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Godefridus Hueman
Born 1611
in Warbeyen, Germany
Died 12-29-1658
in Warbeyen, Germany
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Catarina Lovers
Born 1616
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Again another moprhed spelling of the Hooyman lastname.
Godefridus and Catarina had 5 children (2 sons, 3 daughters)
Henricus, Nicolaus*, Gertrudis, Maria, Joannes |
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Nicholas* was the second child and second son to
Godefridus and Catarina
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Nicholas Haijman
Born 1-1659
in Warbeyen, Germany
Died 7-18-1725
in Warbeyen, Germany
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Jacoba Spronk
Born 1664
in Warbeyen, Germany
Died 8-4-1716
in Warbeyen, Germany |
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In the Netherlands Genealogy Index there are alternate
spellings of Nicholas' first (Nicolaus*) and last name (Hoemans and Haymanns).
There is also an alternate spelling of Jacoba's last name (Sponk). For this tree, the last name spellings found
the most in recorded genealogical records were used.
It seems that our generation's "Hooyman" lastname version
morphed over time quite a lot in both Germany and the
Netherlands even before John Jacob Hooyman came to America
in 1865.
Nicholas and Jacoba had 3 children (2 sons, 1 daughter)
Catharina, Wilhelmus, Godefridus |
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Godefridus was the last child and second son to
Nicholas and Jacoba
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Godefridus Haijman
Born 11-11-1689
in Warbeyen, Germany
Died 12-29-1758
in Warbeyen, Germany
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married
8-16-1718
Warbeyen,
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Helena Gypkens
Born 1693
in Huisberden, Germany
Died 8-19-1736
in Warbeyen, Germany |
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Godefridus and Helena had 1 child (1 son)
Otto |
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Otto was the only child and son to Godefridus and
Helena
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Otto
Haijman
Born 5-24-1725
in Warbeyen, Germany
Died 4-13-1804
in Huthum, Germany
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married
4-8-1758
Zeddam,
Netherlands |
Anne van de Sandt
Born 7-17-1729
in Elten, Germany
Died 1794
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Otto and Anne had 1 child (1 son)
Joannes |
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Joannes was the only child and son to Otto and Anne
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Joannes Hooijman
Born 12-27-1771
Died 12-12-1853
in Duiven, Netherlands
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married
2-16-1808
Het Loo,
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Johanna
Offenberg
Born 7-4-1774
in Elten, Germany
Died 5-12-1836
in Westervoort, Netherlands |
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Joannes and Johanna had 4 children (3 sons, 1 daughter)
Jacobus Otto, Maria Wilhelmina, Hendrikus Johannes,
Johannes Antonius (John Antone) |
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Johannes was the last child and third son to Joannes and
Johanna
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Johannes
(John) Antone Hooijman
Born 10-20-1815
in Elten, Germany
Died 3-24-1902
in West DePere, WI
Buried in Freedom, WI |
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married
5-14-1840
Het Loo,
Netherlands |
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John and Anna immigrated to Freedom, WI from Gendringen,
Netherlands with their 10 children in 1865.
John was a
farmer and farm owner in Freedom, WI
Anna was a mother/homemaker
John and Anna had 10 children (3 daughters, 7 sons)
Johanna Maria (Anna), Wilhelm Johan (William), Johan Jacob (John), Theodore
Henricus, Henrick Johan (Henry),
Reiner, Maria Cornelia (Mary),
Christina Maria (Christine), Francis (Frank), James |
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John was the third child and second son to John and
Anna
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married
10-7-1873
Freedom, WI |
Anna
Maria (Mary) Verstegen
Born 1-21-1854
in Little Chute, WI
Died 2-26-1933
in Freedom, WI
Buried in Freedom, WI
at St Nicholas Cemetery |
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John immigrated to Freedom with his family as a young man in 1865
John and Mary had 12 children (6 daughters, 6 sons)
John Jacob Antone, Katherine A (Kate), Reinhardt Antone
(Ryan), Equidium, Arnold, Anna May, Herman Joseph,
Johanna
Maria (Jane), Frank, Delia, Joseph J, Odelia Maria (Mary) |
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Reinhardt
(Ryan) was the third child and second son to John and Mary
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married
1-23-13
Menominee
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Ryan was a paper mill worker at Appleton Coated Paper.
