Longevity ~ Arie Bras (1865-1959) of Almkerk in the USA

Arie Bras was born on 11 July 1865 in Almkerk, Brabant, The Netherlands. His parents are Arie Bras (1822-1901) and Wilhelmina Kamerman (1826-1892). His grandfather Leendert Bras (1793-1862) was a labourer, miller and innkeeper in Almkerk. Leendert's wife, Sijke van Drunen (1797-1874), is a direct-line descendant of my ancestor Michiel Hendrikse van Drunen, who lived around 1700 in Giessen in Brabant.
Arie Bras had many siblings, but several of them died young. Arie's elder brother Teunis Bras died on 11 February 1884, aged 24. Their siblings Sijke, Willemina and Leendert reached adulthood, too.

On 9 May 1890 in Almkerk, Arie Bras married Helena van der Heijden. She was born in Dussen in Brabant on 23 October 1868 as a younger daughter of Jan van der Heijden and his wife Cornelia Verhoeven. Arie's daughter Cornelia Bras was born on 9 February 1891 in Almkerk. She may have died young.
Arie Bras and Helena van der Heijden had further children in the USA: Cornelia Wilhelmina (1892-1873), Tunis (1895-1989), Wilhelmena Gertrude (1896-1980), Harry (1900-1974), John (1901-1993) and Helena (1908-1994). Arie's eldest son was born in South Holland, Cook County, Illinois, on 25 January 1895, and he seems to have named him Tunis after his elder brother who had died at the age of 24.

Arie's wife, Helena, died at the age of 75 on 28 March 1944 in Ganeer Township, Kankakee County, Illinois. Her widower Arie Bras died there on 19 June 1959 at the age of 93. He had survived his wife by 15 years. Arie was buried at the Kankakee Memorial Gardens. Arie's son Tunis Bras was born on 25 January 1895 in South Holland, Cook County, Illinois. He was 94 years old when he died on 28 July 1989 in Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa.

Surname Saturday - Horstman - Brick Wall

One of my ancestors, Frans Langeweg (1736-1811), married Kornelia Horstman on 26 April 1761 in Dordrecht. Frans was assisted by his mother Maaijke de Vries (1702-1770), widow of Gerrit Langeweg. Kornelia was assisted by her mother, wife of David Horstman, whose consent had been recorded in writing.
David Horstman had married his wife Seija van den Reijen (1711-1767) in Dordrecht on 1 May 1729 in the Lutheran church. They had two daughters named Belia and Kornelia.

David Horstman originated in Bücken in Germany. In 1732 in Dordrecht David worked as a confectioner who baked sugary treats such as cake, chocolate, marzipan and cookies. On 12-4-1736, David Horstman, refiner, sold a sugar box in the Wijnstraat near the Kleine Kraansteiger or Hengstedteiger for ƒ500 to the refiners Hermanus and Egbert van Streeffkerk. The burial of David Horstman was registered in dordrecht on 15 October 1763.

David Horstman and Sija van den Reijen were married in Dordrecht on 1 May 1729

Sources: RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, de.Wikiepedia.org.

Longevity ~ Engel van Zee (92)

Engel van Zee was born on the 17th and baptised on 18 June 1775 in Herwijnen, Gelderland, The Netherlands. He was a younger son of Gerrit (“Geurt”) van Zee (1728-1789) and his wife Jenneke de Fokkert. Most of Engel's ancestors were settled in Herwijnen. The family did not belong to the nobility or aristocracy, but did use a family coat of arms consisting of a double eagle with a background of gold.
On 17 February 1799 in Herwijnen Engel married Engeltje Bijl. She was born on the 17th and baptised on 20 July 1777 in Herwijnen. Her parents are Coenraad Bijl (1756-1830) and Judith de Bruijn (1748-1820).
Engel and Engeltje had 9 surviving children, when Engeltje died on 15 July 1827 in Herwijnen, aged 49.

Which Engel van Zee is depicted here?

In 1847 the schip "Pieter Floris" departed for Baltimore. On board were Engel's son Coenraad van Zee (1813-1891) and his daughter Judith van Zee (1820-1909) with their spouses and children. Engel's son Govert left for Pella in 1853, but he became ill, and was allegedly left on an island to die.
Coenraad van Zee had a son Engel (“Engle”) van Zee, born on 9 October 1841 in Herwijnen, who died on 26 November 1902 in Iowa, aged 61. He, too, could be the Engel van Zee on the picture above.
The elder Engel van Zee died in Herwijnen on 9 June 1868 around 06:00 A.M. If he had lived 8 days longer, he could have celebrated his 93rd birthday.

Engel van Zee died on 9 June 1886 at the age of nearly 93

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, FindAGrave.com, GeldersArchief.nl, FamilySearch.org, Souvenir History of Pella, Iowa, Compiled and Published by The Booster Press, G.A. Stout, Publisher, Pella, Iowa, Genealogie in Herwijnen, E. de Bruijn, Gens Nostra 1998, p. 23-44, see also: Gens Nostra 1970, p. 370-372, Gens Nostra 1974, p. 193-194, Gens Nostra 1976, p. 33-36.

How the DIV tag can disrupt blog formatting

When a new, programmed blog post was automatically posted to my blog, once in a while it happened to mess up the layout of the blog. Strangely, the Archive and Label sections to the right of the blog post, then appeared at the bottom of the blogs.

Recently, I had a newly released blog post that didn't mess up the layout at first, but when I pressed the "Read more »" link, the Archive and Label sections moved to the bottom. Thus, I knew the problem was after the jump-break tag. That section contained a HTML list. Immediately before the list I noticed a

tag. The matching end tag with the slash, however, didn't appear until the very end of the blog post. When I removed both this opening divider tag and its end tag, the Archive and Label sections of the blog page returned to their normal position at the right.

The <div> tag in HTML is a fundamental and versatile element used for grouping and structuring content on a web page. It stands for “division” or “divider”. It is by default a block element, meaning that it takes all available width, and comes with line breaks before and after.
This is the HTML layout:

<div>
<!-- contained content goes here -->
</div>

My impression is that Blogger inserts <div> tags too casually in blog posts.

Further reading: w3schools.com, GeeksForGeeks.org, Elementor.com/blog, Shiksha.com/online-courses.