Antone Vandehey, born in Zeeland, Holland on April 27, 1827, married
Allegonda
School
of Nestlerade,
Holland, and they came to America about 1851. They settled first in
Wisconsin,then
emigrated to Verboort in 1876. They came with the second group of
settlers to
Verboort.
Antone developed the art of smoking the now-famous Verboort
sausage with
willow wood. He made wooden shoes from selected willow wood and
smoked
the sausage
with
the willow wood shavings, not only for himself, but for all of his
neighbors.
His wife,
Allegonda,
made very good cheese, similar to cheddar cheese, in her cellar.
She also served
as midwife for the community. Antone and Allegonda made their final home
in Centerville,
a few miles north of Verboort, where they both died in 1903.
Antone and Allegonda's nine children included:
Antonia
(Mrs. Peter Evers)
Henrietta
Martin
Peter
Ella (Mrs.
Vandeberg)
Mary (Mrs.
Frank
Heesacker)
John
Ann (Mrs.
Anderson)
Rose (Sister
Imelda, SSMO)
(Information source: Verboort Centennial Book, 1975)
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