Alexander Gerardus DeValk
1882 - 1973 (90 years)-
Name Alexander Gerardus DeValk Nickname Henry DeValk Born 09 Jul 1882 Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands 
Gender Male Died 10 Feb 1973 Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin Person ID I55684 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 8 Nov 2018
Father Antonius DeValk, b. 23 Jun 1849, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands , d. 15 Apr 1910, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands (Age 60 years) Mother Allegonda VanUden, b. 23 Apr 1846, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands , d. 28 Jul 1897, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands (Age 51 years) Married 08 May 1880 Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Family ID F66918 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Antoinette Marie Wagemakers, b. 06 Oct 1882, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands , d. 06 Nov 1932, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin (Age 50 years) Married 12 May 1905 Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Children 1. Ella Marie DeValk, b. 16 Mar 1906, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin , d. 26 Jul 2006, Seymour, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin (Age 100 years)2. John Antone DeValk, b. 17 Apr 1907, West DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin , d. 04 Dec 1997, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin (Age 90 years)3. Marie A DeValk, b. 10 Jan 1910, West DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin 4. Antone J DeValk, b. 04 Apr 1911, d. 05 Feb 1987, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)5. Florence E DeValk, b. 11 Jan 1915, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin , d. 19 Sep 2007 (Age 92 years)6. Egbert Leonard DeValk, b. 03 Jun 1917, d. 18 Apr 2015 (Age 97 years) 7. Elizabeth Gertrude DeValk, b. 18 Jul 1918, d. 18 Feb 2011 (Age 92 years) 8. David DeValk, b. 01 Mar 1920, DePere, Brown Co, Wisconsin , d. 14 Mar 1931, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin (Age 11 years)9. Margaret Mary DeValk, b. 07 Jan 1925, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin , d. 26 Jul 2020 (Age 95 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F20333 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Joanna Maria VanderHeyden, b. 29 Dec 1884, Oss, Noord Brabant, Netherlands , d. 28 Nov 1946, Jackson, Jackson Co, Michigan (Age 61 years) Married 21 Dec 1937 Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F166297 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Henry De Valk married Antoinette Marie Wagonmaker in Holland in the year 1899. They emigrated from Holland to America for their honeymoon.
Prior to Henry's leaving Holland, a friend of his had told him about a job in DePere, Wisconsin, at the Reliance Boiler Works. He had heard great things about America and decided he would take his wife and start a new life in America. Reliance Boiler Works in DePere (the building still stands, one block from the fairgrounds) manufactured boilers for many new industries. Henry first worked in the plant making the boilers and then spent much time traveling to different towns to help build the boiler stacks.
Henry's heart was in farming. He, as many who immigrated to Wisconsin, heard of the rich soils of Wisconsin. He and Antoinette rented a farm six miles west of De Pere where they remained for fifteen years and raised 9 children. They grew their own vegetables, and raised their own beef, chickens for eggs and even make their own soap. For a brief time following their fifteen years of farming, Henry took a job with Nicolet Paper Company in Green Bay. It didn't take long for him to miss farming. Henry then rented another farm in the Town of Oneida, Outagamie County. He resided on the Town of Oneida until he was 88 years old.
Henry died at the age of 89 following a brief 1 ½ year stay at the Grancare Nursing Home in Green Bay.
DJ DeValk 2006
- Henry De Valk married Antoinette Marie Wagonmaker in Holland in the year 1899. They emigrated from Holland to America for their honeymoon.