Grand Rapids

City

in Kent County, Michigan, United States of America

File wikipedia-Meyer May House.jpg

Grand Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Michigan with a population of 198,917 at the 2020 census and estimated at 200,117 in 2024, while the Grand Rapids metropolitan area with over 1.18 million residents is the 49th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Grand Rapids is situated along the Grand River approximately 25 miles (40 km) east of Lake Michigan and is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan.

Continue reading on Wikipedia.

Copyright Wikipedia contributors

Copyright OpenStreetMap contributors

Timeline^{Permanent link to this section.}

Burial of Pieter Lankester
sometime after June 30, 1871 ^[1]
Burial of Francina Goossen
sometime after April 24, 1879 ^[2]
Death of David Lankester
December 21, 1899 ^[3]
Burial of David Lankester
sometime after December 21, 1899 ^[3] ^[4]
Burial of Maria Lankester
sometime after 1918 ^[5]

Media^{Permanent link to this section.}

File wikipedia-Meyer May House.jpg

Grave of Maria Lankester

Grave of Maria Lankester

Grave of Maria Lankester

Graves of Pieter Lankester and Francina Goossen

Grave of Pieter Lankester

Grave of Pieter Lankester

Grave of Francina Goossen

Grave of Francina Goossen

Death record for David Lankester

Grave of David Lankester

External links^{Permanent link to this section.}

Grand Rapids, Michigan
Read more on Wikipedia.

References^{Permanent link to this section.}

"Grave of Pieter Lankester". Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grave of Pieter Lankester.
"Grave of Francina Goossen". Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grave of Francina Goossen.
Michigan Department of State. "Michigan Department of State, Division of Vital Statistics". Michigan, Death record for David Lankester.
"Grave of David Lankester". Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grave of David Lankester.
"Grave of Maria Lankester". Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grave of Maria Lankester.

© Copyright Bart Feenstra, unless otherwise credited

All rights reserved

Last modified on August 2, 2025

API documentation

About the author

A family history as told by Betty👵