tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post5434215155905988584..comments2023-06-26T04:17:39.453-05:00Comments on Genealogy Tip of the Day: Always Have Your Eyes Open?Michael John Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-81412851472268493982014-01-20T15:48:45.555-06:002014-01-20T15:48:45.555-06:00Yes, they did. All my maternal ancestors are from ...Yes, they did. All my maternal ancestors are from Ostfriesland--they immigrated to Illinois from the 1850s through the 1880s. My incomplete ahnentafel is posted here for anyone who is interested http://rootdig.blogspot.com/p/my-ahnentafel.htmlBubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116684507094892060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-14110986004348627532014-01-20T15:42:23.489-06:002014-01-20T15:42:23.489-06:00That explains it then! Friesland and Ostfriesland ...That explains it then! Friesland and Ostfriesland shared much of their culture and language. Yvette Hoitinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807310204372870735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-4708129968208374172014-01-18T17:08:37.022-06:002014-01-18T17:08:37.022-06:00Yvette-
Habbe and his travel companion, Fokke, we...Yvette-<br /><br />Habbe and his travel companion, Fokke, were natives of Ostfriesland--which as you know is not far away. Fokke was born in Wrisse and Habbe was probably from near that village as well. Many Ostfriesens settled in Illinois and later went to Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. <br /><br />Habbe apparently went by Harm at various times as well. <br />Michael John Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785989524587275817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266495682245162271.post-1776705977537712732014-01-18T16:00:49.204-06:002014-01-18T16:00:49.204-06:00Habbe Agena sounds like it could be an Americaniza...Habbe Agena sounds like it could be an Americanization of a Frisian name, from the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. The Frisian form could be Halbe Agema. A lot of Frisians emigrated to the US in the 1870s-1890s, many of them settling in Michigan and Illinois. Yvette Hoitinkhttp://www.dutchgenealogy.nlnoreply@blogger.com