Dutch ancestors of author Pearl S. Buck (2): a Van der Linden family in Amersfoort

Pearl S. Buck was a writer and novelist. I read her fictionalised biography of Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi. She was born as Pearl Sydenstricker on 26 June 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia, to Caroline Maude Stulting and Absalom Sydenstricker, of Dutch and German descent respectively. In October 1892, her parents took their 4-month-old baby to China. The surname Buck derives from Pearl's first husband John Lossing Buck (1890–1975). On the same day in 1935 that Pearl divorced him, she married her publisher Richard J. Walsh. Pearl died on 6 March, 1973, aged 83.

Pearl's mother, Caroline Maude - “Carie” - Stulting (1857-1921), is a daughter of Hanna Sonnius (1816-1876) and silversmith Hermanus Stulting. They were married on 18 March 1840 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Hermanus Stulting died on 30 September 1905 in Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, West Verginia. He was born in Utrecht on 5 October 1816 as son of Cornelis Johannes Stulting (1790-1861) and Arnolda Broekman. Hermanus' grandparents were Hermanus Stulting sr., Hendrica Lebben, Nicolaas Broekman and Gerritje van der Linden.

Gerritje van der Linden and Nicolaas Broekman were married in Amersfoort, east of Utrecht, on 2 December 1768. The groom had been living in Leeuwarden in the north of The Netherlands, but Gerritje originated in Amersfoort. Gerritje and Nicolaas had several children, including Helena, Antonia, Fija, Hendrika, Arnoldus and Arnolda. Arnolda was her mother's youngest, and was baptised on 28 december 1784 in Amersfoort. On 11 March 1790 in Amersfoort Nicolaas married his second wife Maria van den Brink, widow of Peter Boshuizen.

Gerritje van der Linden was baptised on 26 March 1743 in Amersfoort as youngest daughter of Arnoldus van der Linden and his wife Sophia - “Fijtje” - Gerrits. The couple was married in Amersfoort on 26 September 1723. They had children named Lambert, Aaltje, Jannitje, Maria, Gerrit, Dirkje and Gerritje. Gerritje was likely named after her mother's father.

Arnoldis van der Linden married Sijtjen Gerritsen
on 25 September 1723 in Amersfoort

At the baptism of his eldest child Lambert, on 8 January 1724 in Amersfoort, Arnoldus is mentioned with the patronymic Lammert. Arnoldus may have been baptised in Amersfoort on 27 May 1690 as son of Lambertus Jansz.

Sources: HetUtrechtsArchief.nl, WieWasWie.nl, en.wikipedia.org, Delpher.nl, FindAGrave.com, ancestors.familysearch.org (census form), Geni.com.

The 1-month marriage of Herman Heinrich Vogelsang (1787-1821)

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang was born on 21 January 1787 in Lengerich, a place in Germany, located just south of Tecklenburg. His parents are tailor Johann Wilhelm Vogelsang and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth Schräer/Schröer. Johan Wilhelm Vogelsang had died on 5 August 1808 in Lengerich. At the eind of 1814, Herman Heinrich moved to the Netherlands.

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang was born in Lengerich on 21 January 1787

On 16 February 1820 in the Almelo district, 33-year-old Herman Heinrich Vogelsang married Berentdina Berentzen, aged 26. The groom was in such dire financial straits that he could not afford the wedding fees.

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang married Berentdina Berentzen on 16 February 1820 in Ambt Almelo

Berentdina Berentzen was born on 10 March 1793 and baptised on the 17th in Holten near Almelo as daughter of Jan Berenzen Groote-boer and Willemina Janzen. This couple was married in Holten on 16 May 1784, and had several children.
Berentdina, a farm girl living in the Almelo district, stated that her father, farmer Jan Berentzen, had lived in Holten, and died there on 28 December 1805.

Berentdina Berentzen was born on 10 March 1793 in Holten

Ancestors of Nicolaas Mouthaan (1799-1877) in 's-Gravenmoer

Before Napoleon's reign, the northwestern part of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant used to be part of Holland. In that area the Dutch Reformed faith was predominant, while the remainder of the province had remained catholic. Since people used to marry people of the same faith, some inbreeding occurred within Dutch Reformed families in that area.

Registration of the baptism of Hendrik Mouthaan in 1774 in 's-Gravenmoer

Nicolaas Mouthaan was born on the 6th and baptised on December 8, 1799, in 's-Gravenmoer. His parents are Hendrik Mouthaan (1774-1808) and Willemijna Mouthaan (1777-1821). Her parent's are Nicolaas Mouthaan (1727-1814) and his second wife Maria Mouthaan (1737-1807). Nicolaas is a descendant of Jan Willemss Mouthaen (†1631) through 3 lines of ancestors.
Additionally, Aelbert Jansz Mouthaan (1633-1677) had a daughter Maaiken Mouthaan (1657-1735) who married Staven Heijblom (†1745). Their daughter Maria Heijblom (1697-1757) married her first cousin Hendrik Mouthaan (1704-1788) and is the mother of Anthonie Mouthaan (1731-1784).