Source Mike Dudley:
First Johanna was born (I use the baptismal date since at that time it was usually within a day or two of the child's birth) the 10th of May 1826 in Hengelo. There was also another child for Hendrik and Hendrika, a son Berend, who was born 22 February 1828 in Hengelo. He traveled to the United States with his sister Johanna, and Johanna's husband Carel Pull de Wolff and Carel's father Jan de Wolff.
Berend died the same year as his sister, 1910, on the 11th of December. He settled in Vermont, married and had 6 children and a lot of descendents.
I have Bernardus' father listed as Jannes Overbeek, born 20 September 1727 in Hengelo. His wife was Geertruij Brilman, but I know nothing about her. I wonder if she was German born? They were married 29 June 1755 in Hengelo and had six children that I know of including twins on 2 May 1756. All of the children were born at Hengelo.
For Jannes' father I have Joan Overbeek and his mother was Berentjen Reef. He was born 16 October 1695 in Hengelo and married there 12 December 1723. I have nothing on his wife. I have seven children for them also including a set of twins.
I have Joan Alberts Overbeek and Arentien Jansen Wildernick as his parents, but no information about them. They have four children that I found and all were born in Hengelo.
I have Johanna Reviusý family back four generations if you are interested in that. She died 2 March 1825.
Back to Johanna and Carel de Wolff. She was seven months pregnant when they made the journey in 1848. It cannot have been an easy journey for her. Their first child, Jan Hendrick, was born a month after they arrived. He was my great grandfather and I have his picture and a book of poems he was given as a Christmas gift. The poems are all about railroads because that is what he did.
Carl and Johanna stayed in touch with the Netherlands and as each child was born their name, date, and place of birth was added to their Trouw-brief on file in Lonneker, which I have in front of me right now.
Carl de Wolffýs grandmother was a woman by the name of Theodora Anna Colmschate. They were a family from Almelo and when Carl and his father came here they brought with them The Colmschate family tree which was begun in 1666 and which is hanging on my wall. These are my treasures.
By the way, Carlýs father, Jan was not happy here. After about ten years he returned to the Netherlands and died in Utrecht in 1882.
1826 - 1910 (~ 84 jaar)