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- WILLIAM WEYENBERG, who has carried on agricultural pursuits in Outagamie county, Wisconsin, for many years, is now the proproprietor of an excellent dairy farm of 100 acres, located in Grand Chute township. He was born in what is now Vandenbroek township, Outagamie county, February 26, 1865, and is a son of Martin and Ellen (Hayden) Weyenberg, the former born in Holland, March 9, 1834, and the latter in New Hampshire in 1841. They were married at Big Suamico, Wisconsin, in 1853. Mr Weyenberg had come to America when he was fifteen years of age, and the family had located at Lapeer, later moving to Little Chute township, where members of the family were employed by the Green Bay and Mississippi Land Company, digging the canal. When about eighteen years of age Martin Weyenberg went to work as a filer in a sawmill at Big Suamico, and rose rapidly in this mill, finally becoming head sawyer. On coming to Little Chute township, he purchased a farm, and this he continued operating until his wife's death, June 13, 1874, at which time, or shortly thereafter, he accepted the position of buyer of hub timber for Captain Clark, of the Peer. He continued this for some time, and then entered the employ of Peter Rider Hub & Spoke Company, at Kaukauna, and after the lumber was exhausted at that point he was transferred to Rice Lake for the same company. In the meantime he had become a stockholder in the company. When the lumber had given out here, he retired from business activities and went back to the old homestead, which was being operated by his son, and there he died November 28, 1908. He served as assessor of Kaukauna township for fifteen consecutive years, and was also chairman of the township board, and held a like position in Vandenbroek township. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, as follows: Mary, the wife of Melvin Rohrer, engaged in the laundry business at Evanston, Illinois; Elizabeth, wife of William Smith, in the mercantile business at San Diego, California; Susan, the wife of James Strong, janitor of the University buildings, Evanston, Illinois; Harriet Frances, the wife of Reinhart Moritz, in the laundry business at Evanston; William; Anna, deceased, who was the wife of Peter Peters, in the oil business in Milwaukee; Katie, wife of Peter Beelen, employed in the paper mill in Little Chute; Francis, deceased, at the age of two years; Ellen, who married Reeder Shurman, a blacksmith of Los Angeles, California. William Weyenberg attended the pubic schools of Little Chute township, to which he went until ten years of age, when, his mother having died the year before, and his father having left the farm, he took charge of the home place, and continued to operate it until 1906, at which time he purchased the old homestead of Mrs. Weyenberg's father, in Grand Chute township, and here he has continued to operate successfully ever since. He has 100 acres in a fine state of cultivation, and gives most of his attention to dairy farming, retailing his product in Appleton. He keeps on an average of twenty-five head of thoroughbred Holstein cows, which are pastured in excellent feeding fields. Mr. Weyenberg is a democrat, but he has never aspired to public office, his farming operations demanding all of his time and attention. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church at Little Chute, and holds membership in the Catholic Order of Foresters. On September 27, 1892, Mr. Weyenberg was married to Katie Joosten, born on the farm where she now resides, February 27, 1872, daughter of Joseph and Nellie (Van Laanen) Joosten, natives of Holland, the former born January 21, 1838, and the latter May 20, 1840. They were married at Bay Settlement, Brown county, Wisconsin, in 1861. After a number of years spent in agricultural pursuits in Brown and Outagamie counties, Mr. Joosten removed to Washington county, Oregon, in 1897, and there his death occurred, January 9, 1908. His widow survives him and makes her home there, at Forest City. They had a family of nine children: Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of Joseph Van Handel, a retired farmer of Grand Chute township; Frances, widow of Walter Bernards, residing in the state of Oregon; Anna, the wife of Anton Hermanns, an Oregon farmer; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of John Verhagen, a farmer of Grand Chute township; Jane, the wife of a Mr. Hermanns, of Oregon; Katie, who married Mr. Weyenberg; Martin, a farmer of Rudolph, Wood county, Wisconsin; Christina, who married Adrian Verhagen, of Chili, Clark county, a farmer; and Maggie, who married Walter Van Dyke, a farmer of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Weyenberg have had five children; James Martin, born July 23, 1894; Ellen Marie, July 21, 1896; Joseph, August 24, 1898; Albert, September 15, 1900; and Frank, August 12, 1902.
- SOURCE: APPLETON POST CRESCENT OBITUARY Tuesday November 4, 1941
William Weyenberg 76, Rt 3 Appleton, died at 10 o'clock Monday morning, after of an illness of about four years. He was born February 26, 1865, and has operated a farm in the town of Grand Chute for 34 years.
Survivors are the widow, Catherine (Joosten) Weyenberg, one daughter, Mrs. Ella Deiler, Evanston, Ill., three sons; Joseph and Albert, Appleton, and Frank, Little Chute; 16 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Roher and Mrs. Catherine Beelen, Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. Ellen Sherman, Los Angeles, Ca. He was preceded in death by his son James Weyenberg in 1929.
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1865 - 1941 (76 years)
