She was born in August 1834 as Hindrikje Blink in the country village Uithuizermeeden, in the utter northern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen, daughter of day laborer Willem Hindriks Blink and Ebeltje Barnjes van der Zwaag.
Hindrikje Blink emigrated between very probably 1852 and 1859 to the USA, Illinois, Cook County, just south of Chicago, likely with her parents and her brothers Hindrik (Henry), Klaas (Klaus, Claus) and Barteld (Bartel) Blink. The latter immigrated in 1856.
Hindrikje Blink married in January 1859, very probably in Thornton Town or Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the ten years older Arij Anker (= Anchor), born in October 1824 in Gouderak, a river village near Gouda in the mideastern part of the Dutch southwestern province Zuid-Holland, son of Willem Anker and Willemijntje van Dam. Arij Anker emigrated in 1848 with his parents and siblings to the USA.
In 1860 Henrika (27 y, born in Holland), her husband Ary Enker [Anker] (33, Holland), their son (?) Peter [?, should be William?] Enker (0, Illinois) and her father William Blink (57, Holland) lived in the town of Thornton, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
In 1870 Henerika (34, Holland), her husband Irwin [Arij] Anker (44, Holland, farmer), their children William (10, Illinois), Henirich (7, Illinois), Peter (5, Illinois), Nicholas (3, Illinois) and William Blank (66, Holland) [Henerika's father] lived at an own farm, worth $2500, in the Dutch truck farmers setttlement South Holland, just south of Chicago, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
Right next to them Irwin's brother Nicholas Anker (36, Holland, farmer), his wife Anna (32, Holland) and their children Mena (9, llinois), Airai (5, Illinois) and Nelly (2, Illinois) lived at an own farm too, worth $2500. Next to her brother-in-law Nicholas her father-in-law William Anker (72 y, born in Holland, farmer), her mother-in-law Wilemenka (70, Holland), her siblings-in-law William (42, Holland), Cornelius (32, Holland), Gertrude (30, Holland) and Peter (26, Holland) Anker lived at an own farm too, worth $12000.
In 1880 Henriette (45), her husband Arie Anker (55), their sons William (20), Henry (17), Peter A (15), Charles (12) and her father William Blink (75) lived still in Thornton [Township], Cook County, Illinois.
Her husband Arie Anker died in November 1894 at the age of 70 years in South Holland, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Widow Hendrijke died there too in May 1910 at the age of 75 years.
Bio by Peter Hakze, Netherlands, FAG # 47703868, in July 2014.
Hindrikje Blink emigrated between very probably 1852 and 1859 to the USA, Illinois, Cook County, just south of Chicago, likely with her parents and her brothers Hindrik (Henry), Klaas (Klaus, Claus) and Barteld (Bartel) Blink. The latter immigrated in 1856.
Hindrikje Blink married in January 1859, very probably in Thornton Town or Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the ten years older Arij Anker (= Anchor), born in October 1824 in Gouderak, a river village near Gouda in the mideastern part of the Dutch southwestern province Zuid-Holland, son of Willem Anker and Willemijntje van Dam. Arij Anker emigrated in 1848 with his parents and siblings to the USA.
In 1860 Henrika (27 y, born in Holland), her husband Ary Enker [Anker] (33, Holland), their son (?) Peter [?, should be William?] Enker (0, Illinois) and her father William Blink (57, Holland) lived in the town of Thornton, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
In 1870 Henerika (34, Holland), her husband Irwin [Arij] Anker (44, Holland, farmer), their children William (10, Illinois), Henirich (7, Illinois), Peter (5, Illinois), Nicholas (3, Illinois) and William Blank (66, Holland) [Henerika's father] lived at an own farm, worth $2500, in the Dutch truck farmers setttlement South Holland, just south of Chicago, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
Right next to them Irwin's brother Nicholas Anker (36, Holland, farmer), his wife Anna (32, Holland) and their children Mena (9, llinois), Airai (5, Illinois) and Nelly (2, Illinois) lived at an own farm too, worth $2500. Next to her brother-in-law Nicholas her father-in-law William Anker (72 y, born in Holland, farmer), her mother-in-law Wilemenka (70, Holland), her siblings-in-law William (42, Holland), Cornelius (32, Holland), Gertrude (30, Holland) and Peter (26, Holland) Anker lived at an own farm too, worth $12000.
In 1880 Henriette (45), her husband Arie Anker (55), their sons William (20), Henry (17), Peter A (15), Charles (12) and her father William Blink (75) lived still in Thornton [Township], Cook County, Illinois.
Her husband Arie Anker died in November 1894 at the age of 70 years in South Holland, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Widow Hendrijke died there too in May 1910 at the age of 75 years.
Bio by Peter Hakze, Netherlands, FAG # 47703868, in July 2014.
