Kirk's ancestors settled in the Grand Rapids area of Michigan. Many of his ancestors are buried within the city of Grand Rapids. If you have ancestors buried in Grand Rapids City cemeteries then you will want to take a look at the Grand Rapids City Cemeteries website. Here you can search by name and you will be taken to a separate page with information on the individual you searched for. I found it helpful to search just by last name too.
The city of Grand Rapids owns six cemeteries in the city. Clicking on the names below will take you to a map for each cemetery. Once you have searched and located the name you can go here to find the exact location. They are:
- Fairplains 2056 Diamond, NE
- Fulton Street 801 Fulton, NE
- Greenwood 1401 Leonard, NW
- Oakgrove 1401 28th Street, SE
- Oakhill North and Oakhill South 647 Hall Street, SE
- Woodlawn East and Woodlawn West 2530 Kalamazoo SE
Screenshot of Grand Rapids Cemetery Search for Kosten
Jennie Kosten highlighted: (Name: Kosten, Jennie Date of Death: 05/08/1919)
Screenshot of Information for Jennie Kosten
Jennie Kosten
Grand Rapids City Cemeteries
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You can see, above, the type of information you can find on this website. I had her date of death so that helped me identify the right Jennie Kosten. I learned the cemetery, location of gravesite, and funeral home. This was all new information to me.
Jennie Kosten is Kirk's great, great grandmother. She was born Jennie Jansen, the daughter of Pieter Jansen and Johanna Maat. She married Adrian Kosten in Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands, in 1856. They immigrated to the United States in 1873. Jennie Kosten died in the Holland Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I was unable to find a burial record for her husband, Adrian Kosten.
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