A study in courage : the story of Jan and Catharina Wübbena and their ten children / edited by D.W. & B.B. Hendricks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hendricks, D. W. (Dawn Wubbena), 1926-

Hendricks, Burton B. (Burton Burnett), 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wübbena family.

Wübbena, Jan Janssen, 1845-1907--Family.

Wübbena, Jan Janssen.

Wübbena, Catharina Jungjohann, 1855-1894--Family.

Wübbena, Catharina Jungjohann.

German Americans--Biography.

German Americans.

Wübbena, Catharina Jungjohann, 1855-1894.

Wübbena, Jan Janssen, 1845-1907.

Families.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 720 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Penn. : B & D Press, ©1996.

Summary:

Jan Janssen Wübbena was born 10 April 1845 in Tergast, Germany. He married Catharina Jugjohann, who was born 31 March 1855 in Neermoor, Germany, on 7 December 1873. Their first 4 children, John, Charles, Henry, and Talka, were born in Neermoor. In 1886 they sailed to America on the steamship, Trave. They settled in Standish, Michigan. Six more children, Minnie, Harry, Emma, Fred, Ella, and William were born there. Catharina died nineteen days after the birth of the tenth child on 23 January 1894. Jan did not remarry, but raised his children with the help of the older ones, especially Talka and John. Jan died 28 May 1907. As of June 21, 1995, there were 198 living descendants of Jan and Catharina Wübbena living in 28 states and 5 foreign countries. The largest concentrations lived in the states of Michigan (72), Texas (16), California (13), Virginia (10), and Pennsylvania (8).

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Study in courage.

ISBN:

0965066207

9780965066204

OCLC:

34151786