Coonen, Martin

1840 - 1915  (74 years)    Has 14 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Coonen, Martin  [1]
  Born	22 Dec 1840	Reek, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth - Civil Record	22 Dec 1840
  Civil records, Reek, Noord- Brabant, Netherlands, birth #25, 22 December 1840, Martinus Coenen, paren ts Jacobus Coenen (34) and Cornelia Jacobs (37).FHL Film #0112552
  Immigration	10 May 1848	New York, New York, New York, USA
  on the Maria Magdelena from Rotterdam Line 102 on 3/29/1848
  Jacobus Koenen age 41, Farmer, Cornelia Jacobs age 45, Gerardus a ge 5, Theodorus age 16, Maria age 18, Hendrika age 9, Johannes age 14, Mar tinus age 7. (see notes under James Jacob Coonen)
  	Maria Magdelena Passenger List Line 102 Page 3, Line 122
  1850 Census	1850	Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 157 line 07
  	1850 Census Kaukalin Page 157 Brown County, Wisconsin
  Military Service	Between 15 Feb 1865 and 14 Jun 1866  [3]
  Civil War, Private, Company F, Wisconsin 50th Infantry
  Feb 15 1864 - June 14 1865 Served in the 50th regiment; UNION WISCONSIN VOLUN TEERS 50th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Organized at Madison, Wis., Mar ch and April, 1865. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence from Benton Barracks ( skirmishes near Booneville, Mo., May 3, 1865, Detachment) to Fort Leavenwo rth, Kan., and to Fort Rice, D. T. Duty there till May, 1866. Mustered o ut April 19 to June 12, 1863.Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 43 En listed men by disease. Total 45. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Martin Coonen Residence: Buchanan, Wisconsin State Served: Wisconsin Rank, Company: Private, Company F Regiment: Wisconsin 50th Infantry Enlisted: 15 Feb 1865 Musturerd Out: 14 Jun 1866 Survived the War? - Yes Was POW? - Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, Wisconsin 50th Infantry Regiment on 15 Feb 1865. Mustered out on 14 Jun 1866.
  1870 Census	1870	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1870 Buchanan Census, Film # 295697, page 12; Listed living with wife Cath arine and two children, Listed age as 30, Occupation Farmer, RE $120 0, PE $ 160
  	1870 Census Buchanan page 12 Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  1880 Census	1880	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 8
  Listed living with wife Catherine and 6 children and grandmother Cornelia age 78Listed occupation as Farmer,age 40, born in Holland, parents born Holland
  	1880 Census Buchanan ED116 page 08 Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  1885 State Census	1885	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  page058_left, line 11
  Martin Coonen listed as head of household of 5 males and 5 females, 8 born in the US 2 born in Holland.
  	1885 Census Buchanan page 058_left Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  News Mention	7 Apr 1888
  Kaukauna Sun
  1888 Kaukauna Sun dated 4/07/1888; Martin Coenen elected Chairman of Buchan an.
  1890 Census	1890	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buchanan Page 01 Line 03
  1890 Special Census of Surviving Soldiers; Listed as Martin Coonen of Darb oy, WI. Listed rank as Private, Company F, Regiment 50.Enlisted 1864, Discharged April 1865, served 1 year, 6 Months and 15 days.
  	1890 Census Veterans Schedule Buchanan page 1 Veterans Schedule
  1895 State Census	1895	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Martin Coonen listed as head of household of 4 males 5 female s, 9 born in US (?)
  News Mention	11 Feb 1898
  Kaukauna Times
  1898 Kaukauna times dated 2/11/1898; Little Chute News, Mr & Mrs Martin Co onen visited friends in DePere Tuesday.
  1900 Census	1900	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 17b
  Listed living with wife Catherine and 5 children and 1 boarder. Listed age as 59 born Dec 1840, born Holland, paren ts born Holland. Listed occupation as Farmer, immigrated in 18 48 in US 52 years NA. Boarder living with then was Freda Welker age 22, bo rn Germany, occupation servant imm in 1882
  News Mention	24 Apr 1903
  Kaukauna Times
  1903 Kaukauna Times dated 4/24/1903; Darboy - Henry Coonen of Little Chu te was a guest of his uncle Martin Coonen. 1903 Kaukauna Times dated 5/08/1903; Darboy - Mr & Mrs Henry Van Able of Mi nneapolis Minn. arrived Sunday to visit Martin Coonen and family. 1903 Kaukauna Sun dated 5/15/1903; Martin Coonen and family, Henry VanAb el and family, and John Beelan and family attended the two Coonen wedding s, one in Little Chute last Wednesday and in Vandenbroek on Tuesday.
