Short-lived Marriage ~ Maria Fresia Kromme and Hermann Franz Kromme

Herman Franz Kromme was born on 14 March 1842 in Schapen near Hannover in Germany as illegitimate son of Aleid Kromme.
Hermann Franz supported himself as a salesman, and ended up in the northeastern part of The Netherlands. In Grijpskerk, on 8 May 1865, he married Maria Tresia Kromme. She was born in there on 5 March 1842 as daughter of Elisabeth Smeda (1815-1884) and Johannes Theodorus Joseph Kromme, who had been married just a couple of weeks before on 17 February 1842 in Grijpskerk. Like his son-in-lauw, Johannes Theodorus Joseph Kromme originated from Schapen in Germany, too.
Maria Tresia gave birth to a daughter Elisabeth Kromme on 20 February 1866 in Niezijl. The young mother died there on 19 March 1866, aged 24. Maria Tresia's father, Johannes Theodorus Joseph Kromme, died the next year on 14 June 1867 in Grijpskerk, aged 64.

Because Hermann Franz Kromme was not a Dutch resident, he did not have to perform military service in the Netherlands

Johann Diederich Seip moved from Germany to 's-Gravendeel

In 's-Gravendeel, Holland, on 17 August 1817 local girl Elisabeth Visser married Johan Diderik Seip who originated in Soest in Germany. He is a son of artillery soldier Johann Paul Seip (†1791) and his wife Margaretha Catharina Berthold (†1813). In Soest he was baptised on 10 September, likely in the year 1789, with the name Johann Diederich. In Holland he was known as Johan Diederik.

Extract of the birth of Johann Diderich Seip in Soest in Germany

His bride, Elizabeth Visser, was born on the 2nd and baptised on 8 July 1798 in 's-Gravendeel. Elizabeth's parents are Gerrit Maartens Visser (1754-1823) and his third wife Cornelia Huige Visser (1772-1814). Elizabeth's grandfathers are Maarten Gerrits Visser (†1772) and Huig Tielemans Visser who married Lijsbet Verhoeven after whom Elizabeth Visser is named.

Elizabeth Visser and Johan Diederik Seip had 8 children:

1. Johan Paulus Seip was born on 15-6-1818 in ’s-Gravendeel. He married Neeltje de Keijzer on 2-6-1842 in Zevenbergen, Brabant, The Netherlands. Johan died on 11-9-1902 in Rotterdam Holland, aged 84.
2. Gerrit Seip was born on 11-07-1820 in ’s-Gravendeel. In 1845 Gerrit married Adriana Eland (1823-1849). In 1852 Gerrit married Anna van Beusekom. Gerrit died on 07-2-1895 in Rotterdam, aged 74.
3. Jacobus Seip is born on 24-10-1821 in ’s-Gravendeel. In 1849 in 27-year-old Jacobus married 37-year-old Zara Tollenaar. In 1859 Jacobus married 31-year-old Maria Snoeij. Jacobus died, at the age of 88, on 19-9-1910 in Alkemade, Holland.
4. Johan Diderich Seip was born on 4-10-1823 in ’s-Gravendeel. In Oude-Tonge, Holland, in 1853 he married Maatje Kreeft. Johan Diderich died on 19-2-1898 in Den Bommel, Holland, aged 74.
5. Pieter Seip was born on 8-8-1826 in ’s-Gravendeel. In 1860 in Zierikzee, Zeeland, The Netherlands, Pieter married Barbara Jacoba de Vrome. Pieter died, at the age of 71, on 29-6-1898 in Rotterdam.
6. Huig Seip was born on 22-12-1828 in ’s-Gravendeel. Huig married Lena van Prooijen in 1858 in Sint Maartensdijk in Zeeland. Huig died on 30-5-1893 in Dordrecht, Holland, aged 64.
7. Cornelia Seip was born on 8-4-1833 in ’s-Gravendeel. In her place of birth, on 21-12-1853, Cornelia married fellow townsman Pieter Krijnen Barendrecht (1814-1893), widower of Maaike Dorst (1817-1852). At the age of 79, Cornelia Seip died on 22-7-1912 in 's-Gravendeel.
8. Maarten Seip was born on 12-05-1838 in ’s-Gravendeel. In 1862 Maarten married Cornelia Uitterlinde. Maarten died on 6-3-1899 in IJsselmonde, aged 60.

