Surname Line With the Longest Stay in a Locality

On his Genea-Musings Blog, Randy Seaver wrote about a Surname Line With the Longest Stay in a Locality. Many of my ancestors lived for several generations in the city of Dordrecht, on an island named the "Hoeksche Waard", and also in an area known as the "Langstraat" (a small protestant area, surrounded by a much larger catholic area). Most of my ancestors all used to live in Holland, a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands, so lines of ancestors in one region is not a challenge for me at all. Therefore I've made a line of ancestors (a) living in one city, Dordrecht, (b) living on one island, the Hoeksche Waard, and (c) living in one village, Strijen.

On my mother's side I've got family that has been living for 9 generations in the city of Dordrecht:

1. Baerthout Pietersz de Sterke was born in Gouda and moved to Dordrecht; his son is
2. Matthijs Baerthoudsz de Sterke who was baptised in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is
3. Baerthout Thijssen de Sterke (1640-1712) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is
4. Pieter Baerthoutsz de Sterke (1672-1716) who was born in Dordrecht and moved in 1706 to Rotterdam; his son is 
5. Pieter de Sterke (1705-1769) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is 
6. David de Sterke (1733-1797) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is 
7. Pieter de Sterke (1765-1842) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his son is 
8. Arie de Sterke (1796-1892) who was born in Dordrecht and lived there; his daughter is
9. Adriana de Sterke (1828-1917) who was born and lived in Dordrecht. She is my great-great-grandmother.

My paternal ancestors all lived on an island named the Hoeksche Waard. It's located to the west of the city of Dordrecht, and to the south of the city of Rotterdam. Around 1600 my Bos family was living in Puttershoek in the north of the island. After the reclamation of a new polder at the south of the island, my paternal ancestors moved to the new village of Numansdorp. In the early 19th century my paternal ancestors moved to a dike just south of the tiny village of Cillaarshoek. Finally, my father moved to the nearby village of Strijen near the end of his life.
My paternal ancestral line has 12 generations on one island:

1. Gijsbert Gerrits Boschman lived around 1600 in Puttershoek in the Hoeksche Waard, an island. He is the father of
2. Gijsbert Cornelisse Bos who lived in Numansdorp in the early 17th century. He is the father of
3. Cornelis Gijsberts Bos (1655-1731) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived there. He is the father of
4. Leendert Cornelisse Bos (1693- ±1725) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived there. He is the father of
5. Cent Leenderts Bos (1723-1783) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived there. He is the father of
6. Leendert Cente Bos (1755-1830) who was born in Numansdorp, and moved to Cillaarshoek, both in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of
7. Cent Leenderts Bos (±1788-1869) who was born in Numansdorp, and lived in Cillaarshoek, both in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of
8. Cornelis Bos (1813-1888) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there. He is the father of
9. Teunis Bos (1853-1923) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there. He is the father of
10. Hendrik Bos (1901-1985) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there. He is the father of
11. Teunis Pieter Bos (1929-2021) who was born in Cillaarshoek and lived there, and - at the end of his life - in nearby Strijen, both in the Hoeksche Waard. He is the father of
12. me; I grew up in Cillaarshoek in the Hoeksche Waard, an island.

Short Marriage - Adriana Bos (1838-61) and Teunis de Vos

Adriana Bos was born on 12 August 1838 in Goudriaan, Holland. Her parents are Niesje de Pater (1809-1883) and Jacob Bos (1809-1866), son of another Jacob Bos (1766-1837) and Adriana den Branker (1777-1814). Adriana's great-grandparents are Jan Bos and Elisabeth (“Lijsbeth”) Kwakernaak who were married in Goudriaan in 1761. Bos is a common surname in The Netherlands; this family is not related to my paternal Bos ancestors at all.

