Almost
300 years ago, In the very early
1700's, Franz Huisking married Maria Catharina
Hiltermann somewhere in or around Borgloh or Helfern, Germany. They
had several children. One, Bernard Heinrich Huisking was born on
May 1, 1768 in Borgloh. He married Maria
Anna Middendorf and also had several children. one, Jakob Ludwig Huisking was born in 1805 in
Helfern, Germany. He married Catharina Maria Elisabeth Hausfeld and they had
nine children.
The ninth, Heinrich Timotheus Paulus Huisking was born in 1850 in Freren (Osnabruck) Germany.
At the age of 15, "he was approaching the age he would have to serve in
the German army and he detested the Prussian arrogance that controlled it so he
decided America offered the best opportunity for his future". In 1865 he
passed through Ellis Island and settled in Brooklyn as Paul H. Huisking. He married Sophie Bertha
Quabach in New York and also had nine children. In 1893 or 1894, he made his
only trip back to Germany.
Upon returning, he told his his children "he was glad to have seen
again the land of his birth and to visit with the members of his family,
realizing that it was the last opportunity for him to do so. He told some
amusing family anecdotes but then he became serious and said very solemnly, 'you
children should get down onto your knees every day and thank God for the
privilege of having been born in this great country, the land of freedom and
opportunity'". |
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Genealogical History (from Jakob
Ludwig Huisking to present) |
Fifth Generation Eastern US Lineage (click on pictures to enlarge)
The
third child born to Paul Heinrich, Charles Louis Huisking, was born on
Feb 2, 1885 in
Brooklyn New York. Charles Louis married Catherine Perridge in
1911 and had eight children. Their second child, William Walter Huisking
(my father), was born on October 17, 1913, married Georgiana Elizabeth Shea on
May 30, 1942 and had six children. The pictures on the left, shows Charles
Louis and his entire family. (Frank, Bill, Dick, Charles, Charly,
Ed, Evelyn, Claire, Jean, Catherine)
William is the second from the left. That's
also him -William -in pictures on the right. Enjoying a cigar and drink on a 747 before the smoking ban and
dressed in his favorite Notre Dame gear. Check Rick's Column to follow ND this
season.
At
Charles Louis' 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1961, his entire Clan got together for a
celebration (except for Rick). Here is a picture of the entire group.
Western US Lineage
The second child of Paul Heinrich and Sophia was Louis Theodore
Huisking born about 1880. Louis married Anna Boog and had three children.
Unfortunately, Louis was stricken during the 1919 influenza epidemic leaving
Anna and her brother Carle Michel Boog to raise the children. One of the
children, Joseph Carle Huisking was born in 1909, married Viola Paulina
Chavez, and eventually moved to the west coast. Joseph Carle and Viola had 3
children who remain in the western region.
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on this side of the family.
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