On Their Shoulders

“I don’t think you can ever leave home.
You take it with you. It’s in your hair follicles,
in the bend of your knees, the arch of your foot.
You can’t leave home. You just take it and rearrange it”
– Maya Angelou, African-American Lives (PBS), 2007

Welcome to my family history site. Come join me as I learn more about both sides of my family. The four most recent family names are Jousma, Clark, Julien, and Mohney. I will be sharing personal data on my ancestors as well as information on the places they lived and events that they may have lived through.

My family tree going back 4 generations from me.

Beecher Family
Bensinger Family
Clark Family
Clawson Family
Coffey Family
Henderson Family
Jouwsma/Jousma Family
Julien Family
Moerland Family
Mohney Family
Moyer Family
Neele Family
Robinson Family
Shingledecker Family
Tea Family

Locations

My family has lived mainly in the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, and the east coast and Midwest of the United States. Though, there is a small part of the family tree that I am not sure where they go back to in Europe.
Alaska, Michigan
Caledonia, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Netherlands
Germany

Life and Times

Oath of Allegiance
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