GENEALOGY OF HENDRIK (Henry) MASSELINK Generation 9
First Child of Gerrit Hendrik (GH) Masselink and Etta Poets Masselink Genealogy Number 112211321
"He was one of a mold and altogether a tender and lovable brother"
- Brother Rev Edward Masselink
KLEINE MASSELINK HARMEN 1660-1731
KLEINE MASSELINK GEERD 1693-1743
KLEINE MASSELINK HARMEN (Harm) 1719-1771
KLEINE MASSELINK HENDRIK 1747-1790
KLEINE MASSELINK FENNE 1771-1843
KLEINE MASSELINK GERRIT HENDRIK 1792-1870
KLEINE MASSELINK HENDRIK 1829-1907
KLEINE MASSELINK GERRIT HENDRIK (GH) 1858-1927
MASSELINK HENRY (Hendrik) 1883-1968
Mother: Etta Poets Masselink
Siblings: Henry (1883), Paul Reemt (1885), Gertie (1887), Andrew (1888), Herman (1890), John (1881), Anna (1893), George (1895), William (1897), Edward (1901)
Spouse: Daisy Hahn Masselink (1886-1974)
4 Masselink Children: George (1915), Martha (1916), Elmer (1918), Angie (1922)
In 1968: 20 grandchildren and one great grandchild
First Child of Gerrit Hendrik (GH) Masselink and Etta Poets Masselink Genealogy Number 112211321
"He was one of a mold and altogether a tender and lovable brother"
- Brother Rev Edward Masselink
KLEINE MASSELINK HARMEN 1660-1731
KLEINE MASSELINK GEERD 1693-1743
KLEINE MASSELINK HARMEN (Harm) 1719-1771
KLEINE MASSELINK HENDRIK 1747-1790
KLEINE MASSELINK FENNE 1771-1843
KLEINE MASSELINK GERRIT HENDRIK 1792-1870
KLEINE MASSELINK HENDRIK 1829-1907
KLEINE MASSELINK GERRIT HENDRIK (GH) 1858-1927
MASSELINK HENRY (Hendrik) 1883-1968
Mother: Etta Poets Masselink
Siblings: Henry (1883), Paul Reemt (1885), Gertie (1887), Andrew (1888), Herman (1890), John (1881), Anna (1893), George (1895), William (1897), Edward (1901)
Spouse: Daisy Hahn Masselink (1886-1974)
4 Masselink Children: George (1915), Martha (1916), Elmer (1918), Angie (1922)
In 1968: 20 grandchildren and one great grandchild
1883 Sep 28 Henry is born in the family log cabin in Fremont, MI in the vicinity of Reeman; His cradle is a hollowed-out log. His name was actually Hendrik, but he went by the name of Henry. He is named after his grandfather, Hendrik, per Dutch tradition.
1886 Dec 6 Future wife Daisy Hahn born; Mother's maiden name is Van Heuzin
1892 Dec 1818 Two-year-old brother, Herman, falls into a tub of scalding hot water in the kitchen of their log cabin while playing with his nine-year-old big brother, Henry [on Saturday bath day, 1892 Dec 17?]. As a result, Herman dies soon after on Sunday, December 18 at the age of two. Henry never forgets this tragic death.
1893 After the death of Herman's and a fire that destroyed the family home, the discouraged family moves to Iowa by oxcart. (See GH's biography under 'G')
1901 Moves with parents GH and Etta and eight siblings from Iowa to the family farm in Minnesota.
1912? Summer Future wife Daisy visits the farm in Edgerton and is a delightful guest.
1914 Marries Daisy Hahn in Grand Rapids, MI; 4 children born in Edgerton, Minnesota
1966 Dec 28 Henry dies in Pipestone, MN at the age of 85 and is buried in the Leota Cemetery, Leota, MN. "He lived a simple unpretentious life."
1974 Jan 6 Wife Daisy dies in Edgerton, MN and is buried in the Leota Cemetery, Leota, MN
Henry is a very successful farmer in Edgerton, MN who specializes in hog farming. An uncomplicated man, Henry lives by simple rules and has a childlike capacity for wonder and amazement at simple things. He thinks in straight lines and lives by pretty straight principles. He despises pretense and can be so honest that it sometimes gets him into trouble.
When the United States enters World War I, there is a lot of phony patriotic talk. Henry is at the Edgerton barbershop and Tip Baker was telling everyone that he was going to enlist as soon as the corn was in. Henry says, "You should not do that, you have a wife and family who need you at home." Tip Baker reports him, and Henry is called before the judge in Slayton, MN. Henry tells the judge "I love our country, but that man has five children. He should not go to war." The judge later appoints Henry as a member of the local draft board.
Henry is the oldest of the 10 children and assumes a proprietary role at home which sometimes riles his siblings, but not enough to cause any tension. When a carload of hogs has to go to Sioux City, Henry is the one to go along. One time when he returns, he excitedly tells the family that he saw a man shaving on the train with a safety razor. In Sioux City he immediately bought a Gillette Safety Razor for five dollars along with some blades at 10 cents. The blades soon became dull, so he buys an auto strop so he can hone them. To anyone else, this was reckless wastefulness, but to Henry it is one of the wonders of the age.
Henry is tall and of sturdy build, and everything he builds has to be strong as well. If he builds a gate, it is made to last twenty years, but is so heavy no one can lift it. If he builds a fence, the corner posts are set in concrete and the posts are set several inches deeper than normal. When his brothers help with haying, it is 10 AM before Henry gets everything set but at the end of the day, you are surprised at the pile of hay put up.
