Genealogie Bos

This is my English-language Genealogy & Ancestry Blog.
(Mijn Nederlandstalige blog is genealogiebos.blogspot.nl).

18 Dec 2019

Neeltje Weeda's 1730 Twins

Neeltje Weeda was baptized on 23 December 1708 in Westmaas, Holland. Her parents are my ancestors Pieter Claessen Weeda and Adriaantje Hendriks van der Giessen. Neeltje's father may have died around 1721, when Neeltje was approximately 12 years old.
Neeltje Weeda was not yet 21 years old when she was married on 23 October 1729 in Westmaas to Willem Wesselse Bongaarts. Willem was born in Neukirchen, located west of Moers in Germany.


On May 29, 1730, Neeltje Weeda gave birth to twins named Wessel and Pieter. They were baptized on June 4 with witnesses Johanna Claas Herman and Hendriksjen van der Waal. Both sons would grow up and marry. Neeltje Weeda and Willem Bongaarts were to have a total of 12 children, although at least 3 of them died young.


Neeltje's elder brother Cornelis Weeda was married in 1731 to Marijgje Tuck, a daughter of my ancestor Crijn Jansz. Tuck. Another brother, Claas Weeda, married twice, and is my ancestor through his daughter Neeltje Weeda (±1736-1809).

5 Dec 2019

Martiena Maria de Kok travelled to Argentina

 Martiena Maria de Kok was born on November 10, 1852, around 23:00 in Krabbendijke, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Her parents, Jacobus de Kok and Gillina de Hamer, were married in Krabbendijke on March 13, 1851. Martiena Maria's younger siblings were all born in nearby Rilland.

 Martina Maria was working as a maidservant when she was married on May 4, 1876, in nearby Kruiningen to labourer Lucas de Jonge. Lucas was born in Kruiningen on July 29, 1850. His parents were labourer Dingenis de Jonge (1825-1907) and his wife Willemina van Weele.
 Marina Maria's eldest daughter Wilhelmina Jacoba de Jonge was born on February 20, 1877, in Kruiningen, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland. Another daughter, Hellina de Jonge, was born on June 14, 1878, in Poortvliet, Tholen, Zeeland. Their first son, Jacobus Dingenus, was born there, too, on November 10, 1880. Their 10th child, Johannes, was born on February 13, 1889, in Yerseke, Zuid-Beveland, Zeeland.

 The couple traveled with their children to Buenos-Aires in Argentina.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 2-2-1906