Person Sheet


Name Johanna Sleyster [immigrant]72
Birth 28 Apr 1821, Velp, Netherlands72,76,221
Death 12 Jan 1896, Minnesota72,221
Father Jan Willem Sleijster [immigrant] (1792-)
Mother Jacoba Anderson/Koba (1782-1841)
Spouses
1 Mannes Mensink [immigrant]72
Birth 28 Mar 1819, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Netherlands72,40,221
Death 4 May 1909, prob. Minnesota72
Father Hendrik (Henry) Mensink [immigrant] (1793-1875)
Mother Harmina Berendsen [immigrant] (ca1794-)
Marriage 18 Jan 1848, New York72,221
Children Herman (1852-1917)
Notes for Johanna Sleyster [immigrant]
Anotherr source says she was born 30 Nov 1821.221 Name is Sleijster in the Netherlands.221 In 1850 census the next household recorded in Alto Twp, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin is Rolo Slister (her brother?), age 40, b. Holland, with a wife & two very young children.76

Johanna Sleyster
On January 18, 1848 Johanna Sleyster married in New York with Manus Mensink.
Johanna was Roelof's sister, born on 30-11-1821, so also she emigrated to America !
A year later she went with Manus to Alto were they bought a land patent for 40 acres on 1-3-1850.
They had 9 children. In 1864 they moved to Minnesota. Johanna died in Minnasota on January 12, 1896.221
Notes for Mannes (Spouse 1)
Immigrated with parents in 1846.40 In 1850 census they are in Alto Twp, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin (surname written Mansing).76 In 1860 they're in Waupun village, Fond du Lac Co.73
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