1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

A Historical Genealogical Archive Database for the families and their descendants who settled in and around the Fox Valley area of East Central Wisconsin.

Pennings, Godefridus

Pennings, Godefridus

Male 1847 - Aft 1851  (4 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1847 
  • 1847: Appleton History
    1847 Reeder Smith purchased land on behalf of Amos A. Lawrence as a site for the Lawrence Institute.
  • 1847: Appleton History
    1847 The Wisconsin Territorial Legislature granted a charter to the Lawrence Institute on January 17.
  • 1847: USA History
    Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War
2 1848 
  • 1848: Appleton History
    1848 On August 4, Rev. Reeder Smith, Rev. William H. Sampson, Joel S. Wright, a surveyor, and Henry Blood, a Methodist volunteer, moved onto the Lawrence Institute land and began laying out the plots for the school and for a village.
  • 1848: Appleton History
    1848 The name Appleton\ was first used for the tiny village that was growing around the Lawrence Institute. The village was named to honor Sarah Appleton
  • 1848: Appleton History
    1848 Wisconsin entered the union as the 30th state on May 29.
  • 1848: Appleton History
    1848 Wisconsin Methodist Church leaders raised the $10,000 necessary to match Amos A. Lawrence\'s gift of $10,000 to endow the Lawrence Institute.
3 1849 
  • 1849: Appleton History
    1849 On July 3, construction began on the first Lawrence Institute building.
  • 1849: Appleton History
    1849 The first meeting of the Township of Grand Chute was held in the village of Appleton on April 3.
  • 1849: Appleton History
    1849 The name of the Lawrence Institute was changed to Lawrence University and on November 12, the first classes began with 35 students.
  • 1849: Appleton History
    1849 The three villages of Appleton, Lawesburg, and Martin (later called Grand Chute) were established.
  • 1849: USA History
    Twelfth President of the US is Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
  • 1849: Kaukauna History
    Andrew Black, from New England, settles as a neighbor to Diedrich.
4 1850 
  • 1850: Appleton History
    1850 Between September 2 and 10, the first United States census was taken in the area, showing a population of 619 people in the Grand Chute Township.
  • 1850: Appleton History
    1850 The first school opened in Appleton.
  • 1850: USA History
    Thirteenth President of the US is Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
5 1851 
  • 1851: Appleton History
    1851 In April, the first county elections were held.
  • 1851: Appleton History
    1851 On February 17, Outagamie County was created by the State Legislature, with Grand Chute as the county seat.
  • 1851: Appleton History
    1851 The first meeting of the Outagamie County Board was held in Appleton on April 18.
  • 1851: Wisconsin History
    June 1851 Morgan L. Martin's crew of 500 workers began excavations at Kaukauna for the locks and dams system.
  • 1851: Kaukauna History
    March 1851 the Wisconsin state legislature changed the name of the town from Grand Kaukalin to Kaukauna.
  • 1851: Kaukauna History
    Alexander Grignon plats the town of Springville located on the eastern end of the Grignon land, near a sulphur spring. The town could not compete with Kaukauna and failed.
6 1852 
  • 1852: Appleton History
    1852 The Appleton Water Power Company was incorporated to construct dams and reservoirs on the Fox River.


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