Weyenberg, Martin

1834 - 1908  (74 years)    Has 10 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Weyenberg, Martin
  Born	9 Mar 1834	Beugen, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Aft 9 Mar 1834
  1860 Census	1860	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 219, Line 01
  	1860 Census Kaukauna page 01 Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  1870 Census	1870	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 548a
  Martin Weyenberg 36 Ellen Weyenberg 32 Mary E Weyenberg 14 Lizzie M Weyenberg 11 Susan Weyenberg 9 Herriette Weyenberg 7 William Weyenberg 5 Anna Weyenberg 3 Catharine Weyenberg
  Biography	1895
  Commemorative Biological Rec Of the Fox River Valley
  Martin Weyenberg, farmer and mill owner, was born in Holland on March 0 9, 1834, when 15 years of age, he accompanied his parents, Mr.and Mrs.Theo dore Weyenberg to America, stopping first at De Pere, Wisconsin and then m oving to Little Chute, same state, where the family still resides, where m embers of the family were employed by the Green Bay and Missisippi Land Co mpany, digging the canal. When about 18 years of age Martin Weyenberg we nt to work as a Filer in a saw mill at Big Saumico, and rose rapidly in th is mill, finely becoming head sawer. Martin was not satisfied to remain th ere. His ambition pictured a farm all of his own, and he started out to se cure it. Arriving at Big Saumico, he was so prepossessed with the count ry that he located there and he remained there until 1856, when he mov ed on to his present farm in the town of Kaukauna. Five years previo us to this, he took himself a wife, in the person of Miss. Ellen Maria Hay den, who died June 13, 1874. She was the daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Silas Hayd en, originally of New Hampshire, where Mrs.Weyenberg was born. Shortly aft er his wife's death, he accepted the position of buyer of Hub Timber for C aptain Clark, of the pier. He continued this for some time, and then enter ed the employment of Peter Rider Hub and Spoke Company, at Kaukauna, and a fter the lumber was exhausted at that point he was transferred to Rice La ke for the same company. In the mean time he became a stock broker in t he old homestead, which was being operated by his son. He served as an ass essor of Kaukauna Township for 15 consecutive years, and was Chairman f or the Township Board, and also Vandenbroek Township. The Weyenberg fami ly originally consisted of nine children: Mary Ellen, born May 5, 185 6, is the wife of Charles Rohrer of Evanston, Lizzie Maria was born Janua ry 2, 1859 and is married to Willy Smith, by whom she has three children ( they now make their home in Julian, California). Susan was born June 16, 1 861, is the wife of James Strong (they have two childrenand reside in Bl ue Earth City), Hallie Frances, born April 2, 1863, was married to Hart Mo ritz, four children composing their family (their home is at Apple Cree k, Outagamie), William Henry the eldest son, was born February 26, 1865, m arried Katie Joosten, and they live on the homestead with his father, Ann a, born April 3, 1867 was married to Peter Peters, and died in 1887, Cathe rine Louisa, born April 5, 1869 is married to Peter Beelen, and they ha ve one child (they reside in Little Chute), Francis Henry, born July 28, 1 871, died in 1873, aged 2 ½ years, Ellen Maria , born March 22, 1874, is u nmarried.Mr. Weyenberg is an excellent farmer and business man, combining the old c ountry thrift with the American push. He takes an active part in local pol itics, belonging to the Democratic Party, who have continuously elected h im to various offices. He was supervisor for Kaukauna one year, assessor n ine years, and at present writing is chairman of the township Boar d. He is an honored member of Little Chute Parish Roman Catholic Churc h, in which faith he has carefully reared his children. He is an intellige nt and agreeable conversationalist. And is popular among his neighbors a nd acquaintances
  Died	28 Nov 1908	Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Aft 28 Nov 1908	St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  Listing of Burials for St. John's Cemetery, Little Chute Location Old/08/ 24 Martin Weyenberg 3/04/1834-11/28/1908
  	Weyenberg, Martin St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	4 Dec 1908
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Martin Weyenberg, aged about 74 years, died November 27, 1908, at his ho me in the town of Vandenbroek. He was in Appleton that morning and appear ed in first rate health. In the afternoon he was preparing a horse pow er to cut feed on his farm, when he suddenly was afflicted with heart dise ase and fell over dead. Mr.Weyenberg was one of the oldest settlers of Out agamie County, coming here in 1847 with father Vandenbroek from Holland. H is wife has been dead for 33 years. He leaves one son and five daughters a nd several grandchildren; he leaves four brothers as follows, Cornelius a nd Henry of Nebraska, George of Kaukauna and Henry of Little Chute. Mart in Weyenberg of this city is a cousin of the deceased. His farm is on t he bluff of the Fox River west of Kimberly station on the interurban. On t his homestead lived upward for fifty years. Mr. Weyenberg represented t he town of Kaukauna and later the town of Vandenbroek on the County Boa rd all the past fifty years. He was highly respected, a broad minded m an of sterling qualities and had the confidence of the community. The fune ral of this old pioneer was held from St.John's Church on Tuesday morni ng at 9 AM and was very largely attended. 1908 Kaukauna Times dated 12/04/1908; Martin WEYENBERG who resides abo ut 1 mile west of Little Chute died Saturday aged 73. Martinus died 28 nov.19 08 in Little Chute, and was buried there.
  News Mention	26 Aug 1909
  1909 Kaukauna Sun dated 8/26/1909; Little Chute - The Martin Weyenberg est ate which consists of a 50 acre farm in the Town of Vandenbroek will be of fered at auction next Wednesday.
  Person ID	I31644	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Weyenberg, Theodore,   b. 26 Jul 1810, Noordtproven, Netherlands ,   d. 18 Nov 1903, Vandenbroek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Hendricks, Maria,   b. 3 May 1803, Beugen, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 7 Dec 1882, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F32961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hayden, Ellen Maria,   b. 14 Jan 1837, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 13 Jun 1875, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 38 years)
  Married	27 Jan 1856	St. John The Evangelist, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Marriage Record (Family)	27 Jan 1856
  Alt. Marriage
  St John the Evangilist, Green Bay, Brown Co, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Weyenberg, Mary Ellen,   b. 5 May 1856, Suamico, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Bef 1956, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 99 years) + 2. Weyenberg, Elizabeth Maria,   b. 2 Jan 1859, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Aft 1910, Julian, San Diego, California, USA  (Age 51 years)   3. Weyenberg, Susan,   b. 16 Jun 1861, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Bef 1961, Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, USA  (Age 99 years) + 4. Weyenberg, Harriet "Hallie" Frances,   b. 2 Apr 1863, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1923, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 60 years) + 5. Weyenberg, William Henry,   b. 26 Feb 1865, Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 3 Nov 1941, Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 76 years)   6. Weyenberg, Anna,   b. 3 Apr 1867, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1888, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 21 years) + 7. Weyenberg, Catharina Louisa,   b. 5 Apr 1869, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1956, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)   8. Weyenberg, Francis Henry,   b. 28 Jul 1871, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1872, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 1 years)   9. Weyenberg, Ellen Maria,   b. 22 Mar 1874, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Bef 1974  (Age 99 years)
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F12225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 9 Mar 1834 - Beugen, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Married - 27 Jan 1856 - St. John The Evangelist, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA 1860 Census - Page 219, Line 01 - 1860 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - Page 548a - 1870 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 28 Nov 1908 - Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 28 Nov 1908 - St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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