CATHERINE NATALIA (MUELEMANS) HERMENS

                          Daughter of Peter Muelemans and Rosalie Victoria Breeze 

  Born May 31, 1843 in Brussels, Belgium

  Died June 28, 1911 at Verboort, Oregon

  Married William Hermens in 1861 at De Pere, Wisconsin  (1830 - 1916)

  
   William & Catherine's children:

    Antone ....................................m:   Anne Joosten

    Rosalina Victoria....................m:   John Bernards

    Louis....................................... m:   Wilhemina Krieger

    Cornelius.................................m:    Jane Joosten

    Cornelia...................................m:    John Peters

    Constance Frances................ m:    John VanDyke

    Peter Martin...........................m:    Nettie VanDerVelden

    Adelia Maria ..................................Sister Julianna (St. Mary's of the Valley)

    Pauline Elizabeth.................... m:   Peter Krieger

    William (Willie) Jr. .................Passed away at age 13 (SW397)

    Petronella (Nellie) ..................Passed away at a young age

                                                                

                                                                 Her Brothers and Sisters:

                                                                    Mary Leone               Guilielmus Constantinus         Louis Englebert

                                                                    Elizabeth Pauline        Adelia                                       Barbara Maria

                                                                    Constance Frances                                     

                                                                        

            Catherine Natalia Muelemans, when she was 16, came to America by sailship in 1859.  They had a very stormy,

            dangerous passage and after 72 days on the ocean they landed in New York.  She related to her daughter, Constance,

            that the ship had taken on sea water and that as the ship would roll from side to side the trunks and water would slide

            back and forth across the ship.  The passengers were so frightened that they wanted to get out of the ship so the hatches

            were fastened shut to keep them in.

            From New York they went to Wisconsin and settled near De Pere.  She married William Hermens at De Pere in 1861 and

            they came west by the newly completed railroad to Portland, Oregon and settled near Verboort on Dec 26, 1883.




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