Name Born Birthplace Died Burial Location
Gradus Ter Avest Jan 13, 1861 Kamphuis (Zuna) Oct 15, 1940 Coopersville, MI
Berendina Brink Mar 8, 1864 Netherlands May 5, 1943 Coopersville, MI
John Henry (Henry) May 13, 1884 Overisel, MI Aug 9, 1957 Michigan
Jennie Mar 20, 1886 Overisel, MI Jan 23, 1914 Coopersville, MI
John Gradus Dec 3, 1887 Overisel, MI Nov 6, 1966 Coopersville, MI
Hendrika Feb 9, 1889 Overisel, MI Aug 6, 1889 Overisel, MI
John William Oct 8, 1890 Overisel, MI Feb 1, 1958 Byron Center, MI
(William)
James Benjamin Dec 28, 1895 Overisel, MI Jul 22, 1974 Michigan
Marie Henrietta Jun 6, 1908 Michigan Jul 6, 1976 Michigan
Gradus Ter Avest married Berendina Brink on Feb 23, 1883.
Gradus and Berendina transferred their church membership from Overisel Reformed Church to Hamilton Reformed Church on April 7, 1890. On June 8, 1900, they transferred their church membership from Hamilton Reformed Church to the First Reformed Church of Zeeland .
According to the 1912 Ottawa County Atlas Patrons Directory, Gradus Ter Avest began farming in Section 19, Wright Township, near Coopersville, in 1900. He and Berendina transferred their church membership from the First Reformed Church of Zeeland to Coopersville Reformed Church.
Records from Ottawa County in 1918 show that John G. Ter Avest and William Ter Avest, sons of Gradus Ter Avest, were also farmers in Wright Township, northeast of Coopersville. They were 1st cousins of John H. Ter Avest.
John G. Ter Avest farmed 80 acres with 5 horses and 15 cows. William Ter Avest farmed 51 acres with 3 horses and 8 cows.
Gradus initially owned a small farm to the east of his older brother Jan Willem in Allegan County, MI.
This is a Fillmore Township Plat Map from 1895.
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