James Edward Edsenga 1931–2013

James Edward Edsenga, 1931–2013 (aged 82 years)

Name: James Edward /Edsenga/
Given names: James Edward
Surname: Edsenga

Events of close relatives
Birth	February 1931 31 31 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Military service	H and S Co 2D Inf Trng Regt Tar Comd, Camp Pendleton California
Residence	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Birth of a sister	Norma Lou Edsenga August 25, 1932 (aged 1 year) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Death of a maternal grandmother	Cornelia Overbeek May 27, 1933 (aged 2 years) Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Birth of a brother	Kenneth E Edsenga May 26, 1934 (aged 3 years) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Birth of a brother	Keith Edsenga March 15, 1938 (aged 7 years) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Death of a brother	Keith Edsenga March 16, 1938 (aged 7 years)
Death of a mother	Josephine Josie Kik December 25, 1939 (aged 8 years) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mary (Mattie) Dykinga May 24, 1941 (aged 10 years) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Burial of a paternal grandmother	Mary (Mattie) Dykinga May 27, 1941 (aged 10 years) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Residence	1950 (aged 18 years) Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Residence	1973 (aged 41 years) Comstock Park, Michigan, USA
Death of a half-brother	Laurence Marin Wietsma October 1982 (aged 51 years) Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Death of a wife	Gretchen Joan Smith February 15, 1991 (aged 60 years) Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Death of a father	George Ablert Edzinga September 28, 1991 (aged 60 years) Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Residence	1993 (aged 61 years) Comstock Park, MI
Death of a sister	June Arlene Edsenga August 22, 1995 (aged 64 years) Grandville, Michigan, USA
Death of a half-sister	Elaine Genevieve Wietsma November 26, 2005 (aged 74 years) Williamsburg, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA
Death of a brother	Kenneth E Edsenga December 18, 2007 (aged 76 years) DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan, USA
Death of a brother	Jack Albert Edsenga March 18, 2009 (aged 78 years) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Death of a sister	Norma Lou Edsenga December 25, 2009 (aged 78 years) Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
Burial of a father	George Ablert Edzinga Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Death	July 22, 2013 (aged 82 years) Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
Burial	Rockford, Michigan, USA

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: February 23, 1899 28 29 — Saddle River, Bergen, New Jersey, USA Marriage: May 8, 1925 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Occupation: Carpenter Death: September 28, 1991 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Burial: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Josephine Josie Kik Jack Albert Edsenga June Arlene Edsenga Robert J Edsenga Lois Jean Edsenga James Edward Edsenga Norma Lou Edsenga Kenneth E Edsenga Keith Edsenga George Ablert Edzinga 1899–1991 Birth: February 23, 1899 28 29 — Saddle River, Bergen, New Jersey, USA Death: September 28, 1991 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
mother	Links Birth: September 3, 1899 49 36 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Marriage: August 1, 1917 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Marriage: May 8, 1925 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: December 25, 1939 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Able Wietsma Laurence Marin Wietsma Elaine Genevieve Wietsma Family with spouse George Ablert Edzinga Jack Albert Edsenga June Arlene Edsenga Robert J Edsenga Lois Jean Edsenga James Edward Edsenga Norma Lou Edsenga Kenneth E Edsenga Keith Edsenga Josephine Josie Kik 1899–1939 Birth: September 3, 1899 49 36 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Death: December 25, 1939 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Marriage	Marriage — May 8, 1925 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
7 months elder brother	Links Birth: December 3, 1925 26 26 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Occupation: Engineer Death: March 18, 2009 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Wilma Ann Fleser Jack Albert Edsenga 1925–2009 Birth: December 3, 1925 26 26 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: March 18, 2009 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
15 months elder sister	Links Birth: March 8, 1927 28 27 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Marriage: June 11, 1947 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: August 22, 1995 — Grandville, Michigan, USA Burial: Tallmadge, Ohio, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Paul E. Walker June Arlene Edsenga 1927–1995 Birth: March 8, 1927 28 27 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: August 22, 1995 — Grandville, Michigan, USA
22 months elder brother	Links Birth: December 21, 1928 29 29 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: April 25, 1930 — Kent County, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Robert J Edsenga 1928–1930 Birth: December 21, 1928 29 29 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: April 25, 1930 — Kent County, Michigan, USA
1 year elder sister	Links Birth: December 5, 1929 30 30 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: June 13, 2015 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert George Bowman Lois Jean Edsenga 1929–2015 Birth: December 5, 1929 30 30 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: June 13, 2015 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
15 months himself	Links Birth: February 1931 31 31 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Military service: H and S Co 2D Inf Trng Regt Tar Comd, Camp Pendleton California Death: July 22, 2013 — Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan Burial: Rockford, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gretchen Joan Smith James Edward Edsenga 1931–2013 Birth: February 1931 31 31 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Death: July 22, 2013 — Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
19 months younger sister	Links Birth: August 25, 1932 33 32 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Marriage: August 25, 1950 — Michigan, USA Death: December 25, 2009 — Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA Burial: rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Howard L Vangilst Norma Lou Edsenga 1932–2009 Birth: August 25, 1932 33 32 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: December 25, 2009 — Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 months younger brother	Links Birth: May 26, 1934 35 34 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: December 18, 2007 — DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan, USA Burial: DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Kenneth E Edsenga 1934–2007 Birth: May 26, 1934 35 34 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: December 18, 2007 — DeWitt, Clinton, Michigan, USA
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: March 15, 1938 39 38 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: March 16, 1938 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Keith Edsenga 1938–1938 Birth: March 15, 1938 39 38 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: March 16, 1938

