William Hermens
Born October 21, 1830 in Zeeland Holland
Died December 14, 1916 at Verboort, Oregon
Married
Catherine Natalia Muelemans
in 1861 at De Pere, Wisconsin (1840-1911)
Antone
m: Anne Joosten
Rosalina
Victoria m: John Bernards
Louis
m: Wilhemina Krieger
Cornelius
m: Jane Joosten
Cornelia
m: John Peters
Constance
Frances m: John VanDyke
Peter
m: Nettie VanDerVelden
Adelia
Maria Sister Julianna (St. Mary's of the Valley)
Pauline
Elizabeth m: Peter Krieger
William
(Willie) Jr. Passed away at age 13 (SW397)
Petronella
(Nellie) Passed away at a young age
Brothers
and Sisters:
Henry
- from 1st wife
Martin
- from 2nd wife
Cornelia
William
Hermens came to America by sail ship in 1857 when he was 27 years
old. He
worked as a sailor for his passage to New York. His daughter,
Constance,
often related to her son Joseph F. VanDyke, how her father would climb
up the
masts to take in the sails when the weather was stormy. He
arrived in De
Pere Wisconsin in 1857. He married Catherine Natalia
Muelemans at De Pere
in 1861 and they came west by the newly completed railroad to Portland,
Oregon
and settled near Verboort on Dec 26, 1883.
