"Charles Begin I [1857-1907] In 1889 Charles Begin sold his interest in a Spring Lake brick-making business to Fred J. Bertschy, who reopened it under the name Bertschy Brick & Tile Company. Charles became Superintendent of the company. At another time he had a saloon on the southeast corner of Division and Savidge Streets in Spring Lake [226 West Savidge]. His wife was Lena Arentsen [Auisston], whom he married in Ottawa County in 1889. Lena was born in Wisconsin on December 18, 1859 and died on July 15, 1931. Her mother, Barbara Arentsen, ran the Central House in Spring Lake and her father, Andrew Arentsen, opened a grocery store in Ferrysburg in 1867. The Begins’ infant son, born in 1894, died on October 8, 1899. They also had a daughter, Florence P., born in February, 1890, and a son, Charles H. II, born in December, 1897. Charles I was born in Canada on February 2, 1857 and died on October 28, 1907. He and his wife were buried at Spring Lake Cemetery." (Bron: "A directory of people in Nortwest Ottawa County", Wallace K. Ewing, Ph.D.) | ||||
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