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Petrus van Pamelen an US immigrant who came with his parents from the Flemish Region, the Southern
Province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.
His forefathers came from the Dutch Flemish Region, today West Flanders Belgium.
Click ship for details.
SS Amsterdam, sailed from Amsterdam via Boulonge-France to New York, arrival November 22, 1883. On
this voyage Petrus van Pamelen, his parents and brothers, to build a new future in the USA.
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For our friends in Manito, Havana-IL, Scappoose and Portland-OR the familly history and genealogical
tree of the Palmer family.
The Henry Palmer Family in Aberdeen SD 1918.
Henry (3.) and Ella with their first born Stanley (3.a.).
Henry's (3.) Gas Station and tire shop, Wecoma Beach-OR, 1945. |
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D.10.6.
Petrus Bernardus and Julia Etta Kent  |
Peter
-Pete- for his family.
He arrived in Manito-IL in 1884 with his parents Leonardus and Hendrika van Pamelen (D.10.)
and brother August (D.10.13.). Older brother Engelbertus had returned to Aardenburg January
1885 for his bride to be. Peter worked on the Palmer farm west of Manito-IL. His second born son
Walter (2.) died infancy. Peter got his final documentation of citizenship on October 28,
1896, the year his father Leonardus died. After Louis DeSutter (I.B.1.1. on DeSutter family)
returned in Manito-IL in 1908, Peter left the Palmer familyfarm with his spouse Julia and 4 children
for Westport, Brown County-SD.
Peter send a copy of the picture at the right to his brother Venantius (D.10.4.) in Holland
and this copy is provided by his descent Roger van Pamelen (D.10.4.9.h.). On the picture: Peter
Palmer's family. |
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Manito-IL - 1906: L -> R: Cora, father Peter,
Charles with in front Gracie, spouse Julia Etta Palmer-Kent and Henry.
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The official registration of birth of Petrus Bernardus and his sisters. His father Leonardus
(D.10.) went the day
after Petrus birth to the Townhall of IJzendijke-Holland. Those lists are per family.
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Henry Palmer's (3.)
family in 1928------>
L -> R: Stanley, mother Ella Fern, Alice (below)
father Henry (3.) with baby Charles, Wilma. |
Children born:
Bold printed names are family name-holders. Photo's of the family
provided by Marilyn J. Huffman-Palmer (3.d.1.).
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Charles
Arthur |
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 Charles
and Martha.
Born in Topeka-IL, Manito area October 22,1892. Charles moved from Manito-IL to Westport,
Brown
County-SD with his parents in 1908. Married in Brown County-SD June 15, 1921 to Martha
Krege,
born in Germany-Europe on January 21,1898. Martha was a resident of Westport-SD from 1910 and
met Charles as her neighbourr. She became a wonderful cook and her speciality was pie with
butter
and served with cream, a German recipe of her mother. They stayed and lived in Garland-SD
while his
brother Henry moved to Oregon in 1922. Charles died suddenly, of a stroke, while alone in his truck
on property, February 19,1944. Martha remarried June 21,1941 Paul Keen, born in Aberdeen-SD January
1,1884 and they lived for a while in Oregon.
Martha died in Columbia, Brown County-SD September 10,1992. Paul Keen died March 3,1974.
No children born. |
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Walter |
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Born in Topeka-IL October 6, 1894. Died in Topeka-IL December 28,1894 at
2 m. 22 days. Burried on Quiver Presbyterian Cemetery, were he rest in peace together with his
grandfather Leo Van Palmer (D.10.). |
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Henry
Bernard |
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Born in Topeka-IL on March 15, 1896. At the age of 12 he
moved with his parents to Westport,
Henry and Ella 
Brown County-SD. He married in Aberdeen, Brown County-SD on May 2, 1917 to (1) Ella Fern Hewitt,
born in Amherst-SD December 12, 1894. She was a daughter of John Franklin Hewitt, 1851-1932, and
Edith Elizabeth Lewis, 1864-1913. Ella studied in Detroit-SD and became a teacher in a one-room
schoolhouse in Hecla-SD. One of her students was Gracie Palmer (D.10.6.5.).
The family moved around 1922 to Vernonia, Columbia County-Oregon and Henry got a job lined-up in a
Vernonia lath plant. Later they built their own house in McNulty-OR. The family moved in 1931 to
St.Helens-OR. During and after WWII Henry managed a gaspump station and a small shop in St.Helens
and had a service station and tire shop at Wecoma Beach at the Oregon coast where they lived since
May 1941.
He did a good business in vulcanizing, and repairing, old tires which were hard to get. Henry to his
kids when they were young: "he always told us, “Don’t tell our business!”. Ella Fern died
in Portland-OR on April 27, 1957. Henry married in St.Helens-OR on December 12, 1957 to (2) Opal S.
