Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, page- 7, 1-11-1909
KAUKAUNA PIONEER PASSES
Henry Vandenberg, Cival War Veteran, Dies of Pneumonia
Kaukauna, Wis. Jan. 11-Henry Vandenberg, aged seventy-five years, a veteran of the cival war, died at his home in this city after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Mr. Vandenberg was serving his country in Company D. Third Wisconsin infantry when the war closed. He was born at Kirk, Holland, and came to America in 1848, being an early pioneer of this vicinity, settling at West Holland that summer on the farm which became his home in the then dense forest which covered all this section. It was with infinite labor he carved out a homestead in the wilderness, remote in those days from any city or railroad. He carried flour on his back on which the family subsisted with the grain and vegetables they grow, but which could not then be sold for money. To earn money, he came to Kaukauna and ran the first ferry boat across the Fox river, which was then without a bridge, from Menasha to Green Bay. OF sturdy Holland stock, work to him was a joy; he made the first shaved shingles ever sold here, some of which are today in existence, but worn almost to a paper thinness by long exposure to the elements. He was a day laborer for the Grignons, who were then autocrats among the hard working settlers and in whose possession was almost all the land in sight. He also helped build with his own hands the Fox River Improvement company's first canal and the government dam. From his farm came the heavy timber frames of the first Catholic church in Kaukauna, the Church of the Holy Cross in Kaukauna, which contributed by him for the cause. He was married in 1862 to Miss Odelia Vandenberg, by whom he became the father of eleven children, eight of whom are alive and were at his bedside when he died. His wife died twenty-three years ago and later he married his second wife, who with three children survives. The older children are as follows: Mrs. B. Wilpott of Buchanan, A.M. Vandenberg, Lockport, N.Y.; Theodore, Butte, Mont.; Mrs. T.A. Carter and Marie Vandenberg of Chicago, Mrs. C.E. Clark and Henry Jr. of Kenosha, and John of Butte, Mont.. The three younger children are: Joseph, Agnes and Florence Vandenberg , at home. His second wife was Miss Julia Quenby of Mt. Clemens, Mich. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at ten o'clock from St. Mary's church with a second service at Holland in St. Francis church, where he will be taken for burial by the side of his first wife and children.
KAUKAUNA PIONEER PASSES
Henry Vandenberg, Cival War Veteran, Dies of Pneumonia
Kaukauna, Wis. Jan. 11-Henry Vandenberg, aged seventy-five years, a veteran of the cival war, died at his home in this city after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Mr. Vandenberg was serving his country in Company D. Third Wisconsin infantry when the war closed. He was born at Kirk, Holland, and came to America in 1848, being an early pioneer of this vicinity, settling at West Holland that summer on the farm which became his home in the then dense forest which covered all this section. It was with infinite labor he carved out a homestead in the wilderness, remote in those days from any city or railroad. He carried flour on his back on which the family subsisted with the grain and vegetables they grow, but which could not then be sold for money. To earn money, he came to Kaukauna and ran the first ferry boat across the Fox river, which was then without a bridge, from Menasha to Green Bay. OF sturdy Holland stock, work to him was a joy; he made the first shaved shingles ever sold here, some of which are today in existence, but worn almost to a paper thinness by long exposure to the elements. He was a day laborer for the Grignons, who were then autocrats among the hard working settlers and in whose possession was almost all the land in sight. He also helped build with his own hands the Fox River Improvement company's first canal and the government dam. From his farm came the heavy timber frames of the first Catholic church in Kaukauna, the Church of the Holy Cross in Kaukauna, which contributed by him for the cause. He was married in 1862 to Miss Odelia Vandenberg, by whom he became the father of eleven children, eight of whom are alive and were at his bedside when he died. His wife died twenty-three years ago and later he married his second wife, who with three children survives. The older children are as follows: Mrs. B. Wilpott of Buchanan, A.M. Vandenberg, Lockport, N.Y.; Theodore, Butte, Mont.; Mrs. T.A. Carter and Marie Vandenberg of Chicago, Mrs. C.E. Clark and Henry Jr. of Kenosha, and John of Butte, Mont.. The three younger children are: Joseph, Agnes and Florence Vandenberg , at home. His second wife was Miss Julia Quenby of Mt. Clemens, Mich. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at ten o'clock from St. Mary's church with a second service at Holland in St. Francis church, where he will be taken for burial by the side of his first wife and children.
