Individual Details

History of the St. Croix Valley, Augustus Easton, 1909, Pg. 784-785
E. B. Heebink was born at Aalten, Holland, July 13, 1849, a son of Garrett John and Johannah (Snoeyenbos) Heebink, natives of that country. His parents came to America in 1854 and located at Oostburg, Holland township, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, where they bought thirty acres of land and built a house, also conducting a general store from 1855 to 1861. In 1866 they sold their original thirty acres and two years later purchased eighty acres more in the same township. They broke all the land, erected buildings and carried on general farming until 1871, when they sold out. They came to Hammond, Wis., the following year and acquired ten acres of land, upon which they constructed a beautiful home, where they resided until their death, the father passing away in 1887. E.B. received a good education in the common schools of Sheboygan county, remaining on the home farm and working with his father until twenty-two years of age. At that time he bought fifty-five acres of land in Hammond township, breaking the land and erecting buildings. For a time he did a diversified farming and then sold the fity-five acres to acquire 160 acres in the same township, the place being the one upon which he now resides. He broke a part of the land and at present has nearly all of it under cultivation. In 1890 he built a comfortable house and the following year erected a large and commodious barn. He is one of the up-to-date farmers of Hammond township and everything that he has undertaken has prospered. He raises the usual crops and makes a speciality of Hereford cattle and Poland-China hogs. He also has a flock of Brown Leghorn fowls and breeds some horses. Mr. Heebink was married April 7, 1874, to Gertrude Brethonwer, daughter of Adrian and Gezena (Rensink) Brethonwer, of Sheboygan county. This union was blessed with five children: George is a merchant in Baldwin township. He was married May 15, 1875, and married Cora Wilford. Edward is a farmer of Baldwin. He was born February 2, 1877, and married Elizabeth Snoeyenbos. Anna was born July 7, 1879, and married Joseph Tehennepe, a harnessmaker of Baldwin. Cena attended the norma school at River Falls and now teaches. Egbert graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and is now a civil engineer at Leavenworth, Kan. E.B. Heebink was married the second time to Mary Esselink, also of Sheboygan county, daughter of Hendrick and Janna (Wiggers) Esselink, natives of Holland, where they lived and died. This marriage resulted in four children: Henry was born Janaury 18, 1887; a little boy died in infancy; Jessie was born December 10, 1891, and Walter was born July 9, 1895. These three are at home with their parents. Mr. Heebink is a stanch democrat, and has served on the school board of district No. 1, Hammond and Baldwin, for six years. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Through life he has been a man who has placed honor above everything else, and his reputation is unstained. He is a loving father and devoted husband, a genial companion and a true friend.

Birth	13 Jul 1849	Aalten, Holland
Marriage	7 Apr 1874	Gertrude Brethonwer
Marriage		Mary Esselink

Spouse	Mary Esselink
Child	Henry Heebink (1887 - 1974)
Child	Baby Boy Heebink
Child	Jessie Heebink (1891 - )
Child	Walter Lewis Heebink (1895 - 1981)

Spouse	Gertrude Brethonwer
Child	George Heebink (1875 - )
Child	Edward Heebink (1877 - )
Child	Anna Heebink (1879 - )
Child	Cena Heebink
Child	Egbert Heebink