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First Reformed Church

The First Reformed Church has its roots in the early Dutch tradition of Muskegon.  The services for the first 50 years were conducted in the Dutch language.  The church was organized June 22, 1859 and Rev W. A. Houbolt of Albany, N.Y. was the first pastor.  The first church was on Spring Street and completed and dedicated in 1866.  The church moved to Ada and Wilson in October, 1951 and was closed in 2000.  The first records were in Dutch, and unfortunately the first volume cannot be found

Churches that have grown out of First Reformed are First Christian Reformed, Central Reformed, Fellowship Reformed, Unity and Covenant Reformed.  Two missions, Forest Home and Eastlawn, were organized by First Reformed and eventually became churches and later merged with Hope Reformed Church.  An ‘*’ in the child column means that the parent was the person being baptised.

Baptisms at First Reformed Church

                PARENT(S)

           CHILD

PG

   DATE

BIRTH DATE

ANDERSON ALVIN

ARLENE JUNE

6

8/29/1926

05 JUN 1926

ANDERSON ALVIN

ERVIN ROGER

1

11/2/1919

07 SEP 1919

ANDERSON ALVIN

HARLEY NORMAN

8

9/7/30

11 APR 1930

ANDERSON AMIL

LOUIS JAMES

3

2/5/1922

07 JUL 1921

ANDERSON AMIL

ROBERT AMIL

1

3/7/1920

21 SEP 1919

ANDERSON PAUL & FRANCINE

PAULA MARIE

3

1/23/55

25 AUG 1954

ANDERSON ROBERT

*

8

6/20/65

23 DEC 1929

ANDERSON ROBERT M/M

DEBRA LYNN

8

6/21/64

27 SEP 1957

ANDERSON ROBERT M/M

KATHRYN LOUISE

8

6/21/64

06 JUL 1952

ANDERSON ROBERT M/M

SANDRA KAY

8

6/21/64

02 MAY 1955

ARCHAMBAULT FLOYD & ANNA

JACK ALLEN

3

5/23/54

30 JUL 1953

ARNOUTS JAMES M/M

JAMES ROBERT

9

5/12/68

22 NOV 1967

ASHCRAFT ERIC M/M

BRENT LINDEN

9

5/25/69

18 APR 1969

BAKER ELMER M/M

BAKER ELMER

6

3/15/59

21 SEP 1936

BAKER ELMER M/M

JOHN RAYMOND

7

10/14/62

24 JUL 1962

BAKER ELMER M/M

VICKI LYNN

6

3/15/59

25 NOV 1958

BAKER GLADYS DIANNA

*

9

12/8/68

-

BAKER JACOB

MARGARET ANN

2

9/11/1921

05 JUN 1921

BAKER JACOB J

JAMES FREDERICK

8

6/1/30

04 APR 1930

BAKER JAKE

MARION ELOISE

5

5/4/1924

01 APR 1924

BAKER MARVIN & MILDRED

LARRY ROGER

2

12/14/52

27 JAN 1949

BAKER MARVIN & MILDRED

STEVEN NICHOLAS

2

12/14/52

30 AUG 1950

BAKER RANDY M/M

DENISE ANN

9

10/17/71

10 JUL 1971

BAKER RAY & SHARON

KYLE RAYMOND

13

5/5/91

