Diary of our Grandmother, 1869-1901.

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Diary of our Grandmother, 1869-1901.

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Included here is a poor quality photocopy of the diary of Mrs. Visscher, written in Dutch, and a typed copy translated into English. An outline of events in the diary is also included. The diary documents her youth and religious experiences and beliefs in the Netherlands, as well as her marriage and births of their first three children. The family then left for what became Holland (Mich.) with Rev. Van Raalte and other Separatists in 1845-1846. The diary then relates the births, marriages, deaths, and burials of other family, friends, and community members, fires, ministers, anniversaries, trips to Chicago, the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and the Netherlands, the deaths of Pres. Garfield and Rev. and Mrs. Van Raalte, celebrating Thanksgiving in 1877 and Columbus Day in 1892, the crowing of Queen Wilhemina in 1898, and other local events.

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Van Raalte, Albertus C. (Albertus Christiaan), 1811-1876

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