Morris Smith, born in Central Lake-MI on May 22, 1901 widow of LeRoy Arthur Veazie (1887-1940) and
Joseph Morris (1900-1956), died in Washington-OR August 8, 1983. Uncle Engle (D.10.1.) from
Manito-IL must be one of Henry's favorite uncles, shortly before he died he whisperd his name.
Henry died of emphysema on October 29, 1973 in Portland-OR. |
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Children born (1): |
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a. Stanley
Leroy, born in Aberdeen, Brown
County-SD on April 22, 1918. Married in Portland-OR to Hazel Minnie
Robinson, born in Massachusetts on August 30, 1918. Hazel moved 1 year
old with her parents to Windsor-Vermont
and in 1935 to Oregon, and they made their home into a house on 11th
Street, St.Helens. Hazel was a close friend of
his sister Wilma (3.b.). In 1943 father Henry and family stayed with
Stanley and Hazel in their house on Mt. Tabor.
Stanley died in WWII at Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines on
February 5, 1945, leaving wife Hazel and two
sons. Course of death: an explosion of army cookstove according to cousin
John Hales. Stanley is burried at Manila
American Cemetery and Memorial (ABMC) Manila.
Children born: |
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1. Stanley Leroy
Jr., born on April 25, 1940. Married
on July 7, 1957 to Judy Ann Jackson..
Children born: |
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a. Jill Ann, born
on December 14, 1962. Married to Kenneth Johnson.
b. Stanley Leroy III, born on
????. Married in 1990 to Mary ??.
Children born: |
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1.
Branden William, born on ????, 1996. |
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2. Douglas
Michael, born on April 1, 1942. From
1955 he lived and worked in Tacoma-WA and lived in
1965 in San Francisco-CA. Died in Beaverton-OR on September 2, 2004.
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b. Wilma Marie,born
in Aberdeen, Brown County-SD on January 30, 1920. Married on August 6, 1938 to (1)
Marvin Luther Monroe Judy, born in Marshfield-OR on June 16, 1916 died
December 10, 1973 in Gig Harbor-WA.
Wilma married (2) Archie Emanuell Kardell, born on March 12, 1914 died in
Bend, Deschutes-OR on July 23, 1995.
Spouse Archie had two children. Wilma died in Seattle-WA of a stroke
January 2, 2012.
Children born (1): |
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1. Duane,born
on May 20, 1940. Married to Carolyn Sue Fleming, born June 5, 1965.
2. Larry Marvin,born on
May 12, 1942. Married to Christine Didrickson. They live in Sitka, Alaska.
Children born: 3.
3. Rodney Henry,born on January
1, 1946. Married February 4, 1972 to Darcy Lee Rhoden.
Children born: 2.
4. Billie Marlene,born on May
11, 1948. Married December 18, 1971 to (1) Douglas Parmenter. Divorced.
Married on August 6, 1988 (2) to Jonathan Stratman.
Children born: 2.
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c. Alice Julia,born
in St.Helens-OR on June 5, 1925. Married on September 2, 1949 to Gordon Wayne Fuller, born
on ????, 1922. Alice died in Tigard-OR on May 17, 1996. Gordon remarried in
2004 to Joan Thatcher, died in Tigard-OR
November 11,2011.
Children born: |
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1. Daniel
Gordon,born in Lincoln City-OR on December 11,
1951. Married Mary Ann Linville in Portland-OR
on September 27, 1987, born April 11, 1955 in Salem, Marion-OR
Children born: 1.
2. Julia Marie,born
in Lincoln City-OR on January 20, 1953. Married in Beaverton-OR Randolph McKee on
August 23, 1974, born February 1953. Divorced. Married in Portland-OR
January 2, 1988 to Randy
McPherson, born in Scotts Bluff-Nebraska on July 22, 1946.
Children born (1): 2.
3. Michael Wayne (Mick),born in
McMinnville, Yamhill-OR on May 25, 1957. Married in San Anselmo, Marin
-CA, on August 13, 2000 to Nina Jo Katz, born in Brooklyn-NY on May 20,
1952.
Adopted child: Emma Ming, born October 10, 2001 in Hubei-China.
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d. Charles Henry,
born in McNulty, Columbia-OR on June 18,1927. He went to High School in Washington-OR and
served in Taejon-Korea as 1st Sgt. at the radio corps headquarters, US army government unit,
discharged October 1946 as sole surviving son. Charles married in Kelso-WA on July 2,1948 to
Marjorie Florence Pierson, born in Portland-OR on February 11,1927. They made their
home for
one year in Woodstock-SE and from 1949 till 1981 they lived in Portland-OR, NE Buffalo St.
before they
moved to Tigard-OR. Marjorie's illness in 1993 is diagnosed as Alzheimers and is since July
1,2005
nursed at Avemere Care Center in Newberg, Yamhill-OR. Marjorie died at Newberg December
19,2011.
