Martin Rose Family

Martin Rose was born in the Netherlands March 1, 1875 and came to the United States when he was 16, settling in Fulton, Illinois.

He married Miss Gertie Zeeryp in 1895.  They were the parents of eight children.  Their children: 

  1. John, married in 1924 to Susan Bultema
  2. Clarence, married Peggy Larson
  3. Herman, married Henrietta Gollard
  4. Anna May, married in 1930 to Henry Bultema
  5. Katheryn, married Won Zuidema at Morrison, Illinois
  6. Cornelia, married Henry Suart of Morrison, Illinois
  7. Rena married Walter Dornbusch also of Morrison, Illinois
  8. Peter, single lived on a farm near Wimbledon.

Mrs. Martin Rose, (Gertie Zeeryp) died in September 1909, and in January 1912 Mr. Rose married Mrs. Theresa Bultema.  They had one daughter, Jeanette, born in 1913.  The children of the second Mrs. Rose, and step children of Martin Rose were: 

  1. Harry Bultema, born in Holland, married Dean Drolema of Illinois
  2. Gertie, married Ben Tervelt, she died during the flu in 1919
  3. Grace, married Art Ven Huizen, (see their history on another page)
  4. Henry Richard Bultema, married Anna May Rose (see above)
  5. Annie Bultema married Henry Smith in 1916
  6. Georgia Bultema married Ernest Larson of Courtenay.

The Rose family and four other families came together to North Dakota in the spring of 1914, settling in the Wimbledon area.  Church services were held the first Sunday at the Rose home and were held there for four years.  It was then decided to build a church.  Mr. Rose was elected as elder and president of the consistory, a service he held until 1950 when he retired.  He was superintendent of the Sunday school for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Rose retired from the farm and moved to Wimbledon several years before her death.  Mr. Martin Rose died March 2, 1963 at the age of 88 years.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 288