The Willem Van Malsen Family
Hiltje de Jong (now called Helen) my great aunt stayed in Grand Rapids and married Willem Van Malsen. Please go to the DeYoung/deJong family page for more information about her family.
I don't know much about the Willem Van Malsen family. I have many pictures from Grand Rapids on my DeYoung unknown pictures page. I am sure many of them are Van Malsen relatives.
Helen and Willem had nine children (Anne, Minnie, Hans, Peter, Clarence, Marie, Bert, Mabel, and Hazel) and visited Hans and Ida in Kent, Washington about 1920 shortly before Helen died of Nephrites in 1926 at 57. Above is a great picture of the family compliments of Dan Van Malsen.
From left to right front row: Milford DeYoung, Hazel Van Malsen, Frances DeYoung, Lowell DeYoung Helen Van Malsen. Back Row: Ida DeYoung, Menno DeYoung, Ellen DeYoung, Willem Van Malsen
From left to right: Nellie (Starkenburg) Dykstra, Ida (Dykstra) DeYoung, Helen (de Jong) Van Malsen, Peter Dykstra, Menno DeYoung, Willem Van Malsen, Ida Dykstra.
Helen (de Jong) Van Malsen died in 1926 and Willem Van Malsen died in 1948. Both died in Grand Rapids.
Go to the page with more Van Malsen pictures