Children born: |
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Marilyn Jane,born in Portland-OR on
April 15, 1949. Nickname: Dodie.
Married in Portland-OR on December 19, 1970 to James Dale Huffman, born in
Portland-OR
on September 3, 1949. Marilyn graduate in December 1970 in Salem-OR at the
BA,Willamette
University and in August 1998 at the M.Ed. City University of Seattle-WA.
She is a teacher
at the Scappoose School District. Husband James went in May 1975 to J. D.
Northwestern
School of Law, Lewis & Clark College and a Attorney at Law in 1976.
Marilyn found this site
with Google with the search-word 'van Pamelen' which ment she found her
ancestors and
relatives in the Netherlands, and in Manito-IL. Marilyn is the owner of the
Palmer-Huffman familytree on
Ancestry, which hold already 13795 people and 1974 photo's of ancestors and
descendents of the families
van Pamelen, Palmer and Huffman. Marilyn and Jim are living in
Scappoose-OR.
(This page is born by her given information of a -lost- family member by
me, searching for him since 1996.
Namely, her Great-grandfather Peter Palmer (D.10.6.). With thanks to her,
this site views all family
relations of the Palmer's in the US and the Netherlands- LS.).
Children born: |
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a. Erik
James, born in Portland-OR on December 21,
1977. Married in Bend, Deschutes-OR on
July 22, 2005 to Mary Elizabeth Fromm, born in Kennewick-WA on August 19,
1982.
Erik is a civil engineer. The made their home in Bend, Deschutes-OR.
Children born: |
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1. Madeline
Elizabeth,born in Bend-OR on September 30,
2008.
2. Cole James, born in
Bend-OR on February 17, 2011. |
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b. Brian Charles,
born in Portland-OR on April 1, 1979. Married in St.Paul-MI on August 5, 2006
to Lori Lynn Bokovoy, born in Des Moines-IA on March 11, 1980. Brian is a
PhD student in the
Department of Computer Science at Portland State University, web.cecs.pdx.edu/~brianh
c. Lisa Jane,born in
Portland-OR on May 4, 1981. In 2001-2002 she had a summer session at
American Intercontinental University in London-UK. Graduate in May 2003 and
start as Legal
Assistant; Huffman & O'Hanlon, Attorneys at LawLegal Assistant; Huffman
& O'Hanlon, Attorneys
at Law at St.Helens-OR. Per July 2007 she attend Thomas Jefferson School of
Law in San Diego
-CA, graduate July 2010. March 2011 Volunteer for San Diego Legal Aid and
got admission to the
California Bar June 2011 and Legal Deputy Liberty Mutual San Diego Office.
(In your fathers footsteps - Congratulations - LS.). |
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2. Thomas
Charles, born in Portland-OR on
November 15, 1950. Married to Kimberly Jean Shoepe, born
in Portland-OR on September 25, 1954.
Children born: |
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a. Samuel Thomas,
born in Portland-OR on April 22, 1991.
b. Andrea Jean,born in
Milwaukie-OR on September 1, 1993. |
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3. Edward Alfred,
born in Portland-OR on November 5, 1952. Married to Debra Sue Bertolson, born in
Portland-OR on June 28, 1954. Edward is employed, since August 1984, at
Columbia River Peoples Utility
District on Deer Island, Columbia-OR and bought a house in Scappoose-OR,
October 1984.
Children born: |
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a. Carl Edward,
born in Bend, Deschutes-OR on July 16, 1980. He started a career in
Structural Engineeringin 2004.
b. Donald James, born in Bend,
Deschutes-OR on October 23, 1981. He started a career in
Structural Engineeringin 2005.
c. Susan Eileen, born in Bend,
Deschutes-OR on July 6, 1984. Married in Portland-OR June 8,
2008 to David Mehron Emami, born November 30, ????
Children Born: 1. |
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4. Patti Ann,born
in Portland-OR on December 1, 1956. Married in .... on ???? to Thomas Wynkoop,
born in .... on ????.
Children born: |
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a. Laura,born
in Portland-OR on June 3, 1985.
b. Michael, born in Portland-OR
on August 21, 1989.
c. Karen,born in
Portland-OR on June 11, 1992. |
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5. Jan Marie,born
in Portland-OR on January 24, 1968. Married in Tigard-OR September 28,1998 to
Douglas Muller, born on February 24, 1967. Douglas was send to the US
Airforce Base, Heidelberg,
Germany, returned with his family to Portland-OR in 2001.
