Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » John Willem Voskuil (1850-1936)

Personal data John Willem Voskuil 


Household of John Willem Voskuil

(1) He is married to Aletta Sweemer.

They got married on June 22, 1876 at Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, he was 26 years old.Sources 7, 8

They got married on June 15, 1876 at Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, he was 26 years old.Sources 1, 2, 5


Child(ren):

  1. Anthony Voskuil  1877-1958 


(2) He is married to Nancy Serier.

They got married on February 25, 1886 at Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, he was 35 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Willemina Voskuil  1888-1977
  2. James Henry Voskuil  1890-1980 
  3. Walter Henry Voskuil  1892-1984 
  4. Arthur John Voskuil  1895-1998 
  5. Harmon T. Voskuil  1897-1990

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Sources

  1. 1st Reformed Church Cedar Grove membership records
  2. obituary of John W. Voskuil
  3. "Portrait and Biographical Record" of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 1898
  4. descendants of John Sweemer
  5. 'Faded Genes' column by Jan Hildebrand, The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  6. obituary of Nancy Voskuil
  7. Sheboygan County Marriage certificates found on Yvette Hoitink's photostream on Flickr
  8. marriage certificate
    volume 5, page102, certificate 1921; Sheboygan County Register of Deeds, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Historical events

Birthday March 9, 1850

  • The temperature on March 9, 1850 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
    • March 18 » American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
    • April 4 » A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
    • May 15 » The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry.
    • September 9 » California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
    • September 9 » The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.

Day of marriage February 25, 1886

  • The temperature on February 25, 1886 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
    • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
    • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of death April 30, 1936

  • The temperature on April 30, 1936 was between 5.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
    • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
    • July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
    • October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
    • November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
    • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.


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Source: Wikipedia

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