Pieter Paarlberg

- born in the Netherlands
Child
Pieter Paarlberg
Father
Klaas Paarlberg
Mother
Antje Waagmeester
Event
Geboorte
Event date
19-12-1840
Event place
Spanbroek
Document type
BS Geboorte
Heritage institution
Westfries Archief
Institution place
Hoorn NH
Collection region
Noord-Holland
Archive
1709-25
Registration number
1840g
Registration date
19-12-1840
Document place
Spanbroek
Collection
Registers van de burgerlijke stand van de gemeente Spanbroek
Book
Spanbroek. Geboorteakten, 1840

- came to America at age 7 in 1847

- limited schooling but very fond of reading, esp religious/devotional

- worked in a local butcher shop (Vander Syde); liked it and got work at a slaughterhouse on 16th St in Chicago but after a few weeks developed typhoid pneumonia and had to give up this work

- following this, stayed on farm; drove oxen, raised hay/corn/grain/potatoes; surplus produce sold in Chicago

- in 1916, gave up his interest in the Paarlberg Farm (two of his sons continued to manage it); continued to care for cows/chickens/pony as long as his health allowed

Pietre Paarlberg's grandson was Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower and a Professor at Purdue University. (Refer to "I Remember" by Ann DeCook Wahl)