GRETCHEN BROCKMAN BIGGS
(née SPAANS)

Born: September 21, 1968    Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey


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Edward Adriaan Spaans
Martha Elizabeth Greenwood
 
Infanta Montessori, Delran, NJ
Lakeside Elementary
East Middle School
East Grand Rapids High School
East Grand Rapids, MI
University of Michigan
Graduated with a BA in Art History

Manager of an art gallery in Ann Arbor
Works at Kinkos
 
Robert Joseph Biggs
May 8, 1993
McCabe-Marlowe House
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
 

Children: Ruby Louisa Aug. 19, 1997  
       
Notes: Gretchen Brockman was born in New Jersey the first day of Autumn, 1968. She started school at Infanta Montessori
  in Delran at 2 1/2 years. When the family moved to East Grand Rapids, MI she was a first grader at Lakeside and proceeded through the system, graduating from EGR High School. She enjoyed and excelled in history, drama, art, German and writing. She earned her BA degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in Art History. After a trip to Greece and Turkey with her family she was the manager of an art gallery in Ann Arbor. Gretchen and Bob Biggs were married in Grand Rapids and enjoyed a trip through Greece and Turkey for their honeymoon. They returned to Ann Arbor. There Bob finished his degree at the University of Michigan in Industrial Design. They returned to Grand Rapids and Bob works at Meijer Corporate Offices on a facilities design team and Gretchen works at Kinkos. Ruby was born in August, 1997. The family now lives in East Grand Rapids. Ruby, a budding artist, will start first grade at Lakeside School in September, 2003.

Ancestry: The Balder Line
  The Greenwood Line
  The Franz Kampa Line

Photographs of the Spaans Family

Photograph of the Greenwoods and the Spaans Family

Photograph of Biggs, Brooks and Spaans in Chicago, 2002

Gretchen Spaans.
Gretchen Spaans

Amy and Gretchen Spaans, Christmas 1990.
Amy and Gretchen Spaans
Christmas 1990

Martha Spaans and family.
Left to right: Martha Greenwood Spaans, Gretchen Spaans Biggs, Ruby Biggs and Bob Biggs
June in Grand Rapids, MI
checking out the recently-built earth oven

Gretchen Greenwood, Gayle Joos, Martha Greenwood and Mary Claire Greenwood.  Gretchen Greenwood, Gayle Joos, Martha Greenwood and Mary Claire Greenwood.
Left to right: Gretchen Biggs, daughter Ruby Biggs (5 years old), mother Martha Spaans and aunt Gretchen Weber
Webers from Iowa visiting Grand Rapids, MI

Daughter of Gretchen and Bob, Ruby Biggs of Grand Rapids, MI.
Daughter of Gretchen and Bob, Ruby Biggs
Grand Rapids, MI

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Last modified: January 23, 2012
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