Adriana Bos had younger siblings Niesje, Metje, Jacob and Fop Hendrik Bos who all reached adulthood. At the age of 19, Adriana was the first to marry. On 24 April 1858 in Giessendam, Holland, she married 31-year-old Teunis de Vos. Teunis was born on 21 July 1826 in Giessendam as son of Gerrit de Vos (1796-1830) and Annigje Kuiper. Teunis was just 4 years old when his father died.

Teunis' young wife Adriana gave birth to 2 healthy sons. She died at the age of 22 in Giessendam on 25 January 1861. She had been married for just 2¾ year.
Adriana had a slightly younger sister Niesje Bos who was born on 24 September 1839 in Goudriaan. She was married in Giessendam on 25 April 1865 to Adriana's widower Teunis de Vos. Subsequently Niesje gave birth to 4 children, but 2 of them died as a baby.

These are Teunis' children: 

1. Gerrit Pieter (Gerrit) de Vos was born on 12-3-1859 in Giessendam. In 1880 Gerrit married his first cousin Lijstje de Vos (1858-1921). She is a daughter of Willem Matthijs de Vos, one of Teunis' brothers. Gerrit died on 21-11-1909 in Ridderkerk in Holland, aged 50. 
2. Jacob Willem de Vos was born on 9-3-1860 in Giessendam. He married Willempje Muilwijk in 1856. He died on 16-7-1933 in Giessen-Nieuwkerk, aged 73.
3. Annigje de Vos was born on 1-2-1866 in Giessendam. Annigje married Johannes van der Plas. She died on 10-11-1949 in Heemstede in Holland, aged 83.
4. Adrianus de Vos was born on 28-12-1866 in Giessendam. He died there on 5-4-1867.
5. Niesje de Vos was born on 12-2-1868 in Giessendam. At the age of 55, Niesje married widower Cornelis Gerrit Westerhout (1857-1936). Niesje died on 3-11-1945 in Haarlem, aged 77.
6. Adriana de Vos was born on 21-4-1872 in Giessendam. She died there on 3-9-1872.

Teunis de Vos died on 5 August 1892 in Giessendam, aged 66. At the time his 4 surviving children were still alive. Teunis' eldest son Gerrit died in 1909, aged 50. Niesje Bos died on 16 August 1921 in Giessendam, aged 81. She had a surviving sister Metje Bos, born on 20 April 1841 in Goudriaan, who died at the age of 90 on 3 August 1931 in Giessendam. She had married Gerrit Rietveld (1844-1932).

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Families of South Holland Index (“Klappers”).

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.

Sniper Lubbert Bos

The muster books of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) mention Lubbert Bos in 1916. I found Lubbert Bos employed in Indonesia as fusilier and sniper in 1919. His height was 175 cm, and he had tattoos on both arms. On December 8, 1921, he was reported as “missing”, but by January 5, 1922, he was back. In August he was again “missing”, and by September 10 he was back.
Lubbert Bos returned from Indonesia with the SS Rembrandt, arriving in Amsterdam on April 19, 1923.

Parents' names, date of birth, and description.

Career notes

How Cent Bos descends from Centje Cente

Cent is a first name prevalent among my paternal ancestors within the Bos family on the island Hoeksche Waard in Holland. The family originated in Puttershoek. Later, they were living in Numansdorp. In the early 19th century my ancestral branch moved to Cillaarshoek.
My father, Teun Bos, was named after his grandfather, who was a grandson of Cent Leenderts Bos (±1787-1869). When following the line of the eldest sons, however, a Cent Jacob Bos (1922-1988) can be found. In this post I'll show the ancestors of his cousin Cent Bos (1908-1997).