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, page- 7, 1-11-1909
KAUKAUNA PIONEER PASSES
Henry Vandenberg, Cival War Veteran, Dies of Pneumonia
Kaukauna, Wis. Jan. 11-Henry Vandenberg, aged seventy-five years, a veteran of the cival war, died at his home in this city after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Mr. Vandenberg was serving his country in Company D. Third Wisconsin infantry when the war closed. He was born at Kirk, Holland, and came to America in 1848, being an early pioneer of this vicinity, settling at West Holland that summer on the farm which became his home in the then dense forest which covered all this section. It was with infinite labor he carved out a homestead in the wilderness, remote in those days from any city or railroad. He carried flour on his back on which the family subsisted with the grain and vegetables they grow, but which could not then be sold for money. To earn money, he came to Kaukauna and ran the first ferry boat across the Fox river, which was then without a bridge, from Menasha to Green Bay. OF sturdy Holland stock, work to him was a joy; he made the first shaved shingles ever sold here, some of which are today in existence, but worn almost to a paper thinness by long exposure to the elements. He was a day laborer for the Grignons, who were then autocrats among the hard working settlers and in whose possession was almost all the land in sight. He also helped build with his own hands the Fox River Improvement company's first canal and the government dam. From his farm came the heavy timber frames of the first Catholic church in Kaukauna, the Church of the Holy Cross in Kaukauna, which contributed by him for the cause. He was married in 1862 to Miss Odelia Vandenberg, by whom he became the father of eleven children, eight of whom are alive and were at his bedside when he died. His wife died twenty-three years ago and later he married his second wife, who with three children survives. The older children are as follows: Mrs. B. Wilpott of Buchanan, A.M. Vandenberg, Lockport, N.Y.; Theodore, Butte, Mont.; Mrs. T.A. Carter and Marie Vandenberg of Chicago, Mrs. C.E. Clark and Henry Jr. of Kenosha, and John of Butte, Mont.. The three younger children are: Joseph, Agnes and Florence Vandenberg , at home. His second wife was Miss Julia Quenby of Mt. Clemens, Mich. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at ten o'clock from St. Mary's church with a second service at Holland in St. Francis church, where he will be taken for burial by the side of his first wife and children.
KAUKAUNA PIONEER PASSES
Henry Vandenberg, Cival War Veteran, Dies of Pneumonia
Kaukauna, Wis. Jan. 11-Henry Vandenberg, aged seventy-five years, a veteran of the cival war, died at his home in this city after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. Mr. Vandenberg was serving his country in Company D. Third Wisconsin infantry when the war closed. He was born at Kirk, Holland, and came to America in 1848, being an early pioneer of this vicinity, settling at West Holland that summer on the farm which became his home in the then dense forest which covered all this section. It was with infinite labor he carved out a homestead in the wilderness, remote in those days from any city or railroad. He carried flour on his back on which the family subsisted with the grain and vegetables they grow, but which could not then be sold for money. To earn money, he came to Kaukauna and ran the first ferry boat across the Fox river, which was then without a bridge, from Menasha to Green Bay. OF sturdy Holland stock, work to him was a joy; he made the first shaved shingles ever sold here, some of which are today in existence, but worn almost to a paper thinness by long exposure to the elements. He was a day laborer for the Grignons, who were then autocrats among the hard working settlers and in whose possession was almost all the land in sight. He also helped build with his own hands the Fox River Improvement company's first canal and the government dam. From his farm came the heavy timber frames of the first Catholic church in Kaukauna, the Church of the Holy Cross in Kaukauna, which contributed by him for the cause. He was married in 1862 to Miss Odelia Vandenberg, by whom he became the father of eleven children, eight of whom are alive and were at his bedside when he died. His wife died twenty-three years ago and later he married his second wife, who with three children survives. The older children are as follows: Mrs. B. Wilpott of Buchanan, A.M. Vandenberg, Lockport, N.Y.; Theodore, Butte, Mont.; Mrs. T.A. Carter and Marie Vandenberg of Chicago, Mrs. C.E. Clark and Henry Jr. of Kenosha, and John of Butte, Mont.. The three younger children are: Joseph, Agnes and Florence Vandenberg , at home. His second wife was Miss Julia Quenby of Mt. Clemens, Mich. The funeral will be Tuesday morning at ten o'clock from St. Mary's church with a second service at Holland in St. Francis church, where he will be taken for burial by the side of his first wife and children.
Gravesite Details
Henry's first wife was Johanna Deleana Vandenberg. Odelia was actually their daughter's name. This was a misprint or possibly the newspaper was given misinformation.
