Born on Aug. 5, 1820, Geesje married Mr. Visscher on May 2, 1841. They were both from Separatist families.Together they had nine children: a daughter who died after seven weeks in 1843; Lemmie (a daughter) (1844- ); Willem (William) (1845?-1872), who served in the the 16th Michigan Infantry Company D during the Civil War as a substitute; Arend (1849-); Jan (1852-); Maria (1855-1856); Johannes (1856-); Maria (1858-); and Gezina "Selena" (1863-). All of the children became teachers, ministers, and/or married ministers. Lemmie, a teacher, and her minister husband were missionaries to Africa twice, the second time during the end of the Boer War. Jan was a minister in the Dakotas. Arend became a lawyer. Willem studied to become a minister and then studied medicine in NY (State). He died there of smallpox there in 1872.
From the description of Diary of our Grandmother, 1869-1901. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 40950631
