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| − | Jan Vennik was born in the [[Netherlands]]. | + | Jan Vennik was born on 15 April 1823 in Koedijk, the [[Netherlands]]. He was the 4th of 7 children of Jan Vennik & Geertje Foppes. Vennik's father was a carpenter, and Jan Vennik (junior) besides later looking for gold was listed as working in the Netherlands as a barman. |
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| + | He married Kaatje Dekker (a widow, also Dutch born in Rotterdam 22 December 1824) in Ballarat on 23 March 1866, a marriage later also acknowledged in the Netherlands on 17 March 1870 when they briefly returned to the Netherlands. There were no children from that marriage. | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
Revision as of 08:45, 23 March 2013
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Background
Jan Vennik was born on 15 April 1823 in Koedijk, the Netherlands. He was the 4th of 7 children of Jan Vennik & Geertje Foppes. Vennik's father was a carpenter, and Jan Vennik (junior) besides later looking for gold was listed as working in the Netherlands as a barman.
He married Kaatje Dekker (a widow, also Dutch born in Rotterdam 22 December 1824) in Ballarat on 23 March 1866, a marriage later also acknowledged in the Netherlands on 17 March 1870 when they briefly returned to the Netherlands. There were no children from that marriage.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Jan Vennik shared a tent situated 300 yards from the Eureka Stockade with two other men, Cornelius Peters and Le Fronzis Romeo.[1]
Post 1854 Experiences
Jan Vennik was one of 12 prisoners tried for treason. [2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
