The Hollanders of 1848

From the 1936 “Centennial Book of the St. John Congregation at Little Chute: 

 A List of the “Forty-Eighters,”  who came to Outagamie County in the year 1848 with Fr. Van den Broek from Holland.

Fr. Theodore Van den Broek traveled to Holland in 1847 for a visit to his native land.  While there he published a letter in a church circular that described the great opportunities for immigrants in the Fox River Valley where he lived.   The Fox River Improvement company was building a system of locks and dams on the river, and desperately needed workers for the project.  The company offered free transportation to any person living in a foreign land who would come to work on the project.  Three ship loads of emigrants from Holland took advantage of the offer and came to the Fox River Valley.  In 1848, three ships, the Maria Magdalena, the Libra, and the America brought a group of settlers to Outagamie County that became known as the "48ers."

Source:  Land of the Fox: Saga of Outagamie County, Outagamie County Centennial Committee,  Appleton, WI, 1949.

Jacob Appelman

John Arts

Gerard Coenen

George Coenen

John Coenen

Theodore Coenen

James Coonen

Martin Coonen

Nicholas Denissen

George Derks

C. Ebben

William Ebben

Herman Ebben

Henry Gerrits

Martin Gerrits

Cornelius Giesbers

Henry Groen

C.A. Hamer

Henry Havener

Henry Hermsen

Stephen Huisenfeldt

Herman Jansen

M. Jansen

Theodore Jansen

Henry Kamkas

William Kempen

Theodore Kersten

Jan Klaasen

W. Lamure

Julius Peerenboom

John Sanders

Fred Speel

Martin Speel

Michael Speel

Minnie Speel

William Speel

John Tillman

W. Tammer

Martin Van Abel

C. H. Vanaer

Anna Van Boekel

Albert Van den Berg

Henry Van den Berg

John Van den Berg

Nicholas Van den Berg

William Van den Berg

George Van den Heuvel

Cornelius Van der Hey

Henry Van der Hey

Herman Van der Hey

John Van der Hey

Regina Van der Hey

J. C. Van Heuklom

Anton Van der Weist

M. Van der Weist

John Van Dyke

C. Van Neil

Jacob Van Neil

John C. Van Neil

M. Van Neil

Albert Verboort

John Verboort Sr.

John Verboort

Mary Verboort

William Verboort

Anton Verkampen

Henry Verkampen

John Verkuilen

John Wigman

H. Willemsen

G. Willemsen

John Willemsen

According to Charles Grignon of Kaukauna in Ryan’s History of Outagamie County, the following settlers from Holland also arrived in 1848:

Henry Roosen

Joseph Forster

John Van Lieshout

Martin Joosten

William Joosten

John Enright

Henry Bongers

John Giesbers

Peter Ebben

Gerhard Koenen

Town of Buchanan:

Henry Verhagen

John Van der Wyst

Henry Roosen

Joseph Forster

John Van Lieshout

Martin Joosten

William Joosten

John Enright

Henry Bongers

John Giesbers

Peter Ebben

Gerhard Koenen

Town of Buchanan:

Henry Verhagen

John Van der Wyst

Henry Lippens

Martin Gloudemans

Arnold Van Handel

Henry Weyenberg

Matthias Hendricks

Theodore Van Oudenhoven

John Hietpas

Henry Hietpas

John Van Molle

John van Dommelin