21 AUG 1990

BAKER RICHARD D M/M

TIMOTHY RICHARD

9

12/15/68

27 JUL 1968

BAKER RICHARD M/M

ANDREA KAY

10

4/23/72

25 NOV 1971

BAKER RUSSELL & MAXINE

RAYMOND JOEL

1

7/8/51

28 MAR 1951

BAKER RUSSELL Mr & Mrs

CYNTHIA KAY

5

4/20/58

17 MAR 1958

BANNINGA BRIAN & KARAN

BRIE ANN

10

1/11/76

24 NOV 1975

BANNINGA IRA

MARVA IRIS

4

12/2/1923

14 OCT 1923

BANNINGA IRA H

GENEVIEVE PEARL

7

2/5/1928

22 DEC 1927

BANNINGA IRA H

LEONORA MARY

1

5/30/1920

19 APR 1920

BANNINGA IRA H

PAUL HENRY

10

12/1/35

30 OCT 1935

BANNINGA NELIS W & DOROTHY

GARY LEE

3

11/15/53

20 SEP 1950

BANNINGA PAUL M/M

SCOTT PAUL

6

1/11/59

26 NOV 1958

BANNINGA WILLIAM H

WILLIAM Jr

2

9/11/1921

10 AUG 1921

BANNINGA WILLIAM J & IRMA

RUTH ELLYN

2

12/14/52

11 NOV 1952

BANNINGA WM H

NELIS WILLIAM

4

6/3/1923

25 APR 1923

BARKEL HENRY

HENRY JOHN Jr

2

10/3/1920

13 JAN 1920

BARKEL HENRY

LUELLA MAY

2

10/3/1920

03 JUL 1917

BATTEN JOHN

AGNES MARIE

5

12/6/1925

30 AUG 1925

BATTEN JOHN

ALICE ELAINE

6

11/7/1926

19 JUL 1926

BEACHUM RICK & CINDY

BETHANY ANN

12

5/14/89

12 JAN 1989

BEACHUM RICK & CINDY

BRYAN RICHARD

12

5/12/85

13 FEB 1985

BEACHUM RICK & CINDY

KRISTI ANNE

11

11/25/79

10 JUL 1979

BEACHUM RICK & CINDY

SCOTT RYAN

12

4/24/83

07 FEB 1983

BERGHUIS JACOB

THERESABELLE L

3

9/3/1922

25 JUL 1922

BETHKE RICHARD M/M

JULIANNE

8

3/7/65

13 DEC 1964

BISHOP ROBERT & LOIS

LAURIE JO

1

11/11/51

06 SEP 1951

BOS BRAD & BONNIE

BRENTON DOYLE

12

3/23/86

17 MAY 1985

BOS BRAD & BONNIE

LINDSEY LEA

12

3/20/88

03 DEC 1987

BOS DAVID M/M

BRADLEY DAVID

7

9/8/63

27 MAY 1963

BOS DAVID M/M

CYNTHIA DAWN

6

3/15/59

07 JAN 1959

BOS H CLIFFORD

BURTON DAVID

10

7/8/34

03 MAY 1934

BOS H CLIFFORD

CLIFFORD ADDISON

8

6/1/30

06 APR 1930

BOS SHERMAN & GERALDINE

BRUCE EDWARD

5

12/16/56

29 OCT 1956

BOS SHERMAN & GERALDINE

JAMES RANDALL

3

2/14/54

15 NOV 1953

BOS SHERMAN & GERALDINE

SUSAN ELIZABETH

1

4/8/51

08 FEB 1951

BOS SIDNEY

SHERMAN BURGESS

3

2/5/1922

06 DEC 1921

BOUWMAN WM & BRENDA

GREGORY JOHN

10

11/3/74

02 AUG 1974

BOUWMAN WM & BRENDA

KEVIN WM

11

6/25/78

07 APR 1978

BOUWSMA IRVING

ANNABELLE RUTH

7

9/4/1927

29 JUN 1927

BOUWSMA IRVING

KENNETH IRVING

6

3/7/1926

26 DEC 1925

BOVENKERK JAMES M/M

CATHLEEN ANN

7

4/12/64

29 FEB 1964

BOVENKERK JANICE

*

7

4/12/64

 

