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Gerrit D. Van Peursem (1880-1979) was born on a farm near Maurice, Iowa. He graduated from Northwestern Classical Academy in Orange City, Iowa (1903), attended Grinnell College in Iowa for one year, and graduated from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, in 1907, as well as from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1910. He then joined the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America and served in the Arabian Mission.
In his handwritten memoirs, Van Peursem describes his childhood on the farm, including the deaths of his siblings, and his educational experiences at the country school, Northwestern Classical Academy, Grinnell College, Hope College, and Princeton Seminary. He vividly recounts his travels to the Arabian Mission and his encounters with Samuel Zwemer.
Publication Date
6-21-1962
City
Somerville, New Jersey
Keywords
farm, Maurice, death of sister, grasshoppers, inflammation of the bowels, flu, farm accident, children's imaginative play, county school, catechism, singing school, bicycle, farm chores, Northwestern Classical Academy, death of brother, Christian Endeavor, Grinnell College, Hope College, pickle factory, Princeton Theological Seminary, Arabia, Reformed Church, Samuel Zwemer, Bombay, Bahrain, malaria, typhoid fever
Recommended Citation
Van Peurseum, Gerrit D., "Memoirs of Gerrit D. Van Peursem, Part I" (1962). Memoirs. 9.
https://nwcommons.nwciowa.edu/regionalhistory_memoirs/9