"BOY" in cemetery; SOENKSEN
MISHICOT PIONEER DEAD
Boyd(sic) Soeksen, Dies at Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Aged 84
Boyd Soeksen, one of the early pioneers of Mishicot, having located there in 1852 when he came here from Germany, died at the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Friday from the infirmities of age, Mr. Soeksen having attained to the advanced age of 84 years. Coming to Manitowoc County nearly 60 years ago, Mr. Soeksen established a grist and saw mill at Mishicott, which he continued to operate for many years.
He retired some time ago and with his aged wife entered the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay to spend his declining years. The widow, with two sons, Richard, this city and Otto of Chicago survive him. The body will be brought here for burial and the funeral will be held at Mishicott Sunday afternoon at 2, in charge of the Two Rivers lodge of Odd Fellows.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Sat., Apr. 15, 1911.
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On Find A Grave, you have a submission from Holy Cross Cemetery at Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for a Boyd "Boy" Soenksen (1825-1911). You mention on the page that it says "Boy" in the cemetery. His name was not Boyd, at all, but Boy was his correct given name and you might want to correct that. While you share the obituary on the page that says he was from "Germany," this man was almost certainly a native of Nordfriesland or North Friesland or North Frisia, on the west coast of Schleswig that abuts the border of Denmark. His name, Boy Soenksen, was a North Frisian name and Boy is a given name among that Germanic minority.
If you search Boy Soenksen on Find A Grave, you will see another man by that name buried at Manning in Carroll County, Iowa. If you search Boy Boysen on Find A Grave, you will see 15 entries for that and virtually all of them were connected to North Friesland. North Frisian naming practices were different than German or Danish, although they used a form of the patronymics similar to Scandinavians. You will see names like Broder Brodersen [literally Brother, son of Brother] or Fedder Feddersen [Cousin, son of Cousin] or Soenke Soennichsen, but Boy was a North Frisian given name and was the case of your submission Boy Soenksen, the Mishicot Pioneer.
The North and East Frisians are a protected minority in modern Germany. The East Frisians, by the Dutch border, have naming practices different than the North Frisians or the West Frisians in Friesland Province in the Netherlands. This Wikipedia link gives a little more background on Nordfriesland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordfriesland_(district)
MISHICOT PIONEER DEAD
Boyd(sic) Soeksen, Dies at Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Aged 84
Boyd Soeksen, one of the early pioneers of Mishicot, having located there in 1852 when he came here from Germany, died at the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Friday from the infirmities of age, Mr. Soeksen having attained to the advanced age of 84 years. Coming to Manitowoc County nearly 60 years ago, Mr. Soeksen established a grist and saw mill at Mishicott, which he continued to operate for many years.
He retired some time ago and with his aged wife entered the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay to spend his declining years. The widow, with two sons, Richard, this city and Otto of Chicago survive him. The body will be brought here for burial and the funeral will be held at Mishicott Sunday afternoon at 2, in charge of the Two Rivers lodge of Odd Fellows.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Sat., Apr. 15, 1911.
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On Find A Grave, you have a submission from Holy Cross Cemetery at Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for a Boyd "Boy" Soenksen (1825-1911). You mention on the page that it says "Boy" in the cemetery. His name was not Boyd, at all, but Boy was his correct given name and you might want to correct that. While you share the obituary on the page that says he was from "Germany," this man was almost certainly a native of Nordfriesland or North Friesland or North Frisia, on the west coast of Schleswig that abuts the border of Denmark. His name, Boy Soenksen, was a North Frisian name and Boy is a given name among that Germanic minority.
If you search Boy Soenksen on Find A Grave, you will see another man by that name buried at Manning in Carroll County, Iowa. If you search Boy Boysen on Find A Grave, you will see 15 entries for that and virtually all of them were connected to North Friesland. North Frisian naming practices were different than German or Danish, although they used a form of the patronymics similar to Scandinavians. You will see names like Broder Brodersen [literally Brother, son of Brother] or Fedder Feddersen [Cousin, son of Cousin] or Soenke Soennichsen, but Boy was a North Frisian given name and was the case of your submission Boy Soenksen, the Mishicot Pioneer.