BOVENKERK JOHN

HAROLD PAUL

2

6/26/1921

20 MAY 1921

BOVENKERK JOHN

ROBERT ARTHUR

6

7/4/1926

25 MAY 1926

BOVENKERK ROBERT A &
BEVERLY

BETH ANN

4

11/27/55

23 AUG 1955

BOX HENRY CLIFFORD

LOIS HAZEL

5

9/7/1924

17 MAY 1924

BRINK BRUCE & LOIS

DANIEL BRUCE

2

12/14/52

17 SEP 1952

BRINK BRUCE & LOIS

REBECCA LYNN

4

11/18/56

15 JUN 1956

BRINK BRUCE J & LOIS E

PAMELA SUE

3

12/20/53

06 SEP 1953

BRINK BRUCE JERRY & LOIS E

GARY ROGER

4

12/25/55

24 MAY 1955

BRINK BRUCE M/M

SHERRI ANN

6

2/9/58

22 JUN 1957

BRINK DANIEL & DEBORAH

JENIFER ELIZABETH

11

4/26/81

09 JAN 1981

BRINK DANIEL & DEBORAH

MATTHEW DANIEL

11

10/14/79

25 AUG 1978

BRINK DEBORAH

*

10

1/30/77

-

BRINK GARRY

BRUCE JERRY

8

7/27/30

28 JUN 1930

BRINK GERRIT

MARILYN DAWN

10

9/16/34

05 AUG 1934

BROWN HUNTER & BETSY

BRITTANY ANNE

12

8/1/82

24 JAN 1981

BROWN WILLIAM & CAROLINE

DEBRA LYNN

5

7/7/57

20 MAR 1955

BROWN WILLIAM & CAROLINE

LAURIE ANN

5

7/7/57

02 JUN 1956

BROWN WILLIAM & PEARL

BROWN WILLIAM L

5

6/30/57

25 FEB 1935

BRUFLADT RUDOLPH

PHILIS MAE

7

9/2/1928

20 MAY 1928

BUIT DERK

DALE MARVIN

5

10/4/1925

02 SEP 1925

BUIT DERK

JEAN GEORGIA

7

2/5/1928

09 DEC 1927

BUIT DERK

SHIRLEY JEAN

2

11/7/1920

13 SEP 1920

BUIT RALPH

ANNA MAE

3

7/16/1922

27 MAY 1922

BURGESS JOHN

ADELL LEOTA

3

1/14/1923

23 OCT 1922

BURGESS JOHN

JOHN HERMAN

8

5/12/1929

24 MAR 1929

BYTWERK ENNO

GARRETT JOHN

5

7/13/1924

30 APR 1924

BYTWERK ENNO

GRACE CATHERINE

4

4/8/1923

11 JAN 1923

BYTWERK ENNO

SENA HARMENA

2

5/1/1921

24 MAR 1921

BYTWERK ENNS

ANNA ELIZABETH

1

2/1/1920

18 NOV 1919

CARLSON GEORGE

CHARLES GEORGE   *       

10

12/2/34

25 AUG 1934

CARLSON GEORGE

LOIS JEAN

8

3/9/30

03 JAN 1930

CHAPIN LORN E

ANNA ROSE

7

3/3/1929

13 DEC 1924

CHAPIN LORN E

ELMER ELLSWORTH

7

3/3/1929

27 AUG 1926

CHRISTMAS CHARLES &
BELINDA

PHYLLIS ROBERTA VANDERMOLEN

4

3/25/56

16 MAY 1935

COLLINE BERNARD

RAYMOND ALBERT

9

9/6/31

20 JUN 1931

COLLINS BERNARD L

BERNARD Jr

8

1/12/30

06 NOV 1929

COLLINS BERNARD L

JACK CLARENCE

10

12/2/34

14 JUL 1932

COOPER ERNEST

CAROL JEAN

10

3/10/35

08 JAN 1935

CRAMER RHYNE

ALICE MARGUERITE

6

6/6/1926

15 FEB 1926

CRAMER RHYNE

RUSSELL LEE

7

3/4/1928

03 AUG 1927

CRAMER RHYNE

RUTH MARY

8

11/10/1929

09 JUL 1929

