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Garret Meenk

Male 1853 - 1911  (58 years)


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  • Name Garret Meenk 
    Born 1853  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 1911  [1
    Buried Alto Reformed Cemetery, Alto, Fond du Lac county, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I36679  Population of Aalten, Bredevoort, Dinxperlo and Winterswijk
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2010 

    Father Jan Derk Meenk,   b. 23 Sep 1825, Winterswijk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1875  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Janna Gesiena Lomans,   b. 04 Sep 1833, Winterswijk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919  (Age 85 years) 
    Married Bef 1860 
    Notes 
    • 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
    Family ID F7063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane,   b. 1858,   d. 1942  (Age 84 years) 
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2010 
    Family ID F13873  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1853 - Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Alto Reformed Cemetery, Alto, Fond du Lac county, WI Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. Alto Reformed Cemetery records, Alto, Fond du Lac county, WI.



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