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Note: Census
1900, vol 36, E.D. 117, sheet 6, line 95, Kalamazoo County, 701 Parker, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Martha VanDyke, head, white, b. Dec 1862 in Holland, 37 years, widowed, mother of 5 with 5 living, both parents born in Holland, came to the US in 1870, been in the US 30 years, mill employee, can read, write and speak English
John, son, white, male, b. Jan 1880 in Michigan, 20 years, single, both parents born in Holland, cigar maker, can read, write and speak English
Abraham, son, white, male, b. Feb. 1886 in Michigan, 13 years, both parents born in Holland, ??house keeper???, can read, write and speak English
Johanna, daughter, white, female, b. Oct 1888 in Michigan, 11 years, both parents born in Holland, at school, can read, write and speak English
Sarah, daughter, white, female, b. Mar 1892 in Michigan, 8 years, both parents born in Holland, at school
Peter, son, white, male, b. Mar 1895 in Michigan, 3 years, both parents born in Holland
**Note*** Johanna VanDyke, 82, b. Feb 1818 in Holland, mother of 5 with 2 still living, is living at 707 Parker with her son, Marinus, age 40, b. Apr 1860 in Holland and A???, daughter, b. Apr 1870 in Holland. They all came to the US in 1873.
1920, E.D. 194, Kalamazoo County, Texas Township, Michigan
A. Appel, head, owned free of mortgage, male, white, 64 years, single, came to US in 1865, naturalized in 1886, b. Netherlands, speaks Dutch, both parents born in Netherlands and speaks Dutch, farmer on a fruit farm
Maude VanDyke, sister, female, white, 59, widowed, came to the US in 1865, naturalized in 1886, b. Netherlands speaks Dutch, both parents born in Netherlands, and speaks Dutch.
Obituary of Monday, April 19, 1937 in the Kalamazoo Gazette page 9:3
TWO PERSONS END LIVES IN COUNTY DURING WEEK-END
Maude VanDyke, 77 Dies in Gas-Filled Kitchen; Man drowns in River.
Two deaths apparently suicides were investigated Sunday by police and sherriff's department and Dr. Ralph G. Cook, county coroner.
Mrs. Maude VanDyke, 77, of 2203 Superior avenue, was found dead in the kitchen of her home with all the jets of a gas range turned on, when her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Diettra, 2137 Superior avenue, broke in the back door of the home at 10:15 Sunday morning.
HER HEALTH POOR
A white Spitz dog, a pet of Mrs. VanDyke, was lying on the floor in the living room, nearly dead from the effects of the gas. Dr. Cook stated Mrs. VanDyke had been dead for several hours.
Mrs. VanDyke was a widow and had been in ill health. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Diettra and Mrs. Sarah Morrison, Waverly avenue, Detroit, and two sons, Peter VanDyke, 1123 Lane boulevard, and Abraham VanDyke, 703 Parker avenue, Kalamazoo; a sister, Mrs. Lena DeLeeuw, Kalamazoo; a brother, John Appel, of the Netherlands; and nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The body was removed to the George P Truesdale funeral home.
Headstone inscription
Martha VanDyke
1860-1937
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