- NICHOLAS HIETPAS, whose seventy-four acres of valuable farming land lie o ne and one-half miles from the .city limits of Appleton, and a like distan ce from the village of Little Chute, in Grand Chute township, was bo rn in what is now Vandenbroek township, Outagamie county, Wisconsin, Apr il 15, 1874, a son of Albert and Harriet (Williams) Hietpas, natives of Ho lland, the former born in Galden, August 28, 1838, and the latter in Geine rt, July 30, 1841. Albert Hietpas came to the United States with his paren ts in 1850, and immediately located in Outagamie county, where the grandfa ther became a landowner in Vandenbroek, then Kaukauna township, as did al so Albert Hietpas, who spent the remainder of his life in agricultural pur suits there and died November 26, 1907, his widow surviving him until Dece mber 12th of that year. Albert Hietpas served seven months as a memb er of Company G, Thirty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, a nd although he never was wounded, he suffered a breakdown in health from w hich he never fully recovered. He and his wife had a family of twelve chil dren: John, a fireman in the paper mills at Little Chute; Henry, a farm er of Little Chute township; Anton, an agriculturist of Vandenbroek townsh ip; Peter and Barney, twins, the former deceased, and the latter a millwri ght in the village of Little Chute; Nicholas; Frank, who is deceased; Dina h, the wife of Lawrence Sall, a resident of Little Chute, employed in t he paper mills; Joseph, whois deceased; Mary, the wife of Anton Vervor t, a Vandenbroek township farmer; Joseph, employed in the paper mills at L ittle Chute; and Albert, who is deceased. Nicholas Hietpas received his ed ucation in district school No. 8, Kaukauna township, and as a young man st arted to work in the Kimberley mills, although he made his home with his f ather. When he had reached the age of twenty-eight years he had accumulat ed enough to purchase seventy-eight acres in Grand Chute township, later a dding twenty-six acres, but he subsequently sold a tract of thirty acre s, and now has seventy-four acres under cultivation, which he devotes to g eneral farming. His land is well equipped with solid, substantial and mode rn buildings, and his property is well cultivated and very productive. M r. Hietpas was married June 28, 1898, to Christena Weyenberg, who was bo rn June 14, 1872, in Little Chute, daughter of John and Mary (Johnson) Wey enberg, natives of Holland, the former born in Braband, in 1837, and the l atter in Gelderland in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Hietpas have had four childre n: Dora, born June 19, 1899; John, born May 28, 1902; Jacob, born May 1 6, 1908; and Albert, born September 23, 1909. Mr. Hietpas is a member of S t. John's Catholic Church at Little Chute, and is connected with the Catho lic Order of Foresters. He is a democrat.
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- Nicholas Hietpas, 75, route 3, Appleton, died at his home at 8 o'clock th is morning following a short illness. He was born April 15, 1874 in the to wn of Grand Chute. Practically all of his life he operated the route 3 fa rm where he died. He was a member of the Vandenbroek Court No.450, Cathol ic Order of Foresters, Little Chute, and the Holy Name Scociety of the St. John's Catholic Church in Little Chute.Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Roman Salm, Appleton, four sons, Joh n, Jake, Bert and Harold all of Appleton, two brothers, John and Joseph Hi etpas, Little Chute, one sister, Mrs. Dinah Sol, Kaukauna and 29 grandchil dren.Services will be at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the St.John's Church.The Right Rev. Msgr. John J. Sprangers, pastor, will be in cahrge. Buri al will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Avaerkuilen Fun eral Home, Little Chute, after 7 o'clock Thursday evening. Rosary wi ll be recited at 8:15 both Thursday and Friday evening.
Nickolas died 18 may 1949 in Little Chute.
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1874 - 1949 (75 years)
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1910 Census
