Genealogie Bos

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

28 Mar 2023

The family of Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens (1862-1915)

Eugène Nicolaas Hubert Goossens (1827-1903) and his wife Catherine Victorine Honoré (1838-1866) were living in Liège in Belgium where they were married in 1856. Eugène was born in Bree in Belgium as son of the Dutch couple Petrus Jacobus Goossens (1790-1876) and Maria Anna Alexandrina de Borman (1793-1877) who had settled in Bree.

Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens was born on 7-12-1862 in Liège in Belgium

Eugène and his wife had two sons: Pierre François Eugène Marie Maurice Goossens (1857-1890) and Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens (1862-1915). Charles was married on 22 October 1889 in Liège to Laurence Elise Marie Larroque. She was born on 20 October 1866 in Liège as daughter of Frenchman Mathieu Ernest Larroque (1841-1922) and his wife Joséphine Eugénie Stembert (1829-1915).

Marcel François Ernest Goossens was born on 26-10-1892 in Liège in Belgium

While Charles and Laurence were living in Liège, they had four children: Eugène Charles Ernest, born in 1890, Marcel François Ernest, Jeanne Marie Louise (1894-1917) and Georges Eugène Ernest, born in 1900.
Their second son, Marcel François Ernest, was born on 26 October 1892 in Liège. He married Suzanna Beaumartin on 8 April 1920 in Bordeaux in France. Suzanna was born there on 26 August 1894. The couple had children named Jeanne, Pierre, Arlette and Jean Marie.
Arlette Monique Henriette Georgette Goossens was born on 2 April 1926 in Bordeaux, and died there on 29 October 2021, at the age of 95.

Sources: Kwartierstaat Kaarten Beltman, WieWasWie.nl, acte-deces.frOpenArch.nl. More info: GenWiki.nl.

15 Mar 2023

Christiaan Erassemus Hollem of Bornholm married in Rotterdam

Christiaan Erassemus Hol(le)m was a young man, born on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. W(e)ijntje Snikkers was a young girl, baptised on 25 August 1748 in Dordrecht. Her parents, Jan Snikkers and Jannetje de Roth, were married in 1747. Wijntje had several younger siblings.
Christiaan and Wijntje were married in Rotterdam on 15 March 1772. The notice of their marriage had been on 28 February.

Christian Erassemus Hollem and Wijntje Snikker were married in 1772 in Rotterdam

Christiaan Erassemus Hollem and Wijntje Snikkers are the parents of
  1. Erasmus ("Rassemus") Holm was baptised on 25 December 1772 in Rotterdam with witnesses Jan Snikkers and Jannetje de Rot. In 1793 he married Margaretha Laziers who died on 28 August 1843 in Rotterdam, 69½ years old. Erasmus Holm died in Rotterdam on 21 November 1847, aged 75 years and 11 months.
  2. Jannetje Holm was baptised on 16 January 1776 in Rotterdam with witnesses Jan Snikkers and Jannetje de Rot. Jannetje died on 8 June 1822 in Rotterdam, aged 56.
  3. Johannes Holm was baptised on 19 March 1780 in Rotterdam with witnesses Jannetje de Ro(o)t and Jan Snikkers. Aged 50 years, 2 months and 27 days, "Jan" Holm died on 12 June 1830 in Rotterdam.
  4. Christina Holm was baptised on 25 January 1784 in the Zuiderkerk church in Rotterdam with witness Jannetje Rot. Christina Holm married Jurrie Janse Kant on 14 July 1819 in Rotterdam. He originated in Leer in Ostfriesland in Germany. At the age of 42, Christina married 30-year-old Antonius Joannes Sanders on 8 November 1826 in Rotterdam.

On 3 October 1796 in Rotterdam Wijntje de Rot was a witness at the baptism of Cornelia, daughter of Alida Giesestijn and Cornelis Snikkers.
Wijntje Snikkers, widow of Christiaan Hollem, died on 15 April 1817 in Rotterdam, at the age of 70.

Source: StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, RegionaalArchiefdordrecht.nl.

9 Mar 2023

Alberto Zoppi (1856-1937) in Tilburg

Alberto Zoppi was born on 13 March 1856 in Broglio, Ticino, Switserland. His father, Giacomo Zoppi, had deserted his wife Marianna Tonini in 1867. He left for the USA, and they haven't heard from him since. In The Netherlands Alberto worked as a worked as a chimney sweep.

Alberto Zappi was born in Broglio in Switserland

At the age of 25, on 16 June 1881 in Zwolle, The Netherlands, Alberto Zoppi married 22-year-old Cornelia Vredeveld. She was born on on 1 April 1859 in Zwolle, The Netherlands. Her parents are carpenter Johannes Vredeveld an his wife Alberdiena Rientjes. At the time of her marriage, Cornelia’s mother was being nursed in an asylum for the insane in nearby Deventer.

Alberto's mother-in-law Alberdiena Rientjes was locked up in a mental institution