Johannes and Adriana (Van den Broek) Van der Heyde

Johannes Van der Heyde = ______ _______

Joseph van der Heijden = Hendrina Van den Bogaard

Martin and Wilhelmina (Van Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard

Henricus Van den Bogaard

Lambert Van den Bogaard

Theodorus Van den Bogaard

Hendrina Van den Bogaard = Joseph van der Heijden

Joanna Van den Bogaard

Joanna Van den Bogaard

The immigrant ancestors and their descendants:

Joseph and Hendrina (van den Bogaard) van der Heijden and their children:

John Van der Heiden = Josina Manders

Martin Van der Heyde = _____ _________

Jacob Van der Heyde (Jack Campbell)

Adrian Van der Heyde (Janus, Jonas) = Catherina Van den Berg

Lambert Van der Heyde (twin) = Maria Vinkenvleugel

Johanna Marie Van der Heyde (twin) = _____ _________

Wilhelmina Van der Heyde

Judocus and Theodora (van Eckendonk) Manders

Hermanus and ________ (________) Vinenvleugel

First generation in America:

Children of John and Josina (Manders) Van der Heiden

Henrietta Theoda Van der Heiden = John George Weiland

Theodora Van der Heiden (Dora)

Cecilia Van der Heiden = John William Diederich

Petronella Van der Hyden = Franciscus (Frank) Crabb

Johanna Van der Heiden = Arnold Verhyen

Joost Van der Heiden

Cornelia Van der Heiden

Wilhelmina Van der Heiden = John William Diederich

Catherina Van der Heiden

Joseph Frank Van Derhyden = Mary Ida Maede

Children of Jacob Vanderheiden, a/k/a "Jack Campbell"

None

Children of Adrian and Catharina (Van den Berg) Van der Heiden

Henry Van der Heiden
Mary Van der Heiden
Joseph Van der Heiden
Charles Van der Heiden = Nellie Vanlanen
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Van der Heiden = Albert Calloway
John Van der Heiden
Jacob Van der Heiden

Children of Lambert and Maria (Vinkenvleugel) Van der Heiden

Angeline Van der Heyde
Henrietta R. Vanderheiden = Jim Brady
........................................................= ________ Taylor
........................................................= ________ Taylor
John William Vanderheiden = Theresa Helen Ricke
Joseph H. Vanderheiden... = Teresa O’Tool
Dora Vanderheiden............ = William Parker
Henry D. Vanderheiden.... = Ellen Wittle
Jonas A. Vanderheiden..... = Callie Whittle
Jacob B. Vanderheiden...... = Mollie Mondier
Philomenia (Minnie) Vanderheiden = Robert Flanagan
..................................................................= ______ Allen
..................................................................= ______ Brewer
A. C. Vanderheiden............ = ______ Duffel
Bennet H. Vanderheiden.. = Lillie Chambers
........................................................= Flora Elkins
Albert L. Vanderheiden..... = Florence Doby
Willie Vanderheiden
Anna Mae Vanderheiden
Maggie May Vanderheiden

Children of  Wilhelmina Van der Heiden

Unknown

Van der Heiden photo album

Other Van der Heidens

Acknowledgments

In addition to all those who took the time to fill out questionnaires and answer letters, these are to be especially commended because of their assistance:

Mr. and Mrs. J. Charles Diederich
of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Mrs. Therese Diederich Van Horne McNeil
of Ladysmith, Wisconsin and Phoenix, Arizona

Mrs. Leona Van Derhyden Horne
of Wabeno, Wisconsin

Audrey and Willie Means
of Stilwell, Oklahoma

Mrs. Jean Reese

Mr. Loek van der Heijden
of The Netherlands

Mrs. Peggy White

Jeannene (Jacques) Evans

Introduction

Bill Diederich worked on and off for more than 35 years on this history of the Van der Heiden family..

Over the years, he gathered information from uncles, aunt and cousins. His aunt, Therese Diederich Van Horne O'Niell and his cousin Leona Van Derhyden Horne were particularly helpful.

