Holland Cemetery

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Introduction: The cemetery that I decided to research is in Holland, Michigan. Holland is a city that is about 30 miles from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was established in 1847, by a Dutch Calvinist Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte, who led a group of 60 Dutch settlers that were escaping religious oppression (citation). Even though, their intention was to settle in Wisconsin, but due to travel delays and an early winter in Michigan, they were forced to switch their plans. Fortunately, they were able to scout and purchase land in West Michigan on the banks of Lake Macatawa, which would become the city of Holland (citation). Then over time, Holland grew and utilizing their proximate location near Lake Michigan, they built a channel, which aided in their lumber industry (a main export was furniture). Furthermore, as the City of Holland began to grow, the city …show more content…
I must note that the size varied throughout time. There was never one set size for a specific time period which is why the size of the graves will not be included within the analysis. Furthermore, my initial impression of the graves was that it seemed that there were more family plots (defined as one large stone with the family name on it with smaller stones with a single name and year of birth and death on it) than what I was accustomed of seeing back in my hometown. However, when I analyzed the total number of family plots, my impression was proven false (see Figure 8). For the analysis of the material of the grave stones I looked at the year of birth because generally a grave stone is decided on before the death of the individual. However, like the first analysis that I conducted, some were excluded because the year of birth was too worn and could not be determined. This exclusion could have led to a source of error, however, judging by the trends throughout time, there was not as great of an effect on the iconography of the
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