VanLankvelt, Peter Johannes

1865 - 1927  (62 years)    Has 10 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	VanLankvelt, Peter Johannes
  Born	26 Feb 1865	Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Aft 26 Feb 1865
  Unknown
  Died	7 Oct 1927	Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	12 Oct 1927
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Kimberly Mill Casualties - The Dead Otto Krueger, 116 John-St., Kimberly, 29, Married, 3 Children. Employed By C. R. Meyer And Sons, Construction Co. Peter Van Langveldt, Little Chute, Employed By Kimberly-Clark Co. Norbert Goffard, Kimberly, Employed By Kimberly-Clark Co. John Fries, Kimberly, Meyer Construction Co. Herman Sprangers, Darboy, Employed By Kimberly- Clark Co. The Injured Employed by Kimberly-Clark Co. Constant Wagner, 46, Kimberly, leg badly crushed, widower. Matt Valentine, 26, Kimberly, single, Theodore Lamers, 26, Little Chute, married. Injuries undetermined. Nicholas Fox, 23, Kimberly, single. Injuries serious. John Vander Zanden, 25, Little Chute, married. Arthur Brockman, 40, Kimberly, two broken legs, broken arm and fractured skull. Fear he will die. Is married and h£s four children. Harry Wynn, Flushing, N. Y., skull injured. He is 18 and unmarried. Wynn lives at the Y. M. C. A. in Appleton. Employed by C. R, Meyer Sons Co. Myron White, Mattoon, 20, Single. August Gauthier, 43, East DePere. Joseph Vanden Heuvel, Kimberly, 24, single. Martin VerKuilen, 23, Medina, married. George Stroker, 21, Kaukauna, single. Frank Van Amstel, Kimberly, 43, serious face and scalp wounds. Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Friday, October 07, 1927 | Page 1 Begin Preparations for Resuming Operations as Manders' Body Is Found "With removal of the body of J. Mandels, DePere, from the wreckage of the collapsed portion of the Kimberly- Clark Paper Co. mill at Kimberly rescue work was completed and removal of debris from the wrecked seater room was temporarily halted Manders' body was found at 7:15 Tuesday night near the bottom of the debris, about ten feet from the west wall of the ruined section. His body was paitly immersed in water for several days after the collapse but the pit -was nearly dry when the body removed. It had been, buried in the moist pulp since about 10 last Friday morning. After the body was found the rescue squads were taken out of the pits and the men sent to their home-, to prepare for the work of resuming operations in the mill. With the finding of Slander's body the number of dead in the disaster was increased to nine. The dead are: Otto Krueger. Arthur Brockman. Norbert Goffard. J. Despins. Herman Sprangers. T. Manders. Peter Van Langveldt. Frank. "W. Johnson John Fiers. Eighteen men were more or less severely injured in the wreck but al are rapidly recovering. Some have been discharged from St. Elizabetl hospiital. Employes of the mill reported for work Wednesday morning and-began cleaning up the mill and making re pairs. It was stated by mill officials that operations on some of the ma chines probably will be resumed on Thursday morning. It also was said that shipment of paper from the mil probably will be .started in a day o tuo- During the time the rescue worl was in progress all other activitie, about the mill were completely sus pended and not a wheel was turned nor a nictn employed for any othe purpose than that of removing debris from the wrecked portion. Officials of the Kimberly-Clark Co "Wednesday expressed their sympathj for the sufferers in the accident an>~ their gratitude for and appreciatio; of the "limitless spirit of helpfullnes that has manifested itself on ever hand." "While still under the full weight o the disaster and sorrow which has be fallen our company and its employe of the Kimberly mill we would mak this public expression of our deep ap preciation of the limitless spirit o helpfullness that iias manifested itsel on every hand." the statement said. First in our thoughts of apprecia tion and admiration arc those cm ploycc-- of Kimberly-Clark Company and C. K. Meyer & Sons Company risked their own lives in the worst of rescue immediately following the disaster when danger was greatest. "Hundreds of men of both companies toiled without ceasing in the debri until the last body was recovered. Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin | Wednesday, October 12, 1927 | Page 1
  Buried	St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA
  	VanLankvelt, Peter St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin
  Person ID	I63037	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	VanLankvelt, Martinus,   b. 14 Nov 1823, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 10 Jan 1897, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	VanDuijnhoven, Ida,   b. 19 Mar 1831, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 24 Oct 1869, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F47802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Verkuijlen, Hendrika,   b. 12 Oct 1862, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 27 Apr 1900, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age 37 years)
  Married	17 May 1889	Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
  Children	+ 1. VanLankvelt, John,   b. 20 Mar 1890, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 9 Oct 1976, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years)   2. VanLankvelt, Petronella,   b. 20 Mar 1891, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 21 Sep 1909, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age 18 years) + 3. VanLankvelt, Theodore,   b. 27 Apr 1892, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 9 Oct 1981, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 89 years) + 4. VanLankvelt, Cornelia Maria,   b. 26 Jan 1894, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 12 Oct 1967, Veghel, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age 73 years)   5. VanLankvelt, Anna,   b. Abt 1895, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. Abt 1897, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age ~ 2 years)   6. VanLankvelt, Martina,   b. Abt 1900, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. Abt 1903, Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  (Age ~ 3 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F20516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	VanGerven, Mary,   b. 30 Nov 1877, Geffen, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands ,   d. 19 Jun 1946, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	26 Sep 1906	Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. VanLankvelt, Hattie C.,   b. 26 Oct 1908, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 29 May 2002, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 93 years)   2. VanLankvelt, Genevieve,   b. 12 Jan 1911, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1998, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 87 years) + 3. VanLankveldt, Henry J.,   b. 31 May 1913, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Nov 1989, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 76 years)   4. VanLankvelt, Martin Peter,   b. 5 Jan 1916, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt Jan 1917, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 1 years)   5. Vanlankveldt, Julia A.,   b. 3 Feb 1917, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 28 May 2010  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F41813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 26 Feb 1865 - Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Married - 17 May 1889 - Uden, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Married - 26 Sep 1906 - Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 7 Oct 1927 - Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - St. John Catholic Cemetery, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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