Bill Diederich researched the vital records and land deeds at the courthouse in Brown County, Wisconsin.  he examined the old parish registers of De Pere, Wisconsin and Nistelrode and Mierlo in the Province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. He transcribed gravestone inscriptions in cemeteries at De Pere. He searched census records, newspaper files, microfilm and other sources at the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison. He spent many days at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This family history is the result of all that effort.

Publishing Bill's research online enabled descendants of Lambert and Maria (Vinkenvleugel) Van der Heiden to connect with the family history, and their work has also been included here.

Origin of the Names

In the Dutch language, the surname "Van der Heyde" means "from the heath." A heath is an uncultivated marshy wasteland or moor, overgrown with heather and other shrubs. Perhaps our Van der Heyde ancestors were living in or had recently moved from such an area about the time that surnames came to be adopted in the Netherlands. Since the surname is of topographical origin, it is likely that many unrelated Dutch families adopted the same surname. Hence, it cannot be said that all Van der Heydes are related.

The name is not spelled consistently in the records we consulted. In the old records, particularly those of North Brabant, the name is spelled "van der Heyde", "van der Heijde", "van der Heide", "van der Heyden", "van der Heijden", and "van der Heiden".

One branch of the family spells the name Van Derhyden. They claim that in the early days in Wisconsin the post office frequently got the mail mixed up because so many had the same names. So, Joseph changed his name from Van der Heiden to Van Derhyden.

Van den Bogaard means "of the orchard."

Van den Asseldonk probably means "of Asdonck." "Asdonck" is a the name of a former feudal manor house. It is also the name of a hamlet between Aarle and Rikstel.

Van Nistelroy means "of Nistelroy," an ancient name for Nistelrode.

These surnames are not spelled consistently in the records we consulted. Variations include "Van den Bogaerd" as well as "Van den Bogaard" and "Van Asdonk", "Van Asdonck", "Van den Asdonk", as well as ‘Van den Asseldonk".

Historical Background

Our Van der Heiden ancestors came from the Province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.

The Province of North Brabant was originally part of the Duchy of Brabant which also included much of what is now northern Belgium. Brabant derived its name from the Carolingian pagus by the same name, between the rivers Schelde (Scheldt) and Dijle. This historical discussion is largely taken from an article by John Stienen that is part of the Brabant website:

http://www.tue.nl/aegee/brabant/brab1.html

The province lies in the South of the Netherlands, bounded by Belgium on the south, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland provinces on the west, the Maas River and Gelderland Province on the north, and Limburg Province on the east. The countryside is flat, low-lying and in some places, marshy. The soil near the Maas River is fertile, but all other areas are mostly sandy heathland. Wood is rare. The province is drained by the Mark and Dommel rivers, and the Zuid-Willamsvaart and Wilhelmina canals.

There is some farming, dairying, and sheep-raising, but today the economic base of the province is industrial: wool, cotton, and linen textiles at Tilburg, Helmond, and Boxtel, electrical industry at Einhoven, leather tanning and shoe manufacturing at Waalwijk and Gisterwijk, pharmaceuticals at Oss, and jute spinning at Goirke.

Brabant came under the rule of the Counts of Leuven (Louvain), who enlarged their domain considerably between the 10th and 12th centuries, with the county of Ukkel-Brussel (Uccle-Brussels), the abbeys of Nijvel and Gembloers, and the domains of Antwerpen and Orthen, later 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc). From about 1100 AD onwards, they called themselves Dukes of Brabant.

After the acquisition of Maastricht (1204), the County Daelhem (1244) and the Duchy of Limburg (Battle of Woeringen, 1288, won by Jan I, the Victorious of Brabant) the Dukes of Brabant controlled the important trade-route Brugge-Köln (Bruges-Cologne). Their port of Antwerpen also played an important role in world trade at an early date.

The relationship between the Duke and his subjects was arranged by ducal charter (de Blijde Inkomst), established as early as 1312. This charter was abolished by the French who took over in 1794.

In 1406, Duchess Johanna of Brabant, was succeeded by Antoon of Burgundy. The first university in the Netherlands, in Leuven, was founded in 1425 by the latter's son, Jan IV of Brabant. After his death (1427) and that of Antoon's other son, Fillips of St.-Pol (1430), leaving the house of Brabant without heirs, the Duchy was ruled by Fillips the Good of Burgundy. The same year Fillips founded the Gulden Vlies knighthood (Golden Fleece).

