Vanderkloot Women possibly at Mackatawa on Lake Michigan - 1924
This is a photograph of a number of Vanderkloot women in front of a house with a large porch. The original picture indicates the year as 1924. It is unclear if these are the descendants/in-laws of the Matthijs and Trijntje van der Kloot family or the descendants/in-laws of the Marinus and Meis van der Kloot family or both. Statements of who's who are best guesses so far. No writing has been found on the photograph providing verification.

Standing (left to right): 5 standing women:

  1. The 1st woman is unknown.
  2. The 2nd woman is Tena Metcalf
  3. Helen Cantine Vanderkloot Platner (age 35)
  4. Jannetje Vanderkloot Eelman (age 56), known as Tanta Yantz, Aunt Yantz. Identified by her grandson, Roger Kotz. Though Cindy M believes it might be her great-grandmother Ollie (aka Olive Mabel) Cantine Vanderkloot (age 59), wife of Mattijs R. Vanderkloot.
  5. Jeannette Eelman, age 15, daughter of Jannetje Vanderkloot Eelman, known as Tanta Yantz, Aunt Yantz. Identified by her son, Roger Kotz.

Seated Adults (left to right): 5 seated woman

  1. The 1st woman seated is unknown.
  2. The 2nd woman seated is unkown.
  3. The 3rd woman seated is Grace Filipek (age 32).
  4. The 4th woman seated is unknown.
  5. The 5th woman seated is unknown.

Seated Children (left to right): 4 seated children

  1. The 1st seated child is unknown.
  2. Olive Patricia Platner McVey (age 7) as identified by Cindy M. Though the child looks very young and could be Marjorie Grace Filipek (age 3) given the identification of the woman behind the child as Grace Filipek. However, the child isn't necessarily held by Grace and actually seems younger than 3, perhaps about one.
  3. The 3rd seated child is unknown.
  4. The 4th seated child is unknown.

In 2006, Cindy wrote that she believes her grandmother and great-grandmother are the third and fourth women standing and that her mother is the second child from the left. They are, respectively, Helen Cantine Vanderkloot Platner, Ollie (aka Olive Mabel) Cantine Vanderkloot, and Olive Patricia Platner McVey.  She doesn't know where the house could have been, but there was a summer place at Mackatawa on Lake Michigan.

In August 2008, Roger Kotz wrote: The fifth woman standing is my mother, age 15.......The woman on mom's left is indeed, my grandmother, Jenny Vanderkloot Eelman. I'd recognize her anywhere since I spent many happy days with grandma. Mom and grandma were very close and we lived across the street from her on Morgan St.

Dick Denker sent a Xerox of this picture to Dave Jordan after the 1988 Vanderkloot Reunion. It is unclear who has the original photograph. If the original can be found, a higher quality image can be uploaded. If you would like to add information about this picture, please contact Dave Jordan, a ggg-grandson of Adrianus and Maatje van der Kloot. The Picture Reference Number is DJB51.