Bron: Family Photographs from the Jan Hendrik te Selle descendants

TeSelle, Janna Geertruida (1866-1946)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 23 February 2022

Janna TeSelle was born in Oostburg, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, on 31 January 1866. She is the first child of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929). Janna was born just three months after her parents landed in New York after traveling across the Atlantic from the Netherlands. The family traveled from New… Read more »

TeSelle, Benjamin Hendrik (1884-1971)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 24 March 2022

Benjamin Hendrik TeSelle (1884-1971) was born on 9 January 1884 in Holland, Lancaster County, Nebraska. He was the son of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929). He married Johanna “Jane” Gertrude Lefferdink (1884-1980) in 1905. They had three children together: Hanna Berdina “Bertha” TeSelle (1906-1975) [Spouse: Orval C. Johnson ()] Roy William… Read more »

TeSelle, Hendrik “Henry” (1875-1960)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 24 March 2022

Hendrik “Henry” TeSelle was born in Holland, Lancaster County, Nebraska on 11 February 1875. He was the son of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929). Hendrik married Martha Wismer on 5 June 1899. Henry and Martha had 7 children together: Carl Edwin TeSelle (1900-1971) [Spouse: Anna TeSelle (1903-1968)] Ruby Eleanor TeSelle… Read more »

TeSelle, Hanna Gesiena (1880-1944)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 24 March 2022

Hanna Gesiena “Jessena” TeSelle (1880-1944) was born in Holland, Lancaster County, Nebraska on 6 May 1880. She was the daughter of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929). Jessena married Richard “Dick” Thomas Liesveld (1879-1956) on 3 April 1902. The wedding ceremony was conducted by Jessena’s older brother, Rev. Jan Willem (John… Read more »

TeSelle, Gerrit “Garrett” (1878-1948)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 24 March 2022

Gerrit “Garrett” TeSelle was born in Holland, Lancaster County, Nebraska on 2 February 1878. He was the son of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929). He married Jana “Jennie” Wismer on 21 February 1901. Garrett and Jennie had 6 children together: Raymond Earl TeSelle (1901-1959) [Spouse: Edith TeSelle (1903-1993)] Pearl Geneva TeSelle (1904-1989)… Read more »

TeSelle, Dela “Dillie” (1869-1971)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 24 March 2022

Dela (“Dillie”) TeSelle (1869-1971) was born in Oostburg, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin on 4 April 1869. She was the daughter of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929). Dela moved with her family to Lancaster County, Nebraska when she was only one year old. She married Gerrit William Ten Huizen (1864-1912) in 1887.… Read more »

Onnink, Hanna Berendina (1841-1929)

Published on: 30 April 2018Date revised: 22 February 2019

Hanna Berendina Onnink married Jan Hendrik te Selle in Winterswijk, Netherlands, on September 28, 1865, and they departed the next day, along with Jan Hendrik’s younger brother, Harmen Jan te Selle, on an epic journey to America. Read more about the two brothers and their families, who had much to do with the growth and prosperity of Lancaster County, Nebraska during the late 1800’s.

TeSelle, Jan Willem (John William) (1867-1945)

Published on: 22 April 2013Date revised: 8 May 2019

Jan Willem (John William) TeSelle, son of Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) and Hanna Berendina Onnink (1841-1929), was born in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in 1867.

te Selle, Jan Hendrik (1838-1921)

Published on: 8 March 2013Date revised: 21 December 2022

Jan Hendrik te Selle (1838-1921) emigreerde van de “De Selle”-boerderij in Winterswijk, NL, en bouwde uiteindelijk landbouwgrond voor zichzelf en zijn gezin nabij Firth, Lancaster County, Nebraska.