After the marriage between Fillips' granddaughter Maria of Burgundy and Maximilian of Austria (1477), Brabant came under Habsburg rule. During the Burgundy and later Habsburg rule of the Netherlands, Brabant took the lead over neighboring Flanders, that had been the leading land for centuries.

During the 16th century, the Duchy shared the wealth of its main port Antwerpen. The wealth of the Duchy was accompanied by a rise in arts and sciences, putting Brabant in the centre of the World as it was then known. However, this was soon.overshadowed by the outbreak of the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and the Spanish Habsburgs.

At the Treaty of Westphalia, which concluded the war in 1648, the Duchy lost most of its estates north of Antwerpen to the Republic of the Netherlands. These estates are now called the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant (North Brabant). The remainder of the Duchy, now part of Belgium, stayed under Habsburg rule.

The province was not one of the original seven United Provinces, although the Town of Breda played a part in the uprising against Spain in 1571. It was ceded by Spain in 1637 and directly administered thereafter by the States-General. It joined the United Provinces in 1684.

The Belgian portion of Brabant played an important role during the revolts against the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, the 'Brabantse Omwenteling' (Brabant Revolt, 1787-89) and against King Willem I of Orange Nassau, the Belgian Revolution (1830).

During the rule of Napoleon I Bonaparte, from 1795 - 1814, the remaining southern estates of Brabant were split in the Dijle department (later the Belgian province of Brabant) and the department of 'Beide Nethen' (now the Belgian province of Antwerpen).

After the decline of the French Empire, the three parts were once more in one state, from 1814 to 1830, until the final separation of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1830.

Due to the recent administrative division of Belgium into a federal state consisting of Flanders, the Walloon provinces and the capital Brussels, the province of Brabant was split up once more into Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and the region Brussels Capital.

Thus the historical Brabant now consists of no fewer than five parts, one of which is in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and four in Belgium. Historical Brabant covers over 11,000 km2, an economically flourishing area in the middle of the European Union, in which nowadays 6.5 million people live.

 Van der Heiden Family Origins

According to Nistelrode records, Joseph (or Jozef) Van der Heyden was a merchant. Nistelrode is a small agricultural village, 11 miles east of 's Hertogenbosch, capital of the South Netherlands' Province of North Brabant. As of 1950, it had a population of only 1,742, according to the 1952 edition of The Columbia Lippincott Gazatteer of the World. Morningside Heights, N.Y.: Columbia University Press.

According to family tradition, the Van der Heyden (Van der Heiden) family arrived in the United States in 1850 or 1851, but a search of passenger lists at the National Archives of ships which arrived at the ports of Buffalo and New York during those years does not confirm this. Joseph and Hendrina Van der Heyden would have been about 60 years old then. We do not know whether or not she was still alive at that time. Nor do we do know how many of Joseph's children accompanied him and eventually settled in Buffalo, or near Green Bay, Wisconsin, or elsewhere.

The family lived at Buffalo until 1854 when some of the family moved to Wisconsin.

When the 1860 Census was conducted, Joseph's son John, age 38, was listed as a laborer, residing at Town of Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, with his wife Josephine, age 30, and daughters Henrietta, age 7; Theodora, age 5; Youza, age 4; Allena, age 2; and Jane, age 7 months. Joseph, age 72, lived with them, as did 38 other men listed as "boarders at the old boarding house of Elded & Balcom" and listed as "laborers in and about the mills of Eldred & Balcom." John and his wife may have been the keepers of this boarding house. According to the census report, John owned no real estate, and his personal property was worth only $75. See 1860 Census of Wisconsin, v 13, p 299R.

Joseph and his son John's family resided in the Stiles' area for six years. During the early 1860s, they moved to a farm in the Town of Rockland, Brown County, Wisconsin. Joseph died there in 1867, and the following year the John Van der Heiden family moved to West De Pere, Brown County.

Johannes Van der Heyde² (Arnoldus¹) was born at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the son of Arnoldus and ________ Van der Heyde. We have not found his birth record.

