Before Winkel’s were Winkel’s, they lived in a tiny community called Hees. The first ancestor with the name Winkel appears in 1660. He was born in Hoogeveen about three miles south of Hees. The name “Voorhees” is the anglicised form of “van voor Hees” which means from “before” or “in front of” Hees. Our great…grandfather […]
The Van Voorhees Association wrote this book about thirty years ago. It tells about life in the Netherlands prior to 1660. Steven Coerte’s Van Voorhees immigrated to America in 1660 and they wanted to focus on his forebears in the Netherlands. Winkel’s are part of these forebears. You should consider purchasing it. https://www.amazon.com/Through-Dutch-Door-Century-Voorhees/dp/0788437585
Bob Winkel found this website. It may be a good source for understanding our history in the Hoogeveen area. https://www.historischekringhoogeveen.nl/
Consider visiting the Van Vorhees website. http://www.vanvoorhees.org/
Here is a great Christmas gift….for a teething baby. A toy Winkel. I ordered one years ago. Mildly amusing. They sell them on Amazon.
Welcome to the new “Winkel” website. It’s hard to believe that this website went online in 1996, almost 20 years ago. What you are seeing is winkel.org 3.0. The third major evolution. 1.0 was a simple page with no frills. The Internet was low powered back then. Slow links meant low resolution images. The simpler […]
