click on any linked name below to view scanned photos of their lives with      captions, any linked Biography or Obituary to read those, any Buried link      to view their gravestone, and any linked child name to view that child's      Family Tree branch Family Tree for Florence Lucille (Hooyman) Fentz   Godefridus Hueman Born 1611 in Warbeyen, Germany Died 12-29-1658 in Warbeyen, Germany married Catarina Lovers Born 1616       Again another moprhed spelling of the Hooyman lastname. Godefridus and Catarina had 5 children (2 sons, 3 daughters) Henricus, Nicolaus*, Gertrudis, Maria, Joannes Nicholas* was the second child and second son to Godefridus and Catarina   Nicholas Haijman Born 1-1659 in Warbeyen, Germany Died 7-18-1725 in Warbeyen, Germany married Jacoba Spronk Born 1664 in Warbeyen, Germany Died 8-4-1716 in Warbeyen, Germany 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 Godefridus was the last child and second son to Nicholas and Jacoba   Godefridus Haijman Born 11-11-1689 in Warbeyen, Germany Died 12-29-1758 in Warbeyen, Germany married 8-16-1718 Warbeyen, Germany Helena Gypkens Born 1693 in Huisberden, Germany Died 8-19-1736 in Warbeyen, Germany Godefridus and Helena had 1 child (1 son) Otto Otto was the only child and son to Godefridus and Helena   Otto Haijman Born 5-24-1725 in Warbeyen, Germany Died 4-13-1804 in Huthum, Germany married 4-8-1758 Zeddam, Netherlands Anne van de Sandt Born 7-17-1729 in Elten, Germany Died 1794   Otto and Anne had 1 child (1 son) Joannes Joannes was the only child and son to Otto and Anne   Joannes Hooijman Born 12-27-1771 Died 12-12-1853 in Duiven, Netherlands   married 2-16-1808 Het Loo, Netherlands Johanna Offenberg Born 7-4-1774 in Elten, Germany Died 5-12-1836 in Westervoort, Netherlands Joannes and Johanna had 4 children (3 sons, 1 daughter) Jacobus Otto, Maria Wilhelmina, Hendrikus Johannes, Johannes Antonius (John Antone) Johannes was the last child and third son to Joannes and Johanna Johannes (John) Antone Hooijman Born 10-20-1815 in Elten, Germany Died 3-24-1902 in West DePere, WI Buried in Freedom, WI married 5-14-1840 Het Loo, Netherlands Anna Maria Sophia Peelen Born 5-14-1818 in Het Loo, Netherlands Died 3-24-1894 in Freedom, WI Buried in Freedom, WI    Obituary 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 John was the third child and second son to John and Anna      Obituary    Johan (John) Jacob Hooyman Born 8-13-1847 in Westervoort, Netherlands  Died 7-4-1907 in Freedom, WI Buried in Freedom, WI at St Nicholas Cemetery 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      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) Reinhardt (Ryan) was the third child and second son to John and Mary       Obituary   Reinhardt Antone Hooyman  Born 7-8-1879  in Freedom, WI Died 4-1-1944 in Freedom, WI Buried in Freedom, WI at St Nicholas Cemetery married 1-23-13 Menominee County, MI Bertha Adalaine Sombke Born 8-21-1884 in Dagaroese, Germany Died 8-25-1965 in Appleton, WI Buried in Appleton, WI at Riverside Cemetery    Obituary 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 Florence was the third child and daughter to Ryan and Bertha Florence Lucille Hooyman  Born 9-29-1916  in Neenah, WI  Died 5-21-1986 in Appleton, WI  Buried in Appleton, WI married 6-5-1938 John Ferdinand Fentz Born 11-24-1912  in Preesenersee, Austria Died 5-12-1984 in Appleton, WI Buried in Appleton, WI   Johnny owned Appleton Vending Company (vending machine company) and later sold it ... it's now Zogs.  He then went to work at Zwickers Knitting Mill in the circulation department as research director designing knitting machines.  He was sent to Switzerland and France to observe other companies solutions to knitting and was integral to Zwickers competitiveness and future success.  He retired at age 60. Florence worked at Zwickers Knitting Mill as a mill worker turning gloves, quit when she married Johnny, then became a mother/homemaker Florence and Johnny had 2 children (1 daughter, 1 son) Robert, Betty