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** Wife: Marie E. Paige Scholte (b. 1856 OH - d. 1929 Seattle, King, WA), daughter of Homer C. Paige (b. 1832 OH, 1880 Des Moines, IA, d. 1903 Seattle, WA) & Mary Louise Smith Paige (b. 1834 - d. 1916 Seattle, WA). Marie's maternal grandparents were Thomas B.S. Smith (b. 1802 PA, 1870 @ Freedom, Beaver, PA) & Eliza Trindell Smith (b. 1803 - d. 1847 Newark, Licking, OH). Homer Paige was employed in 1880 as a fire insurance agent.
* Paul Auguste Renaud '''+1901-1933+''' (b. 1856 France, emig. 1862, d. 1942 Pella, IA), son of Charles Frederic Renaud (b. 1825 Audincourt, Doubs, France, m. 1848 @ Audincourt, emig. 1862, d. 1908 Pella, IA) & Catherine Elizabeth Louys Renaud (b. 1825 France - d. 1907 Pella, IA). Paul was also a paternal grandson of Georges Louis Renaud (1785-1853 France) & Catherine Parrot Gillotte Renaud (1788-1859 France).
** Wife: Byka "Rebecca" Hagens Vander Meulen Vandermeulen Renaud '''+1901-1933+''' (b. 1860 Marion Co., IA - d. 1943 Pella, IA), daughter of William Christopher Hagens (b. 1839 Netherlands Neth. - d. 1914 Pella, IA) & Antonette Pos Hagens (b. 1841 Netherlands Neth. - d. 1923 Pella, IA). Rebecca was a paternal granddaughter of Gerhardus "Gerrit" Hagens (b. 1811 Netherlands Neth. - d. 1889 Pella, IA) & Anna Sophia Susanna Erts Hagens (b. 1814 Netherlands Neth. - d. 1895 Pella, IA). Gerrit Hagens was a baker, by trade, his parents were Reind Hagens (1778-1864 NetherlandsNeth.) & Willemina Simons Hagens (1775-1840 NetherlandsNeth.).* Nicholas Charles Van Vliet '''+1901-1927+''' (1857-1948 Pella, IA), son of Jacob Van Vliet (b. 1807 Breudijk, Utrecht, Neth. - d. 1859 Pella, IA) & Maria DePenning Van Vliet (b. 1827 Mijnsheerenland, Z.H., Neth., m. 1854 Marion, IA, d. 1889 Pella, IA). Maria's parents were Wouter DePenning (1784-1847 Mijnsheerenland, Z.H., Neth.) & Geertje Fortuin DePenning (b. 1788 Strijin, Z.H., Neth. - d. 1849 Mijnsheerenland, Z.H., Neth.). Two of Jacob's older (adult) children succumbed to cholera in the summer of 1854, of 16 total who died in Pella that year of that epidemic. Jacob emigrated to Pella in 1854, along with relative Nicholaas. Jacob's first wife was Neeltje Scherpenzeel Van Vliet (b. 1808 Harmelen, Utrecht, Neth. - d. 1854 Pella, IA). In 1922, S.N. Van Vliet was serving as the librarian at the Second Reformed Church of Pella. H.M. Van Vliet (b. 1840 Neth.), came to the U.S. with his parents in 1847, first to St. Louis, then in Pella in 1848. Five children: Henry, Mattie M., Willie, Joseph, and Minnie. G. Van Vliet served as mayor 1887-1888, 1891-1894, 1897-1899.
** Wife: Margaret "Maggie" Vander Wilt Van Vliet '''+1901-1917''' (1858-1917 Pella, IA), daughter of Jan "John" Vander Wilt (b. 1831 Laagnieuwkoop, Utrecht, Neth. - d. 1906 Pella, IA) & Geuvertje Den Burger Vander Wilt (b. 1835 Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Neth. - d. 1896 Pella, IA).
* P. Rykhoek Peter Bastiaanszn Ryjkhoek '''+1927-1944+1946'''(b. 1868 Marion, IA - d. 1946 Pella, IA), son of Bastiaan Rijkhoek
* P.L. Renaud '''+1933+'''
* D.V. Van Vork '''+1944+'''
* In 1868, he was preaching from a farmer's cart, and dragoons came and ordered the people to scatter, and upon the Scholte's refusing to obey, the soldiers cut the cart into splinters, leading to the death of Henry and his wife.
* On June 5, 1847 was in NYC, and the family traveled to Keokuk by rail, then to Pella by carriage to settle.
* published a Christian paper "De Toekomst" (The Future) monthly from Sept. 1866 until his death.
