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Cora Helen Roelofs Verbrugge Collection

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The Life of a Dutch American, George Roelofs

Correspondence

Family Members' Information

Research Material

Photographs, People

Slides



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Collection Overview

Title: Cora Helen Roelofs Verbrugge Collection, 1872-2000

ID: COLL/528

Primary Creator: Cora Helen Roelofs Verbrugge (1918 - 2002)

Extent: 32.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Family historian and genealogist. The collection includes the supporting material of the book, The Life of a Dutch American: George Roelofs, i.e., drafts, photographs, letters, and photocopy images of photographs, plus correspondence, family member information, and research material.

[Note:  see also Heritage Hall books The Life of a Dutch American: George Roelofs, 1853-1919, of Zwolle, the Netherlands, and Grand Rapids, Michigan: His Ancestry, Life, and Descendants with Photographs, Maps, and Genealogical Charts by Cora Helen Roelofs Verbrugge (CT274 .R635 V47 1994) and Brieven uit het Verleden:  Samenstelling en Redactie door Frank Verbrugge (Letters from the Past: Compiled and Edited by Frank Verbrugge) (CT274 .V47 B75 1981). See also Frank Verbrugge. Papers – collection 529]

Biographical Note

Cora Helen Tromp Roelofs (11 Jan 1918 - 09 Jan 2002) was born in Grand Rapids to George (nee Gerrit) Roelofs (1853-1919) and Nellie Tromp (1878-1939). He was a real estate dealer, insurance agent, and editor/publisher of Een Stem des Volks, who had emigrated in 1875.  He and his first wife, Mary Dijkema (1857-1912), had five children.  In 1913 he and Nellie Tromp married and they had two children, Robert (1914-1985) and Nellie.  After George’s death, Nellie married Theodore (nee Tiddo) Wolthorn (1880-1972), whose first wife, Wilhelmina Johnson (1883-1918), had also died.

Cora graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1936 and attended Calvin College, there meeting Frank Verbrugge (1913-1985).  The two married in 1940 and in 1946 settled in Northfield, Minnesota, where Frank served on the faculty of Carelton College. In 1956, the family moved to St. Paul when Frank joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota. After helping her husband with his family’s history, Wither Thou Goest: The Life and Story of Jacobus and Maria Verbrugge in Minnesota, she began collecting material about and writing the history of her family, The Life of a Dutch American, George Roelofs, which she finished after Frank died. Frank and Cora had four children—Anne Louise (married Tomas Hughes Martin), Lois Marie (married Elmer Grant Gilbert), Robert Roelofs (married Noreen Elizabeth Hughes), and Martha Helen Verbrugge.


Box and Folder Listing


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[Series 1: The Life of a Dutch American, George Roelofs],
[Series 2: Correspondence],
[Series 3: Family Members' Information],
[Series 4: Research Material],
[Series 5: Photographs, People],
[Series 6: Slides, 1950-1986],
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Series 4: Research Material
Box 3
Folder 4: Property records --- 1891-1923
Folder 5: Gerrit Roelofs, Bible information
Folder 6: Immigrations --- 1870-1910
Folder 7: De Padvinders/wet
Folder 8: Nellie Tromp material, reunion --- 1924
Folder 9: Recollections of John K. Dykema of Port Sheldon --- 1920-1940
Folder 10: Title abstracts, George Roelofs --- 1919-1923
Folder 11: F. J. LeLoux files --- 1821-1901
Folder 12: Thanksgiving service --- 24-Nov-1987
Folder 13: Blotter collection
Box 5
Item 1: Certificates; newspapers
Box 6
Folder 1: Autobiographical information
Folder 2: Greeting cards
Folder 3: Score for operetta On Midsummer's Day --- 1929
Folder 4: Poetry --- 1934
Folder 5: Illustrated English literature book --- 1934
Folder 6: Correspondence from mother
Folder 7: Helios publication --- 1933 and 1936
Folder 8: Bible English notebook, high school project --- 1936
Folder 9: Account book
Folder 10: Calvin College poetry assignments, --- 1936
Folder 11: Central High School yearbook --- 1936
Folder 12: Book reports --- 1941
Box 7
Folder 1: Wedding --- 27-Dec-1940
Folder 2: Wedding books
Folder 3: "When 117 Pre-School Mothers Get Together," Parents Magazine --- 1949
Folder 4: Lists of children's books read --- 1950s
Folder 5: School programs of children --- 1950s
Folder 6: List of family trips
Folder 7: European trip --- 1965
Folder 8: English assignments, University of Minnesota --- 1964
Folder 9: Michigan trip --- 1976
Folder 10: Dutch course, University of Minnesota --- 1979
Folder 11-14: Memorabilia --- 1989-1992
Box 8: Correspondence --- 1873-1979
Box 9: Correspondence --- 1948-1970
Box 10: Correspondence --- 1972-2000
Box 11: Family research
Box 12-17: Family logs --- 1948-1988
Box 18
Folder 1: Family members' birthday listing
Folder 2: News item, move to condo --- 1987
Folder 3: Ellis Island certificates --- 1992
Folder 4: George Roelofs estate material --- 1992
Folder 5: "Tromp Family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1910-1980" --- 1993
Folder 6: 75th birthday cards --- 1993
Folder 7: Thursday Night Regulars meetings --- 1992-1994
Folder 8: Publication party --- 1994
Folder 9: The Life of a Dutch American, George Roelofs book review and comments --- 1995
Folder 10: Memorial service material --- 2002
Folder 11: Last will and testament and related documents
Folder 12: Father Goose, children's book
Folder 13: Photocopy of Nellie Trump album --- 1878-1937
Folder 14: News clippings
Folder 15: R.H.C. Tromp baptism certificate; related material
Folder 16: R.H.C. Tromp genealogy; related material
Folder 17: Tromp family's passenger lists
Folder 18: Notarized statement of C. Tromp to N. Tromp --- 1900
Folder 19: Funeral visitation book for Nellie Tromp Roelofs --- 1939
Folder 20: Acceptance speech, presidency of Faculty Women's Club, University of Minnesota --- 1968

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: The Life of a Dutch American, George Roelofs],
[Series 2: Correspondence],
[Series 3: Family Members' Information],
[Series 4: Research Material],
[Series 5: Photographs, People],
[Series 6: Slides, 1950-1986],
[All]


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