On 13 February, 1839, Janna married Harmen Jan Hesselink in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands. They lived on the Stroeterhaar farm in the hamlet of Kotten with two sons, Gerrit Jan and Jan Hendrik at the time of emigration, November, 1846.
After almost two months of travel across the Atlantic with a large number of pioneers from Winterswijk, this immigrant family of four arrived at the shores of New Orleans. From there the group traveled north on the Mississippi River fulfilling dreams of joining Dutch immigrants in Michigan settling "New Holland." Little more than three years later, Janna gave birth to Johanna Maatje Hesslink, from whom my sons descend. They would eventually have another daughter and name her Geertruid.
After almost two months of travel across the Atlantic with a large number of pioneers from Winterswijk, this immigrant family of four arrived at the shores of New Orleans. From there the group traveled north on the Mississippi River fulfilling dreams of joining Dutch immigrants in Michigan settling "New Holland." Little more than three years later, Janna gave birth to Johanna Maatje Hesslink, from whom my sons descend. They would eventually have another daughter and name her Geertruid.
On 13 February, 1839, Janna married Harmen Jan Hesselink in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands. They lived on the Stroeterhaar farm in the hamlet of Kotten with two sons, Gerrit Jan and Jan Hendrik at the time of emigration, November, 1846.
After almost two months of travel across the Atlantic with a large number of pioneers from Winterswijk, this immigrant family of four arrived at the shores of New Orleans. From there the group traveled north on the Mississippi River fulfilling dreams of joining Dutch immigrants in Michigan settling "New Holland." Little more than three years later, Janna gave birth to Johanna Maatje Hesslink, from whom my sons descend. They would eventually have another daughter and name her Geertruid.
After almost two months of travel across the Atlantic with a large number of pioneers from Winterswijk, this immigrant family of four arrived at the shores of New Orleans. From there the group traveled north on the Mississippi River fulfilling dreams of joining Dutch immigrants in Michigan settling "New Holland." Little more than three years later, Janna gave birth to Johanna Maatje Hesslink, from whom my sons descend. They would eventually have another daughter and name her Geertruid.
Gravesite Details
Cemetery record states "Age 87." However, all other records indicate she would have been 79.
Family Members
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