Death certificate of Johan Diederik Seip, aged 67

Johan Diederik Siep died in 's-Gravendeel on 13 April 1857 at the age of 67. His widow, Elizabeth Visser, died at the same age on 11 January 1866 in 's-Gravendeel.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, FamilySearch.org, Families of South Holland ("Klappers"), RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl.

Surname Saturday - Horstman - Brick Wall

One of my ancestors, Frans Langeweg (1736-1811), married Kornelia Horstman on 26 April 1761 in Dordrecht. Frans was assisted by his mother Maaijke de Vries (1702-1770), widow of Gerrit Langeweg. Kornelia was assisted by her mother, wife of David Horstman, whose consent had been recorded in writing.
David Horstman had married his wife Seija van den Reijen (1711-1767) in Dordrecht on 1 May 1729 in the Lutheran church. They had two daughters named Belia and Kornelia.

David Horstman originated in Bücken in Germany. In 1732 in Dordrecht David worked as a confectioner who baked sugary treats such as cake, chocolate, marzipan and cookies. On 12-4-1736, David Horstman, refiner, sold a sugar box in the Wijnstraat near the Kleine Kraansteiger or Hengstedteiger for ƒ500 to the refiners Hermanus and Egbert van Streeffkerk. The burial of David Horstman was registered in dordrecht on 15 October 1763.

David Horstman and Sija van den Reijen were married in Dordrecht on 1 May 1729

Sources: RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, de.Wikiepedia.org.

Adolph Quist survived his son Adolph

The first Adolph Quist was baptised in Stavenisse (on the island of Tholen in The Netherlands) on 8 January 1708 with witnesses Johannes Boomhouwer, his wife Anna Nijset, Adolph Dupré and Elisabeth Verhorst. Adolph's mother is Anna Sibilla Olivier who originated in Aachen in Germany. She is the second wife of Cornelis Quist, son of Jacob Quist and Rachel Pieters. They lived in the Kempenshofstede polder near Stavenisse. Adolph seems to have been named after one of his mother's German relatives.

Adolph Quist had siblings Rachel, baptised on 29-9-1709 in Stavenisse, Jacobus on 16-10-1712, and Gerhardus 16-5-1717. Their mother Anna Sibilla remarried - as a widow - near the end of 1719. Her second husband was Pieter Denis (also: de Nijs) who was born in the Alsace region near the border of Germany and France. Pieter worked as a barber-surgeon. This couple had additional children: twins Johannes and Maria Esther were baptised in Stavenisse on 3-11-1720, Pieter Gideon on 7-1-1724, and Gerardus Adolphus on 3-2-1726.

At the age of 25, Adolph Quist married his first wife Lauwerina van't Veer on 13 July 1733 in Sint-Maartensdijk. She was baptised in Stavenisse on 30 June 1708 as daughter of Jan Geertsen van't Veer and Maatje Johannes Putoor with witnesses Klaas Pietersen de Vos and Laurijntjen Hendriks. Laurina died, aged 37, on 19 January 1746 in Sint-Maartensdijk on the island of Tholen. In an inventory drawn up on July 18, 1746, four surviving children from her marriage were mentioned: Adolf (10), Anna (8), Maatje (5) and Cornelis (3).

On 1 July 1746 in nearby Sint-Annaland, Adolf Quist, aged 38, registered to marry his second wife Cornelia Tintelaar. She was baptised in Sint-Annaland on 23 November 1707 as daughter of Domus Tintelaar and Geertruijd van Diest with witnesses Willem Tintelaar and Francijntje Josias. Cornelia was a widow who had married her first husband, Jacobus Boliere, on 8 July 1730 in Sint-Annaland. He had died in March 1746.