1. Cent Bos was born on 11-3-1908 in Cillaarshoek. He died on 15-3-1997. 
2. Pieter Bos (1882-1963) was married in 1907 to Hermina Vermeulen (1886-1965).
3. Cent Bos was born on 5-9-1845 in Cillaarshoek and died there on 4-11-1917. He was married on 4-5-1876 in Maasdam to Adriaantje (“Jaantje”) van Steensel. She was born on 9-10-1851 in Strijen and died on 18-8-1940 in Cillaarshoek Jaantje's grandmother was Jannigje Cente Bos (1758-1828), a daughter of Cent Leenderts Bos (1723-1783).
4. Cornelis Bos (1813-1888) was married to Kommertje Hoek (1812-1859) in 1842 in Maasdam. Secondly he married Neeltje van Houten (1838-1887) in Maasdam in 1860.
5. Cent Leenderts Bos (±1787-1869) was married to Barbara van der Giessen (1787-1857). Their children were baptised in Cillaarshoek.
6. Leendert Cente Bos (1755-1830) was married to Hendrina van Kooten (±1763-1821) in 1786 in Numansdorp. Their youngest son Leendert Bos (1804-1863) was baptised in Cillaarshoek.
7. Cent Leendert Bos (1723-1783) was married to Magteltje Reijerkerk of Heinenoord in 1746 in Numansdorp.
8. Pleuntje Cente Bosman (1692-1767) was married to Leendert Cornelisse Bos (1693-±1725) around 1717. She married secondly Laurens Jacobsz Lievaart (±1675-1740 in 1728 in Numansdorp. Around 1742 she was married thirdly to Tielman Barendsz. Her first husband, Leender Bos, was a son of Cornelis Gijsberts Bos (1655-1731) and Lijsbeth Stevens (1659-1705).
9. Cent Cornelisse Bosman (1666-1756) was married to Hendrikje Dwarswaard. He married secondly Marike Gerrits Steen (±1677-1755) in 1705 in Numansdorp
10. Cornelis Centsz of Puttershoek was married in 1666 in Heinenoord to Barber Jans Boer (1641-1720).
11. Cent Gijsbertsen of Puttershoek was married in 1610 to one Neeltgie Arijens. The mother of his son Cornelis, however, was his second wife, Maergien Cornelisse, whom he married in 1634 in Puttershoek.
12. Centje Cente was married to Gijsbert Gerrits Boschman. In 1630 in Puttershoek she married secondly one Cornelis Cornelisz.

Numansdorp

Henri Gerrit Booij (1907-1944) from Rotterdam was buried in Changkai

Henri Gerrit Booij was born on 2 July 1907 in Rotterdam. His parents are Hendrik Booij and Jannetje de Wilde. His paternal grandparents are Gerrit Booij (1837-1882) and Bregtje de Waal. His paternal great-grandparents are Jacob Booij (1785-1866) and his third wife Niesje Beets (1810-1882) who were living in Ilpendam, Holland. The paternal great-great-grandparents of Henri Gerrit are Gerrit Jacobsz. Booij (1757-1828), Eegje Jans Dekker (1763-1820), Sijmon Jansz. Beets (±1767-1817) and Krelisje Bos (1776-1848).

When Henri Gerrit Booij was 21 years old, his father Henri Booij died on 1 June 1929, aged 52, in Hillegersberg (now part of Rotterdam). He had been born on 30 May 1877 in Buiksloot, Holland, and had been working as a waiter. Henri's widow, Jannetje de Wilde, was born on 19 March 1873 in Amsterfoort, Utrecht area, The Netherlands. They had been married on 7 March 1901 in Amsterdam. An overview of their younger children and birth dates is shown in the image below. 

Henri Gerrits Booij with his parents and younger siblings

At the age of 31, Henri Gerrit Booij was married on 23 November 1938 in Rotterdam to Helena Johanna Maria Verbakel, aged 29, born in Rotterdam. She was born on 7 March 1909 in Rotterdam as the eldest daughter of Wilhelmus Jacobus Verbakel (1879-1964) and Johanna Gerarda Visser. At some point the couple traveled to Indonesia.

