The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1061 ABRAHAM VAN WYK. Abraham Van Wyk is actively engaged in general farming and stock raising, running both sheep and cattle upon his farm in Yakima county. He was born in Holland, April 9, 1857, a son of John and Johanna Lena Van Wyk, who removed to New Jersey in 1888 and there resided until they were called to their final rest. Abraham Van Wyk spent the period of his boyhood and youth in his native country and was about twenty-nine years of age, when he came to the United States, crossing the Atlantic in 1886. He made his way to Nevada, where he engaged in farming until 1888, when he returned eastward to New Jersey and there joined his parents, who in that year came to the new world. He continued a resident of New Jersey until 1904, when he made his way to the Pacific northwest, settling in Yakima county, Washington, where he purchased twenty acres on the Moxee. To this he afterward added a ten-acre tract, becoming owner of thirty acres in all. He has since devoted his attention to general farming and he has over six hundred head of sheep and cattle, handling registered Holstein cattle. His live stock interests constitute an important branch of his business. He is also engaged in the raising of hay and grain and his farming interests have gained him a place among the substantial citizens of his section of the state. On the 27th of August, 1898, Mr. Van Wyk was married to Miss Freda Neudeck, a native of Germany and a daughter of Gustave and Antonia Neudeck. Mrs. Van Wyk came to the United States at the age of sixteen years with her parents and was married in New Jersey. To this marriage have been born five children: John, who was born July 6, 1899; Gustave, born October 5, 1900: Walter, May 8, 1906; Otto Ernest, December 24, 1908; and Johanna Lena, May 28. 1911. The parents attend the First Reformed church and Mr. Van Wyk gives his political support to the republican party. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made steady progress toward the goal of success. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.