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Photos » Slide Show		Henry & Josephine (Hanson) Purfeerst. This picture was taken on March 11, 1909 in Rice County, Minnesota upon the occasion of the marriage of Henry Mark Purfeerst & Josephine Hanson LEFT TO RIGHT: STANDING: * David Charles Purfeerst * Harmon Francis Purfeerst * Josephine Kenney (William's fiance') * William Frederick Purfeerst SEATED: * Jennie (Johnson) Purfeerst * Henry Mark Purfeerst * Josephine (Hanson) Purfeerst * Mary Jane (Brown) Purfeerst FOREGROUND: Harmon and Jennie (Johnson) Purfeerst's children: * Walter Everett Purfeerst * George William Purfeerst * Myles Archie Purfeerst Henry, Harmon and William Purfeerst are the sons of Charles Ernest & Mary (Brown) Purfeerst, Sr. David Charles Purfeerst is their grandson; the son of their eldest son, David Ernest Purfeerst. See the history of Rice County, Minnesota for information on this family.
		Harmon & Jennie (Johnson) Purfeerst Family. This picture was taken in 1905 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. It shows Harmon Francis & Jennie June (Johnson) Purfeerst and their three sons: Myles Archie Purfeerst (rear), Walter Everett Purfeerst (center) and George William Purfeerst (youth). Harmon Francis Purfeerst is the son of Charles Ernest & Mary Jane (Brown) Purfeerst, Sr. For information on this family see the histories on Fairfield County, Connecticut, Rice County, Minnesota and the country of The Netherlands.
		Harmon & Jennie (Johnson) Purfeerst Family. The picture on the left was taken in 1906 in Faribault, Minnesota. It shows the three sons of Harmon & Jennie (Johnson)Purfeerst: STANDING: Myles Archie Purfeerst RIGHT: Walter Everett Purfeerst FOREGROUND: George William Purfeerst The photo on the right was taken in April 1955 on the occasion of the death of the family father, Harmon Francis Purfeerst. LEFT TO RIGHT: * Myles Purfeerst * Walter Purfeerst * George Purfeerst SEATED: * Jennie June Johnson Harmon Francis Purfeerst is the son of Charles Ernest & Mary Jane (Brown) Purfeerst, Sr. For information on this family see the histories on Fairfield County, Connecticut, Rice County, Minnesota and the country of The Netherlands.
		Harmon & Jennie (Johnson) Purfeerst Family. These pictures are of Harmon Francis Purfeerst and his three sons. The picture on the left was taken on 1913 in New Salem, North Dakota. It shows Harmon Francis Purfeerst with his son Myles Archie Purfeerst. The photo on the right was taken in 1914 in New Salem, North Dakota and shows George William Purfeerst on the left and Walter Everett Purfeerst on the right. Harmon Francis Purfeerst is the son of Charles Ernest & Mary Jane (Brown) Purfeerst, Sr. For information on this family see the histories on Fairfield County, Connecticut, Rice County, Minnesota and the country of The Netherlands.
		Myles Archie & Matilda Augusta (Neas) Purfeerst - 1968 Myles Archie Purfeerst is the son of Harmon Francis and Jennie June (Johnson) Purfeerst. For information on this family see the histories on Fairfield County, Connecticut, Rice County, Minnesota and the country of The Netherlands.
		Myles & Matilda (Neas) Purfeerst Family - 1944 This picture was taken in 1944 and shows Myles Archie and Matilda Augusta (Neas) Purfeerst with their children Alice Dorothy Purfeerst and Calvin Myles Purfeerst. Myles Archie Purfeerst is the son of Harmon Francis and Jennie June (Johnson) Purfeerst. For information on this family see the histories on Fairfield County, Connecticut, Rice County, Minnesota and the country of The Netherlands.
		Myles Archie Purfeerst - 1944 Myles Archie Purfeerst is the son of Harmon Francis and Jennie June (Johnson) Purfeerst. For information on this family see the histories on Fairfield County, Connecticut, Rice County, Minnesota and the country of The Netherlands.

Histories

NEW YORK - Barent and Aeltie Driessen, later Johnson.

a.k.a. - Brent Johnson, Kings County, Long Island, New York.

The early Dutch generations systematically used patronymics in their naming patterns where the name of an ancestor was added as a suffix or a prefix to children's names in order to show descent. Barent Driessen's son became Jan Brentsen; whose son became Berent Jansen; whose son became Barent Johnson. (The Dutch given names of Jan and John are interchangeable).

Major surname connections families include GULICK, SCHENCK, STILLWELL, TERHUNE, VAN PELT, VAN VOORHEES AND WYCKOFF.

This family group constitues the ancestors for the Author's grandmother, Jennie June Johnson.