Ancestors of Hinrich F "Henry" Ockinga
Generation No. 1
1. Hinrich F "Henry" Ockinga, born 1882 in Minonk, IL; died September 16, 1933. He was the son of 2. Toenjes Meinen Ockinga and 3. Anna Magdalena Fossler. He married (1) Folke " Kate" Onken March 9, 1905 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Glenvil, Nebr. She was born August 11, 1885 in Glenvil, Nebraska, and died December 23, 1962. She was the daughter of Eilt Behrends Onken and Sophia Doretha Ocker.
Generation No. 2
2. Toenjes Meinen Ockinga, born March 3, 1842 in Negersmeerten, Amtes Esens Ostfriesland, Kingdom Of Hanover; died September 10, 1904 in Inland Township, Clay County, NE. He was the son of 4. Jakob Remmers Okkenga and 5. Antje Tönjes Peters. He married 3. Anna Magdalena Fossler November 24, 1874 in Pecor?, Illinois.
3. Anna Magdalena Fossler, born April 9, 1848 in Schirum; died November 14, 1927. She was the daughter of 7. Tena Vossler.
Children of Toenjes Ockinga and Anna Fossler are:
i. Anton "Tony" Ockinga, born in Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois; married Marie B Oppeland May 5, 1905.
ii. Jacob Remmers Ockinga, born August 17, 1875 in Benson, Woodford County, Illinois; died July 17, 1961 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska; married Meetze "Mattie" Kollman September 4, 1898 in Glenvil, Nebraska; born August 31, 1876 in Golden, IL; died November 10, 1955 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska.
iii. Tena Katherina M. Ockinga, born December 28, 1877 in Minonk, Illinois; died October 30, 1956 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska; married Dirk Gerdes Classen April 1, 1900 in Clay County, Nebraska Home of Bride; born December 16, 1868 in Minonk, Woodford County, Illinois; died October 27, 1935 in Hanover Township, Adams County, Nebraska.
iv. Phillip J Ockinga, born July 19, 1879 in Minonk, IL; died November 26, 1936; married (1) Antje "Annie" Onken February 19, 1903 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Glenvil, Nebr; born September 16, 1883; died February 16, 1906; married (2) Dorothea "Dora" Meester June 27, 1909 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Glenvil, NE; born 1886; died August 19, 1973 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska.
1 v. Hinrich F "Henry" Ockinga, born 1882 in Minonk, IL; died September 16, 1933; married Folke " Kate" Onken March 9, 1905 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Glenvil, Nebr.
vi. Antje "Annie" Ockinga, born 1884 in Minonk, IL; died July 18, 1941; married Johann Hinrich Uden March 1905; born March 3, 1875; died February 8, 1957.
Generation No. 3
4. Jakob Remmers Okkenga He was the son of 8. Hans Jacobs Okkenga and 9. Hilke Jurjens Uphoff. He married 5. Antje Tönjes Peters May 21, 1839 in proclaimed in Bedekaspel.
5. Antje Tönjes Peters She was the daughter of 10. Tönjes Meinen and 11. Teelke Weerts.
Children of Jakob Okkenga and Antje Peters are:
i. Hilke Jürgens Okkenga, born Abt. February 18, 1852; died December 4, 1901 in Bedekaspel; married Tönnies Meinen Peters November 1, 1879 in Bedekaspel; born December 12, 1834; died June 10, 1905 in Bedekaspel, Germany.
2 ii. Toenjes Meinen Ockinga, born March 3, 1842 in Negersmeerten, Amtes Esens Ostfriesland, Kingdom Of Hanover; died September 10, 1904 in Inland Township, Clay County, NE; married Anna Magdalena Fossler November 24, 1874 in Pecor?, Illinois.
7. Tena Vossler, born 1813 in Kingdom Of Hanover, Germany.
Children of Tena Vossler are:
3 i. Anna Magdalena Fossler, born April 9, 1848 in Schirum; died November 14, 1927; married Toenjes Meinen Ockinga November 24, 1874 in Pecor?, Illinois.
ii. Folke Fossler, married Gerdes.
Generation No. 4
8. Hans Jacobs Okkenga, born Abt. 1769; died March 6, 1814 in Bedekaspel. He married 9. Hilke Jurjens Uphoff.
9. Hilke Jurjens Uphoff, born Abt. 1778; died May 17, 1858 in Bedekaspel. She was the daughter of 18. Jürgen Uphof and 19. Wolbrechta Janssen.
Children of Hans Okkenga and Hilke Uphoff are:
i. Mariecke Okkenga, born October 31, 1801 in Bedekaspel; died December 24, 1824 in Bedekaspel.
ii. Jurgen Suncken Okkenga, born April 25, 1805 in Bedekaspel; died October 24, 1805 in Bedekaspel.
iii. Jurjen Sonken Okkenga, born November 17, 1806 in Bedekaspel; died September 9, 1826 in Bedekaspel.
iv. Pupt Gerken Okkenga, born July 3, 1813 in Bedekaspel; died December 2, 1851 in Bedekaspel.
v. Sunke Uphoff Okkenga, born July 3, 1813 in Bedekaspel; married Inke Andreessen Heien April 27, 1851 in Bedekaspel; born Abt. 1823 in Manslagt.
4 vi. Jakob Remmers Okkenga, married Antje Tönjes Peters May 21, 1839 in proclaimed in Bedekaspel.
10. Tönjes Meinen He married 11. Teelke Weerts.
11. Teelke Weerts
Child of Tönjes Meinen and Teelke Weerts is:
5 i. Antje Tönjes Peters, married Jakob Remmers Okkenga May 21, 1839 in proclaimed in Bedekaspel.
Generation No. 5
18. Jürgen Uphof He married 19. Wolbrechta Janssen.
19. Wolbrechta Janssen
Child of Jürgen Uphof and Wolbrechta Janssen is:
9 i. Hilke Jurjens Uphoff, born Abt. 1778; died May 17, 1858 in Bedekaspel; married (1) Hans Jacobs Okkenga; married (2) Iddelt Reinders.
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