POW Camp Card for Henri Gerrit Booij

In Indonesia Henri Gerrit Booij was working as a hotel clerk, probably in Nongkodjadjar on Java. He was described an infantry sergeant for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) when he was captured by the Japanese on Java on 10 March 1942. He was transferred to the main Java Prisoner Of War (POW) Camp on 1 November 1942, and interned. He was transferred to the Thai No. 4 Branch Camp 7855 on 29 January 1943. Often, prisoners in the Thai POW Camps were forced by the Japanese to work on the Burma Railway between Nong Pladuk in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Burma (now Myanmar). Henri Gerrit Booij died in the No. 4 Branch Camp on 11 February 1944. He was buried in Chungkai.

Geertrui Papenvelt (1803-54) of Emden, Germany

Dutch translation of Geertruid's baptismal record

Geertrui Papenvelt was born on 12 June 1803 and baptized on the 16th in Emden, Germany. Her parents are Gerrit Papenvelt and Maria Noteboom. Her brother Jozef was born on 25 May 1805 and baptized there on the 30th.
Gerrit Papevelt died on 29 June 1817 in Emden. His death was registered in Dordrecht, Holland, on 22 November 1819. As a widow Geertrui’s mother lived in ‘s-Gravendeel, Holland. Maria Noteboom died there as Gerrit's widow on 9 August 1852, aged 74. Her parents are Joost Noteboom (†1787) and Jannigje Korsse de Jong (†1795).

Earlier, on 20 July 1826 in Vlaardingen, Holland, a woman named Teuntje Verboom had died as widow of Gerrit van Papenvelt. They had been married on 6 November 1796 in Vlaardingen, and they had had a son Arij Papevelt (1797-1854). Teuntje Verboom (1763-1826) was widow of Maarten Bos(ch). Gerrit Papenvelt was widower of Trijntje Noorthoek. This first marriage had taken place on 6 May 1791 in Vlaardingen, and the surviving children of Gerrit's first marriage were Johannis (1791-), Teunis (1793-1843) and Peije (1794-1813).
Did Gerrit Papenvelt move to Emden, Germany, to be able to contract a bigamous marriage to Maria Noteboom, or did Gerrit and Maria just pretend to be married, while living in Germany?

How Kommertje Bos descends from 17th-century Commertje Bastiaans

On my father's side of the family I had a great-aunt named Kommertje Bos, which is a bit of an unusual name. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Kommertje Hoek (1812-1859). As was usual within large families, Kommertje Hoek had several granddaughters and great-granddaughters named after her. Among them was another Kommertje Bos (1910-2000), who was known as “Ko Kuip” due to her marriage to Jan Kuiper (1909-1967). That Kommertje's father was Jacob “Jaap” Bos (1878-1944), son of Cent Bos (1845-1917), a brother of my great-grandfather Teunis Bos (1853-1923).
This Teunis Bos was the father of the Kommertje Bos of this post. Kommertje was married in 1913to Cornelis (“Cees”) Boer and had sons named Leendert (2x), Teunis, Aart and Cornelis. Kommertje's younger sister Willempje (“Wim”) Bos (1897-1982) married Cornelis' brother Meeuwis Boer (1890-1959) in 1925. That's a great-aunt I can still remember. 

The family of Cornelis Boer and Kommertje Bos in Rotterdam

Here are the ancestors of my great-aunt Kommertje Bos:

