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- Zij komen voor in de census records van Alto in 1860:
John Mink, 33, farmer, $1200 real estate, $375 personal value
Cynthia Mink, 26
Gerret Mink, 6, geb. Wisconsin
William Mink, 5, geb. Wisconsin
Jane Mink, 3, geb. Wisconsin
Amelia, 2, geb. Wisconsin
Bendina Mink, 9 maanden, geb. Wisconsin
Bron: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/fonddulac/census/1860/pg00041r.txt
JOHN D. MEENK (deceased) was born in Gelderland, Holland; came to America, with his parents, in 1845, and settled in the town of Alto, being among the first settlers of the town; lived first in the north part of the town, but sold out in I865, and removed to Sec. 23, where he resided till his death, which occurred in the fall of'1873, of consumption, after an illness of several years; he was but a child when his father, Garrett Meenk, came to America. He married Cynthia Loomans, daughter of John Wm. Loomans, who came to America from Holland in 1844, and to Alto in I847, where he is still living. Mr. Meenk left ten children--Garrett (lives in Waupun), William, Jane (now Mrs. Garret Gyshers, of Alto), Mina, Della, Hattie, Anna, Caroline, Hannah and Albert: all living on the homestead, except Garrett and Jane. Mrs. Meenk was married the second time, Feb. 10, 1880, to Derk J. Nigel, of Minnesota. The homestead consists of' eighty acres of land on Sec. 23, with good buildings; P. 0. Waupun. (The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880)
Bron: http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/towns/alto/biography/alto-biog.htm
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Achterhoek Ancestors
