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Hames-Houtkamp/Houtcamp collection

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Digital scans of photos, postcards and ancestry information assembled by Chris Yoder.
HH_Ed-Mattie-Dale.jpg 1.8MB; Aunt Mattie and Uncle Ed
cr1937012908EdwardLewisDale.jpg 74KB; Edward Lewis Dale married Josephine Hames in 1901 in Saugatuck and operated a theater until 1916. HH-0001-GrandmaHamesRight.JPG 387KB HH-CongregationalChurch.jpg 1.1MB; Photo of four women on a stage decorated with vases and pots of flowers. A USA flag is hung across the back wall and vine-adorned letters over head spell out HH-CongSundaySchool-wMayHeath.jpg 10MB; First Congregational Church of Saugatuck Sunday School class posed in a garden. The young ladies are identified on a scrap of paper as 1. name torn away, 2. ? Takken, 3. May Francis 4. Addie Bell, 5. Callie Pride. Middle row L-R 1. Mattie Hames, 2. no name written, 3. no name written. Front row 1. Marie Schnobel, 2. Yena Randall. HH-0002 Schnobel-Mattie-Bessie.jpg 3MB; Marie Schnobel, unknown, Mattie Hames, Bessie Samuelson HH-0002-MarieSchnobel-unk-MattieHames-BessieSamuelson-bk.JPG 356KB HH-0002-MarieSchnobel-unk-MattieHames-BessieSamuelson.JPG 421KB HH-0007-LakeMichigan.JPG 307KB; View of Lake Michigan from dunes. HH-8Unknown-2.jpg 1.7MB; Unknown boy photographed by Loops 758 12th St., Milwaukee HH-1870Census_Hames.jpg4.5MB; Saugatuck census listing George Hames, age 36, Carpenter, born in New York; his spouse Martha, age 34, a house keeper, born in Canada; three children Alman, Addie and George plus a Canadian-born domestic servant Maggie Longdon, age 17. HH-1880Census_Hames.jpg 4.6MB; Saugatuck census listing Hames family with addition of new daughter Ada HH-Ada-Fannie.jpg 643KB; Ada Hames (R) & Fannie Smith? 1896 HH-AdaHamesUmbrella.jpg 1MB HH-CEHoutcampDesk-Nov12-Dec1-1895.jpg 4.3MB; Looking South, Nov. 12, 1895, Charles Houtkamp to (or and) Ada Hames. Photo of a young man seated at a desk inside a home. HH-0009.JPG 300KB HH-0010.JPG 378KB HH-HoutcampFamilyPortrait.jpg 3MB; Photo includes Ada Hames Houtkamp and Charles Edwin Houtkamp taken sometime after they married in 1899. HH-0011-AdlynHoutkampage6mo-8andhalflbs.JPG 461KB HH-0006-AldynHoutcamp-18mo.JPG 346KN; Aldyn Houtcamp at 18 months HH-46-AdlynHoutkamp-1y6m.jpg 1.2MB HH-Adlyn-Paul-Houtcamp-1905.jpg 702KB; June 1905 Adlyn and Paul Houtkamp HH-0025-Beachhouse-1910.JPG 499KB HH-0025-Beachhouse-1910-bk.JPG 257KB; To Miss Adlyn Houtkamp at 641 11th St. [or Lt?], Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Postmarked Jul 29, 1910. HH-0016-Postcard-Aldyn-Paul-George 1911.JPG 1.2MB; Three children HH-0016-Postcard-Aldyn-Paul-George-bk.JPG 293KB; Postmarked Aug. 10, 1911. From Adlyn to her father in Milwaukee HH-0020-AldynAndOthers.JPG 205KB HH-HouseNotLabeled.jpg 1.4MB HH-MamaCuttingBeans-1.jpg 869KB HH-MamaCuttingBeans-2.jpg 1.5MB; Seated woman with papers and bowls in her lap, head bent to her work. HH-CharlesHoutcampFamilyCar1915.jpg 1.5MB HH-CharlesHoutcampFamilyca1925.jpg 2.8MB HH-Accident-Jan11-1937.jpg 532KB HH-0019-MrsArendBossman-children.JPG 134KB HH-0019-MrsArendBossman-children-bk.JPG 158KB; Mrs Arend Bosman, Joan, Nelson, Helen, Elmer? Elaier? HH-0021-Ivan-Nelson.JPG 166KB HH-CaptRichardMbeAmes-JonathanMilnerMBE.jpg 3.5MB; Photo of unknown man taken by FH Nix's of Niles, Michigan. May be Richard Ames, may be Jonathan Milner HH-Fred-EdithSchumacher.jpg 1.6MB; Fred Schumacher and Edith Schumacher hh-HenryBarnes-Otsego.jpg 1.6MB; Harry Barnes Ostego, Mich photograhed by Thayer Ground Floor Studio, Ostego, Mich. HH-JWPlace.JPG 267KB; photo of J.W. Place by J.M. Harkles, Valparaiso, Indiana HH-MrsJohnBowers-neeBlackman.jpg 1.8MB; Married Thurs. Oct. 25, 1894 to John Bowers, Miss Blackman by school teacher. Photo by Stevens, Chicago, McVickers Theatre Building. HH-OnBaldheadSteps.jpg 2.6MB; July 17, 1937 - on Baldhead Steps, Sydney Thomas, Edith Brown, James Brown, Edith Walz, Fritz Walz -- Mable Colf Thomas, ? Dale Peterson, Jennie Veits Brown, Oscar Peterson, same scratched out Woodworth?, Mable Brown Soderstrom, Joe Givemer, Beinie or Blinie, C.E.H. At bottom: T.N.B.S - M.A.S. HH-0022-PostCardFromMayHeath1946-bk.JPG 645KB; 1946 postcard from May Heath to Ada (Hames) Houtkamp in Florida. HH-0022-PostCardFromMayHeath1946.JPG 341KB HH-OnTheBeach.jpg 658KB HH-OvalBeach1942-2.jpg 5.8MB; Photo postcard mailed to Ada (Hames) Houtkamp from Saugatuck in 1946 HH-OvalBeach1942.jpg; The Beach - Mt. Baldhead Hotel HH-KalamazooRiver.jpg 2.3MB; Down the Kalamazoo from Saugatuck, Mich. - 4679 HH-MinisterPath.jpg 2.4MB; Ministers Path 10 HH-MtBaldhead-1907.jpg 1.8MB; View of HH-MtBaldheadLanding-1898.jpg 1.8MB; 1898 Saugatuck Mt. Baldhead Landing with canopied launch HH-SaugatuckFromBaldhead-1898.jpg 1.7MB; Image is not from 1898 since Big Pavilion was built in 1908 HH-ViewFrmMtBaldhead.jpg 1.9MB; Colorized postcard As Seen from Baldhead HH-ViewFromLonePine1897.jpg 976MB; A view of the Lake Michigna from

