George M. Ophoff (6)

In the last article we attempted to describe somewhat the kind of environ­ment into which George Ophoff was born. He was born in the city of Grand Rapids on January 25, 1891. He was born as the oldest of eight children to Frederick H. Ophoff and Yeta Hemkes Ophoff. The house in which George was born was located on Cass Ave., south of Franklin Street in the vicinity of Franklin and Grandville Ave. During the years of George’s childhood, the family made a number of moves in the southeastern part...