1. Kommertje Bos was born on 30-12-1891 in Cillaarshoek around 03:00. On 3-7-1913 in Maasdam she married Cornelis Boer who was born on 4-8-1889 in Puttershoek. 
2. Teunis Bos (1853-1923) married Maaike van Driel (1859-1926) in 1880 in Strijen.
3. Kommertje Hoek was born on 4-1-1812 in Sint Anthoniepolder, baptized on 12-1-1812 in Cillaarshoek and there died on 1-11-1859. She was married on 7-12-1842 in Maasdam to Cornelis Bos (1813-1888).
8. Pieter Hoek (1780-1844) married Willempje in 't Veld (1789-1823) and Metje Vermoen (1792-1843).
16. Commertje den Broeder was born on 26-7-1738 in de Greup and baptized on 3-8-1738 in Westmaas. She died on 24-12-1823 in Klaaswaal. She was married in Klaaswaal on 15-4-1768 to Mattheus Hoek (1734-1817).
32. Bastiaan Meeuwisse den Broeder (1680-1738) was married to Adriana Willems Vlasblom and Ahrentje Corsse de Jong (1703-1752).
64. Ariaentie Leenderts Broeder was born around 1645. She was married in Numansdorp on 13-6-1666 to Meeuwis Corsz.
128. Commertje Bastiaans was born around 1625. She was married to Leendert Ariens Boender, Carel Pieters and Jan Claasse van Dalen. She lived in Numansdorp.

All these ancestors lived on the island known as "Hoeksche Waard" in the southwest of Holland.

Same Name - Adriaan de Jong

The #52Ancestors topic for this week is "Same Name". That's a topic I can relate to! 

My father's surname, Bos (which translates in English as "Bush" or "Wood"), is the 14th most common surname in The Netherlands with 0.22%. Luckily, my father's family features a recurring first name that is quite unusual: "Cent". In addition, my Bos ancestors lived on an island known as "Hoeksche Waard". Through the centuries, they moved from Puttershoek via Numansdorp to Cillaarshoek, but those are all places on the same isle.

Adriaan de Jong
(1850-1899)

My mother's surname, De Jong (which translates in English as "The Young"), is the number 1 surname in The Netherlands with 0.53%. My "De Jong" ancestors lived in Capelle and Loon op Zand, two villages in a protestant area in a mainly catholic Dutch region known as Brabant. Another non-related "De Jong" family lived in the same area, but they were richer, and can thus be distinguished from my mother's poor ancestors. 
Most men among my mother's ancestors had the first name "Adriaan". The first Adriaen de Jong was likely born around 1555, his son, another Adriaan, was likely born around 1580, and his son was Peter de Jonge (1626-1700) who had a son Jan de Jongh (1663-1742). Jan had a younger son Adriaan ("Arie") de Jong (1710-1761) with an eldest son Adriaan de Jong (±1737-1795) with a son Adriaan de Jong (1776-1844) with a son Adriaan de Jong (1804-1857) who also had a son Adriaan de Jong (1850-1899), who is my great-grandfather.

Signature of Adriaan de Jong (1804-1857)

Sources: Map of Most Common Surnames in Europe, Meest voorkomende achternamen in Nederland, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena. See also: The most common surnames in Europe @ Wikipedia & Genealogie Hoeksche Waard.

Kundertje Dijksman: teenage pregnancy & divorce in Delft, Holland

Friedrich Wilhelm Austmann was born in Soest in Germany. In The Netherlands he met Dirkje van Meel (1791-1873) and they were married in Zegwaard, Holland, on August 30, 1822. One of their children was Wilhelmina Frederika Austmann (1826-1908). On March 30, 1853, in Delft, Holland, she was married to Arij Dijksman (1829-1870) who belongs to a Dijksman family that originates in Hillegersberg, now part of Rotterdam, Holland.
Arij Dijksman and his wife had several sons who died in infancy, but their 3 daughters did survive. This post is about their third daughter, Kundertje Dijksman, who was born in Delft on March 8, 1866, around 23:00. Kundertje was aged 4 when her father died.

Delftsche Courant, March 18, 1883

One week after her 17th birthday Kundertje Dijksman - likely visibly pregnant - was engaged to be married to 19-year-old bargeman's mate Hendrik Martinus Cornelis de Raad. He was born in Delft on February 2, 1864, as the eldest son of Adriana Johanna Muller and her husband Evert de Raad (1834-1877). He had lost his father at the age of 13.

