in Grand Rapids for a while as well as Lake Odessa and Grand Haven. They finally settled back in Holland and after several years of doing factory work. Factory work was never really to Bert's liking, so while working in the factory, he and his wife started a floral shop and greenhouse business known as the Shady Lawn Florists on the five acre plot of ground that he owned. Bert resigned from his factory position and gave full time to the florist business in which the whole family was engaged, including his wife. Johanna died at the age of fifty six and her husband Bert died ten years later at the age of sixty six.
The following is Johannah's obituary which ran in the Holland Sentinel
"Local Resident Taken Suddenly"
Mrs. Vander Ploeg Dies of Heart Attack in Car at Home
Mrs Johanna Vander Ploeg, 56, whose enthusiasm for flowers was a factor in the establishment of the Shady Lawn greenhouse here ten years ago, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at her home, 275 East Sixteenth Street, following a heart attack.
Although complaining last week about her heart, Mrs. Vander Ploeg appeared to be in normal health. She had driven downtown yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill and had just returned home when she was stricken. She died in the automobile.
Mrs Vander Ploeg spent practically all of her life in Holland and vicinity. She lived for a few years in Grand Rapids and in Grand Haven. She was born in Laketown township, Allegan County April 12, 1876.
For many years she was interested in flowers and was active with her husband, Bert Vander Ploeg in starting the greenhouse here. She was an active member of Sixth Reformed Church.
Surviving are her husband, three sons, John B Vander Ploeg of Holland and Donald and Herbert Vander Ploeg at home: two daughters, Mrs. Dennis Boer of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Mrs. Harold B. Gemmill of Holland: two brothers, Herman Ten Cate and Henry Ten Cate of Graafschap: two sisters, Mrs. Sena Deur of Fremont and Mrs. Richard B Mouw of Holland: and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the home and at 2 o'clock from Sixth Reformed Church, Rev J. Vanderbeek will officiate. Burial will be in Holland township cemetery.
Taken from the Holland Sentinel
(Note Holland township cemetery is now known as Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan)
The following appeared in the Sixth Reformed Church Bulletin on November 6, 1932
Last Monday Evening without any warning whatever, Mrs. B. Vander Ploeg suddenly passed on into eternity. The congregation deeply feels the hand of God upon us and extends to the bereaved family its sincerest sympathy.
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