Hartjes, Catherine Louise

1895 - 1972  (77 years)    Has 24 ancestors and 68 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Hartjes, Catherine Louise
  Born	16 May 1895	Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Sep 1972
  Buried	Aft 25 Sep 1972	Holy Name Catholic Cemetery, Kimberly, Wisconsin, USA
  	Hanegraaf, Catherine Louise (Maiden Name: Hartjes) Holy Name Catholic Cemetery, Kimberly, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I52754	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Hartjes, Martin,   b. 7 Jul 1864, Wanroij, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 20 Jul 1917, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Verstegen, Ardina Johanna "Dinah",   b. 18 Sep 1871, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 18 Oct 1925, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F15889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hanegraaf, Martin Wilhelmus,   b. 8 Oct 1896, Helmond, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 5 Apr 1980  (Age 83 years)
  Married	13 May 1919	, , Wisconsin, USA
  	Hanegraaf, Martin and Catherine Hartjes Courtesy of Diane Moser
  	Hanegraaf, Martin and Catherine 25th Anniversary 1944
  Family History Document (Family)	Biographical and memories from Germaine Hanegraaf Nachel
  Martinus Wilhelmus Hanegraaf Martin Hanegraaf was born in 1896, the third child of Adriannus Hanegraaf and Hendrika Van Gestel. In 1905, at age nine, Martin and his family moved from Helmond to S'Hertogenbosh. Martin already had seven grades behind him in schooling, for students were graduated three times every two years. He continued his schooling in S'Hertogenbosh to the eleventh grade. On October 23, 1909, Martin, along with his mother, brothers and sisters, left Holland to join his father in America. They traveled on river speedboat from S'Hertogenbosh to Rotterdam, where they boarded the SS Potsdam and sailed to Cherbourgh, France and then on to New York. They traveled by train from New York to Chicago, and changed trains for the final leg of the journey to Little Chute, Wisconsin. Mart and his brother, Casey, joined the Kimberly Band shortly after arriving in America. Martin was the drum major of the band from 1926 until 1941. World War I started in 1914, when Martin was 18 years old. On September 15, 1917, at age 21, Martin joined the army as a corporal in Infantry Company B at Camp Grant in Illinois. He was discharged on January 14, 1919. Late in 1916, Martin met Catherine (Kate) Hartjes through his brother, Casey, who was dating her at the time. Mart and Kate dated for a number of months. Then Kate, still not certain if she wanted to marry or join the convent, "gave him the door". After two months, Kate wrote a note to Mart asking him if he still cared. He did not wait long to ask her out again. They were married 13 months later, on May 13, 1919. - Catherine (Kate) Louise Hartjes One of the earliest memories I have of Mama is that of her seated at an upright piano in our parlor. The keys were yellowish with age but the sounds that emanated from that grand old instrument were music to my ears. In those days, Mama was inundated with cooking, washing, ironing, babies and the care of three men (Papa and her two single brothers), but she still found time to play that old fashioned piano. And play it she did. Lovely classical tunes, marches and lullabies flowed melodically through our home and most regularly on Sundays, a day my parents thoroughly respected as a day of rest. On occasion, Papa would join in on his trombone and Uncle Greg on the trumpet. Sometimes, in the evening, the men would carefully roll the piano outside onto our large front porch and soon neighbors would join in a sing-a-long. Once a month Mama would take a bus into Appleton to do some purchasing that couldn't be done in Kimberly. On those occasions, she would take one of us kids along. By taking a menace out of the house, it would mean peace for those left behind. It was my brother, Bud, or I who went on those shopping sprees most often. Mama always kept things fair by bringing small trinkets home for the six remaining siblings. Just by closing my eyes, I can smell the many loaves of bread Mama pulled from the kerosene oven. An after school treat for me was the buttery crust from one of those steaming loaves. Mama believed cleanliness was next to Godliness, especially on her two laundry days. On the eve of those days, she would fill the boiler with water and clothes, then set it over two low burners in the basement. In the morning the clothes would be put in the washing machine. The lye that went into her homemade soap assured Mama that the wash would come clean. Mama hung the laundry outside on a metal clothesline, no matter what the weather, but first it was sorted by size and color. I remember how Mama often chided me when I spoke uncharitably. Idle gossip was never her forte and, most of all, I remember Mama for that. by Germaine Hanegraaf Nachel
  Children	1. Hanegraaf, Bernadine Harriet "Deane",   b. 28 Jul 1922, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 Aug 2020, St. Paul Villa, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 98 years) + 2. Hanegraaf, Germaine Marie + 3. Hanegraaf, Francis Xavier "Bud",   b. 1 Jul 1925, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 2012, Henderson, Clark, Nevada, USA  (Age 86 years) + 4. Hanegraaf, Joan Regina,   b. 26 Oct 1926, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 26 Mar 2018, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 91 years) + 5. Hanegraaf, Pauline Catherine "Pope",   b. 3 Mar 1928, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 6 Apr 2003, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 75 years)   6. Hanegraaf, Rita Mary,   b. 15 Jul 1929,   d. 19 Jul 1929  (Age 0 years) + 7. Hanegraaf, Rita Mae,   b. 5 Dec 1930, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 2008  (Age 77 years)   8. Hanegraaf, UnknownM,   b. 30 Nov 1932,   d. 30 Nov 1932  (Age 0 years)   9. Hanegraaf, Mary Elizabeth
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F17275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 16 May 1895 - Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Married - 13 May 1919 - , , Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 25 Sep 1972 - Holy Name Catholic Cemetery, Kimberly, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Hartjes, Catherine Courtesy of Diane Moser