  News Mention	20 Sep 1906
  Kaukauna Times
  1906 Kaukauna Sun dated 9/20/1906; Martin Coonen and wife went to DePe re on Monday to bid farewell to his brother, John, who is moving to Magnol ia Springs, Alabama. He was accompanied to his southern home by his son He nry J. and wife. 1906 Kaukauna Sun dated 11/22/1906; Darboy - Mr and Mrs Martin Coonen we re surprised Monday by 40 or so to help them celebrate their 40th annivers ary. A pleasant evening was spent dancing, cards and games. 1906 Kaukauna Times dated 11/23/1906; "Darboy" One of the joliest surpri se parties Monday eve when the friends of Mr. & Mrs Martin Coenen celebrat ed their 40th wedding anniversary. 1906 Kaukauna Sun dated 12/13/1906; Mr. & Mrs Martin Coonen attended the f uneral of their brother in law L. DeBruin at DePere.
  News Mention	17 Sep 1908
  Kaukauna Times
  1908 Kaukauna Sun dated 9/17/1908; Martin Coonen of Buchanan will have a p ublic auction at his farm on October 6.
  News Mention	30 Apr 1909
  Kaukauna Times
  1909 Kaukauna Times dated 4/30/1909; Mr & Mrs Martin Coonen, Miss Nellie C oonen Mrs John Wittman and daughter Katie attended the Verstegen Stier wed ding at Little Chute Tuesday. (Kate Verstegen and John Stier)
  1910 Census	1910	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 8b
  Listed living with wife and 1 child. Listed age as 69, born in Holland, parents in HollandListed married 53 years, immigrated in 1848, NA, occupation Farmer
  Biography	1911  [4]
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0901
  MARTIN COONEN, who during a long, useful and eventful life has been intimately associated with the agricultural, public and professional interes ts of Outagamie county, is now the owner of sixty-three acres in section 3 3, Buchanan township, and is not only known as a pioneer farmer and veteri nary surgeon and as a publicspirited citizen who always has had the best i nterests of his community at heart, but is honored and respected as a vete ran of the great Civil War. Born December 22, 1840, in Zeeland, Holland, M r. Coonen is a son of James and Cornelia (Jacobs) Coonen, natives of Holla nd, where Jacob Coonen was the proprietor of a hotel and also owned a far m. In June, 1848, the family came to America, locating on a partly develop ed farm in Little Chute township, where Jacob- Coonen's death occurred abo ut 1855, when he was only fortyseven years of age. After his demise his wi dow took her family to Buchanan township, buying sixty-three acres of la nd where Martin Coonen now resides, and here her death occurred in 1882, w hen she was eighty-three years old, and her burial took place in. Buchan an Cemetery, her husband having been interred in Little Chute. The early d eath of Martin Coonen's father caused him to go to work at an early age, a nd he was not much past fourteen years old when he started to employ himse lf at whatever honest occupation presented itself. He continued thus, prin cipally at farming, until 1862, in which year he enlisted for service in t he Union army, becoming a member of Company F, Fiftieth Regiment, Wiscons in Volunteer Infantry, with which organization he served until the clo se of the war. His regiment, starting from Camp Randall, went to St. Lou is for ten days, went thence to Memphis, Tennessee, returned to St. Lou is and marched through Missouri, visiting Jefferson City, Kansas City, S t. Joseph and Waverly; proceeded to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the Thi rd Cavalry, and two months later were sent to protect the settlers from t he Indians, and it was while there that the war closed. The regiment, orig inally with Sherman's army, was detailed to scout duty, and shifted from o ne army to another.Mr. Coonen was finally mustered out in Madison, in June, 1866.After his return from the war, Mr. Coonen resumed farming operations on t he old homestead, where he was married November 19, 1866, to Miss Johan na C. Verstegen, who was born June 29; 1849, daughter of Arnold and Anna M ary (Beeman) Verstegen, natives of Holland, who were married in that count ry and came to America in 1850, settling in Little Chute on a farm. The mo ther died in 1862, aged forty-two years, and the father passed away in 190 0, at the age of eighty, and both are buried in Little Chute. They had a f amily of eleven children, of whom Mrs. Coonen was the fourth in order of b irth. Mr. and Mrs. Coonen have had eleven children: the eldest, Mary Cathe rine, married Michael Whiteman, and died February 23, 1890, aged twenty-t wo years, leaving one child; and is buried in Buchanan Cemetery; James L ., is married and living in Calumet county and has six children; George W ., also married and living in Calumet county, has four children; John A. d ied in infancy; Annie M. married J. Beelen of Buchanan township, and has f our children; Cornelia C., married Henry Van Abel of Kaukauna and has fi ve children: Arnold A., who was married and had four children, resid ed in Taylor county until his death, which was caused by accident Septemb er 7, 1910, and he is buried in Buchanan township; John E. is single a nd a teacher in the Green Bay High school; Christina married George Vander heiden and lives in Brown county and has three children; Franklin J. is ma rried, lives in Kaukauna and has one child; and Nellie J. is single and li ving at home.Mr. Coonen has all of his land in a high state of cultivation, fenced wi th barbed and woven wire, and carries on general farming and stock raisin g, markets dairy products and rents his land on shares to his neighbor s. He milks six cows and breeds high-grade Short Horn and Holstein cattl e. For the past forty years he has been engaged in the practice of veterin ary surgery, having been the first veterinary in this community, and his r eputation in this line extends over a wide district. He is a popular comra de of the Grand Army Post, and his fellow townsmen have evidenced their es teem of his upright character and official ability by electing him to vari ous township offices, including those of school director, member of the to wnship board and chairman of the township. Mr. Coonen has seen and taken p art in the various changes that have occurred in Buchanan township and h is reminiscences of early days are particularly interesting. His person al adventures have been thrilling, and have not been confined to servi ng in the army and fighting the Indians. On August 12, 1862, while saili ng between Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay, at eight o'clock a. m., the vess el on which Mr. Coonen and his companions were sailing foundered on the we st side of the bay, and Mir. Coonen swam to the other shore, saving not on ly his own life but also that of a companion, although it took him fifte en hours to complete the ten miles. Mr. Coonen's religious connection is w ith the Roman 'Catholic Church, and he attends services at the Holy Angels congregation at Darboy.