Sint-Maartensdijk on the island of Tholen in The Netherlands

Adolph's son Adolph the Younger (“Adolf Adolfse”) married Maria Gakeer on 19 March 1760 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Adolf Adolfse was around 24 years old when he married. Adolf died on 28 April 1768 in Sint-Maartensdijk, leaving 3 surviving children. However, on 4 June one of their children died. Their 2 surviving children were Lauwrina Quist (±1762-1808), who married Kornelis Boom, and Izaak Quist (1764-1811), who married Sara Dorst (1773-1825).
Adolf's widow, Maria Gakeer, remarried Marinus van der Made on 27 December 1768 in Sint-Maartensdijk.

Longevity ~ Maria Joanna Hubertina Duchateau (100)

An obituary in a local newspaper lists the age of Maria Joanna Hubertina (“Marie”) Duchateau, wife of Bernhardus Brigg, as “over 100” years old.

De Nieuwe Limburger, 30-8-1965

Maria Joanna Hubertina Duchateau was born on 10 June 1865 in Sint-Pieter, Limburg, The Netherlands. She had an older sister Maria Joanna Hubertina Francisca Duchateau, born on 15 April 1864 in Sint-Pieter, who died there on 22 July 1866. There seems to have been another sister with a rather similar name, Maria Gertrudis Joanna Hubertina, who was born on 24 September 1868 in Sint-Pieter. She married Joannes Petrus Hubertus Kicken (1864-1907) and died in 1905 at the age of 37. Maria Johanna Hubertine, however, was 100 years, 2 months and 18 days old, when she died on 28 August 1965 in Maastricht. She was buried on 1 September.

These girls' mother, Maria Ida Gillissen (1834-1911), had 6 surviving children from 10 pregnancies, among them was her second son Marie Chrétien Theodore Emmanuel Duchâteau who was born on 8 February 1860 in Sint-Pieter. These children's father was Andreas Joannes Josephus Theodorus Duchateau. He was born on 28 September 1826 in Sint-Pieter, and died there on 14 March 1886 at the age of 59.

On 4 october 1888 in Amsterdam, Marie Chrétien Theodore Emmanuel Duchâteau, aged 28, married 24-year-old Geertruida Brigg. She was born in Amsterdam on 18 February 1864. Her parents are Heinrich Wilhelm Brigg (†1892) and Charlotte Margarethe Wilhelmine Hegewisch (†1901), who both originated in the Hannover region in Germany. Geertruida gave birth to 2 sons: Walther Marie Jean Theodore Emmanuel in 1888 and Theodorus Charles Franciscus Antonius Johannes in 1893.

Ons Zuiden, 27-1-1893

Maria Joanna Hubertina (“Marie”) Duchâteau married, at the age of 27, on 26 January 1893 in Amsterdam. The groom was 30-year-old Bernardus Brigg, an elder brother of Geertruida. Bernardus was born in Amsterdam on 11 May 1862.

Geertruij Haan originated in Köln

Geertruij Haan originated in Köln, Germany. In 1737 she was living near the Kalkhaven, a port in Dordrecht, Holland. On 4 May 1737 in Dordrecht, Geertruij married Jan Bouts (“Jean Boute”), a widower of Liège (Luik) in Belgium. He was living at the Varkenmarkt, a marketplace in Dordrecht. 

First marriage of Geertruij Haan in 1737 in Dordrecht

By July 1752 Geertruij Haan was a widow, living in the Prinsenstraat that's located between two bridges. The first notice of her second marriage to Cornelis Keuleman(s) was on 7 July 1752 in Dordrecht. According to a declaration, they owned less than 2000 guilders worth of goods. Their marriage was solemnised on 22 July.