=Initial Dutch Settlers=
The following are among those from the Netherlands who incorporated Pella, affiliated with the meeting room, sorted by each of the settling ships that left the Netherlands in April 1847 via Baltimore, MD. It is presently unknown which ship Henry Peter Scholte was on, who served as president of the Dutch colony, with forementioned history, as father of John W. David Scholte (1852-1925) who served as a correspondent +1889-1896+ at the assembly, as well as Robert Radford Beard's (1846-1920) 2nd wife's maternal grandmother, Sarah, who was also a daughter of Henry Peter Scholte, Robert had served as a correspondent in 1879.
==Maasstroom==
* Mr. & Mrs. Gerritsen - they were possibly related to Arie Hoogenakker (1840-1919), paternal grandson of Ariann Hogenakker (1764-1831) & Hermina Gerritsen Hogenakker (1756-1840), who both died in the Netherlands. Arie was the earliest known correspondent of the meeting room, serving +1878, and in fellowship until his death in 1919.
* Mr. & Mrs. Teunis Rykhoek - possible ancestors of P. Rykhoek who served as a correspondent +1927-1944+.
* Gerhardus "Gerrit" Hagens (1811-1923) and his wife Anna Sophia Susanna Erts Hagens (1814-1895), and their three eldest children Willem (1839-1914), Zwaantje, and Mina. Willem's daughter, Byka "Rebecca" Vander Meulen Vandermeulen married Paul Auguste Renaud (b. 1856 France, emig. 1862, d. 1942 Pella, IA), who served as a correspondent +1901-1933+.
==Pieter Floris==
This was the second emigration of Dutch settlers in the summer and fall of 1849, who were noted to have brought "considerable gold" which greatly helped the struggling colony.
* Mr. & Mrs. A.G. van der MeulenVandermeulen, and children Geurt and Henry. Also Bonne and his wife, and children Egbert, Aartje, Jacob, Tenske, Gaardske, and Arie. Paul Auguste Renaud (1856-1942), who served as correspondent +1901-1933+, his wife Byka "Rebecca" Hagens' first husband was a Vander MeulenVandermeulen. A.G. (b. 1821) opened a jewelry (watch & clock) store on W. Washington St. on the corner that in later years became the residence of the family of L. Stegeman. By the early 1920's, with the help of A.G.'s sons, the jewelry store had morphed into a mercantile firm that had become one of the largest and most successful businesses in central Iowa, under the name of "Van der Meulen Vandermeulen & Co.".
1922 firm members: J.H. DeVries, H.J. Boland, John F. Dykstra, and Henry P. Van der MeulenVandermeulen, the latter being a grandson of A.G. Also, G.A. Van Der Meulen Vandermeulen (b. 1845 Bergom, Neth. - d. 1916 Los Angeles, CA) and Harry H. Van Der Meulen Vandermeulen were among the sons that helped develop the mercantile business. G.A.'s wife Nellie Kramer (b. Feb. 7, 1848), daughter of Peter Kramer & Welmoed Pos Kramer, was the first girl born in Pella. In April 1881, a fire destroyed a VanderMeulen Vandermeulen hardware store. Henry P. Vandermeulen's wife served as the first President of the Executive committee of the Ladies Auxiliary for Central College. She also served as the first vice-president of the Women's Federated Club of Pella in 1914, which was organized in the home of Mrs. Aschenbrenner, whose husband was among the physicians in 1922. C.H. Vandermeulen had a cream produce company in 1922.
* Mr. & Mrs. Willem van Vark, Jr., and child Matje. Matje may not have survived the voyage as it is noted in a trip diary of fellow traveler John Hospers that on June 5th, a small child with the Willem van Vark family died. The correspondent +1944-1951+ was D.V. (and/or D.J.) Van Vark. In 1922, a Van Vark was part owner of Globe Plumbing & Heating (corner East First & Franklin Sts.
==1854 Holland==
* Mr. & Mrs. Jan de Graaf
* Wouter, Bessel and Grietje Kraai. H. Kraai served as Marshal from 1866-1868.
* Mr. & Mrs. Bastiaan van der Meulen Vandermeulen and their seven eldest children: Christina, Maaike, Maria, Jan, Adrianus, Leentje, and Sophia. Bastiann was a teacher in Holland, and also taught in a private school in Pella for many years.
* Wiger & Anne Roorda
* 20 members in the home of D. Van Ham.
Also, in 1851, according to a 1915 History of Marion County, a minister named Demoss held held services in schoolhouses in the Franklin and Dallas townships, organizing a society in each, with no erection of churches. The history identifies this group as "United Brethren", and credits it as one of the first to organize in the county. Probably no relation to the PB.
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