He died 29 April 1790, at Nistelrode, Province of North Brabant. His death is recorded in the death records of _____________ church at Nistelrode, p. ____. A microfilm copy (no. 112184) of the church records is held by The Genealogical Society of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.

He married Adriana Van den Broek about 1786 at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands. The marriage is recorded in the marriage register of the church.

She was born at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the daughter of Jacobus and __________ Van den Broek. We have not found her birth record.

She died _____________ at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands. We have not found her death record.

Johannes and Adriana Van der Heyde had at least two children whose baptisms are recorded in the records of St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch.

Vorstenbosch is a small agricultural village, 11 miles southeast of _'s Hertogenbosch, capital of the South Netherlands' Province of North Brabant. It is about four miles south of Nistelrode.

Known children of Johannes and Adriana (Van den Broek) Van der Heyde:

Johannes Van der Heyde =

Joseph Van der Heyde = Hendrina Van den Boogard

Johannes Van der Heyde (1787 - 18__)
_________ _______ (17__ - 18__)

Johannes³ Van der Heyde (Johannes², Arnoldus¹) was born in 1787 at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the son of Johannes and Adriana (Van den Broek) Van der Heyde. He was baptized 11 February 1787 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. See the baptism records of the church, p. ____.

He died ______________.

He married ____________ at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands.

Martin Van den Bogaard (1755 - 1812)
Wilhelmina Van den Asseldonk (17__ - 1806)
Hendrina Van Nistelroy (17__ - 18__)

Martin² Van den Bogaard (Lambert¹) was born about 1755 at Nistlerode, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the son of Lambert and Hendrina (________) Van den Bogaard. We have not found his birth record.

He died 27 May 1812, age about 57 years, at Uden, Province of North Brabant. His death is recorded in Uden death records. A microfilm copy (no. 112736 - 112738) of the Uden vital records is held by The Genealogical Society of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.

He married, first, Wilhelmina Van den Asseldonk at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands.

Wilhelmina Van den Asseldonk was born at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands. We have not found her birth record.

She died 22 March 1806 at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands.

The Van den Bogaards had at least six children whose baptisms are recorded in the records of St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. A microfilm copy (no. 112184) of the St. Anthonius baptism records is held by The Genealogical Society of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.

He married, second, Hendrina Van Nistelroy at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands.

Hendrina Van Nistelroy was born at Province of North Brabant, Netherlands. We have not found a record of her birth or death.

This is the record of Martin Van den Bogaard's death, translated from the French:

"Martin Van den Bogaard, died at Uden the 27th day of May 1812, profession of day laborer, age 57, born at Nistelrode, spouse of Hendrienne van Nistelroy, son of Lambert Van den Bogaerd and of Hendrienne Van den Bogaard."

Known children of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard:

Henricus Van den Bogaard

Lambert Van den Bogaard

Theodorus Van den Bogaard

Hendrina Van den Bogaard = Joseph Van der Heyden

Joanna Van den Bogaard

Joanna Van den Bogaard

Henricus Van den Bogaard (1785 - 18__)
_______ ________ (17__ - 18__)

Henricus³ Van den Bogaard (Martin², Lambert¹) was born in 1785 at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the son of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard. He was baptized 6 October 1785 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. See the baptism records of the church, p. ____.

We have not found a record of his marriage or death.

Lambert Van den Bogaard (1787 - 18__)
_________ ________ (17__ - 18__)

Lambert³ Van den Bogaard (Martin², Lambert¹) was born in 1787 at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the son of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard. He was baptized 29 January 1787 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. See the baptism records of the church, p. ____.

We have not found a record of his marriage or death.

Theodorus Van den Bogaard (1788 - 18__)
__________ ________ (17__ - 18__)

Theodorus³ Van den Bogaard (Martin², Lambert¹) was born in 1788, at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the son of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard. He was baptized 12 August 1788 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. See the baptism records of the church, p. ____.

We have not found a record of his marriage or death.

