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| Notes for Christiaan Johannes (Chris) Snoeyenbosch [immigrant] | ||||||||||||
| In 1845, at the age of seventeen, Chris joined a group of immigrants enroute to America. {Sweringa has him arriving New York 17 Sep 1846)40 It required a great deal of courage in that period of history to undertake an ocean voyage across the Atlantic to the United States of America. Steerage passage was the only type of accommodations offered and it took many weeks to reach New York. The ships were slow, unsanitary, dark and crowded. It was an uncomfortable, dangerous and a very tiresome journey. Passengers were required to take their own food and bedding for the crossing. Each person had to exhibit his or her food supply to ascertain if it was sufficient before allowed on the ship. Water was kept in large barrels on deck and tasted bad. As the supply was limited only a small amount was allowed each passenger. The bunks were narrow and hard and during a storm when the boat rocked heavily, it was impossible to remain in them. Many of the immigrants from Aalten, their relatives, friends and neighbors settled in groups in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. After landing in New York, they had yet a long, difficult journey ahead of them. As they could not speak the American language, they experienced great difficulties in obtaining food, shelter, and travel information. Chris, however, spoke the German language fluently, and as many people in this country spoke that language, he had less trouble than most of the immigrants, and was of great help to those whose destination was the same as his. Railroad service in America at that time was sketchy, and the journey from New York to Wisconsin had to be made by train, boat, on foot, by wagon, and on horseback. Chris landed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he stayed about a year. Then he and a Mr. Lubbers, who had come to this country with him, went north to where Oostburg now is, but was then a wilderness. There they built a cabin and began clearing the land. For supplies Chris walked some forty miles to Milwaukee.146 ============ During Jane's illness and death, Chris had a hired girl, Aleida (Lydia) Brethouwer, a neighbor's daughter. She was born in Aalten, September 8, 1843, and came to America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Brethouwer, her three sisters, Gertrude, later Mrs. Bart Heebink, Hannah, later Mrs. Henry Essling, Elizabeth, later Mrs. TePaske, and her brother, J. William Brethouwer. She stayed on after Jane's death and in 1865, Chris married her. Soon after their marriage, the family moved to Gibbsville, a Dutch settlement a short distance from Oostburg. Chris had loaned a Mr. Ruesink [who is this??--WGR] money for a store at Gibbsville, and as Mr. Ruesink was unable to make any payments on the loan, he was obliged to take over the store. He purchased a farm across the road from the store a short distance where the family lived in the comfortable farmhouse which is still occupied.146 Indexed as Schnregenbosch in 1860 census (of Holland Twp, Sheboygan Co, Wisc.). 1880 census: Census Place: Lima, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Source: FHL Film 1255447 National Archives Film T9-1447 Page 81D Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Christian SNOEYENBOS Self M M W 52 HOLL Occ: Farmer Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Eleidia SNOEYENBOS Wife F M W 37 HOLL Occ: Keeping House Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Jane SNOEYENBOS Dau F S W 17 WI Occ: House Work Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Herman SNOEYENBOS Son M S W 12 WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL John SNOEYENBOS Son M S W 10 WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Cynthia SNOEYENBOS Dau F S W 8 WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Louis SNOEYENBOS Son M S W 6 WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Christian SNOEYENBOS Son M S W 4 WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Adrian SNOEYENBOS Son M S W 2 WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL Elizebeth SNOEYENBOS Dau F S W 9M WI Fa: HOLL Mo: HOLL47 | ||||||||||||
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