DeYoung, Charles

1854 - 1926  (72 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	DeYoung, Charles
  Alt. Birth	9 Jan 1853
  Date
  Conflicting Birth dates suggest that some sort of Birth record should be searched for to confirm the correct date.
  Born	9 Jan 1854	’s Heerenhoek, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt 1883
  Source 1900 Census. Also newspaper Article in 1965 (APC- see notes in daughters file) quoting daughters listing 1883 as the year he immigrated
  Occupation	Between 1894 and 1926
  Lock Tender
  Name:Charles De Young Residence Year:1899 Street Address:Same Residence Place:Appleton, Wisconsin Occupation:Lock Tender Publication Title:Appleton, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1899
  1900 Census	1900	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Charles Deyoung 45 Mary L Deyoung 37 Louisa Deyoung 21 Nellie Deyoung 13 Mary Deyoung 11 Minnie Deyoung 9 William Deyoung 6 Margaret Deyoung 2 Helena Deyoung 1 John West 82
  1920 Census	1920	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Charles Deyoung62 Jane Deyoung28 William F Deyoung25 Mary Deyoung31 Margarette Deyoung22 Dorothy Deyoung20
  Obituary	14 Aug 1926
  Appleton Post Crescent
  EMPLOYEE AT LOCK SWEPT INTO CANAL Iron Crank on Lock Knocks Locktender into Swirling Tailrace: Charles De Young, 68, 1050 E. John-st., a locktender at government lock No. 4, on the Fox river canal, was drowned about 10:15 Saturday morning when the iron crank which is used for opening and shutting the lock gates rebounded and struck him in the stomach, knocking him down the embankment on the east side of the lock into the tailrace of the Interlake Pulp and Paper company. A heroic attempt to save De Young was made by Captain Henry Lemke of the tug Oshkosh, a Cook and Brown Navigation company boat, which was in the locks at the time the accident occurred. Captain Lemke jumped off the boat when he saw the accident, raced down the bank and jumped into the tailrace and succeeded in catching hold of De Young's clothing, but the current was too swift and he was forced to let go and save himself from drowning. He was assisted from the water by other members of the boat crew. De Young floated on top of the water for about 200 feet and then sank from view. Every effort was made to locate him. The body was found about 10:50 by Ray Younger, 1019 W. Elsie-st, Appleton, and Theodore ferg, 1428 E. Candee-st, Appleton, who were dragging the river with a pike pole. They brought the body to the surface and Jacob Kromer and Winton Lansing of the fire department immediately set to work with the pulmonator in an effort to resuscitate De Young. Their efforts were of no avail and death was pronounced about 15 minutes later by two doctors who had been summoned. De Young received several bad bruises on his head when he struck stones at the bottom of the bank before falling into the tailrace. It was thought that either this or the blow in the stomach from the iron crank caused him to lose consciousness, and he is thought to have drowned without regaining his senses. Mr. De Young had coused the gate of the lock and was stepping aside when the crank rebounded and struck him in the stomach. Joseph Hamman, 845 Fifth-St., Oshkosh, an employee of the boat, also witnessed the accident and called for help. Chief George T. Prim, and officers Albert Deltgen, Alfred Dunn and Edward Thomas of the Appleton police department rushed to the scene at once. Mr. De Young had been in the service of the government since March, 1894, and had the longest record of any employee of the government on the Fox river. He had been continually in charge of Lock No. 4 for 32 years. He was born in S'herrenhott (sic), Province of New Zealand (sic) Holland in 1853, and came directly from Holland to Appleton in 1883. He was married in 1895 to Mary Louise Horkman. He was a member of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Holy name society of St. Mary church and the Federal Employee's association. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning from St. Mary church and interment will be made at St. Joseph cemetery. Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Herbert Knight, Misses Mary, Jane, Margaret, and Dorothy, and five grand-children all of Appleton, and one sister, Barbara of Holland." Source: Appleton Post-Crescent, published on Saturday, August 14, 1926, Front Page, Five O'Clock; Price Three Cents "Appleton Post-Crescent," Appleton, WI newspaper published on Tuesday, Aug 17, 1926, Page 15 DEATHS - DEYOUNG FUNERAL Funeral services for Charles DeYoung, 68, who was killed Saturday morning were held at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning from the DeYoung home at 1050 E. John-st, and at 8:30 at St. Mary church. A solemn requiem high mass was read by Msgr. W. J. Fitzmaurice assisted by the Rev. A. Grill and the Rev. William Kiernan. Internment was in St. Joseph Cemetery. Bearers for the services were Axel Fahlstrom, James Jones, Arthur Coffey, Benjamin Prugh, Charles Faas and Jacob Mauthe."
  Died	14 Aug 1926	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	17 Aug 1926	St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I133704	1FamilyTree | CarlaDorow25298
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	deJonge, Willem,   b. 12 Apr 1812, Overzande, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands ,   d. 4 Sep 1889, ’s Heerenhoek, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Acda, Jobje,   b. 2 Jan 1815, Overzande, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands ,   d. 2 Mar 1856, ’s Heerenhoek, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F55955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Horkman, Mary Louisa,   b. 26 Feb 1863, Bay Settlement, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 13 Oct 1907, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1885	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. DeYoung, Petronella F.,   b. 20 Oct 1888, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 19 Oct 1982, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 93 years)   2. deJonge, Mary,   b. 18 Mar 1889, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1967, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 78 years)   3. deJonge, Gertrude J. "Jane" "Minnie",   b. 26 Apr 1891, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1954, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 63 years) + 4. DeYoung, Francis William "William Francis",   b. 23 Aug 1893, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1925, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 32 years)   5. deJonge, Margaret A.,   b. 17 Oct 1897, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1998, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 100 years)   6. deJonge, Dorothy,   b. 16 May 1899, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1989, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F42130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 9 Jan 1854 - ’s Heerenhoek, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands Married - 13 Oct 1885 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1920 Census - 1920 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 14 Aug 1926 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - 17 Aug 1926 - St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  DeYoung, Charles 1854-1926, Lockmaster Appleton #4 died on duty.