Broekman, John

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt Apr 1872, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Naturalization: 20 Sep 1906; Brown County Vol G page 15
• 1910 Census: 1910, Knox, Price, Wisconsin

Notes:

Naturalization:
Name:John Broekman
Birth Date:1859
Birth Place:Holland
Age at event:47
Court District:Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
Year of Arrival:1872
Date of Action:20 Sep 1906

1910 Census:
John Brockman35
Carolina Brockman38
August Brockman18

John married Fink, Catherine Aft 1875. Catherine (daughter of Fink, Bernard and Noll, Caroline) was born Abt 1 Mar 1856, Woodville, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA; died Bef 1957. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Birth - Church Record: 18 Aug 1892
• 1910 Census: 1910, Knox, Price, Wisconsin
• Religious Vows: Aft 1910
• International Arrival/Departure: 15 Aug 1915, New York, New York, New York, USA
• WWI Draft Registration Card: 5 Jun 1917
• Stationed at: Between Jun 1919 and 1921, St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA; assistant
• Ordained: 7 Jun 1919, St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Catholic Church, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
• Stationed at: Abt 1921, Holy Name Catholic Church, Kimberly, Wisconsin, USA; assistant
• Stationed at: Aft 1921, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Sawyer, Wisconsin, USA; assistant
• Stationed at: Aft 1921, St. Philomena Catholic Church, Birnamwood, Wisconsin, USA; Pastor
• 1930 Census: 1930, Lebanon, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA
• Stationed at: Abt 1930, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Lebanon, Wisconsin, USA; Pastor
• Stationed at: Abt 1936, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Pastor
• Death Record - Civil: 29 Jan 1969
• Obituary: Aft 29 Jan 1969

Notes:

Birth - Church Record:
Name:August Brookman
Birth Date:18 Aug 1892
Birth Place:Brown County, Wisconsin
Gender:Male
Race:White
Father's Name:John Brookman
Mother's Name:Catherine Fink
FHL Film Number:1306426

1910 Census:
John Brockman35
Carolina Brockman38
August Brockman18

International Arrival/Departure:
NAME:August Brockman
ARRIVAL DATE:15 Aug 1915
BIRTH DATE:18 Aug 1892
BIRTH LOCATION:Wisconsin
BIRTH LOCATION OTHER:De Pere
AGE:22
GENDER:Male
PORT OF DEPARTURE:Rotterdam
PORT OF ARRIVAL:New York, New York
SHIP NAME:Rotterdam

WWI Draft Registration Card:
NAME:August Brockman
COUNTY:Milwaukee
STATE:Wisconsin
BIRTHPLACE:Wisconsin,United States of America
BIRTH DATE:18 Aug 1892
RACE:Caucasian (White)
DRAFT BOARD:2

Stationed at:
Assist Pastor following his ordination until 1921 when he was transferred to Holy Name Church in Kimberly

Death Record - Civil:
SSDI - AUGUST BROEKMAN 18 Aug 1892 Jan 1969 83101 (Kemmerer, Lincoln, WY) (none specified) 398-46-3426 Wisconsin

Obituary:
Former Wrightstown Pastor Dies
Wrightstown -- Funeral services for Rev. August Broekman, 76, retired pastor of St. Paul's church here who died in Kemmerer, Wyo., on Jan. 29, were held Monday morning in St. Paul's church.
Father Broekman had retired as pastor of the church last September.
He was born in De Pere, Aug. 18, 1892, the son of John and Catherine Broekman. he studies at Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac; St. Norbert college, De Pere and the American College in Louvain, Belgium, before completing theological studies at St. Francis seminary, Milwaukee.
He was ordained in St. Francis Xavier cathedral in 1919 and was first assigned to St. Philomene parish, Birnamwood.
Father Broekman also served at St. patrick's Lebanon before being appointed pastor of Holy Martyrs church, Green Bay, in April, 1932. He served there until appointed pastor at St. Paul's in 1942.
Father Broekman was noted as a woodcarver and his carvings can be seen in the church here.
Auxiliary Bishop John B. Grellinger was the principal celebrant of the concelebrated funeral Mass. Other celebrants included Fathers Angelo and Carl Feldkamp, Father Francis Van De Lee, Msgr. Franics McKeough, Fathers Alexander and Melvin, O.F.M. and Father Carl Meulemans, O.F.M. who delivered the eulogy.
Burial was in St. Paul's cemetery.