Longevity ~ Trijntje Roobol (94) in Rotterdam

Trijntje Roobol died at the age of 94 on 3 July 1962 around 16:00 in Rotterdam, Holland. Her death was reported on the 5th by the undertaker. She had been a widow for 35 years.
Trijntje was born in nearby Pernis on 2 May 1868. Her parents are Cornelia Lagendijk (1838-1923) and Arie Roobol (1831-1905). She was named after her paternal grandmother Trijntje Klootwijk, a descendant of the 16th-century Cornelis Beerntsz., who farmed in Barendrecht.

Trijntje married on 19 May 1892 in Charlois, now part of Rotterdam. The groom was labourer  Jan Noordzij, and both were 24 years old. Jan was born in Charlois on 17 January 1868 as second son of Pieter Noordzij (1837-1915) and his first wife Neeltje Langstraat (1838-1896). Trijntje's brother, labourer Arie Roobol (31), and her cousin, another Arie Roobol (34), were witnesses at her marriage.

Jan Noordzij en Trijntje Roobol had 9 children, born in the period 1893-1912 and named Pieter, Cornelia, Neeltje (1895-1951), Arie, Gerrit, Pleun, Hendrik Leendert, Ida Antje (1906-1919) and Antje Adriana, who lived for 1 month in 1912.

Trijntje Roobol lost her father Arie in 1905 when he was 74 years old. Trijntje's aunt Adriaantje Arijens Roobol died at the age of 90 on 4 September 1909 in Pernis. Trijntje's mother, Cornelia Lagendijk, died at the age of 85 on 23 May 1923 in Rotterdam. Finally, Trijntje's husband, Jan Noordzij, died at the age of 59 on 13 May 1927 in Rotterdam. Trijntje was left with 7 surviving children, all of whom were now adults.

Trijntje's son Arie was born on 18 March 1897 in Rotterdam. He married Gerarda Bos, who originated in Utrecht. They had a daughter Trijntje Gerarda Noordzij, born on 29 November 1932 in Velsen. Arie Noordzij worked in Indonesia for some time.

Arie Noordzij is a son of Trijntje Roobol and Jan Noordzij

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, CBGverzamelingen.nl.

Longevity ~ Aaltje Brand (94) survived her siblings

Aaltje Brand was born in Enkhuizen, Holland, on 8 March 1832. Her parents are fisherman Bote Brand (1800-1888) and his first wife Geesje Fasol. Bote and his wife married on 1 April 1824 in Enkhuizen. They had more children, including Jan Brand (1830-1923) and Klaas Brand (1839-1933) who both reached the age of 93.
When Aaltje Brand was 15 years old, her mother Geesje Fasol died at the age of 50 on January 21, 1848, in Brielle, Holland. Her father, Bote Brand, remarried on July 31, 1852, in Brielle to Maritje Kramer (1813-1891) who originated from Enkhuizen, too. Bote Brand died in Brielle on April 30, 1888, at the respectable age of 87.

Enkhuizen as painted by C. Springer

At the age of just 20, on 25 March 1852, Aaltje Brand married 20-year-old sailor Jacob van der Schilt. Jacob was born on 9 September 1831 in Brielle as son of Jan van der Schild and his wife Amarensje van der Kraan.
The marriage of Aaltje and Jacob van der Schilt remained childless. For some years a niece lived with Aaltje and her husband. Her name is Aaltje Jacoba van Noord. She was born in Brielle on 22 May 1863 as daughter of steersman Pieter van Noord (1830-1907) and his wife Fijtje Brand (1827-1899), Aaltje's sister. In 1884 Aaltje Jacoba married Johannes Arnoldus Pols, and had issue. Aaltje Jacoba van Noord died in Dordrecht on 28 January 1946, aged 82.

At the age of 77, Jacob van der Schilt died on New Years Day 1909 in Brielle. His widow Aaltje Brand lived for another 18 years. She died in Dordrecht on 20 January 1927 around 11 AM. Aaltje Brand was 94 years and 10 months old.

Aaltje Brand died at the age of 94 on 30 January 1927 in Dordrecht 

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, StreekarchiefVP.nl, WestFriesArchief.nl.

Wilhelm Kevelmann (1828-1905) was naturalised as a Dutch citizen

Wilhelm Kevelmann was born on 11 January 1828 in Diersford, a village in Germany, located between Xanten and Wesel. His parents are Gerhard Kevelmann and Mechtilde Gräff.
At the age of 27, on 7 December 1855 in Kralingen (now part of Rotterdam), Wilhelm married 31-year-old Clara Catharina Elisabeth van Beuzekom. She was born on 12 March 1824 in The Hague as daughter of carpenter Adrianus van Beuzekom. At that time, Wilhelm lived in Puttershoek and worked as a baker. On 15 April 1856 in Puttershoek Clara gave birth to a stillborn son.

In the 1880s Wilhelm Kevelmann was living in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands. Wilhelm was naturalised as a Dutch citizen on 11 August 1892.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 3 September 1892: Naturalisation of Wilhelm Kevelmann

Nollius Hajonides van der Meulen (1862-1907) drowned

The “SS Berlin” was a steel ship of 1775 tons, build for use on the ferry service from Harwich to Hook of Holland. On Thursday 21 February 1907, around 5 o’clock, a huge wave struck the ship, causing her to become impaled on the tip of the granite breakwater at the entrance to the New Waterway, west of Rotterdam. A Dutch lifeboat attempted to offer aid, but the rough seas rendered it impossible to approach the stricken vessel. Around 6 o’clock the ship broke in two, drowning the majority of the passengers. Later, 16 survivors were rescued, while 128 people had drowned.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 5-3-1907

One notable passenger who drowned was a King’s messenger, Mr. Herbert, travelling with diplomatic bags. Another victim was Hendrik Spijker of the Spyker car company. The main subject of this blog post, Nollius Hajonides van der Meulen, was also killed in this disaster.

Leeuwarder Courant, 25-2-1907

Nollius Hajonides van der Meulen was born on 7 July 1862 in Leeuwarden as eldest son of Pieter Hajonides van der Meulen (1835-1875) and Anna Gorter (1838-1918).
As an Adult, Nollius Hajonides traded in flax. At the age of 32, on 27 June 1895 in Menaldumadeel, Nollius Hajonides van der Meulen married 25-year-old Clasiena Cornelia Alma. She was born on 11 April 1871 as daughter of Margrieta Maas (1842-1916) and Hermanus Alma (1839-1915).

Longevity ~ Alice Pauline Henriette Marie van de Loo (92)

Alice Pauline Henriette Marie van de Loo died, at the age of 92, on 4 December 1977 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. On the 7th she was interred in the family tomb in Venlo, The Netherlands.
Alice was born on 1 May 1885 in Venlo. Her parents are Louis Marie Joseph Hubert van de Loo (1846-1906) and Maria Louisa Hubertina Goossens (1856-1937). Alice's maternal grandparents are Pieter Hendrik Goossens (1814-1874) and Maria Florentina Hubertina Goossens (1826-1913), whose parents are Maria Elisabeth Francisca de Borman (1792-1866) and Mathieu Ferdinand Goossens (1791-1869).

De Telegraaf, 6-12-1977

At the age of 24, Alice van de Loo married 27-year-old Maurice Charles Auguste Joseph Michiel Goossens on 1 February 1910 in Venlo. He was born in Venlo on 29 September 1882. His parents are the Belgian Laura Marie Caroline Lambertine vanden Borne (1862-1944) and Dutchman Eduard Jozeph Frans Goossens (1856-1933) who is a son of the German Catharina Juliane Lisette Narath (1826-1860) and Dutchman Joseph August Goossens (1816-1895). August is a brother of Alice's ancestor Pieter Hendrik Goossens. They are both sons of Hendricus Goossens (1786-1850) who belonged to a Goossens family that originated in Mook.

• Hendricus Goossens (1786-1850)
1. Pieter Hendrik Goossens (1814-1874)
1. Maria Louisa Hubertina Goossens (1856-1937)
1. Alice van de Loo (1885-1977)
2. August Goossens (1816-1895)
2. Eduard Jozeph Frans Goossens (1856-1933)
2. Maurice Goosens (1882-1960)

Alice and Maurice had a daughter Alice who died at the age of 9, and a son Frans who died unmarried in 1943 at the age of 31. Their third child, Beatrijs (Beatrix), was still living when her mother died. Maurice was aged 83 when he died on 27 May 1966 in Maastricht. Alice outlived her husband by 11 years.

Nieuwe Venlosche Courant, 23-11-1923

More info: GenWiki.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Nederlands Patriciaat 1965, 1989, 1997, Delpher.nl.

Cornelis Pieter Hultgren married the same wife twice

Cornelis Pieter Hultgren was born on May 20, 1885, in Amsterdam as Cornelis Pieter van Gigh, illegitimate son of Kaatje van Gigh (1857-1911), daughter of Marcus van Gigh (1810-1883) and his wife Sara Cohen (1821-1896).
Kaatje van Gigh was hospitalised from December 6, 1894 until March 11, 1895. One child is mentioned in the register.

On March 30, 1904, in Rotterdam Kaatje van Gigh (46) married Sven Adolf Hultgren (47). At their wedding they acknowledged to be the parents of Kaatje's 18-year-old son Cornelis Pieter, although it is unlikely that Sven Adolf really was the boy’s natural father.
Sven Adolf Hultgren was born on August 18, 1856, in Karlshamm in Southern Sweden. His parents are Gustaf Adolf Hultgren and Helena Jonsson. Sven Adolf was a seafaring man, and at some point he disappeared from the lives of Kaatje and her son Cornelis Pieter.
Kaatje van Gigh was nursed in an insane asylum in Leyden in 1906 from December 10 until December 18. Kaatje was again admitted to the insane asylum in Leyden in 1908 from June 25 to July 6. Kaatje van Gigh died on August 5, 1911, in Poortugaal, Holland.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 8-6-1929

In Schoten, Holland, on July 12, 1911, Cornelis Pieter Hultgren had married Vrouwtje Dapper. Vrouwtje was born on August 4, 1886, in Bovenkarspel, Holland. Her parents are Martje Evenhuis (1843-1905) and her husband Jacob Dapper (1849-1915).
After 5 years of marriage, Cornelis Pieter Hultgren and Vrouwtje Dapper had a daughter Cornelia Petronella Hultgren, born on November 27, 1916, in Amsterdam.

After nearly 18 years of marriage, the couple was divorced on July 8, 1929, in Haarlem.
The next year, on October 15, 1930, in Haarlem, Cornelis Pieter Hultgren and Vrouwtje Dapper were remarried. This second marriage ended in divorce – after 12 years of additional marriage - on December 19, 1952.

Cornelis Pieter Hultgren and Vrouwtje Dapper were remarried on October 15, 1930, in Haarlem

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, Stadsarchief.Rotterdam.nl, Noord-HollandsArchief.nl, Archief.Amsterdam website.

Sons of Emile Jean Hubert Wolters in Uppsala and Bloomfield

Emile Jean Hubert Wolters was born in Venlo, The Netherlands, on 2 September 1864. His parents are Josephina Gertrudis Hubertina van Meijel (1841-1906) and Jean Louis Hubert Wolters (1836-1900). Emile's paternal grandparents are Jean Gerard Hubert Wolters (1810-1889) and Maria Gertrudis Custers (1808-1894). They are also ancestors of the Beltman family in Amersfoort.

The obituary advertisement for Emile's widow mentions descendants in the Southeastern part of The Netherlands, in Uppsala in Sweden, and also in Bloomfield in the U.S.A. Emile's eldest son, Jan Laurent Wolters, was born on 4 March 1896 in Venlo. He lived for a while in Heerlen. In 1920 he moved to Rotterdam where he earned a living as a soap merchant. For a while he lived in Cologne (Köln) in Germany. Early 1926 is the first time Jan Wolters and his wife Martha Böhm were mentioned in the U.S.A. They were then living in Amityville in Suffolk County.
Martha Böhm (1894-1991) had travelled from New York to Europe in 1915 with the ship "Noordam" I. On 1 March 1916 she left Rotterdam again for the U.S.A. with the same ship.

Nieuwe Venlosche Courant, 12-11-1936

Emile's second son, Paul Wolters, was born on 11 January 1901 in Venlo. In 1926 he was still unmarried and living in Venlo. In 1936, however, Paul Wolters was living in Uppsala in Sweden. He had married a Swedish woman, Marthe Linquist. They had daughters Madeleine and Iona Martha Maria. Ioana Martha Maria was born on 28 August 1934, and died on 17 March 2021. She had married Stephen A. Farkas with whom she had shared 59 years of marriage. Her father, Paul Wolters, had died on 12 February 1954 in Uppsala at the age of 53.

Coenraad Rijsdijk (1844-1923) married his niece Pietertje Rijsdijk (1869-1946)

Coenraad Rijsdijk was born on 20 June 1844 in IJsselmonde, Holland. His parents are Arij Rijsdijk (1815-1883) “the elder” and his first wife Pietertje Mens (1820-1847). Coenraad had an elder brother Arie Rijsdijk “the younger”, born on 29 October 1841 in IJsselmonde.
After their mother’s death on 20 November 1847 in nearby Ridderkerk, their father married Lena de Ruiter on 14-3-1840 in nearby Barendrecht. By the time Arij “the elder” married his third wife, Maria Monfrooij (1826-1892), on 10 September 1880 in IJsselmonde, Coenraad was already a married man.

Coenraad’s elder brother Arij “the younger” was the first to marry on 27 June 1863 in IJsselmonde. His bride was Maria Wuister (1840-1880). Maria and Arij had several children, including a daughter Pietertje Rijsdijk, born on 30 January 1869 in IJsselmonde. Arie Rijsdijk “the younger”, aged 29, died on 30 April 1871 in Charlois, now part of Rotterdam. His widow Marie Wuister died at the age of 39 on 4 March 1880 in Barendrecht, leaving her daughter Pietertje an orphan at the age of 11. Thus, Pietertje's uncle Coenraad Rijsdijk became her guardian.

At the age of 23, on 24 April 1868 in IJsselmonde, Coenraad Rijsdijk had married 20-year-old Trijntje de Ruiter. She was born on 12 August 1847 in IJsselmonde, and her parents were Arie de Ruiter (1796-1863) and Pieterje van der Velde (1809-1890). Coenraad and Trijntje had 10 children, but most of them died young, including twin daughters. Trijntje died on 26 March 1886 in Spaarndam, Holland, 2 weeks after giving birth to her youngest daughter, who died young, too.
The next year, on 24 March 1887 in Barendrecht, 42-year-old Coenraad Rijsdijk married his 18-year-old niece Pietertje Rijsdijk whose guardian he was. On 29 November 1886 the couple had obtained a special permission to marry, because an uncle-niece marriage is usually not allowed. The couple also got permission to marry without fees, because they were poor, so Coenraad’s job as “merchant” was likely more like a humble door-to-door salesman.

Dutch King Willem III gave permission for this uncle-niece marriage

Pietertje Rijswijk gave birth to a death baby in IJsselmonde on 22 July 1887 around 4 o’clock. It’s unknown if the baby was either a miscarriage, or full-term - and then conceived before the wedding ceremony. Three more pregnancies resulted in lifeless children. Twelve other pregnancies were successful, but half of those children died young anyway.

Julius Zevenbergen (1861-1948) in Iowa

Julius Zevenbergen was born on 3 March 1861 in Barendrecht, Holland, as Jillis Koedood, the illegitimate son of 23-year-old Ida Koedood. Ida was born in Rhoon, Holland, on 20 December 1827 as Ida Cornelia, daughter of Jillis Koedood (1804-1850) and his wife Pietertje van 't Hof. Hence, Ida had named her son after her father.

Jillis was born on 3-3-1861 in Barendrecht as illegitimate son of Ida Koedood.

Ida Koedood, aged 25, was married on 28 May 1863 in Barendrecht to Pieter Zevenbergen, aged 26. They claimed Jillis was their son, and thus he acquired the surname Zevenbergen. It is, however, not likely that Ida's spouse was also the natural father of Jillis.
Pieter Zevenbergen was born on 26 January 1837 in Charlois (now part of Rotterdam). His parents are Arij Zevenbergen (1797-1851) and Pleuntje Lems (1799-1874).
Within her marriage Ida Koedood was 9 more times pregnant. In 1877 there was a stillborn son. Two other children died before the age of 2. Arie (1864-1928), Pietertje (1865-1919), Pleun (1867-1943), Lena (1872-1918) and Pieter (1880-1963) all survived, and remained in The Netherlands. Another son, Jan Zevenbergen (1869-1958), was to follow his brother Jilles to the USA.

On 13 May 1886 in Barendrecht, at the age of 25, Jilles Zevenbergen married Adriaantje de Zeeuw. She was born in nearby Heerjansdam on 5 April 1863. Her parents are the late Jan de Zeeuw (1828-1881) and his wife Aagje Hartman.
Jilles’ eldest son, Arie Zevenbergen, was born on 22 November 1892 in Barendrecht.

Jilles traveled to the USA with his wife and son and took the name “Julius”. His son Ike was born on 21 January 1897 in Middelburg, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. His daughter Agnes Edith was born there on 24 February 1899. They had a total of 10 children. In 1914 the family moved to the vicinity of Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa.

On 15 February 1922 Julius’ daughter Agnes Edith married Tunis Bras, born on 25 January 1895 in South Holland, Cook County, Illinois, as son of Arie Bras (1865-1959) who originated in Almkerk, Brabant, The Netherlands. Tunis' mother was Helena (“Helen”) van der Heijden (1868-1944). Mrs. Helen Bras was killed in the afternoon of March 28, 1944, when the car driven by her husband, Arie Bras, was struck by the southbound Dixie Limited on the C&EI crossing one and a half miles south of Kinney's Corner.
Julius’ son Ike married Jannetje Sara (“Jennie”) Monster (1904-2006). She was a daughter of Dina Hendrina (“Dena”) Verhoek (1879-1968) and her husband Arie Monster (1877-1948). Arie is a male-line descendant of an earlier Arie Monster who lived around 1700 in Sint Anthoniepolder, Holland.

Julius' wife, Adriaantje de Zeeuw, died in Ocheyedan on 28 March 1925, aged 62.
Julius Zevenbergen died at the Hull Hospital, Saturday evening, 24 April 1948, at the age of 87 years. He had been in good health - until a few weeks ago when he was taken to the hospital for an emergency operation, from which he never recovered.

Julius had a son of the same name, born on 25 September 1903 in Middleburg, Sioux County, Iowa. With his wife Ethel Runia (1910-2005), Julius jr. had 2 children. He died on 2 December 2002 in Harris, Osceola County, Iowa, aged 99.

De Volksvriend, 30-10-1947

Julius' younger brother John Zevenbergen had followed him to the USA in 1920.

Sources: FindAGrave.com (Julius Zevenbergen), FindAGrave.com (Tunis Bras), WieWasWie.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Delpher.nl.

John Zevenbergen (1869-1958) followed his brother to the USA in 1920

John was born as Jan on 26 November 1869 in Charlois (now part of Rotterdam). He was a younger son of Pieter Zevenbergen (1837-1913) and Ida Koedood (1837-1911). Two younger siblings died young, but Jilles, Jan and 5 other siblings all reached adulthood. 

Jan Zevenbergen was married on 29 October 1897 in Hoogvliet, Holland, to Susanna Voogt, born on 8 March 1876 in Hoogvliet, Holland. Her parents are Willem Voogt and Jacoba Konijnenburg.
Jan Zevenbergen and his wife Susanna lived in Rotterdam at different locations. They had several children, starting with a twin Jan and Jacoba, born on 21 April 1898 who both died after 5 months. Their other children are summarised in the table below.
Their eldest surviving son Pieter Willem Zevenbergen, born on 14 April 1899 in Rotterdam, was married there on 24-10-1923. That’s the last time anything about Jan’s family was registered in The Netherlands.

The family of Jan Zevenbergen and his wife Susanna

Marinus, a Murderous Madman in the Kootkar family

This blog post is about a 14-month-old baby that was murdered by her mad uncle. The grandparents of the baby are workman Jan Kootkar (26) and Hendrika Maria van Gasteren (25) who were married on 4 March 1859 in Culemborg in The Netherlands.

Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 23-3-1899

Jan Kootkar was born on 14 December 1832 in Culemborg as son of Hermanus Kootkar (1809-1890) en first wife Jannigje Bron. Jan's great-grandfather is Hermanus Kootkar of Meppen in Germany.
Jan's bride, Hendrika Maria, was born on 12 January 1834 in Culemborg as daughter of Johannes van Gasteren and Helena Ladrak. On 25 March 1851 in Culemborg, at the age of just 17, Hendrika Maria had given birth to an illegitimate son named Willem Johannes. Upon his mother's marriage, Willem Johannes was officially acknowledged by Jan Kootkar as his lawful son, although it is unlikely that he actually was his biological son.
Jan Kootkar and his wife had several children born in Culemborg, including sons Hermanus, born on 19 March 1861, Johannes, born on 16 February 1868, and Marinus, born on 20 January 1673. Jan Kootkar died on 12 January 1875 in Beusichem near Culemborg, when Marinus was 1 year old.
Jan's widow, Hendrika Maria van Gasteren, married 62-year-old agrarian Dirk van Heevelingen on 15 December 1876 in Culemborg. He was a childless widower. At the age of 3, Marinus had acquired a stepfather., and, at the age of 7, Marinus acquired a stepsister Willemina van Heevelingen (1880-1917).
Dirk van Heevelingen died on 11 March 1889 in Culemborg, aged 74. At that time, Marinus was 16 year old. Early 1897, 24-year-old Marinus Kootkar moved to Rotterdam.

For a while businessman Marinus Kootkar was living in Rotterdam

In Culemborg on 12 March 1897 Johannes Kootkar married Johanna Catharina Gudde. She was born on 12 February 1876 in Loosdrecht, Holland, as daughter of Willem Gudde (1823-1884) and Elizabeth Zevenboom (1835-1900). On 16 January 1898 in 's-Hertogenbosch their eldest child, Elisabeth, was born.

Twins in the Koomans family in Canada

Hubert Coomans (1727-1825) married Maaijke van Bezooijen (±1730-1809) in 's-Gravendeel, Holland. They had several children of whom 5 survived. Their son Arij Koomans (±1771-1818) fathered 11 children, including 3 surviving sons.
One of his descendants is another Arie Koomans (1882-1920) who married 26-year-old Davina Willemina den Hartog on October 16, 1909, in 's-Gravendeel. Arie and Davina Willemina were the parents of series of 3 twins.
On September 2, 1911, their first twin was born. One son was stillborn, the other was named Jan. On January 7, 1914, the twins Dirk and Huigje were born. The third twin was born on February 4, 1916. Those children were named Cornelis and Piet.

Dirk Koomans, his wife Dien, and their 4 eldest children

In 1939 Dirk Koomans married my aunt Gerdien (Dien) de Jong (1919-1999). They had several children before they boarded the ship "Waterman" on June 24, 1952, and emigrated to Canada. Their youngest children were born in Chatham, Ontario. Initially, Dien suffered terribly from homesickness. Meanwhile, Dirk started a company in demolition services, and became very successful at it. He died in 1989.

Passengers

Sources and further reading:

1. WieWasWie.nl.
2. W.H. Koomans, dr. mr. J.C. Maris: Het geslacht Koomans uit Klundert en Fijnaart, Nederlandse Leeuw, 1936.
3. Mr. J. Muller: De familie Koomans uit de Hoeksche Waard, Nederlandse Leeuw, 1942.
4. J. Moermond: De familie Coomans, Goers, Dingemans en Ardonne, Genealogisch Tijdschrift voor Midden- en West-Brabant, 1983.
5. J.W. Zondervan: Korrekties en aanvullingen op de families Coomans, Goers, Dingemans en Ardonne, Genealogisch Tijdschrift voor Midden- en West-Brabant, 1984.
6. StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl.
   
7. Family lore.

Extracts of emigration cards of Dutch people in Australia 1946-1991

Though the Dutch were the first Europeans to visit Australia and New Zealand, initially colonisation did not take place. It was only after World War II that a sharp increase in Dutch emigration to Australia occurred. Poor economic prospects for many Dutchmen, and houses destroyed in the 1953 flood were powerful incentives to emigrate.
With Australia experiencing a shortage of agricultural and metal industry workers it, and to a lesser extent New Zealand, they seemed an attractive possibility, with the Dutch government actively promoting emigration.

You can search in the extracts of the emigration cards here:

https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00335

You can search with the whole surname - or a partial surname to get more results.

There's also a Commonwealth Government Agencies database (ca. 1850 - ca. 1975):

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx

This database includes a large number of individuals from the Netherlands and Belgium.

Longevity ~ Antonia Maria Huberta Receveur (98) in Venlo

Antonia Maria Huberta (“Tonie”) Receveur was born in Venlo in The Netherlands on 13 June 1867. She is one of the 10 children of  Maria Catharina Huberta Hollen (1834-1922) and Antonius Christophorus Franciscus (“Antoon”) Receveur (1814-1888). Tonie's paternal grandparents were Pierre François Michel (“Frans”) Receveur (1783-1829) and his wife Maria Ludovica Petronella Keuller (1787-1852).

Familiewapen Receveur

The Receveur family were known as sellers of fabrics (“ellewaren”) in Venlo.

Tonie Receveur was married on 16 September 1890 in Venlo, aged 23. The groom was Jean Alexandre Hubert Eugène (“Eugène”) Goossens, born on 12 August 1860 in Venlo as son of Pieter Hendrik (“Henri”) Goossens (1814-1874) and Maria Florentina Hubertina (“Florence”) Goossens (1826-1913). Florence is a daughter of Mathijs Ferdinand Goossens (1791-1869) en Maria Elisabeth Francisca (“Elisabeth”) de Borman (1792-1866) who are also ancestors of the Beltman family in Amersfoort.

Tonie Receveur and Eugène Goossens had 7 children:

1.  Maria Henriette Florentine (“Mia”) Goossens (1891-1973).
2. Elise Florentine Henriette Hubertine (“Else”) Goossens (1892-1879) married Hugo Frans Marie Hubertus van der Loo in 1893.
3. Eugène Louis Charles Hubert Goossens (1894-1967) married Engelina Mathea Maria ("Engeline") van Romondt in 1922, and had issue.
4. Antonia Elisa Maria (“Tonny”) Goossens (1896-1987) married Antonius Henricus ("Toon") van Romondt, elder brother of "Engeline".
5.  Henri Chrétien Marie Hubert (1897-1993) was an engineer.
6. Wilhelmina Carolina Maria Huberta (“Mien”) Goossens (1898-1986) married Leonardus Henricus Hubertus Maria (“Leo”) Raymakers (1896-1968), and had issue.
7. Emilie Eugénie Hubertine Marie Anne Goossens (1907-1957).
   

Passenger lists of the Holland-America Line have been digitised

The Holland-America Line (HAL) was founded in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the period 1873-1989, it operated as a Dutch passenger line, cargo line, and cruise line, operating primarily between the Netherlands and North America. The suffix indicated the ship’s primary function - “dam” for passenger service, “dijk” for cargo. The Holland America Line - with its yellow and white funnels ringed with green stripes - has transported more than 850,000 emigrants to the New World.

The first great wave of immigration ended with the advent of World War I, during which HAL would lose 6 ships and 13 employees. At the start of the Second World War, HAL had 25 ships; 9 remained at war's end. After the war, the shipping line was instrumental in transporting a massive wave of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada and elsewhere.

All passenger lists of the Holland-America Line covering the period 1900-1969 have now been digitised. You can easily search for family members who travelled, or emigrated, with the Holland-America Line.
The information was made available due to a joint project of the CBG (Dutch Center for Family History) and the Rotterdam City Archives that lasted three years, and is now completed thanks to the help of many volunteers.

