A Study in Courage: The Story of Jan and Catharina Wübbena and Their Ten Children

A Study in Courage: The Story of Jan and Catharina Wübbena and Their Ten Children
ISBN-10
0965066207
ISBN-13
9780965066204
Category
Reference / Genealogy & Heraldry
Pages
720
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
B&D Press
Authors
Dawn Wubbena Hendricks, Burton Burnett Hendricks

Description

Jan Janssen Wübbena was born 10 April 1845 in Tergast, Germany. He married Catharina Jugjohann, who was born 31 March 1855 in Neermoor, Germany, on 7 December 1873. Their first 4 children, John, Charles, Henry, and Talka, were born in Neermoor. In 1886 they sailed to America on the steamship, Trave. They settled in Standish, Michigan. Six more children, Minnie, Harry, Emma, Fred, Ella, and William were born there. Catharina died nineteen days after the birth of the tenth child on 23 January 1894. Jan did not remarry, but raised his children with the help of the older ones, especially Talka and John. Jan died 28 May 1907. As of June 21, 1995, there were 198 living descendants of Jan and Catharina Wübbena living in 28 states and 5 foreign countries. The largest concentrations lived in the states of Michigan (72), Texas (16), California (13), Virginia (10), and Pennsylvania (8).

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