Mr. and Mrs. Hisko Kriens - (nee Mary Eickman)
C.E. Wilkins Studios Freport IL
The father of Heiko/Hisko Kriens is the 1/2 brother of my great grandmother. He was born out of wedlock
to my gggrandmother, Grietje Eden Kriens, who at age 30 married Baje Loerts Wientjes. I do not have his
father's name.
After giving birth to 3 children (one of which was my ggrandmother, Grietje Wientjes/Wienenga)
Grietje Eden Kriens died, Baje died a few years later and family tradition has them being "farmed out'
to families as orphans (yet Baje had had at least 18 children by 4 different wives!).
Maria Loete Eickman b 13 Jan 1883 IL died Dec 1962. Christened at Ridott
Christian Reformed Church. She married Heike Kriens 23 Jan 1901 in Stephenson IL. Heike Kriens was
born April 1873 in Germany. Children listed on
Rootsweb World Connect by Jill Morelli are Claus 1902, Mabel L. 1904, Herman 16 Dec 1908, and Marion, b. July 1918.
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