SOURCE: History of the upper peninsula of Michigan : containing a full account of its early settlement, its growth, development, and resources, an extended description of its iron and copper mines : also, accurate sketches of its counties, cities, towns, and villages ... biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers.
Collection: Michigan County Histories Pages 504

A. POLDERMAN, proprietor of the Polderman House, Florence, Wis. The subject of this sketch was born at Middleburg, capital of Zealand, Holland, February 17, 1836; came to America at the age of eight with his parents, and settled at Sheboygan, Wis., at which- place he resided until attaining the age of twenty-five, when he was married to Miss Eliza Tendola, and took up his residence at Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Since 1862, Mr. Polderman has been prominently identified as proprietor of a number of the leading hotels of Wisconsin and Michigan, and erected the Polderman House of Florence in 1882. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and Temple of Honor societies.