Jan Harm Wiegmink

By Brian Kollen

LeCoq's hand-drawn map of Uelsen from his 1805 map of Grafschaft Bentheim, Germany, where Jan Harm Wiegmink emigrated from.

A portion of General Major von Le Coq‘s Grafschaft Bentheim map (1805) depicting the area southeast of Emlichheim where Bathorn is located. Jan Harm Wiegmink emigrated from Bathorn in 1866.

Jan Harm Wiegmink was….

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1870 U.S. Census—Not found.

1880 U.S. Census—Residing in the Village of Allegan, Michigan; aged 26, born in Hanover; single; occupation: janitor of church schools. Father born in Prussia, mother born in Holland.

1900 U.S. Census—Residing in the Village of Allegan, Michigan; aged 46 (born August 1853 in Germany); married 15 years; occupation: dry goods salesman. Emigrated in 1870. Wife: Jessie, aged 45, born September 1854 in Michigan, married 15 years.

1910 US Census—Not found.

State of Michigan Death Record

  • John H. Weigmink [as spelled]
  • Born 11 August 1856 in Germany [date probably incorrect]
  • Died 30 October, 1913, City of Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan
  • Cause of Death: Apoplexy, contributing Asthenia of heart (weakness of the heart)
  • Occupation: Laundry Agent
  • Buried in East Drenthe Cemetery, Drenthe, Ottawa County, Michigan

State of Michigan Death Record

  • Jessie Milgnnink [as recorded by state]
  • Born 15 December, 1857 in Jamestown Township, Michigan [date probably incorrect]
  • Died 24 October, 1913 City of Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan
  • Cause of Death: Asthenia of heart and mitral stenosis
  • Buried in East Drenthe Cemetery, Drenthe, Ottawa County, Michigan
Black and white portrait photograph of Jan Harm Wiegmink

Jan Harm Wiegmink—born 1851, from Bathorn to Allegan County, Michigan, emigrated 1866

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4 thoughts on “Jan Harm Wiegmink”

  2. I guess he is the Jan Harm Wiegmink, vorn 11 aug 1851 (you mix up very often the 6 and the 9 in handwriten documents, he propably was 29 and not 26, see above). born at 11 pm at Bathorn (next to Hoogstede today), 7th and last child of the schoolteacher Hindrik Wiegmink and the dutch Geertruit Kok.
    Please mail me you Emailadress, than I can send you a picture with much more information – from the book of Harm Schneider, Die Familien der Gemeinden Hoogstede, Bathorn, Berge, Kalle … 1700-1910, published in 2011. This place is not at Ortsfamilienbuecher.de

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