The Gary Waterkamps of Edwardsburg, Michigan

Several years ago I began a search of relatives in Europe. My father and mother had immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1923 and both had left brothers and sisters behind. I found over 200 "Waterkamps" in Germany and a half dozen in the Netherlands. Since my mother and father had immigrated from Hengelo, Netherlands, I wrote all the Waterkamps in the Netherlands. I received one answer which turned out to be a great grandson of a brother to my father. We have been communicating ever since. I have also been putting together a complete family tree and index of my one brother and three sisters in this country. I hope to be able to locate more relatives by publishing this information on the web.
Thanks to additional information offered by Judi Van Meerten, I have added a great deal of information concerning Hendrik Waterkamp's parents and his children. Judi is the daughter of Carl and Tena Berghorst.Carl was the son of Johanna Waterkamp Berghorst, my father's sister.
For those who might be interested, information concerning my father and mother's arrival in the U.S.A. can be located at http://www.ellisislandrecords.org. There, you will find a copy of the ships manifest. The ship was the "Nieuw Amsterdam". It departed Rotterdam, Province of South Holland, The Netherlands and arrived at the Port of New York on April 22, 1923. Listed on the manifest were, Hendrik Waterkamp, age 35, Tiele Waterkamp, age 31, Oukje B. Waterkamp, age 7 and Hendrika G. Waterkamp, age 3. They had to declare any amount of money in their possession over $50. They declared $135.00. Their sponsor was J. H. Roerink, R#6, Holland, Michigan.

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree

Family Photos

• Gary & Betty Waterkamp (27 KB)
  Picture taken at the 2000 reunion of the 24th Division in Covington, KY. Gary is the son of Henry Waterkamp & Tiele VanderMark.
• Hendrik Waterkamp (21 KB)
  Hendrik Waterkamp from Heerde and Hengelo, Netherlands.
• Henry & Tiele (27 KB)
  Picture of Henry & Tiele Waterkamp. Henry is the son of Hendrik Waterkamp & Hendrikje Palm.This picture was taken sometime in 1949.
• Hendrikje Palm (23 KB)
  Hendrikje Palm was married to Hendrik Waterkamp and lived in Heerde and Hengelo, Netherlands.
• Gary & Betty Waterkamp (26 KB)
  Wedding Portrait taken in 1952/
• Henry & Tiele (25 KB)
  Picture taken during courtship of Henry Waterkamp & Tiele Van der Mark..
• Gerrit VanderMark (26 KB)
  Father of Tiele VanderMark.
• Aukje VanderVeen (31 KB)
  Mother of Tiele VanderMark.
• Olga & George Huisman (26 KB)
  50th wedding anniversary picture. Olga is the daughter of Henry Waterkamp & Tiele VanderMark.
• Harriet & Henry DeGraaff (49 KB)
  50th Wedding anniversary picture taken November, 1989. Harriet is the daughter of Henry Waterkamp and Tiele VanderMark.
• Marinus & Tillie Slayer (26 KB)
  50th Wedding Anniversary picture. Tillie is the daughter of Henry Waterkamp & Tiele VanderMark.
• Henry & Natalie Waterkamp (23 KB)
  Picture taken around September of 1952 while Bud was stationed at Quantico.