Kundertje's marriage took place on March 28, 1883, in Delft. Within two months her eldest daughter, Hendrica Martina Cornelia de Raad, was born on May 17 in Delft. Another daughter, Wilhelmina Frederika, was born there on January 21, 1885. By then Kundertje's marriage was probably already failing, for no more children were born. The marriage was dissolved by a court in The Hague on June 30, 1891. Kundertje was 25 years old and already divorced.

Delftsche Courant, October 16, 1891

Hendrik Martinus Cornelis de Raad was subsequently married to and divorced from Alberdina Akkerman, born in Groningen. In 1899 in The Hague he married his third and final wife, Pieternella de Winden. With her he had at least 7 more children. 

Leendert Arend Jan Bos (1918-43) and the Burma Railway

Leendert Arend Jan Bos was born on October 21, 1918, in Klaaswaal in Holland. Klaaswaal is located in the area where my Bos ancestors have lived through the ages, but Bos is a common name in The Netherlands, and I have no clue who his parents were. Leendert could be either a distant relative, or no relation at all. His mother's surname was Dirkje and she lived at the Oud Kromstrijensedijk in Klaaswaal.

Japanese internment card 

During the war, when he was in his 20s, Leendert was an airplane mechanic in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL). On March 9, 1942, Leendert was captured by the Japanese. He was interned in a Java Pow Camp on August 15, 1942. In 1943 Leendert was forced to work on the Burma Railway. Begun in October 1942 and completed on 16 October 1943, the Burma Railway stretched 415 kilometres between Nong Pladuk in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Burma (now Myanmar). It was built by order of Japan during World War II to support its forces in the Burma campaign. 
  

The terrain the railway crossed made its construction very difficult. Hellfire Pass in the Tenasserim Hills was a particularly difficult section of the line to build due to it being the largest rock cutting on the railway, coupled with its general remoteness and the lack of proper construction tools during building. The most famous portion of the railway is Bridge 277, 'the bridge over the River Kwai', which was built over a stretch of river.

About 180,000 Asian labourers and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) worked on the Burma Railway. Of these, around 90,000 Asian labourers and 16,000 Allied POWs died as a direct result of the project. The dead POWs included 6,318 British personnel, 2,815 Australians, 2,490 Dutch, about 356 Americans and a smaller number of Canadians and New Zealanders.

One of them was Leendert Arend Jan Bos. He fell ill on March 21, 1943, and died on June 19, 1943, around 15:00 in a hospital in the Thai POW Camp at Tha Makham Village in Kanchanaburi County in Thailand. He had suffered from beri-beri due to a vitamin B1 shortage. Leendert Bos is buried on the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. 

Nieuwsblad voor de Hoeksche Waard en IJselmonde, 9-10-1945

See also: GaHetNa.nl, The Building of Hellfire Pass, erelijst.nl, 4en5mei.nl, Delpher.nl, NationaalArchief.nl.

Peter Bos in de USA

SS Noordam

Peter Bos boarded the “Noordam” in Rotterdam, Holland, around September 27, 1906, and traveled to the United States of America. The “Noordam” was a Steam Ship of 12,528 gross tons, one funnel, 2 masts, and a speed of 15 knots. It had been making the voyage from Rotterdam to New York since 1902.

Peter Bos

Peter was born as Pieter on 3 November 1878 around 18:00 in Amerongen, Utrecht, The Netherlands. His parents were shopkeeper Antonie Bos (1848-1900), and his wife Evertje van de Grift (1850-1898). They were married on 24 July 1874 in Amerongen. Peter also had an elder brother Steven Bos (1875-1943) who remained in Amerongen throughout his life. 

Sarah Catherina
Rutgers

Peter Bos was married on 13 Oct. 1904 in Rijsenburg near Zeist, Utrecht, to Sara Catharina Rutgers. She was born on 30 Sept. 1880 in Ellecom, Gelderland, The Netherlands. Her parents were carpenter Gerrit Jan Rutgers and his wife Frederica Sebina Delfos. Their eldest child, a daughter Johanna Frederika Sebina Bos, was born on 28 July 1905 in Rijsenburg. 

Peter Bos applied for a passport in September 1919. He had blue eyes, a straight and narrow nose, a small mouth, and a small and pointed chin. He had light brown hair and was wearing a moustache. His stature was 5 feet, 9½ inches (176½ cm). The application also mentions another daughter, Nellie Bos. She was born at Pierre, South Dakota, on 29 Oct. 1914. 

N.B. Bos is a very common surname in The Netherlands, and this Peter Bos is not related to me - as far as I know, but he is a namesake of my brother.

Sources: United States Passport Applications 1795-1925, WieWasWie.nl, Family Search Civil Registration, Noordam History, Stamboom Zegert-Vis.

Cornelis Barentsz Slecht, widower of Tryntie Bos (†1674)

A Barent Cornelisz Slecht is mentioned in Woerden, The Netherlands, during the period 1649-1652. Cornelis Barents Slechts, likely his son, is mentioned on 22 Sept. 1645 as being a brick and roof-tile maker in Woerden, a city famous for its brick and roof-tile makers. By the end of 1651 Cornelis Barentsz Slecht was mentioned as a brandy distiller. Just 3 months later he is mentioned in Woerden as a trader of pigs. 
On 17 March 1653 Cornelis Barentsz Slecht is mentioned as being married. As registrations of later dates reveal, his wife was Tryntie Bos (†1674), a daughter of one of my female-line ancestors, Thijs Jansz Bosch of Bodegraven, Holland. They had at least 2 sons: Matthys & Hendrick, and a daughter Jakomyntie Slecht.

A view at Bodegraven around 1749

Cornelis Barent Slecht is mentioned in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, on 21 July 1674. There, on 27 Jan. 1684, Matthys Slegt & Maria Crepel baptised a daughter named Tryntie. This baptism was widnessed by Antoni Crepel & Tryntie Bos.
The first publication of the Banns of Cornelis' remarriage were on 26 Sept. 1684 by parson Johannes Weecksteen, of Kingston: CORNELIS BARENTZ SLEGT, widower of Tryntie Bos, of Woerden in Holland, and ELSIE JANS, widow of Hendric Jochemz, of Breestee, both resid. in Kingstouw[n]. 

HENDRICK CORNELISSEN SLECHT, wheel-wright, young man of Woerden in Hollant, and ELSJEN BARENS, young girl of Amsterdam, both residing in Wiltwyck, now Kingston. First publication of their marriage Banns was on 25 July; the third on 8 Aug. 1666 in Kingston. Hendrick Slecht & Elsje Slecht widnessed the baptism of Roelof, son of Jan Elthingh & Jakomyntie Slecht, on 27 Oct. 1678 in Kingston.

Sources: Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Hogenda Transcriptions of Marriage & Birth records. 

Frederijk Bos (1742-1811) in St. Petersburg

Vriezenveen is a small village near Almelo in Overijssel in The Netherlands. In the early 18th century in most people living in Vriezenveen earned a living as a farmer or farmer’s labourer. Some people travelled around, trying to sell seeds and linen. At first they travelled locally. Later they travelled through Germany and even to St. Petersburg in Russia. Some of those people settled in St. Petersburg, trying to make a living in Russia. Many of them specialised in the production of linen.

Among the first people from The Netherlands to settle in Russia was a Norwegian Dutchman, Cornelius Cruys (1657-1727). As a vice-admiral he organised the Russian Black Sea Fleet of Tsar Peter The Great. His son-in-law, Jean Lups (1667-1732), was the most important arms supplier in Russia, and also exporter of goods such as tar, leather and honey.

St. Petersburg turned out to be an excellent market, and more and more merchants left Vriezenveen to make the trip to St. Petersburg. One of those people was Frederijk Bos (1742-1811). He was a weaver who also instructed other people how to weave.