You can search here:
    https://stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl/zoek-en-ontdek/passagierslijsten/zoeken-op-passagiers/

An example

For more information on the Holland-America Line and its former fleet, see:
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_America_Line
     https://maritime-executive.com/article/holland-america-line-history-distinction-innovation-and-growth

The Goossens Family in Venlo and their Belgian wives

My late father-in-law owned a collection of personal record cards containing spaces for the genealogical information of a person, his parents and spouse. The children can be added at the back of the card. I received custody of this genealogy cards box. A lot of those cards are filled in with persons with the surname Goossens.

Marguerita Maria Louise Leonie Wilhelmine (“Margot”) Goossens (1912-1989), my father-in-law’s mother, belonged to a notable family in Venlo in the Southeast of The Netherlands. Margot’s father August Emile Alphons Marie Hubert Goossens (1882-1956) and her grandfather August Theodoor Hubert Goossens (1838-1911) were merchants of colonial goods.
The elder August was described as “a calm, reasonable man, for whom one must hold the highest esteem”. He was married around 1867 to Marie Louise Eugenie Hubertine Lumaije (1848-1907). Her father Félix François Lumaije (also: Lumay) was born around 1819 in Spy near Namur in Belgium. I’m very happy with the info on my father-in-law's personal record cards for my French is nearly non-existent.
Félix is a son of farmer Louis Joseph Ghislain Lumaije (1784-1835) and a grandson of Jean François Lumaije (1742-1810) who originated in Bois-de-Villers near Namur.

The calm and reasonable elder August Goossens is a son of Mathieu Ferdinand Goossens (1791-1869) who married Maria Elisabeth Francisca (“Elisabeth”) de Borman (1792-1866). Her sister Maria Anna Alexandrina ("Anna") de Borman (1793-1877) had married Petrus Jacobus (“Pierre”) Goossens (1790-1876), the elder brother of Mathieu Ferdinand. Pierre and Anna had 8 children including Eugene Nicolaas Hubert Goossens (1827-1903). Eugene was born in Bree in Belgium and married Catherine Victorine Honoré (1838-1866) who originated in Liège. Their son is Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens (1862-1915) who died on 14 December 1915 in Arcachon, Gironde, France.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, genwiki.nl, OpenArch.nl, AlleLimburgers.nl, parochie-sevenum.nl.

A Bos family with German roots

Pastry baker Hoot Onno Bos (25) and Klazina Stikker (21) were married on 16 June 1888 in Nieuwolda in the northeastern part of The Netherlands.
Klazina was born on 30 July 1866 in Oterdum near Delfzijl. Her parents are Pieter Stikker (1820-1886) and Engelina Nap (1847-1901).
Hoot Onno Bos was born on 2 August 1862 in Nieuwolda. His parents are Hindrik Bos (1826-1874) and Grietje Westerhuis (1824-1886). His paternal grandparents are Grietje Freerks Vos and Christoffer (“Stoffer Koerts”) Bos. Christoffel originated in Kappel in Germany.

Hoot Onno Bos and Klazina Stikker are the parents of

1. Engelina, born on 3 June 1889 in Groningen, died there on 15 April 1890.
2. Hindrik, born on 21 Septrmrt 1890 in Groningen. In 1937 Hindrik was living in Leibzig in Germany.
3. Engelina Grietje, born on 24 June 1894 in Groningen.

In 1913 Hoot Onno Bos, his wife and 2 surviving children were living in The Hague in Holland. In 1925 they moved to Leiden in Holland.

Hoot Onno Bos died at the age of 74 on 11 June 1937 in Leiden. He was buried there on the 14th. His widow, Klazina Stikker, died at the age of 81 on 20 August 1947 in Geneva, Switzerland. Her sister Maria had a small obituary placed in a newspaper.

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 12-6-1937

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 28-8-1947

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl.

Arie Baars married and divorced his cousin Japina Stal

First cousins Japina Stal (33) and Arie Baars (31) were married on 28 June 1907 in Rotterdam, Holland.
The groom, Arie Baars, was born on 31 November 1875 in Oud-Beijerland, Holland. His parents are Cornelis Baars (1840-1916) and Maatje Willeboordse (1845-1904).
Japina, the bride, was born in Rotterdam on 31 August 1873. Her parents are Arie Johannes Stal (1838-1916) and Aletta Baars (1844-1919). Aletta and Cornelis Baars are both children of Arij Baars (1818-1881) and Jaapje de Koning (1820-1875). Cornelis was born on 17 February 1840 in Oud-Beijerland, and named after his grandfather Cornelis Baars (1793-1876). Aletta was born in Oud-Beijerland on 7 December 1844, and named after Cornelis' wife Aletta Vink (1794-1867).