After losing his right arm in a paper machine accident there,
he
became a salesman at Appleton Marble and Granite Works. Ryan was an avid gardener, keeping a
lush garden in their backyard which the family relied on to
help feed them during hard times.
Bertha was a mother/homemaker and worked at a bakery. She
moved with her family from Germany to Wisconsin in 1891.
Ryan and Bertha had 5 children (5 daughters)
Mildred, Ramona,
Florence, Virginia,
Betty
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Betty
was the last child and fifth daughter to Ryan and Bertha
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married
8-27-1949
Appleton, WI
St. Marys |
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remarried
5-13-2006
Appleton, WI
St. Pius |
Denton
Paul Engstrom
Born 11-21-1922
in Minneapolis, MN
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Betty graduated from Appleton High School in 1943, was a
secretary for Kimberly-Clark (1943-1950), a
mother/homemaker, an executive secretary for
Southwestern University (1963-1968), Manpower (1968-1969), NCR
(1970-1977), and Kimberly-Clark (1978-1986)
Chuck graduated from Appleton High School in 1941, graduated
from Kaukauna Vocational School in 1941 with a mechanics
license, was a office manager in the Army (1942-1945),
graduated from the Business Institute of Milwaukee (1946-1948)
with a AA in Cost Accounting, was an accounting clerk for
Western Condensing (1948-1955) and an accountant and data
processing manager for Kimberly-Clark (1955-1986)
Betty met Denton in 2005 at the Renaissance Assisted Living
Center in Appleton while she was recovering from a stroke
she had during a knee
replacement surgery in November 2004. Denton had
recently lost his wife Van to cancer and had made many
friends at the Renaissance during his wife's time there,
living in a house next to the facility.
Denton grew up in Minneapolis, MN, graduated from Edison
High School in 1940 and graduated from University of
Minnesota in 1946 with an MD doing his internship and some
residency at St. Barnabus Hospital, Minneapolis (1946-1947).
During college he enlisted in the army, eventually becoming
a Captain Medical Officer at Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft.
Sam, TX and Madigan General Hospital, Ft. Lewis, WA
(1947-1949). He had a long career as a Psychiatrist at
the VA Psychiatric Training Program, Philadelphia, PA
(1950-1952), Director of Child Guidance, Youngstown, OH
(1952-1954), Instructor in Psychiatry at University of
Minnesota (1954-1956) and in private practice in Minneapolis
(1956-1958), Springfield, MI (1958-1960) and Appleton, WI
(1960-1987).
Betty and Chuck lived in Appleton, WI (1949-1956), Memphis, TN
(1957-1968), Dayton, OH (1969-1977), Appleton, WI
(1978-present), and Punta Gorda, FL (1986-present).
Chuck passed away in 2002 and Betty married Denton in 2006. Betty and Denton continue to split their time together between
Appleton, WI in the summer and Punta Gorda, FL in the winter.
Betty and
Chuck had 3 children (3 sons)
Bruce, David,
Alan
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Bruce
was the first child and son to Chuck and Betty
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Bruce
Charles Steffens
Born 10-6-1950
in Appleton, WI |
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8-21-1971
Memphis, TN |
Catherine
Louise Greene
Born 1-29-1951
in ??? |
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Bruce graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from
University of Dayton in 1973. When he was younger he
took flight training on his own initiative and put that to
use after college enlisting in the Coast Guard. He was an aircraft and helicopter pilot
for many years and later an aircraft
maintenance manager for them. He went back to school in and
earned a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering at
Purdue in 1982 after which he left the armed services. He then
worked as a composite materials
engineer, a stress analyst, and is currently a mechanical
analysis section manager for Lockheed Martin through all their
many acquisitions and name changes. Bruce is a scout
leader with the Royal Rangers and is very active in his
church.
Cathy was a mother/homemaker, a media specialist for ???, a
cataloger librarian for the University of Central Florida and
a database manager, and bookkeeper at Nathaniel’s Hope
(non-profit).
Bruce lived in Appleton, WI (1950-1956), Memphis, TN
(1956-1968) and Dayton, OH (1969-1973)
Cathy lived in ??? (???) and Memphis, TN (???-1971)
Together they lived in Cape May, NJ (1973-1975), Anchorage, AL
(1976), Traverse City, MI
(1977-1979),
West Lafayette, IN (1980-1982),
St. Louis, MO (1983-1985) and Orlando, FL
(1986-present)
Bruce and Cathy had 2 children (2 sons)
Jeremy, Benjamin
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