Frederijk Bos (1742-1811) was a son of Albert Albers Bos and Aeltjen Jansen. He married Klasijna de Vries on December 3, 1766, in Vriesenveen. She was a daughter of Berend Jansen de Vries and Valina Raphuijs. 
Frederijk and Klasijna had the following suviving children:

1. Berendina van den Bos was bapt. on December 3, 1766, in Vriezenveen. She was married on April 15, 1792, in Vriezenveen to Albert Berkhof, son of Berent Berkhoff and Alken Wijghers. Berndina had several children before she died in Vriezenveen on December 24, 1825, aged 59.
2. Aaltjen Bos was bapt. on January 23, 1774, in Vriezenveen, remained unmarried, and died in St. Petersburg in 1863.
3. Valina Bos was bapt. on February 28, 1779, in Vriezenveen. She is the mother of Fedoria Kimovskii, and likely died in St. Petersburg at an unknown date. 
4. Aalbert Bos was bapt. on March 17, 1782, in Vriezenveen.
5. Adolf Bos was bapt. on December 16, 1787, in Vriezenveen.

St. Petersburg, Russia

Frederijk Bos is no relation of mine.

Sources: 

• Vereniging Oud-Vriezenveen, 
• De Hollandse Hervormde Kerk in Sint-Petersburg 1713-1927, deel III, blz.287
• Foreign Churches in St. Petersburg and Their Archives 1703-1719, edited by Pieter Holtrop & Henk Slechte.
• Van Papier Naar Digitaal.

Worldless Wednesday - Dirk Bos (1862-1916)

Dirk Bos (1862-1916)

 

Dr. Dirk Bos was a politician, teacher and banker. He was born in Groningen on September 13, 1862 as the son of watchmaker Derk Bos and his wife, Maria Reintjes. He died in The Hague on May 6, 1916.

 

This photograph was published in a newspaper called "Nieuwe Tilburgse Courant" on July 27, 1913. Dirk Bos is no family of mine.

Ancestor Score 2016: 76,4% of the 10th generation

Inspired by the Ancestor Score of the blogs "Connecting The Worlds" and "Heritage, Inheritance, & Legacy", I here present my own. 

Geneanet defines the ancestor score as "comparing the number of possible ancestors with the number of identified ancestors on a 10-generation report". My ancestor score at generation 10 = 76,4%.

The total number of my known ancestors - starting with my parents (generation 2) - is 3884.

The decrease in ancestors in generation 7 is mostly due to cousins marrying cousins. The most common surnames of my ancestors are Van Driel, Spruijt, Oerlemans and Bos.

Composition and Bandwidth of various Generations
	Composition				Bandwidth  (*)
	Men	Women	Total	%	From	Until
Generation 3	2	2	4	100.0	1892	1906
Generation 4	4	4	8	100.0	1850	1880
Generation 5	8	8	16	100.0	1804	1857
Generation 6	16	16	32	100.0	1756	1832
Generation 7	30	30	60	93.8	1724	1802
Generation 8	58	58	116	90.6	1680	1777
Generation 9	112	110	222	86.7	1650	1749
Generation 10	199	192	391	76.4	1602	1722
Generation 11	305	279	584	57.0	1565	1695
Generation 12	375	318	693	33.8	1538	1695
Generation 13	372	270	642	15.7	1505	1645
Generation 14	299	197	496	6.1	1440	1625
Generation 15	172	92	264	1.6	1440	1580
Generation 16	91	57	148	0.5	1395	1540
Generation 17	59	26	85	0.1	1365	1485
Generation 18	32	16	48	0.0	1335	1470
Generation 19	26	5	31	0.0	1305	1440
Generation 20	11	4	15	0.0	1310	1385
Generation 21	9	5	14	0.0	1285	1345
Generation 22	6	2	8	0.0	1270	1320
Generation 23	4	1	5	0.0	1240	1290

(*) The Bandwidth of a generation is determined by the earliest and latest known birth or baptism date within that generation.