She was born in August 1834 as Hindrikje Blink in the country village Uithuizermeeden, in the utter northern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen, daughter of day laborer Willem Hindriks Blink and Ebeltje Barnjes van der Zwaag.
Hindrikje Blink emigrated between very probably 1852 and 1859 to the USA, Illinois, Cook County, just south of Chicago, likely with her parents and her brothers Hindrik (Henry), Klaas (Klaus, Claus) and Barteld (Bartel) Blink. The latter immigrated in 1856.
Hindrikje Blink married in January 1859, very probably in Thornton Town or Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the ten years older Arij Anker (= Anchor), born in October 1824 in Gouderak, a river village near Gouda in the mideastern part of the Dutch southwestern province Zuid-Holland, son of Willem Anker and Willemijntje van Dam. Arij Anker emigrated in 1848 with his parents and siblings to the USA.
In 1860 Henrika (27 y, born in Holland), her husband Ary Enker [Anker] (33, Holland), their son (?) Peter [?, should be William?] Enker (0, Illinois) and her father William Blink (57, Holland) lived in the town of Thornton, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
In 1870 Henerika (34, Holland), her husband Irwin [Arij] Anker (44, Holland, farmer), their children William (10, Illinois), Henirich (7, Illinois), Peter (5, Illinois), Nicholas (3, Illinois) and William Blank (66, Holland) [Henerika's father] lived at an own farm, worth $2500, in the Dutch truck farmers setttlement South Holland, just south of Chicago, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
Right next to them Irwin's brother Nicholas Anker (36, Holland, farmer), his wife Anna (32, Holland) and their children Mena (9, llinois), Airai (5, Illinois) and Nelly (2, Illinois) lived at an own farm too, worth $2500. Next to her brother-in-law Nicholas her father-in-law William Anker (72 y, born in Holland, farmer), her mother-in-law Wilemenka (70, Holland), her siblings-in-law William (42, Holland), Cornelius (32, Holland), Gertrude (30, Holland) and Peter (26, Holland) Anker lived at an own farm too, worth $12000.
In 1880 Henriette (45), her husband Arie Anker (55), their sons William (20), Henry (17), Peter A (15), Charles (12) and her father William Blink (75) lived still in Thornton [Township], Cook County, Illinois.
Her husband Arie Anker died in November 1894 at the age of 70 years in South Holland, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Widow Hendrijke died there too in May 1910 at the age of 75 years.
Bio by Peter Hakze, Netherlands, FAG # 47703868, in July 2014.
Hindrikje Blink emigrated between very probably 1852 and 1859 to the USA, Illinois, Cook County, just south of Chicago, likely with her parents and her brothers Hindrik (Henry), Klaas (Klaus, Claus) and Barteld (Bartel) Blink. The latter immigrated in 1856.
Hindrikje Blink married in January 1859, very probably in Thornton Town or Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to the ten years older Arij Anker (= Anchor), born in October 1824 in Gouderak, a river village near Gouda in the mideastern part of the Dutch southwestern province Zuid-Holland, son of Willem Anker and Willemijntje van Dam. Arij Anker emigrated in 1848 with his parents and siblings to the USA.
In 1860 Henrika (27 y, born in Holland), her husband Ary Enker [Anker] (33, Holland), their son (?) Peter [?, should be William?] Enker (0, Illinois) and her father William Blink (57, Holland) lived in the town of Thornton, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
In 1870 Henerika (34, Holland), her husband Irwin [Arij] Anker (44, Holland, farmer), their children William (10, Illinois), Henirich (7, Illinois), Peter (5, Illinois), Nicholas (3, Illinois) and William Blank (66, Holland) [Henerika's father] lived at an own farm, worth $2500, in the Dutch truck farmers setttlement South Holland, just south of Chicago, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.
Right next to them Irwin's brother Nicholas Anker (36, Holland, farmer), his wife Anna (32, Holland) and their children Mena (9, llinois), Airai (5, Illinois) and Nelly (2, Illinois) lived at an own farm too, worth $2500. Next to her brother-in-law Nicholas her father-in-law William Anker (72 y, born in Holland, farmer), her mother-in-law Wilemenka (70, Holland), her siblings-in-law William (42, Holland), Cornelius (32, Holland), Gertrude (30, Holland) and Peter (26, Holland) Anker lived at an own farm too, worth $12000.
In 1880 Henriette (45), her husband Arie Anker (55), their sons William (20), Henry (17), Peter A (15), Charles (12) and her father William Blink (75) lived still in Thornton [Township], Cook County, Illinois.
Her husband Arie Anker died in November 1894 at the age of 70 years in South Holland, seat of Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Widow Hendrijke died there too in May 1910 at the age of 75 years.
Bio by Peter Hakze, Netherlands, FAG # 47703868, in July 2014.
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