Stoutenburg, Alexander 1828-1897 & Regina De Haan Family
STOUTENBURG, VANSTOUTENBURG, DEHAAN, KLOMP, PLASIER
Posted By: Wilma J. VandeBerg -volunteer (email)
Date: 2/18/2025 at 10:31:49
Stoutenburg, Alexander John 1828-1897 & Regina De Haan Family
This biography of the Alexander van Stoutenburg family was composed by Wilma J. Vande Berg of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. The narrative was made from various sources including records from the web site www.iagenweb.org/sioux ; family reports and vitals collected from ancestry.com records and public member trees; Find A Grave index and various local archives, books and publications.
Disclaimer: Names, dates and places may very form one source to another, but have been stated in this biography as presented in the source. Family data taken from ancestry.com public member trees is subject to the accuracy of the submitter of data to ancestry.com and was not verified by this submitter. Information was cross checked from other sources where possible. The sources for information on the Oregon Wagon Train were passed on to the author of the book ‘Story of Sioux County’ by Charles Dyke in personal interviews in 1939 with grandchildren of the some of the families in the movement, published in 1942.
Alexander Stoutenburg family was believed to be involved in a Wagon Train that left Pella Iowa in 1864 and six months later arrived in Oregon after a grueling over land trip enduring many hardships. Our web page www.iagenweb.org/sioux has set up a page with accounts of that journey. See ‘Onsite Resources’ go to Biographies ‘Wagons Ho’ the 1864-1870 Oregon Trail, to read about what this family and others who experienced the wagon trip endured. There are actual transcriptions of vivid accounts of the Oregon Trail experience on pages 402-414 and pages 429-430. In the page 429-430 it mentions “in the group were families of Leendert Van Der Meer, Dirk Van Den Bos, C. Newendorp, Dirk Van Der Meer, Lutje Mars, Wopke De Haan, Hannes Klein, also other names on this trip have been lost. Our three informants, Mr. John Ellerbroek, Mrs. H. B. Bogaard and Mrs. Mary Ellerbroek-Hornstra, can recall only the following: ,Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Jongewaard and three children; Mr. and Mrs. Geert Jot; Mr. and Mrs. Theunes Burggraf; Mr. and Mrs. Lutje Mars and step children Isaac De Vries, Peter and John and Mary Ellerbroek, and children Simon and Alida; Mr. and Mrs. John Stoutenburg ; and Mr. and Mrs. Rysdam. They left their homes near Pella on May 1, 1864.
Therefore, it has been assumed that the Alexander Van Stoutenburg family, parents of above mentioned John Stoutenburg (who was 7 years old at the time) traveled with that Oregon Wagon Train. That possibility can be confirmed in the account of the family on ancestry.com, as children were born in Oregon and death of Alexander and his wife in Oregon. (However, the obit of Elizabeth Stoutenburg Harpole indicates that may not be the case as her obit claims they came to Oregon via the Isthmus of Panama.) The memories can get clouded with time. Their are few public records between 1861-1869 to confirm dates and places.
Although a good many of the original band that made the Oregon Trail trip 1864-1870 came back to the Pella, IA area in late 1860s. One can guess that the reason was those families missed their past home land in the Pella area and the civil war was over so they would not have to serve in the military. Also, it was determined the soil in the area they settled in Oregon was wet and swampy leading to complications in health and agriculture.
The family of Alexander van Stoutenburg, however, did stay in Oregon, so consequently, did not ultimately end up in Sioux County IA. This family is included in the BIOS on our Sioux county web page as they were intertwined in relationships and were believed to be on the Oregon Trail wagon train along with many other related families who eventually ended up in Sioux County IA.
If anyone reading this BIOS has family records that can substantiate and reveal stories of involvement of this family in the Oregon Trail experience, please contact our page coordinator to add the information on our BIOS page at www.iagenweb.org/sioux
TIMELINE RESEARCH: for Alexander Stoutenburg family
*1856 lived in Lake Prairie Marion County IA.
*1870 lived at Williamette Yamhill, OR. Alexander Stoutenburg age 42 born 1828 Holland lived at Williamette Precinct, Yamhill OR, wife Regina was 43, Elizabeth 14, John 13, Dingeman 9, Cornelius 2 and Jane 0.
*1880 lived at Wheatland, Yamhill OR. Alexander Statenburg age 52, born abt 1828 Holland lived at Wheatland, Yamhill OR, his wife Regina was 53, two children were listed Cornelius Stotenburg 11, born abt 1869 (1867) and Jane Stotenburg age 12 born abt 1868FAMILY RESEARCH : Taken from Netherlands records on www.wiewaswie.nl ; ancestry.com public member trees and ancestry.com birth marriage and death records.
Alexander John Van Stoutenburg was born 19 Jun 1828 Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands and died 6 Sep 1897 at Wheatland, Yamhill, Oregon. His parents were Jan Van Stoutenburg 1808-1845 and Elisabeth Klomp 1811-1860. Alexander married Regina De Haan on 11 July 1851 at Pella IA.
Regenia ‘Regina’ De Haan was born 9 Feb 1827 Ridderkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands died 2 Feb 1899 at Hopewell, Yamhill, Oregon. She was the daughter of Dingeman De Haan and Pleuntje Plasiser. Alexander and Regina had the following children:
CHILDREN:
1. Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Stoutenburg Harpole born 16 Mar 1855 Pella IA. Died 14 Jan 1944 Longview, Cowlitz, WA
See her memorial obituary posted below at the end of this narrative. Reading her obit indicates that her family came by way of the Isthmus of Panama, that would mean not by the Oregon Wagon Trail. This example shows how one record can differ from another as time passes.2. John Stoutenburg born 1 May 1857 Pella IA died 22 Dec 1918 McMinnville, Yamhill, OR He married Nellie Robertson 1861-1930. One child listed as Bethel M. ‘Bettie’ Stoutenburg 1905-1926 Mrs. Gordon Kenneth Moll.
3. Dingeman D. Stoutenburg born 9 Nov 1860 Pella IA died 3 Dec 1914 McMinnville, Yamhll OR. He married Margaret Esther ‘Hettie’ Galloway 1861-1932. Their children – Albert Case Stoutenburg 1880-1951, Regina Harriet ‘Rena’ Stoutenburg 1882-1952, Roy Ethelbert Stoutenburg 1884-1968, Ray Stoutenburg 1886-1886, Guy Clifford Stoutenburg 1889-1960, Charles Clifton Stoutenburg 1894-1946 and Archie Dingeman Stoutenburg 1901-1941.
4. Cornelius Alexander Stoutenburg born 6 Jan 1867 Wheatland, Yamhill OR died 20 Feb 1946 McMinnville, Yamhill, OR. He married Dora May Branson 1873-1942. (1880 census claims wife was Sarah?) Their children_ Cornelius Alexander ‘Kerney’ Stoutenburg 1893-1974, Ethel Elizabeth Stoutenburg 1894-1960. Ora Ivadell Stoutenburg 1895-1953, Elmer E. Stoutenburg 1897-1969, Hettie Stoutenburg 1899-1899, Wilbur Loris ‘Webb’ Stoutenburg 1900-1970, Orval Pete Stoutenburg 1902-1977, Marion Austin Stoutenburg 1904-1972, Beulah Marguerite Stoutenburg 1907-1991, Vivian Esther Stoutenburg 1909-1997 and Harold Lester Stoutenburg 1910-1977.
5. Jane Stoutenburg born abt 1869 Oregon death unknown. Due to no federal census between 1880 and 1900 to reference and could not find her after 1880 . She does not appear on the family picture found on ancestry.com family trees so it is presumed she must have died prior to 1880.
Anyone having an obit for Alexander van Stoutenburg and his wife Regina De Haan Stoutenburg, please send to our web page coordination at www.iagenweb.org/sioux . Any additional information on the family is welcome; for instance what happened to Jane Stoutenburg born 1869/1870 ? When did she die as she is not on the picture of the family when Cornelius was about 10 years she must have died before that time?
OBITUARY of Elizabeth Stoutenburg Harpole. (daughter of Alexander and Regina van Stoutenburg.)
From the Telephone Refiter of McMinnville OR Thursday January 20 1944
Pioneer Resident of OR Dies in Kelso.
Elizabeth Harpole, 89 sister of Neal (Cornelius) Stoutenburg of Unionvale and pioneer of 1865, died at Kelso, WA, at the home of her daughter and son in law, Mr. and Mrs. John Burron, on January 14. She was ten years of age when she came by way of the Isthmus of Panama from Iowa to Oregon. For many yeas she was a resident of Yamhill County, moving to Kelso about forty years ago. Besides her brother Neal she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Steinell of Corvallis and Mrs. John Bufon of Kelso; one son Ray Harpole of Corvlais; eight grandchildren and nine great grand children.
She was married to Franklin Hemphill Harpole 1846-1924. Siblings – John Stoutenburg 1857-1918, Dingeman D. Stoutenburg 1960-1914 and Cornelius Alexander Stoutenburg 1867.DEATH of Alexander Stoutenburg
Birth: Jun. 19, 1828 Rhenen Rhenen Municipality Utrecht, Netherlands Death: Sep. 6, 1897 Wheatland Yamhill County Oregon, USA
Alexander came to this country with his parents in 1847, his father died on board the ship. He made his way to Iowa & there married Regenia DeHaan who was also from the Netherlands in 1851. They were living in Oregon by 1867, farming in the Wheatland, Yamhill, OR area all of their lives. They 5 children here; Elizabeth, John, Dingaman, Cornelius, & Jane Stoutenburg.
Inscription on Alexander's side of the monument: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; They rest from their labors and their works do follow them."
Note: Alexander's sisters are also buried in Hopewell; Jannigje Van Stoutenburg Barendrick & Harriet Gerritje Van Stoutenburg Versteeg Burial: Hopewell Cemetery Dayton Yamhill County Oregon, USAThe pictures are of Alexander and Regina Stoutenburg family.
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