My maternal grandmother, Lucille Edna Mulder (Zuidweg), who was born in 1912 at the time of the Titanic disaster, was raised on a farm in Caledonia, Michigan. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time you know that I have a beautiful scrapbook which she made to commemorate her high school graduation in 1929.
You’ve met her parents, Charles and Clara (née Waldeck) Mulder.
I’ve shared with you the book collection and gavel which belonged to my great-grandfather Charles. I have not said much about my great-grandmother Clara.
What I know about her is that she raised five children on a farm in Caledonia.
Clara’s parents and older siblings were born in Germany (and perhaps at least one sibling in Kentucky, but don’t quote me on that). She was born August 31, 1884, in Michigan. She died September 6, 1953, of uterine cancer. I was born less than two years later.
I have an Eastern Star ring which belonged to her, so I know she belonged to that organization. I had a sapphire bracelet, which I lost at my first job and was heartsick over, and a couple of other small items.
Here is Clara’s calling card, which my grandmother placed in her scrapbook along with the graduation cards of her classmates:
I wish I knew more about Clara and her life. I think if I keep researching I will find more and maybe I will be able to put some pieces together.
Maybe my mother and her siblings and cousins remember their grandmother and can add to my paltry information! Hint hint.
The Family Kalamazoo 