Children born: |
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a. Darcy
Elaine,born in Heidelberg, Germany on
January 14, 1995. Died in Sherwood-OR of a
heart defect on January 8, 2007.
b. Stuart Douglas, born in
Heidelberg, Germany on August 31, 1996.
c. Broden Wade, born in
Portland-OR on February 15, 2008.
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e. June Fern,born
in St.Helens-OR on June 17, 1932. Married on November 7, 1952 to Donald (Don) Turner, born in
Arkansas on January 26, 1931, died in Arkansas on May 18, 1975.
June Fern died in Portland-OR on October 6, 1975.
Children born: |
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1. Jeanne
Carol,born on September 17, 1954. Married
to Gary Myers, born February 2, 1953.
Children born: 2.
2. John Hugh, born on
October 10, 1955.
3. Kristine,born on ????, 1957.
Married to Jim Jimenez.
Children born: 2.
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Cora
May |
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and William.
Born in Manito-IL on April 19, 1899, Wednesday morning about 4 o'clock weighed 10 lbs (from
Julia
Palmer's date book). Married in Brown County-SD on August 13, 1919 to William H. Knoke,
born in Grant-WI on March 22, 1894 died in Sturgis-SD on February 28, 1960.
They made their home in Westport, Brown County-SD and moved in 1930 to Hot Springs, Fall
River-SD.
Cora died in Ponca City, Oklahoma on July 12, 1972, buried in Sturgis, Meade-SD. |
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Children born: |
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a. William
Peter (Billy Pete), born in Columbia-SD on
June 25, 1920 died in Garibaldi-OR November 5, 1988.
Married on April 22, 1949 to Evelyn M. St.Clair, born July 17, 1921 died in
Garibaldi-OR on January 29, 1989.
Children born: |
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1. Bernie,
born in Hot Springs, Fall River-SD on June 18, 1939.
2. Wayne, born in Hot Springs,
Fall River-SD on August 13, 1940.
3. Jesse, born in Hot Springs,
Fall River-SD on February 7, 1942.
4. William Henry, born in Hot
Springs, Fall River-SD November 27, 1949. Married to Karen ??.
Children born: 1.
5. Velma Ulene,born in Hot
Springs, Fall River-SD on January 16, 1951. Married to ?? Breazile.
Children born: 3.
6. Cheryl Arlene,born in
McMinnville Yamhill-OR on April 30, 1953. Married to Wayne Butcher.
Children born: 1.
7. Paula,born in Hillsboro-OR
on August 3, 1961. Married to Tom Neighbors.
Children born: 1. |
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b. Pearl
Elizabeth,born in Columbia-SD on September
15, 1921. Married in Penninton-SD on August 8,1945 to Joseph
Francis Stein, born in Pierre-SD on April 9, 1918 died in Ponca City-OK on
December 16, 1973.
They made their home in Hot Springs, Fall River-SD
Children born: |
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1. Joanne
Kay,born in Hot Springs, Fall River-SD on
April 24, 1946 died in Oklahoma City-OK March 14,
1970. Married to Walter Mark Kurklin, born in Eastland Texas October 25,
1945.
Children born: 1.
2. Judy Kathleen,born in Hot
Springs, Fall River-SD on April 9, 1949 died in September 1982. Married to
Donnie H. Pinkston, born in .... on ????. |
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c. Arlene
Mae,born in Sturgis-SD on November 3, 1929,
died in Peyton, Colorado on September 4, 2005.
Married to John Arthur Nichols, born in .... on ?? 1916.
Children born: |
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1. Donald
Joseph, born on ????.
2. Howard William, born on ????.
3. Linda Sue,born on ????.
4. Shirley Mae,born on ????.
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Gracie
Belle |
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and Earl.
Born in Topeka-IL on January 11, 1901. Married in Aberdeen-SD on November 3, 1920 to Earl
Cleveland,
born in Germania, Shawano-WI on December 18, 1892 died in Beltrami-MI on July 11, 1956.
They made their home in Ordway, Brown County-SD.
Gracie died in Ordway-SD on August 25, 1950. |
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Children born: |
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a. Joyce
Loucille,born in Ordway, Brown County-SD on
?? January, 1928. Married to Archie E. Hower, born on
February 3, 1918 died in Bremerton-WA on March 12, 2003.
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descendants --
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Peter Palmer's family.
L -> R: Charles, Henry, unkown man, Gracie, unknown women, Peter, Cora, spouse Julia Etta.
Picture taken in Brown County-SD, ~1915.
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