- CORNELIUS NICOLAAS VERMEULEN was born at Kondekerke, Holland,
October 4,
- 1846, and is the son of Adrianus and Alida (van GALEN) VERMEULEN.
His grandfather, Cornelius VERMEULEN, was a man of commanding
influence and business sagacity, and for forty-five years held
responsible government and state offices in Holland.
- Mr. VERMEULEN's ancestors on his maternal side were well
known and respected citizens of
- Holland, and were closely allied with the government for
a great many years. His grandfather, Cornelius van GALEN, was
great-grandson of the famous Admiral Hendric van GALEN, who,
during the war of 1600 between England and Holland distinguished
himself as a brave and efficient officer. He was the pride of
the Holland navy and after his death, a beautiful monument was
erected to his memory by the people of his native land.
- Cornelius received his education in the common and high schools
of Gonda, Holland, taking a
- special course of study in architecture. America holding
out greater inducements for young men in his profession , he
decided to immigrate, and accordingly in 1888 he left his native
land, arriving in America with his family, and located first
in Chicago, where for ten years he was engaged in a general business
of real estate.
- In 1898 Mr. VERMEULEN left Chicago and went to Barron county,
Wisconsin, where he
- established a Holland colony around Perley; removing thence
to Sherry, Wood county, Wisconsin, he established another Holland
settlement. In 1901 he moved to Beloit, where he has since been
engaged in the real estate and loan business.
- A Republican in politics, Mr. VERMEULEN has held some local
offices, such as justice of the
- peace, etc., and has been a notary public since 1898. On
July 4, 1873, he was married to Miss Maria Clasina JONKERS, to
whom has been born ten children: Maria A. C., who is the wife
of P. S. CARTNER; Alida M. G., wife of William B. JONES; Clasina
M. A., Henrietta, Margaretha, Alida and Johan C. N., the only
son, who died December 6, 1903, from the effects of a gunshot
wound received while hunting rabbits. His death was deeply mourned
by his family and many friends, as one of the noblest young men
of Beloit. The other five children died in Holland, before his
coming to America.
-
- [Transcriber's Note: The writer states they had ten children,
but the way they are written above, there were seven living,
5 dead. Perhaps it should be Henrietta Margaretha, and the additional
Alida just before Johan, was a duplicate naming. Or.... instead,
the author should have said they had 12 children.]
-
- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. II"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, pp. 845-846.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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