William Heyen JANSSEN ³

  Death Notes:

||Chronic Myocarditis/ Senility

  Noted events in his life were:

• William /Johnson/: William /Johnson/.

• He had a residence in 1873 in Bethalto, Illinois.

• He emigrated on 4 Nov 1865 from Illinois. ⁶ Left from Bremen Germany on the ship J L Thierman and arrived in New York.

• He appeared on the census on 5 Jun 1880 in Nokomis Twp., Montgomery Co., Illinois.

• He was naturalized in 1875. ⁷

• He immigrated on 18 Jun 1870 to Germany, Illinois. ^{4 5 8} William's death certificate says that he was in the country for 58 years and in Nokomis for 51 years prior to his death in 1928. William appears to have arrived in New York on the Ship Rhine, from Bremen on June 18, 1870.

• He was baptized on 31 Jul 1842 in Aurich, Oldendorff, Ostriesland, Germany.

William married Rixte A. JANSSEN, daughter of Arend Ahrens JANSSEN and Antje Tonjessen JANSSEN, on 5 Jun 1875 in Zions Church, Mt. Olive, Illinois.^{1 2} (Rixte A. JANSSEN was born on 8 Jan 1849 in Schrorvinsdorf, Germany, died on 21 Aug 1887 and was buried in 1887 in St. Paul's Cemetery, Nokomis, Montgomery Co., Illinois.)

William next married Gesche HENDRICKS on 1 Dec 1887.² (Gesche HENDRICKS was born in 1841,⁹ died on 18 Mar 1921 ² and was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Nokomis Twp., Montgomery Co., Illinois ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the census on 8 Jun 1900 in Nokomis Twp., Montgomery Co., Illinois. ||Farmer||

• They appeared on the census on 12 Jan 1920 in Nokomis, Montgomery Co., Illinois. Retired||Madison Street||

• They appeared on the census on 20 Apr 1910 in Nokomis, Montgomery Co., Illinois. ||Cedar Street||