Joseph Van der Heyden (1789 - 1867)
Hendrina Van den Boogard (1790 - 18__)
See complete biography under "Immigrant ancestors"

Joanna Van den Bogaard (1792 - 1792)

Joanna³ Van den Bogaard (Martin², Lambert¹) was born in 1792, at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the daughter of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard. She was baptized 29 January 1792 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. See the baptism records of the church, p. ____.

She never married.

She died about 1792, probably in infancy, at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands.

Joanna Van den Bogaard (1793 - 18__)

Joanna Van den Bogaard was born in 1793 at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands, the daughter of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Bogaard. She was baptized 10 November 1793 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. See the baptism records of the church, p. ____.

He died 2 February 1867, age 77 years, at Town of Rockland, Brown County, Wisconsin. He probably is buried in Mt. Olivet cemetery at De Pere, Brown County, but if so, his grave is unmarked. [Note: His ancestors have placed a gravestone at his gravesite.] His death is recorded in the records of St. Mary Catholic church at De Pere, p 6, but not in Brown County death records.

He married Hendrina Van den Boogard 27 April 1820 at _______________ Catholic church at Nistelrode, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Their marriage is recorded in the marriage records of the church. A microfilm copy (no. 15882) of these records is held by The Genealogical Society of The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc.

She was born in 1790 at or near Vorstenbosch, Province of North Brabant, the daughter of Martin and Wilhelmina (Van den Asseldonk) Van den Boogard. She was baptized 19 February 1790 at St. Anthonius Chapel at Vorstenbosch. Her baptism is recorded in the baptism records of the church. A microfilm copy (no. 15882) of the church records is held by The Genealogical Society of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Inc.

We have not found a record of her death and burial. She may have died before her husband and children migrated to the United States.

The Van der Heyden's had at least seven children whose baptisms are recorded in the records of _______________ church at Nistelrode. It is possible that they had at least two others.

According to Nistelrode records, Joseph (or Jozef) Van der Heyden was a merchant. Nistelrode is a small agricultural village, 11 miles east of 's Hertogenbosch, capital of the South Netherlands' Province of North Brabant. As of 1950, it had a population of only 1,742, according to the 1952 edition of The Columbia Lippincott Gazatteer of the World. Morningside Heights, N.Y.: Columbia University Press.

According to family tradition, the Van der Heyden (Van der Heiden) family arrived in the United States in 1850 or 1851, but a search of passenger lists at the National Archives of ships which arrived at the ports of Buffalo and New York during those years does not confirm this. Joseph and Hendrina Van der Heyden would have been about 60 years old then. We do not know whether or not she was still alive at that time. Nor do we do know how many of Joseph's children accompanied him and eventually settled in Buffalo, or near Green Bay, Wisconsin, or elsewhere.

The family lived at Buffalo until 1854 when some of the family moved to Wisconsin. When the 1860 Census was conducted, Joseph's son John, age 38, was listed as a laborer, residing at Town of Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, with his wife Josephine, age 30, and daughters Henrietta, age 7; Theodora, age 5; Youza, age 4; Allena, age 2; and Jane, age 7 months. Joseph, age 72, lived with them, as did 38 other men listed as "boarders at the old boarding house of Eldred & Balcom" and listed as "laborers in and about the mills of Eldred & Balcom." John and his wife may have been the keepers of this boarding house. According to the census report, John owned no real estate, and his personal property was worth only $75. See 1860 Census of Wisconsin, v 13, p 299R.

Joseph and his son John's family resided in the Stiles' area for six years. During the early 1860s, they moved to a farm in the Town of Rockland, Brown County, Wisconsin. Joseph died there in 1867, and the following year the John Van der Heiden family moved to West De Pere, Brown County.

Joseph's death is recorded in the Liber Matrimonii et Defunctorum (Marriage and Death Book) of St. Mary Catholic church at De Pere, p 6, as follows:

"Obiit Joseph Van der heiden Feb 2da 1867 filius Henrii Van der Heiden natus Hollandiae AD 1789 obiit Rockland Brown Co. Wis."

According to this record, Joseph's father was named Henry, but the baptism records of ___________ church at Nistelrode say he was the son of Johannes Van der Heyde.

Known children of Joseph and Hendrina (Van den Boogard) Van der Heyden: