Joan's Ancestral World

Pearl S. Buck was a writer and novelist. I read her fictionalised biography of Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi. The famous author was bor...

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang was born on 21 January 1787 in Lengerich, a place in Germany, located just south of Tecklenburg. His parents are t...

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...

Jacobus Buttenaer had a strong constitution. Traveling to Asia was a health risk in the 18th century, but Jacobus survived the crossing. He ...

Adam Strickeiser - also known as “Strekeijzern” - and Maria Schepens were married on 23 March 1794 in Raamsdonk, Brabant, The Netherlands. A...