Winkel Community – Hees

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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 Coert Albertse Van Voorhees resided near the front of the village of Hees.


I really want to visit this place and talk to the locals about the history. Until then, here are some pictures I got from Google Maps. It looks like a beautiful community.

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Through a Dutch Door

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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

Toy Winkel

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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.

 

Toy Winkel

 

Welcome

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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 the faster.

Winkel.org 1.0

2.0 was frame based. Navigation was improved but flat in appearance.

old site 2

3.0 leverages social media with our Facebook group. We also link to videos on Winkel Family Youtube channel. The page has a more modern look.

Winkel.org 3.0

Ultimately a webpage’s value rests on its content. Hopefully you will find the histories, photos and interest pages valuable and fun. I’m happy to make updates when new information becomes available.

Jerry Winkel