The North and East Frisians are a protected minority in modern Germany. The East Frisians, by the Dutch border, have naming practices different than the North Frisians or the West Frisians in Friesland Province in the Netherlands. This Wikipedia link gives a little more background on Nordfriesland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordfriesland_(district)
"BOY" in cemetery; SOENKSEN
MISHICOT PIONEER DEAD
Boyd(sic) Soeksen, Dies at Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Aged 84
Boyd Soeksen, one of the early pioneers of Mishicot, having located there in 1852 when he came here from Germany, died at the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Friday from the infirmities of age, Mr. Soeksen having attained to the advanced age of 84 years. Coming to Manitowoc County nearly 60 years ago, Mr. Soeksen established a grist and saw mill at Mishicott, which he continued to operate for many years.
He retired some time ago and with his aged wife entered the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay to spend his declining years. The widow, with two sons, Richard, this city and Otto of Chicago survive him. The body will be brought here for burial and the funeral will be held at Mishicott Sunday afternoon at 2, in charge of the Two Rivers lodge of Odd Fellows.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Sat., Apr. 15, 1911.
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On Find A Grave, you have a submission from Holy Cross Cemetery at Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for a Boyd "Boy" Soenksen (1825-1911). You mention on the page that it says "Boy" in the cemetery. His name was not Boyd, at all, but Boy was his correct given name and you might want to correct that. While you share the obituary on the page that says he was from "Germany," this man was almost certainly a native of Nordfriesland or North Friesland or North Frisia, on the west coast of Schleswig that abuts the border of Denmark. His name, Boy Soenksen, was a North Frisian name and Boy is a given name among that Germanic minority.
If you search Boy Soenksen on Find A Grave, you will see another man by that name buried at Manning in Carroll County, Iowa. If you search Boy Boysen on Find A Grave, you will see 15 entries for that and virtually all of them were connected to North Friesland. North Frisian naming practices were different than German or Danish, although they used a form of the patronymics similar to Scandinavians. You will see names like Broder Brodersen [literally Brother, son of Brother] or Fedder Feddersen [Cousin, son of Cousin] or Soenke Soennichsen, but Boy was a North Frisian given name and was the case of your submission Boy Soenksen, the Mishicot Pioneer.
The North and East Frisians are a protected minority in modern Germany. The East Frisians, by the Dutch border, have naming practices different than the North Frisians or the West Frisians in Friesland Province in the Netherlands. This Wikipedia link gives a little more background on Nordfriesland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordfriesland_(district)
MISHICOT PIONEER DEAD
Boyd(sic) Soeksen, Dies at Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Aged 84
Boyd Soeksen, one of the early pioneers of Mishicot, having located there in 1852 when he came here from Germany, died at the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay, Friday from the infirmities of age, Mr. Soeksen having attained to the advanced age of 84 years. Coming to Manitowoc County nearly 60 years ago, Mr. Soeksen established a grist and saw mill at Mishicott, which he continued to operate for many years.
He retired some time ago and with his aged wife entered the Odd Fellows Home at Green Bay to spend his declining years. The widow, with two sons, Richard, this city and Otto of Chicago survive him. The body will be brought here for burial and the funeral will be held at Mishicott Sunday afternoon at 2, in charge of the Two Rivers lodge of Odd Fellows.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Sat., Apr. 15, 1911.
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On Find A Grave, you have a submission from Holy Cross Cemetery at Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for a Boyd "Boy" Soenksen (1825-1911). You mention on the page that it says "Boy" in the cemetery. His name was not Boyd, at all, but Boy was his correct given name and you might want to correct that. While you share the obituary on the page that says he was from "Germany," this man was almost certainly a native of Nordfriesland or North Friesland or North Frisia, on the west coast of Schleswig that abuts the border of Denmark. His name, Boy Soenksen, was a North Frisian name and Boy is a given name among that Germanic minority.
If you search Boy Soenksen on Find A Grave, you will see another man by that name buried at Manning in Carroll County, Iowa. If you search Boy Boysen on Find A Grave, you will see 15 entries for that and virtually all of them were connected to North Friesland. North Frisian naming practices were different than German or Danish, although they used a form of the patronymics similar to Scandinavians. You will see names like Broder Brodersen [literally Brother, son of Brother] or Fedder Feddersen [Cousin, son of Cousin] or Soenke Soennichsen, but Boy was a North Frisian given name and was the case of your submission Boy Soenksen, the Mishicot Pioneer.
The North and East Frisians are a protected minority in modern Germany. The East Frisians, by the Dutch border, have naming practices different than the North Frisians or the West Frisians in Friesland Province in the Netherlands. This Wikipedia link gives a little more background on Nordfriesland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordfriesland_(district)
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