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William Janssen

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William Janssen

Birth
Gelderland, Netherlands
Death
19 Aug 1916 (aged 71)
De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
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De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Section E, Lot 5-B
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William Janssen, was born in Galderland, Holland, October 1844, and in his youthful days became a resident of Little Chute, Wisconsin. In the summer months he worked at farm labor and in the winter seasons was employed in the lumber camps to the time of his marriage, after which he engaged in farming on his own account for two years. He then entered the hotel business at Little Chute and a year and a half later removed to West De Pere, where he conducted a saloon and also acted as purchasing agent for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company. Subsequently he disposed of his saloon business and thereafter engaged in general merchandising until 1907. During that period he removed to Sampson, Wisconsin, where he carried on general merchandising and farming. In February. 1908, he retired from farm life, now making his home at Mosling, Oconto county. He married Wilhelmina Geenan, who was born in Freedom, Wisconsin, in March, 1854. They were the parents of twelve children.

SOURCE: "History of Brown County, Wisconsin, past and present" by Martin, Deborah Beaumont; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Published in 1913, Vol.II pages 38-39

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William Janssen, was born in Galderland, Holland, October 1844, and in his youthful days became a resident of Little Chute, Wisconsin. In the summer months he worked at farm labor and in the winter seasons was employed in the lumber camps to the time of his marriage, after which he engaged in farming on his own account for two years. He then entered the hotel business at Little Chute and a year and a half later removed to West De Pere, where he conducted a saloon and also acted as purchasing agent for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company. Subsequently he disposed of his saloon business and thereafter engaged in general merchandising until 1907. During that period he removed to Sampson, Wisconsin, where he carried on general merchandising and farming. In February. 1908, he retired from farm life, now making his home at Mosling, Oconto county. He married Wilhelmina Geenan, who was born in Freedom, Wisconsin, in March, 1854. They were the parents of twelve children.

SOURCE: "History of Brown County, Wisconsin, past and present" by Martin, Deborah Beaumont; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Published in 1913, Vol.II pages 38-39

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