He is elected as an elder in Edgerton, but consistory meetings bore him. Anyway, he would rather listen to R.R. Brown of Omaha on Sunday. Henry is an individualist and non-conformist if there ever was one. When Henry visits Grand Rapids, MI he buys a new blue Mercury off the showroom floor for $800. When he takes it to church, he parks it a block away as a new Mercury seemed pretentious. They don't make many like him anymore. His youngest brother, Edward, summed up his memory of Henry by saying "He was one of a mold and altogether a tender and lovable brother."
Henry's future wife is Daisy Haan. Although her home is in Nunica, MI she works as a maid or cook for a very wealthy family that live by Madison and Cherry in Grand Rapids, MI. Henry's brother, John, meets Daisy while attending Calvin College in Grand Rapids. During the summer of probably 1912, Daisy visits the farm in Edgerton and is a delightful guest. Henry thinks so too, and they correspond after she leaves. Henry makes several trips to Grand Rapids, and they get married in 1914. Daisy proves to be an efficient and hard worker and becomes a deeply loved and greatly appreciated sister-in-law. Their first home is a granary on their farm [which still stands] where they live while waiting for their house to be built [which also still stands]. Wherever they live, it is always immaculately clean. Brother Edward also remembers that when their daughter Martha was a small baby, Henry would come in from work, bend over her crib and say "Come, coo for me." It is a happy home.
Above recollection by Henry's youngest brother, Rev. Dr. Edward Masselink
1886 Dec 6 Future wife Daisy Hahn born; Mother's maiden name is Van Heuzin
1892 Dec 1818 Two-year-old brother, Herman, falls into a tub of scalding hot water in the kitchen of their log cabin while playing with his nine-year-old big brother, Henry [on Saturday bath day, 1892 Dec 17?]. As a result, Herman dies soon after on Sunday, December 18 at the age of two. Henry never forgets this tragic death.
1893 After the death of Herman's and a fire that destroyed the family home, the discouraged family moves to Iowa by oxcart. (See GH's biography under 'G')
1901 Moves with parents GH and Etta and eight siblings from Iowa to the family farm in Minnesota.
1912? Summer Future wife Daisy visits the farm in Edgerton and is a delightful guest.
1914 Marries Daisy Hahn in Grand Rapids, MI; 4 children born in Edgerton, Minnesota
1966 Dec 28 Henry dies in Pipestone, MN at the age of 85 and is buried in the Leota Cemetery, Leota, MN. "He lived a simple unpretentious life."
1974 Jan 6 Wife Daisy dies in Edgerton, MN and is buried in the Leota Cemetery, Leota, MN
Henry is a very successful farmer in Edgerton, MN who specializes in hog farming. An uncomplicated man, Henry lives by simple rules and has a childlike capacity for wonder and amazement at simple things. He thinks in straight lines and lives by pretty straight principles. He despises pretense and can be so honest that it sometimes gets him into trouble.
When the United States enters World War I, there is a lot of phony patriotic talk. Henry is at the Edgerton barbershop and Tip Baker was telling everyone that he was going to enlist as soon as the corn was in. Henry says, "You should not do that, you have a wife and family who need you at home." Tip Baker reports him, and Henry is called before the judge in Slayton, MN. Henry tells the judge "I love our country, but that man has five children. He should not go to war." The judge later appoints Henry as a member of the local draft board.
Henry is the oldest of the 10 children and assumes a proprietary role at home which sometimes riles his siblings, but not enough to cause any tension. When a carload of hogs has to go to Sioux City, Henry is the one to go along. One time when he returns, he excitedly tells the family that he saw a man shaving on the train with a safety razor. In Sioux City he immediately bought a Gillette Safety Razor for five dollars along with some blades at 10 cents. The blades soon became dull, so he buys an auto strop so he can hone them. To anyone else, this was reckless wastefulness, but to Henry it is one of the wonders of the age.
Henry is tall and of sturdy build, and everything he builds has to be strong as well. If he builds a gate, it is made to last twenty years, but is so heavy no one can lift it. If he builds a fence, the corner posts are set in concrete and the posts are set several inches deeper than normal. When his brothers help with haying, it is 10 AM before Henry gets everything set but at the end of the day, you are surprised at the pile of hay put up.
He is elected as an elder in Edgerton, but consistory meetings bore him. Anyway, he would rather listen to R.R. Brown of Omaha on Sunday. Henry is an individualist and non-conformist if there ever was one. When Henry visits Grand Rapids, MI he buys a new blue Mercury off the showroom floor for $800. When he takes it to church, he parks it a block away as a new Mercury seemed pretentious. They don't make many like him anymore. His youngest brother, Edward, summed up his memory of Henry by saying "He was one of a mold and altogether a tender and lovable brother."
Henry's future wife is Daisy Haan. Although her home is in Nunica, MI she works as a maid or cook for a very wealthy family that live by Madison and Cherry in Grand Rapids, MI. Henry's brother, John, meets Daisy while attending Calvin College in Grand Rapids. During the summer of probably 1912, Daisy visits the farm in Edgerton and is a delightful guest. Henry thinks so too, and they correspond after she leaves. Henry makes several trips to Grand Rapids, and they get married in 1914. Daisy proves to be an efficient and hard worker and becomes a deeply loved and greatly appreciated sister-in-law. Their first home is a granary on their farm [which still stands] where they live while waiting for their house to be built [which also still stands]. Wherever they live, it is always immaculately clean. Brother Edward also remembers that when their daughter Martha was a small baby, Henry would come in from work, bend over her crib and say "Come, coo for me." It is a happy home.
Above recollection by Henry's youngest brother, Rev. Dr. Edward Masselink