  	Coonen, Martin Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	21 Jan 1915	Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Obituary	Aft 21 Jan 1915
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  	Coonen, Martin Obituary transcribed from Kaukauna Times
  Tombstone	Aft 21 Jan 1915	St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  	Coonen, Martin St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  	Coonen, Martin Outagamie County Veterans' Grave Registration List
  Buried	Aft 21 Jan 1915	St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  1915 Tombstone St. John's Cemetery, Little Chute Location OLD/09/5 Cemetery notes Civil War Vet, co F 50th reg.
  	Coonen, Martin St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  Notes	Name was changed from Coenen as a result of Civil war error, he is the one who lost a finger in the civil war that he received a pension for. When they sent his check they misspelled his name to Coonen so he changed it to Coonen from there on. His brothers and sisters continued to use the Coenen version.
  Person ID	I2743	1FamilyTree | MaryLangenhuizenClose78556
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Coenen, James Jacob,   b. 3 Jan 1807, Zeeland, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 24 Apr 1854, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Jacobs, Cornelia,   b. 28 Mar 1803, Zeeland, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 8 Feb 1882, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Verstegen, Johanna Catharina "Kate",   b. 29 Jun 1849, Zeeland, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 2 May 1918, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1866	St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  	Coonen, Martin and Johanna Verstegen
  	Coonen, Martin Family circa 1900
  	Coonen Family James Coonen, Tina, Annie, Nellie
  Marriage Record (Family)	19 Nov 1866	St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  1866 St. John's Little Chute marriage records page 174; Martinus Coenen a nd Johanna Catharina Verstegen married 11/19/1866.
  News Mention (Family)	27 Nov 1891
  Kaukauna Sun
  1891 Kaukauna Sun dated 11/27/1891; Mr & Mrs Coonen of Buchanan celebrated last Thursday their 25th wedding anniversary, a large group gathered.
  Children	+ 1. Coonen, Mary Catherine,   b. 28 Jan 1868, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1890, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 22 years) + 2. Coonen, James Louis,   b. 18 Jun 1869, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1 Jun 1958, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 88 years) + 3. Coonen, George William,   b. 14 Feb 1871, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Mar 1940, Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 69 years)   4. Coonen, John Arnold,   b. 3 Oct 1872, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1872, Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 0 years) + 5. Coonen, Anna Mary,   b. 12 Nov 1873, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1962, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 88 years) + 6. Coonen, Cornelia "Kate",   b. 3 Nov 1876, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1955, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 78 years) + 7. Coonen, Arnold A.,   b. 26 Feb 1879, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Sep 1910, Jump River, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 31 years) + 8. Coonen, John Edgar,   b. 14 Dec 1880, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 12 Jun 1953  (Age 72 years) + 9. Coonen, Christina "Tina",   b. 4 Jan 1884, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1983, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 99 years) + 10. Coonen, Franklin J.,   b. 22 May 1886, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1956, Oneida, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 70 years) + 11. Coonen, Petronella J.,   b. 3 Feb 1889, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1977, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F33423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 22 Dec 1840 - Reek, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Immigration - on the Maria Magdelena from Rotterdam Line 102 on 3/29/1848 - 10 May 1848 - New York, New York, New York, USA 1850 Census - Page 157 line 07 - 1850 - Kaukalin, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Married - 19 Nov 1866 - St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA Marriage Record (Family) - 19 Nov 1866 - St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - 1870 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - Page 8 - 1880 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1885 State Census - page058_left, line 11 - 1885 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1890 Census - Buchanan Page 01 Line 03 - 1890 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1895 State Census - 1895 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - Page 17b - 1900 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - Page 8b - 1910 - Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 21 Jan 1915 - Darboy, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA Tombstone - Aft 21 Jan 1915 - St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 21 Jan 1915 - St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Coonen, Martin and Johanna Verstegen

  
  

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  [S46] Gedcom import from CoonenFamily.GED. [S47] Gedcom import from BobCarlsonJCoenen2.FTW. [S836] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Ancestry.com, (U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, online Ancestry.com). Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA [S1010] History of Outagamie County, Thomas Henry Ryan, (Published by: Chicago, Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, 1391 pages. Being a General Survey of Outagamie County History including a History of the Cities, Towns and Villages throughout the County, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present), page 0901.