Mother’s family with Able Wietsma
step-father	Links Birth: September 11, 1899 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Marriage: August 1, 1917 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: November 1982 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States of America Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Josephine Josie Kik Laurence Marin Wietsma Elaine Genevieve Wietsma Able Wietsma 1899–1982 Birth: September 11, 1899 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Death: November 1982 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States of America
mother	Links Birth: September 3, 1899 49 36 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Marriage: August 1, 1917 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Marriage: May 8, 1925 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: December 25, 1939 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Able Wietsma Laurence Marin Wietsma Elaine Genevieve Wietsma Family with spouse George Ablert Edzinga Jack Albert Edsenga June Arlene Edsenga Robert J Edsenga Lois Jean Edsenga James Edward Edsenga Norma Lou Edsenga Kenneth E Edsenga Keith Edsenga Josephine Josie Kik 1899–1939 Birth: September 3, 1899 49 36 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Death: December 25, 1939 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Marriage	Marriage — August 1, 1917 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
4 months half-brother	Links Birth: November 22, 1917 18 18 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Marriage: April 1, 1950 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: October 1982 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Madonna M … Laurence Marin Wietsma 1917–1982 Birth: November 22, 1917 18 18 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: October 1982 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
3 years half-sister	Links Birth: March 18, 1921 21 21 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: November 26, 2005 — Williamsburg, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elaine Genevieve Wietsma 1921–2005 Birth: March 18, 1921 21 21 — Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Death: November 26, 2005 — Williamsburg, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA

Family with Gretchen Joan Smith
himself	Links Birth: February 1931 31 31 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Military service: H and S Co 2D Inf Trng Regt Tar Comd, Camp Pendleton California Death: July 22, 2013 — Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan Burial: Rockford, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gretchen Joan Smith James Edward Edsenga 1931–2013 Birth: February 1931 31 31 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Death: July 22, 2013 — Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
wife	Links Birth: April 4, 1938 50 35 — Coral Montca, Michigan, USA Death: February 15, 1991 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Burial: Rockford, Michigan, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Edward Edsenga Gretchen Joan Smith 1938–1991 Birth: April 4, 1938 50 35 — Coral Montca, Michigan, USA Death: February 15, 1991 — Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
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Family with parents
father Parents Albertus Edzenga Mary (Mattie) Dykinga	George Ablert Edzinga 1899–1991
mother Parents Johannis (John) Kik Cornelia Overbeek	Josephine Josie Kik 1899–1939
elder brother Family Wilma Ann Fleser Private	Jack Albert Edsenga 1925–2009
elder sister Family Paul E. Walker	June Arlene Edsenga 1927–1995
elder brother	Robert J Edsenga 1928–1930
elder sister Family Robert George Bowman Private Private Private	Lois Jean Edsenga 1929–2015
himself	James Edward Edsenga 1931–2013
younger sister Family Howard L Vangilst	Norma Lou Edsenga 1932–2009
younger brother Family Private	Kenneth E Edsenga 1934–2007
younger brother	Keith Edsenga 1938–1938

Mother’s family with Able Wietsma
step-father	Able Wietsma 1899–1982
mother Parents Johannis (John) Kik Cornelia Overbeek	Josephine Josie Kik 1899–1939
half-brother Family Madonna M …	Laurence Marin Wietsma 1917–1982
half-sister Family Private	Elaine Genevieve Wietsma 1921–2005

Family with Gretchen Joan Smith
himself	James Edward Edsenga 1931–2013
wife Parents Glenn William Smith Mary Helen Switzer	Gretchen Joan Smith 1938–1991
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James Edward Edsenga(1931–2013)
- Gretchen Joan Smith