2025.09.12

George W. Hames was a carpenter who lived on Griffith Street with his spouse Martha and their children Almon, George N., Mattie and Ada. His daughter Ada married Charles Edwin Houtkamp (1877-1977) (sometimes spelled Houtcamp) in 1899 or 1898. Census records indicate Charles E. Houtkamp lived in Milwaukee with his spouse Ada, their children Adlyn (Houtkamp) Bosman (1901-1990), George and Charles E., and Charles' parent Adrian Houtkamp in 1930. An additional child Paul Hames Houtkamp (1903-1987) is listed on Ada's findagrave.com page. Souvenir photos of the children taken in Saugatuck indicates the Charles Houtkamp family visited their Saugatuck kin.

Family History

Winthers, Sally

2025.09

Yoder, Chris

Donation, unconditional

Items scanned by Chris Yoder or Jack Sheridan for the SDHC family history group.

Files Family History

Digital data in CatalogIt

Dale, Mattie (Hames)346 Griffith/Hames/Capt. LelandHames, Martha A. (Barnes) 1836-1925Schnobel, Marie 1870-1930Samuelson, Bessie 1868-1951Hames, George N. 1869-1954Hames, George W. 1834-1917Houtkamp, Ada (Hames) c1877Heath, May (Francis) 1873-1961First Congregational Church SaugatuckMount Baldhead Steps/StairsLone Pine Hill/Dune

05/25/2025

07/08/2025