Genealogie Bos

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13 Nov 2022

Surname Line With the Longest Stay in a Locality

On his Genea-Musings Blog, Randy Seaver wrote about a Surname Line With the Longest Stay in a Locality. Many of my ancestors lived for several generations in the city of Dordrecht, on an island named the "Hoeksche Waard", and also in an area known as the "Langstraat" (a small protestant area, surrounded by a much larger catholic area). Most of my ancestors all used to live in Holland, a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands, so lines of ancestors in one region is not a challenge for me at all. Therefore I've made a line of ancestors (a) living in one city, Dordrecht, (b) living on one island, the Hoeksche Waard, and (c) living in one village, Strijen.

On my mother's side I've got family that has been living for 9 generations in the city of Dordrecht:

  1. Baerthout Pietersz de Sterke was born in Gouda and moved to Dordrecht; his son is
  2. Matthijs Baerthoudsz de Sterke who was baptised in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is
  3. Baerthout Thijssen de Sterke (1640-1712) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is
  4. Pieter Baerthoutsz de Sterke (1672-1716) who was born in Dordrecht and moved in 1706 to Rotterdam; his son is 
  5. Pieter de Sterke (1705-1769) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is 
  6. David de Sterke (1733-1797) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is 
  7. Pieter de Sterke (1765-1842) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is 
  8. Arie de Sterke (1796-1892) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his daughter is
  9. Adriana de Sterke (1828-1917) who was born and lived in Dordrecht. She is my great-great-grandmother.

My paternal ancestors all lived on an island named the Hoeksche Waard. It's located to the west of the city of Dordrecht, and to the south of the city of Rotterdam. Around 1600 my Bos family was living in Puttershoek in the north of the island. After the reclamation of a new polder at the south of the island, my paternal ancestors moved to the new village of Numansdorp. In the early 19th century my paternal ancestors moved to a dike just south of the tiny village of Cillaarshoek. Finally, my father moved to the nearby village of Strijen near the end of his life.
My paternal ancestral line has 12 generations on one island:

  1. Gijsbert Gerrits Boschman lived around 1600 in Puttershoek in the Hoeksche Waard, an island. He is the father of
  2. Gijsbert Cornelisse Bos who lived in Numansdorp in the early 17th century. He is the father of
  3. Cornelis Gijsberts Bos (1655-1731) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived there. He is the father of
  4. Leendert Cornelisse Bos (1693- ±1725) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived there. He is the father of
  5. Cent Leenderts Bos (1723-1783) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived there. He is the father of
  6. Leendert Cente Bos (1755-1830) who was born in Numansdorp, and moved to Cillaarshoek, both in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of
  7. Cent Leenderts Bos (±1788-1869) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived in Cillaarshoek, both in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of
  8. Cornelis Bos (1813-1888) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there. He is the father of
  9. Teunis Bos (1853-1923) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there. He is the father of
  10. Hendrik Bos (1901-1985) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there. He is the father of
  11. Teunis Pieter Bos (1929-2021) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there, and - at the end of his life - in nearby Strijen, both in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of
  12. me; I grew up in Cillaarshoek in the Hoeksche Waard, an island.

Finally, I present a family among my ancestors that lived for 10 generations is the village of Strijen:

  1. Claes Heijndricx. moved to Strijen in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of 
  2. Adriaen Claesz. van Driel who lived in Strijen in the 16th century. He is the father of
  3. Hendrick Adriaensz. van Driel (±1585-1654) who lived in Strijen. He is the father of
  4. Pieter Hendrix van Driel (±1615- ±1652) who lived in Strijen. He is the father of
  5. Cornelis Pietersz. van Driel who lived in Strijen. He is the father of
  6. Otto van Driel (1694- ±1742) who lived in Strijen. He is the father of
  7. Cornelis Otte van Driel (1724-1760) who lived in Strijen. He is the father of
  8. Otto van Driel (1756-1832) who lived in Strijen. He is the father of
  9. Paulus van Driel (1812-1887) who lived in Strijen. He is the father of 
  10. Maaike van Driel (1859-1936) who was born is Strijen, and married Teunis Bos (1853-1923), see above.

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