First Generation  

1. Joannes Hendrikus VAN CLEEF, son of Henricus VAN CLEEF and Maria Christina GIJSEN, was born on 5 Dec 1823 in Born, Limburg, Netherlands,¹ died on 25 Oct 1897 in Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA,² at age 73, and was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Waconia, Carver, Minnesota, USA.³

Joannes married Lucia HERMANS, daughter of Maria Catharina HERMANS, on 20 Apr 1846 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands.⁴ Lucia was born on 26 Sep 1825 in Zingem-Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium,⁵ died in Nov 1895 in Waconia, Carver, Minnesota, USA,⁶ at age 70, and was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Waconia, Carver, Minnesota, USA.³

+ 2    i. Maria Catharina Barbara VAN CLEEF was born on 5 Aug 1847 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands,⁷ died on 4 Nov 1927 in , Hennepin, Minnesota, USA,^6,8 at age 80, and was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Waconia, Carver, Minnesota, USA.⁹

+ 3    ii. Anna Maria Hubertina VAN CLEEF was born on 30 May 1850 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands¹⁰ and died on 11 Apr 1859 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands,¹¹ at age 8.

+ 4    iii. Jan Willem "William" CLEEF was born on 5 Aug 1853 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands¹² and died between 1910 and 1920, at age 57.

+ 5    iv. Jan Gerard "John" VAN CLEEF was born on 27 May 1856 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands,¹³ died on 13 May 1917 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA,^8,14 at age 60, and was buried in Saint Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA.¹⁵

+ 6    v. Maria Mechtildis VAN CLEEF was born on 6 Oct 1858 in Guttecoven, Limburg, Netherlands,¹⁶ died on 19 Apr 1948 in , Ramsey, Minnesota, USA,⁸ at age 89, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA.¹⁷

+ 7    vi. Mary Gertrude VAN CLEEF was born on 27 Jun 1862 in Waconia, Carver, Minnesota, USA,^3,18 died on 1 Nov 1938 in Edina Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA,^3,8 at age 76, and was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA.^3,18