Hendrik Eggelmeijer of Kapelle near Tecklenburg

Hend(e)rik Eggel(en)meijer (also: Eggelmeyer) was born in Kapelle near Tecklenburg in Germany. He was married op 30 April 1782 in Rotterdam. His bride was Gerritje Zeijlmans.
Cornelis Zeijlmans and Niesje van Heijmsberge had a daughter Gerritje baptized on 28 September 1755 in Rotterdam with witnesses Gerrit Boudewijns and Adriaentie van Heijnsbergen. That's likely the baptism of Hendrik's bride. That couple also had a daughter Johanna baptised on 27 June 1747, who likely is the widness at the baptism of Gerritje's 2 eldest daughters. Gerritje and Johanna also had a sister Cornelia who was baptized on 20 August 1752 in Rotterdam, and witnessed the baptisms of Gerritje's children Cornelia and Cornelia.

Tecklenburg

Hendrik Eggelmeijer and Gerritje Zeijlmans had the following children baptised in Rotterdam:

1. Johanna Catriena was baptised on 11 May 1783 with witness Johanna Zeijlmans.
2. Johanna Niesje was baptised on 24 April 1785 with witness Johanna Zeijlman(s).
3. Cornelis was baptised on 11 March 1787 with witnesses Cornelia Z(e)ijlmans and Neeltje de Jong. Cornelis married Antje Allariës in 1807. They had a son Hendrik who died young. Cornelis Eggermeijer, native of Rotterdam, died in Vlissingen on 12 April 1813.
4. Catrina Johanna was baptized on 19 October 1788 in the Zuiderkerk (church). 
5. Cornelia was baptised on 5 December 1790 with witness Cornelia Zeijlmans. Cornelia Eggelmeijer died on 14 May 1807, and was buried on the 17th. 
6. Gerretje was baptised on 9 September 1792 in the Grote Kerk (church). 
7. Gerrit Hendrik was born on 3 December 1793 and baptised on the 15th. He died on 12 May 1794 and was buried in Rotterdam on the 16th. 
8. Hendrika was baptised on 16 October 1796. She married Adriaan van Kleijnputte on 9 June 1830. Hendrika died died – 20 days after giving birth to a death son - in Rotterdam on 6 November 1832, aged 36 years and 28 days. After just 55½ months - on 24 April 1833 in Rotterdam - her widower remarried.

Hendrik Eggelmeijer died on 9 August 1802, leaving 3 young children. He was buried in Rotterdam on the 12th.
Gerritje Zeijlmans, widow of Hendrik Eggelmeijer, died on 2 July 1807, and was buried in Rotterdam on the 6th. She left 2 children, and 1 of them was still a minor. Her daughter Cornelia had passed away 3 weeks before. The 2 remaining children were Cornelis (1787-1813) and Hendrika (1796-1832).

Rotterdam

Sources: www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl, WieWasWie.nl.

Teunis Rijkhoek (1816-1882) in Pella

Pella in Marion County in Iowa was founded in 1847 when some 800 Dutch immigrants - led by minister Hendrik Pieter (“Henry”) Scholte - settled in the area. Among them were Teunis Rijkhoek (31) and his wife. They boarded the ship "Nagasaki" with captain F.A. Bunnemeijer. Departure from Rotterdam was on 11 April 1847 with 239 passengers on board. Two persons died at sea, and one person was born at sea. Subsequently, on the trip to Iowa, even more people died.

Teunis Rijkhoek was born on 21 February 1816 in 's-Gravendeel, Holland. His parents are Willem Rijkhoek and Pietertje van Ham (1790-1847) who is a male-line descendant of my 18th-century ancestor Jan Willems van Ham. The couple had other sons named Joost, Jan (1820-1907), Frans (1824-1904) and Johannes (1830-1889) Rijkhoek. 

Teunis Rijkhoek was married on 8 September 1838 in Groote Lindt, Holland. His bride Cornelia was born there on 15 August 1818 as daughter of Willem Boer and Janna Hoogerwerf. The marriage  of Teunis and Cornelia remained childless. 

Teunis Rijkhoek died in Pella in June 1882, aged 66.

Pella, Iowa

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Dutch Immigrants that followed Scholte, WeRelate.org, IAGenWeb.org. 

Moritz Marx (1847-1888) & his brother Benjamin

An alliterative name is a name in which the first and last names begin with the same sound, like Moritz Marx. Moritz was born in Cologne (Köln) in Germany on 15 December 1847. His parents are Emanuel Benjamin Marx and Therese Koppel. Therese was born on 4 August 1821 in Solingen, Germany. Her father is Samuel Coppel (1782-1867). Theresa died as a widow, aged 60, on 24 June 1882 in Rotterdam, Holland.

Moritz Marx had a brother Benjamin, born on 22 September 1845 in Cologne, and their youngest brother was named Hermann. Moritz Marx was living in Rotterdam when he became a Dutch citizen on 22 July 1882 at the age of 34. Moritz Marx died at the age of 40 on 16 October 1888 in Rotterdam.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 27-7-1882

In 1890 banker Benjamin Marx started a company with his brother Hermann Marx and Jacob Christoph Kerkhoven, both attorneys, manufacturer Pieter Kerkhoven and lawyer Carel Eduard Havelaar. The factory was named “Rotterdamsche Margarinefabriek”, and was intended to produce alternatives to butter.
Early 1899, Benjamin Marx and Pieter Johannes van Ommeren were owners of a company named “Marx en Co”.

Benjamin Marx had married Antonia Maria Anna Wolff on 11 August 1878. She was born on 4 December 1854 in Mainz, Germany. In 1879 the couple had a son who died as a baby. In 1880 a son Alfred Jacques was born, who reached maturity.
Benjamin died on 13 June 1910 in Rotterdam. His only surviving son was married in May 1911. In the winter of 1930-1931 Benjamin's widow, aged 76, was placed under guardianship at her own request. She died on 12 February 1932 in The Hague.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 8-1-1931