Family in the US

As mentioned earlier, I have been in contact with Marnie, who serves in the US Army in Fort Bragg, in North Carolina.  Marnie is the great, great granddaughter of Willem Tuijnman and Antje Tijsen Tuijnman.  Willem was my grandfather's uncle.  Willem and Antje had ten children, the first nine born in Holland and the last child born in the US.  The ninth child of Willem and Antje is Grietje (Margaret in the US) and she was born on 1/16/1885.  She lived to the ripe old age of 96, passing on Aug. 15, 1981.  Grietje/Margaret married Otto Coyer and had four children, three daughters and a son.  One of those daughers, Mildred Coyer, married Arnold Gilbertson.  They had four children as well - two sons and two daughters.  Marnie is the daughter of one of the sons. 

Marnie has kindly emailed me a few pictures to share.  Below is the passport picture of Willem, my great, great uncle, her great, great grandfather.

Next is a group picture taken at a 90th birthday party for Willem. Willem's daugher (Marnie's great grandmother) Grietje/Margaret is in the back row in white.  Her daughter, (Marnie's grandmother) is in the middle row, fourth from the left with a plaid collar.

Below, I've zoomed in on Mildred Coyer.  She would be my grandfather's cousin's child (first cousin once removed??).  She is also Marnie's grandmother.

Marnie has also graciously provided me with a list identifying all of the people in the "party" picture above.  The birthday boy, William, is sitting in the front.  William was one of my grandfather's uncles.  This party took place on April 8, 1934, the day after William's 90th birthday.  It was a sit down dinner at the Rudolph Hotel in Canton, SD.  Seven of William's ten children attended with their families.  On the menu was peach and pineapple cocktail, wafer, tomato salad, potatoes, chicken, gravy, peas, biscuits, coffee, sherbet, and strawberry shortcake birthday cake.  Standing next to William was his only great grandchild at the time, Billy Beeghley.