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Mary Anna VanDyke

Female 1844 - 1939  (94 years)


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  • Name Mary Anna VanDyke 
    Born 03 Aug 1844  Oeffelt, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1848  America Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Died 16 May 1939  Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St Nicholas Cemetery, Freedom, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I129627  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2015 

    Father Martin VanDyke,   b. 17 Oct 1810, Oeffelt, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Aug 1865  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Hendrina Smits,   b. 02 Jan 1814, Haps, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1892, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 12 Apr 1839  Oeffelt, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F41329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Theodorus Swinkels,   b. 15 Apr 1842, Nuenen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1895  (Age 52 years) 
    Married Jul 1868  Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Walter Swinkles,   b. 1868,   d. 1935  (Age 67 years)
     2. Arnold Swinkles,   b. 26 Nov 1869, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Aug 1948, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Martin Swinkels,   b. 16 Sep 1871, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1872  (Age 0 years)
     4. Martin Swinkels,   b. 04 Jan 1874, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Oct 1874  (Age 0 years)
     5. Henrietta Swinkels,   b. 04 Aug 1875, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Dec 1917, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     6. Margaret Swinkels,   b. 10 Oct 1878, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1964  (Age 85 years)
     7. Anna Henrica Swinkles,   b. 01 Oct 1880, Freedom, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1896  (Age 15 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F98936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    4 Generation picture Baby: Elaine Kempen Seated: Anna Marie (VanDyke) Swinkels Standing: Henrietta (    		4 Generation picture Baby: Elaine Kempen Seated: Anna Marie (VanDyke) Swinkels Standing: Henrietta (

  • Notes 
    • Appleton Post-Crescent, page-21, 5-17-1939

      DIES AT KIMBERLY

      Mrs. Mary Swinkles, 95, Kimberly's oldest resident, died at the

      home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Hofacker, Kimberly, Tuesday evening after a three months illness.

      Oldest Kimberly

      Resident Is Dead



      Mrs. Mary Swinkles Succumbs

      at Home of Her Daughter

      Kimberly — Mrs. Mary Swinkles, 95, Kimberly's oldest resident,

      died at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening after a three-month illness at the

      home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Hofacker, where she had been making her home for the last four years.



      Mrs. Swinkles lost her sight nine years ago through a fall. She was

      born in Holland in 1844 and came to this country with her parents

      at the age of three. The family lived in the town of Freedom for 48

      years and later moved to Wrightstown where it lived for many years.



      She was married to Theodore Swinkles in July, 1868, at Freedom.

      Her husband died at the age of 53.

      Survivors are three children. Mrs. William Wydeven and Arnold

      Swinkles, Little Chute, and Mrs. Peter Hofacker, Kimberly; 22

      grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren.


      Funeral services will be conducted at Holy Name church at 9 o'clock Friday morning by the Rev. C. B. Vanden Borne. Burial will be made in the Freedom cemetery. Rosary will be recited at the church at 7:30 Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The body will be at the

      Hofackcr home Wednesday evening until the time of the funeral. Mrs. Swinkles was a member of the Christians Mothers Society of Holy Name Church.