Kobussen, Willem

1777 - 1839  (61 years)

• Name	Kobussen, Willem
  Birth	7 Dec 1777	Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Family History Researcher	Subj: Re: Kobussen Family Date: 10/31/2001 11:09:17 PM Pacific Standa rd Time From: mreese@flash.net (Jean Reese) Jay,I am going to FWD. to you some information that i just recently got from t he Archives in Zevenaar regarding john Kobussen, Father of Bernard Kobusse n. I think that this is about as valid as it comes. I have recently gath ered tons of Kobussen data but still have some key players missing. The J ohn that you are looking at is a half brother to the John that i am resear ching. Your John was born in 1811, mine in 1822 but they had different MO THERS.From The dutch Archives came the following. If you have other question s, please don't hesitate to ask. I have comprehensive Data on John-1822 a nd both of his wives. However, I am unable to find an obit for wife numb er one who died in Little Chute, WI. in 1888. I have a copy of her probat e, a copy of her death and burial as recorded at the Diocese, but I cann ot find an obit nor death Cert. which may give me the names of her parent s. So frustrating. Zevenaar, 27 July 2001Dear Mrs. Reese, I will gladly answer your letter. In the Civil registrat ion files I found that Theodora Cobissen-Beijers Second wife of My GG Gran dfather and mother of John Kobussen-1822, jvr) (baptized in Etten, Gendrin gen municipality, 10 June 1790), left Zevenaar in February 1850 (no exa ct date) for America, together with her son Antonius Cobissen, born Zevena ar 12 January 1833.Her older son Johannes, born Zevenaar 19 March 1822, (John married Hendri ka Vinkenvleugel in October, 1847 at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Suder wick, Prussia, She died in 1888, he then married Bardeen Thomassen and th ey had 6 children.) He died in 1906 and is buried at St. John's Cemete ry in LC. in a marked grave with a HUGE MONUMENT. jve)emigrated to Ameri ca earlier, to Boston, on 27 November 1847. (He didn't check out at the ti me, but his mother came to the city hall to tell this on 19 January 1848 .) I think the reason stated for emigrating, "to join family or friends ", pertains to this son. A complicating factor is that another Johannes Co bissen emigrated, born Zevenaar 3 January 1811, with his family, in May 18 66. This is the father of Bernard who married Joanna Onkles. This John Ko bussen married Mechtildis Smits. They had at least 6 children. Based on t he data that I have, Bernard was the youngest being born in 1848 and di ed in 1930. I have pictures of their headstones from St. Mary's Cemeter y. I believe that Bernard and Joanna had at least 11 children.Two of th em moved to Canada and lived out their lives there, their names were Prest on and Peter. (jvr) Remarkably he wasa son of Willem Cobissen too, from his first marriage to Hendrina Tolhuiz en (she died in 1815). Although an exact date of emigration is unknown her e, I hope I answered your question to your satisfaction. Kind regards, J. Th.M. Giesen, archivist The two people that I most need data on are Hedrika Kobussen and Theodo ra beijer Cobissen vinkenvleugel. I cannot find a death date for Theodo ra and cannot find an obit for Hendrika.A note of interest, probably not of importance is that the Probates of Hen drika and John Kobussen combined total near 150 pages. They were apparent ly very wealthy people. At the time of Hendrika Kobussen's DEATH-1888 S HE had cash assets of over two thousand dollars. john Kobussen left appro ximately 18,000 dollars at his death in 1906. If you are familiar with Li ttle Chute, I am not, John and hendrika Kobussen bought a home on Grand Av enue there in 1869. That is where Hendrika and john both died. John le ft 6 young children. The home was left to his two daughters with the prov ision that their Mother could reside in the house until her death. Appare ntly his will was not followed since some of the property was sold befo re the death of his wife or it may have been given to the church. The hom estead at some point in time became a part of St. John's Convent. I thi nk this must have been a very dysfunctional family. John-1822 was more th an 65 years of age when he married a very young girl and proceeded to ha ve all of these children. according to the Appleton Police Museum, the el dest son Of john-1822 committed suicide while serving as a Motorcycle C op for the city of Appleton. It is a very long, interesting genealogy sto ry, but i guess it is only of interest to those of us who are researchi ng it. Sorry to have been so lengthy. If you have any contacts in CALUM ET COUNTY, I surely could use some help in locating a death date for Theod ora Vinkenvleugel/Finkenflugel/fink. I know that she was living during t he summer of 1863 and I know that Hermanus married AGAIN in October., 188 4. He was a very old man also, married a very young woman and they h ad 7 children. Therefore, I know that the timeline of death for Theodora w as within that time frame and that Hermanus Vink./Fink lived in the Woodvi lle Township, near the Dundas post Office from at least 1860 to 188 0, so I would assume that Theodora died there.Should you want more information, don't hesitate to ask, I may or may n ot have anything that will be of benefit to you. Jean V. Reese
  Name	Willem Cobissen
  Death	31 Mar 1839	Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands
  Person ID	I32847	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family 1	Tolhuizen, Hendrina,   b. Abt 1773, , , , Netherlands d. Abt 1815, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1799	, , , Netherlands
  Marriage Record (Family)	6 Dec 1799
  Wilhelmus and Henrica married on December 6, 1799.
  Children	1. Kobussen, Gesina,   b. 29 Oct 1799, Doesburg, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Bef 1899 (Age 99 years)   2. Cobissen, Johanna,   b. 10 Apr 1802, Oud-Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 23 Dec 1848 (Age 46 years)   3. Cobissen, Gerarda,   b. 5 Oct 1804, Doesburg, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 3 May 1891 (Age 86 years)   4. Cobissen, Bernardus,   b. 7 Oct 1806, Oud-Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Bef 1906 (Age 99 years)   5. Cobissen, Johanna,   b. 10 Oct 1808, Oud-Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 31 Dec 1809, Oud-Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands (Age 1 year) + 6. Kobussen, John,   b. 3 Jan 1811, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 19 May 1888, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 77 years)   7. Cobissen, Johanna,   b. 13 Sep 1813, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 25 Feb 1818, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands (Age 4 years)   8. Cobissen, Christina,   b. 15 Feb 1815, Oud-Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 2 Mar 1815, Oud-Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F10257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Beijers, Theodora,   b. 10 Jun 1790, Etten, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Between 1863 and 1864, Woodville, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1815	Gelderland, Netherlands
  Children	+ 1. Cobissen, Henrica,   b. 28 Jun 1816, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Bef 1916 (Age 99 years)   2. Cobissen, Gerarda,   b. 9 Jan 1819, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Bef 1919 (Age 99 years) + 3. Kobussen\Cobissen, Johannes,   b. 19 Mar 1822, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 30 Oct 1906, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 84 years)   4. Cobissen, Elizabeth,   b. 21 Feb 1824, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Bef 1924, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands (Age 99 years)   5. Cobissen, Maria,   b. 1 Sep 1825, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. Bef 1925 (Age 99 years) + 6. Kobussen, Anton,   b. 12 Jan 1833, Zevenaar, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 7 Oct 1861, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F10261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2012