Person:Jan Killewinger (1)

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Jan Killewinger
b.2 Jan 1797 Sleeuwijk, Noord Brabant, NETHERLANDS
d.8 Apr 1868 South Holland, Cook, Illinois
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m. 22 Feb 1795
  1. Jan Killewinger1797 - 1868
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m. 7 Sep 1823
  1. Wilhelmina Sophia (Mary) Killewinger1825 - 1889
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m. 1847/1850
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Name Jan Killewinger
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Jan 1797 Sleeuwijk, Noord Brabant, NETHERLANDS
Christening? 8 Jan 1797 Sleeuwijk, Noord Brabant, NETHERLANDS
Marriage 7 Sep 1823 Sleeuwijk, Noord Brabant, NETHERLANDSto Marigje van der Waal
Marriage 1847/1850 South Holland, Cook, Illlinoisto Jane _____
Death? 8 Apr 1868 South Holland, Cook, Illinois
Reference Number? 38


!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Sleeuwijk, NB church & civil records, FHL film #111,487.

!DEATH: Dec. 1991 found death recorded in Members List of Dutch Reformed Church, South Holland, IL.

MILITARY: Description from records: military records: Length: 740 cm?; face: round; eyes: blue; nose: big; mouth: ordinary; chin: round, hair: blond; eyebrows: blond; noticeable marks: none.

OCCUPATION: was a "marskramer" or pedlar of coffee and tea and nicknamed "Jan Tee." Owned and lived in a house with barn, garden and farmland on the dike between Sleeuwijk and Woudrichem, close to Sleeuwijk's ferry.

EMIGRATION: Upon emigrating to the U.S. in the Spring 1847 (probably entered at NY) 5 August 1848 he sold some land to Simon Benschop. He joined the First Reformed Church of South Holland "by confession" on 16 Oct. 1853. On trip to South Holland, IL in August 1991 his approximate burial location was found in Homewood Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Also located original farm at 153rd St. and the Calumet River, now a subdivision, with Wigwam Park very near the first homestead.

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