DEBOER FRANK

FRANCIS ARTHUR

5

5/3/1925

15 DEC 1924

DEBOER FRANK

HAROLD JOHN

7

3/4/1928

13 DEC 1927

DEBOER FRANK

JULIUS ROBERT

4

5/20/1923

24 DEC 1922

DEBOER HENRY

ANGIE CORNELIA

5

7/13/1924

09 JUN 1924

DEBOER HENRY

JEANETTE GRACE

2

11/7/1920

25 SEP 1920

DEBOER HENRY

JOHN HERMAN

7

7/3/1927

07 JUN 1927

DEBOER NEIL

LOIS JANE

5

5/3/1925

11 JAN 1925

DEBOER NEIL

WILLIAM GENE

3

11/5/1922

02 SEP 1922

DEBOER WILLIAM

CORA JEAN

9

7/3/32

23 APR 1932

DEBOER WILLIAM

FRANK JOHN

5

4/5/1925

13 SEP 1924

DEBOER WILLIAM

JULIUS RALPH

2

11/6/1921

26 AUG 1921

DEBOER WILLIAM

RALPH WILLIAM

4

5/20/1923

04 APR 1923

DEBOER WILLIAM

WILLIAM Jr

7

12/2/1928

01 AUG 1928

DEGROOT JOHN

DONNA IDA

4

7/15/1923

13 MAR 1923

DEGROOT JOHN

HELEN MARGARET

3

1/8/1922

25 MAR 1921

DEHORN JOHN & EVELYN

BETTY ANN

1

11/11/51

31 AUG 1951

DELONG HENRY

BERDEAN DELORAS

1

4/13/1919

11 JAN 1919

DELONG HENRY

GERALD THOMAS

2

5/1/1921

23 MAR 1921

DELONG HENRY

HENRY

5

7/13/1924

29 APR 1924

DEVRIES JOHN M

ALIDA

2

9/11/1921

14 FEB 1914

DEVRIES MARTIN Mrs

*

7

6/16/63

-

DEYOUNG ABEL

ABEL Jr

4

9/9/1923

12 JUL 1923

DEYOUNG ABEL

HAROLD ABEL

3

1/8/1922

13 NOV 1921

DEYOUNG ABEL

JOHN ALBERT

6

2/7/1926

04 DEC 1925

DEYOUNG ABEL

MARION

1

10/5/1919

11 AUG 1919

DEYOUNG ABEL & CORNELIA

DAVID WILLIAM

5

7/7/57

13 JUN 1957

DEYOUNG ABEL & CORNELIA

JAMES ABEL

1

9/7/52

30 JUL 1952

DEYOUNG JAMES & KATHY

CYNTHIA LEIGH

11

6/25/78

18 FEB 1978

DEYOUNG JAMES & KATHY

TIMOTHY JAMES

10

8/1/76

20 MAY 1976

DEYOUNG JAY & CORNELIA

PAUL ALAN

4

7/24/55

07 JUN 1955

DEYOUNG JOHN & CORENA

BARBARA KAY

2

10/11/53

11 SEP 1953

DEYOUNG JOHN & CORINA

DONALD WAYNE

5

4/7/57

10 MAR 1957

DEYOUNG KEITH M/M

ALBERT LEWIS

7

2/11/62

09 MAR 1958

DEYOUNG KEITH M/M

DANIEL WESLEY

8

7/7/68

14 APR 1961

DEYOUNG TILLY

JACK CHARLES

8

7/6/30

26 MAR 1930

DICK HENRY

ROBERT HENRY

5

4/5/1925

31 JUL 1920

DIEPEN JOHN

ANGELINE

4

7/15/1923

02 APR 1923

DIEPEN JOHN

JOHN HAROLD

6

5/1/1927

27 FEB 1927

DIEPEN JOHN

RAYMOND

1

5/2/1920

22 JAN 1920

DOBB ALBERT

JEAN MARIE

7

7/3/1927

13 MAY 1927

DOBB ALBERT

JOHN ALBERT

5

5/4/1924

05 MAR 1924

DOORN ANDREW M/M

VANBURGEL JEAN

6

3/15/59

14 APR 1936

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