Who's Who at Pella Meeting Room, IA

Pella Meeting Room, Pella, IA (EB) +1878-1909 (TW) 1909-1992 (TW-N) 1992-2021+

Leadership

• Adrian Hoogenakker +1878-1917+ (b. 1840 Netherlands - d. 1919 Pella, IA)
• R.R. Beard 1879+
• J.W.D. Scholte +1889+
• David Scholte +1896+
• P.A. Renaud +1901-1933+
• N. Van Vliet +1901-1903+
• N.C. Van Vliet +1908+
• H.C. Van Vliet +1914+
• Nicholas Van Vliet +1917-1927+
• P. Rykhoek +1927-1944+
• P.L. Renaud +1933+
• D.V. Van Vork +1944+
• Harry L. Renaud +1944-1949+
• John Valkenberg +1949-1951+
• D.J. Van Vark +1949+
• Harry A. Renaud +1951+
• D.V. Van Vark +1951+
• Frank Van Der Hart +1962-1966+
• L.F. Brand +1962-1973+
• Paul H. Renaud +1962-1966+
• Vernon O. Seekamp +1973-1985+
• Earl E. Waddle +1973-1985+
• Mark P. Renaud +1973-1985+
• Gerrit Renaud +1999-2005+
• Harry Van Der Hart +1999-2016 (1939-2016 Pella, IA)
• Robert Waddle +2005-2010+
• Leo M. Renaud +2010-2016+

Families

Beard family

• R.R. Beard 1879+

Brand family

• L.F. Brand +1962-1973+

Hoogenakker family

Gerrit Jan Hoogenakker and his family were among the earliest settlers of Pella, arriving in New York on Aug. 3, 1854 with the destination of Iowa, emigrating from the Netherlands. Their son Adrian was the earliest known correspondent at the Pella Meeting Room, active prior to 1878. By 1922, Adrian's children Gerrit, Timothy, and Johanna were living in Des Moines, IA.

Ancestry

• Gerrit Jan Hoogenakker (b. 1799 Netherlands), brushmaker @ 1860; m. 1829 @ Neth.; son of Ariann Hogenakker (b. 1764 Niet Vermeld, Neth.) - d. 1831 Wijhe, Neth.) & Hermina Gerritsen Hogenakker (b. 1756 Wijhe, Neth. - d. 1840 Deventer, Neth.). Hermina was the daughter of Gerrit Gerritsen.
• Egberdina Strunk Hoogenakker (b. 1806 Neth. - d. Pella, IA)
  • Johanna Hoogenakker (b. 1829 Neth.)
  • Adrian "Arie" Hoogenakker +1878-1919 (b. 1840 Neth. - d. 1919 Pella, IA); see Adrian's family listing;
  • Jacoba Gerrits Hoogenakker Droppers (b. 1844 Neth.), who married J.A. Droppers @ Pella in 1864.
  • Henrik Willem Hoogenakker (b. 1851 Neth.)

Arie Hoogenakker

• Adriaan "Arie" Hoogenakker +1878-1919 (b. 1840 Neth. - d. 1919 Pella, IA); painter;
• Henrietta Breuklander Hoogenakker +1878-1918 (b. 1847 Neth. - d. 1918 Pella, IA)
  • Sophia Mies Hoogenakker +1878-1921 (1869-1922 Pella, IA); clerk @ Sebertia Viersen's store, then 24 years clerk @ H.H. Geelhoed's dry goods store;
  • Bertha Hoogenakker Ocheltree 1889-1916+ (b. 1889 Pella, IA - d. 1970 Orange Cty, CA); 1916 m. Robert Lloyd Ocheltree (b. 1890 Bayard, Guthrie, IA - d. 1974 Orange Cty, CA); 1959 @ Pasadena, CA
  • Dena Hoogenakker Van Gorp +1878-1894+ (b. 1867 Pella, IA - d. 1933 Des Moines, IA); m. Peter F. Van Gorp (b. 1860 Pella, IA - d. 1928 Bondurant, Polk, IA)
  • John Geritt Hoogenakker +1878-1893+ (1874-1959 Pella, IA); 1893 m. Henrietta Dingeman (d. 1933); widely known painter & decorator in Pella & Des Moines; Lived 65 yrs. in Pella & 20 yrs. (1915-1935) in Des Moines.
  • Henry Jan "John" Hoogenakker 1879-1897+ (b. 1879 Pella, IA - d. 1957 Des Moines, IA); m. Mary Bell Keeler (b. 1876 - d. 1949 Des Moines, IA); 1922 @ Audubon, IA;
  • Timothy Hoogenakker (1922 @ Des Moines, IA)
  • Johanna Hoogenakker 1881-1899+ (b. 1881 Pella, IA - d. 1953 Los Angeles, CA); 1930 @ Los Angeles, CA; 1940 @ Pasadena, CA; self-employed seamstress;
  • Marie Hoogenakker Hedge; m. Amos Seth Hedge (b. 1881 Salem, Jewell, KS - d. 1962 Pasadena, CA); 1910 @ New Sharon, IA; 1920 @ Grant, Sioux, IA; 1922 @ Sheldon, IA; 1930-1959 @ Pasadena, CA; +1959+ @ Trinity Full Gospel Church @ Pasadena;
  • Wilhelmina "Cora" or "Minnie" Hoogenakker Groth; 1910 @ Pella, IA m. Dr. Arthur Cyrus Groth (b. 1884 Toronto, ON), son of George Wilhelm Groth (b. 1837 Russia - d. 1928 Sierra Madre, L.A., CA) & Mary Stovel Groth (b. 1840 England - d. 1928 Sierra Madre, L.A., CA).
    • Groth family: George Groth employed as a bank messenger, PB +1891-1911+; Mary Stovel Groth was PB +1861-1911+; +1861-1871+ @ Guelph, ON;

Renaud family

• H.L. Renaud +1944+
• P.A. Renaud +1901-1933+
• P.L. Renaud +1933+
• Paul H. Renaud +1962-1966+
• Mark P. Renaud +1973-1985+
• Gerrit Renaud +1999-2005+
• Leo M. Renaud +2010-2016+

Ryhoek family

• P. Rykhoek +1927-1944+

Scholte family

• J.W.D. Scholte +1889+
• David Scholte +1896+

Seekamp family

• Vernon O. Seekamp +1973-1985+

• Katherine Van Der Hart Seekamp

Valkenberg family

• John Valkenberg +1949-1951+

Van Der Hart family

• Frank Van Der Hart +1962-1966+

• Harry Van Der Hart +1999-2016 (1939-2016 Pella, IA)
• Sharolyn Shaffer Van Der Hart +1999-2016+
  • Sandra Van Der Hart Huston
  • Kevin Van Der Hart

Van Vliet family

• N. Van Vliet +1901-1903+
• N.C. Van Vliet +1908+
• H.C. Van Vliet +1914+
• Nicholas Van Vliet +1917-1927+

Van Vork / Van Vark family

• D.V. Van Vork +1944+
• D.J. Van Vark +1949+

Waddle family

• Earl E. Waddle +1973-1985+
• Robert Waddle +2005-2010+