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Cornelis Gijsbers was born on September 8, 1824.[1]
- Father: Wilbert Gijsbers
- Mother: Antonet Maassen
Cornelius Giesbers, who came to the Fox River Valley in the party headed by Father Vandenbroek, the first Catholic priest to establish a church at Little Chute and who was one of the earliest pioneers of Little Chute and Outagamie County, died last Saturday at his home in Green Bay at the age of 87 years. Mr. Giesbers was born in Mell, Holland, in 1824. In 1848 he elected to join the party headed by Father Vandenbroek and sailed to America. After landing in New York, the party headed directly to Wisconsin and in a couple months after leaving his native home he arrived at the banks of the Fox River at the point where the thriving village of Little Chute is now located. He is survived by seven children. [[1]]Kaukauna Times January 5,1912
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- ↑ Brabant Historical Information Centre in Brabant (Netherlands), Civil registration births Bron: boek, Part: 5272, Period: 1824, Mill en Sint Hubert, access code 50, inventory number 5272, Geboorteregister Mill en Sint Hubert 1824, record number 41
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL6-F42V : 15 December 2021), Cornelius Giesbers, ; Burial, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States of America, Allouez Catholic Cemetery And Chapel Mausoleum; citing record ID 89348093, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4D6-PZ9 : 23 December 2020), Cornelius Giesbers in household of Antonette W Giesbers, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW9J-5T8 : 18 February 2021), Cornelius Geisbers, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSS-9R7 : 29 May 2021), Cornelius Giesbers, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMV1-41H : accessed 5 January 2022), Cornelist Gieslers in household of Henry Van Den Howel, Bellevue town, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 7A, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,778.
- "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSD-XQN : 8 March 2021), Cornelius Geisbers, Bellevue, Brown, Wisconsin; citing p. 40, line 95, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,440.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2C-WJ6 : accessed 5 January 2022), Cornelius Vandenhueval in household of Henry Vandenhueval, Bellevue, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 8A, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1701; FHL microfilm 1,375,714.
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