Van Steenwyk family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mrs. George King Nichols Scrapbook of the Nichols, Averill and Van Steenwyk Families
Collection — Box: MISC 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MISC MSS 009
Abstract
Scrapbook kept by Mrs. George King Nichols containing newspaper clippings about the Nichols, Averill, and Van Steenwyk families of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Scrapbook covers the year 1887-1893.
Dates:
1887-1893
Van Steenwyk Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS G
Abstract
Papers of an early La Crosse, Wisconsin, banker and mayor, and of his family. Gysbert van Steenwyk, Sr. (1814-1902), who founded the Batavian Bank in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was active in state and local politics. Van Steenwyk, a Dutch immigrant, served a term in 1873 as mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and also served in the Wisconsin state legislature as assemblyman in 1859 and senator 1879-1880. Other family members represented in the collection include Mariette Nichols van Steenwyk,...
Dates:
1828-1972