Arij Baars   (1818-1881) | -------------------------
| Aletta Baars (1844-1916)		| Cornelis Baars (1840-1916)
| Japina Stal (1873-1947)	x 1907-1918	| Arie Baars (1875-1944)

In 1903 Japina's family exploited a catering facility named “Lommerrijk” in Hillegersberg (now part of Rotterdam). Operator of the tavern was Japina's father Arie Johannes Stal. The other people involved were his sons Willem Arie Stal (1866-1946) and Arie Willem Stal (1868-1946), his son-in-law Anthonie Willem Zijlmans, husband of Neeltje Stal (1870-1942), and his daughter Japina. A fifth child, Alettta Helena Stal, had died as a teenager.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 10-12-1903

Goldchen Lewertoff left for Hamburg

Goldchen Lewertoff was born on 18 April 1854 in Lübeck in Germany. She married merchant Hartog Stoppelman in May 1896 in Delfzijl near Groningen in The Netherlands. Hartog was born on 1 April 1863 in nearby Nieuwe Pekela. His parents were merchant Arond Stopplman (1827-1891) and his wife Hendrijetta Meiberg (1828-1905).

In the spring of 1908 Hartog and Goldchen left Lübeck for Rotterdam in Holland. Early 1909, however, Goldchen left for Hamburg in Germany. Soon thereafter Hartog left for Sneek in the North of The Netherlands. On May 19th, he was sentenced to 14 days of imprisonment. By August Hartog was back in Rotterdam.
Hartog's sister Hendeltje Stoppelman (1844-1914) had married Israël van Coeverden. Their daughter Roosje was born on 6 April 1876 in Coevorden and gave birth in Rotterdam on 15 June 1899 to an illegitimate daughter named Heintje. Heintje lived for a while with her great-uncle Hartog in Rotterdam.

With his wife staying in Germany, Hartog Stoppelman decided to file for a divorce. It was approved by the court in Rotterdam on 15 October 1917. The divorce was registered on 22 March 1918 in The Hague.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 12-9-1918

On 12 July 1922 in Rotterdam Hertog Stoppelman, aged 59, finally remarried. His bride was 43-year-old Hester van Blankestein. She was born on 31 October 1862 in IJsselmonde, south of Rotterdam. Her parents are Barend van Blankestein (1831-1893) and Chonetta van de Waal (1837-1906).
At the age of 42, on 8 November 1911 in Rotterdam, Hester had married 52-year-old Jacob Schustirowitz. Jacob was widower of Rosa Galoen (1863-1910) whom he had married in 1884 in Groningen. He was born on 9 July 1859 in Sebastopol in Russia as son of Izaak Schustirowitz and Anna Macen. Jacob had died on 5 June 1918 in Rotterdam, aged 58.

At the age of 72, Hertog Stoppelman died in Rotterdam on 27 June 1935. His widow, Hester van Blankenstein, died around 15 October 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Her death was finally registered in Rotterdam in 1951.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Delpher.nl, en.Wikipedia.org.

Teunis Klootwyk (1865-1938) and his wives

Teunis (“Tunis”) Klootwyk was born on 11 August 1865 in Pella, Iowa. He is one of two sons of Johannes Klootwijk and his first wife Gezenna Maria Mathilda Krijnders. Johannes Klootwijk was born on 10 December 1836 in Kedichem in The Netherlands, as a son of an earlier Teunis Klootwijk whose 18th-century ancestors were living in Dussen in The Netherlands.
In the USA Johannes was known as "John". He married his second wife in Pella on 20 March 1879, when his eldest son Teunis was 13 years old. John Klootwijk lived to the old age of 80, and died on 16 November 1917 in Pella.

Pella, Iowa

Teunis Klootwyk married his first wife Mary de Bond on 18 December 1888. They had 7 sons in the period 1889-1902^*. Mary died, aged 34, on 13 May 1870 in Pella.

De Grondwet (newspaper), 1-11-1904

Teunis married his second wife Neeltje (“Nellie”) Toll on 29 Noember 1906 in Pella. Nellie was born on 13 july 1880 in Barendrecht, Holland. Her parents are Arie Tol (1834-19150 and his fourth wife Arendje Zevenbergen (1849-1919). Nellie arrived in the USA with her parents at the age of seventien. Her first husband was Everett van Engelenhoven (1872-1904).
In Washington Township, Iowa, Nellie and Teunis had two sons - Ira Nelson (1908-2000) and Nelson Tunis (1911-1991) - and a baby who lived for just four weeks. Nellie died on 7 September 1911, nine weeks after the birth of her youngest child.

In 1916 Teunis married his fourth wife Minnie or Jennie van Steenis. She was born on 19 February 1879 in Pella and died on 14 October 1920 in Melcher-Dallas, Iowa. She had earlier been married in 1889 to Philip Schmidt (1851-1915).