Second marriage of Geertruij Haan in 1752 in Dordrecht

Cornelis Keulemans was baptised as Christianus on 25 October 1721 in Dordrecht with witnesses Christianus Burgh and Maria van der Tuynen. His father is also a Cornelis Keulemans who was baptised as Christiaan on 21 July 1699 in Dordrecht with witnesses Cornelis Ceulemans and Agnita Burgsgraef. He married Catarijna van der Tuynen on 5 June 1718 in Dordrecht.
Cornelis was his parent's third son. At the time of his marriage, Cornelis lived at the Knolhaven, a harbour located near the Nieuwe Haven and the Potato Market.

The burial of Cornelis Keulemans was registered on 2 February 1771 in the Nieuwkerk church in Dordrecht. His widow, Geertruij Haan, died in Dordrecht on 12 October 1778.

Sources: RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl; WieWasWie.nl; E.R. van Dooremalen, Stamreeks Ceulemans uit Oosterhout, Gens Nostra 2002, nr. 1; M. van Baarsel: Van Aardappelmarkt tot Zwijndrechts Veerhoofd (De straatnamen van de historische binnenstad van Dordrecht), Verloren, 1992.

Lieutenant colonel Johann Wilhelm Schaffner (1766-1847) of Dietz

Johann Wilhelm Schaffner was baptised on 28 January 1766 in Dietz, Nassau, Germany. His parents are Anna Jacobina Bufgen, and her husband August Hieronimus Schaffner who - in 1774 - was a major in the Dutch army.

On 10 August 1825 in Cuijck, Brabant, The Netherlands, Johan Wilhelm Schaffner was married to Anna Catharina Bruns. She was born on 17 April 1805, and baptised in Cuijk on the 21th with witness Anna Catharina Ohl.
The parents of Anna Catharina Bruns are Eva Maria Ohl of Umstadt, Germany, and Johan Friederick Bruns of Lüneburg, Germany. As a widow Eva Maria Ohl was remarried on 24 January 1808 in Cuijck to Dutchman Johannes Jongedijk. Witnesses at the marriage ceremony were Peter Ohl and Georg August Ohl. George August Ohl died on 31 August 1817 in Cuijck. His parents were Georg Hendrik Ohl and Anna Maria Mitgher/Mitcher. This couple also had a son Peter Ohl who was born on 20 August 1749 in Umstadt in Germany.
Eva Maria Ohl, widow of Johannes Jongedijk, died on 22 April 1862 in Cuijck, aged 86.

The only child of Johann Wilhelm Schaffner was Maria Frederika Wilhelmina Schaffner, born on 22 June 1826 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Brabant, The Netherlands.

Anna Catharina Bruns, aged just 27, died on 8 June 1832 in Arnheim in The Netherlands. Her widower, lieutenant colonel Johan Wilhelm Schaffner, died on 3 May 1847 in Nijmegen at the age of 81. Their only daughter died in 's-Hertogenbosch on 11 May 1866, aged 39.

Provinciale Geldersche En Nijmeegsche Courant, 5-5-1847

Sources: GeldersArchief.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, NationaalArchief.nl, en.wikipedia.org .

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.

Moritz Marx (1847-1888) & his brother Benjamin

Moritz Marx 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.

An alliterating name is a name in which the first and last names begin with the same sound, like Moritz Marx. Moritz 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

Wedding Wednesday - Hermanus Scheffers and Johanna Smulders

Hermanus Scheffers and Johanna (S)Mulders were married on 12 May 1748 in Rotterdam. Hermanus Scheffers was a young man, born in Xanten in Germany. Johanna was a young maid, born in Drunen in Brabant, The Netherlands. She acquired consent from her mother. The notice of their marriage was on 28 April.

Hermanus Scheffers married Johanna Smulders in 1748 in Rotterdam

Hermanus and Johanna had a daughter Anna Margarita baptised in a Lutheran church in Rotterdam on 13 March 1749. Witnesses were Hendrik Scheffers and Anna Margarita Helders.

The death of Hermanus Scheffers, husband of Johanna Smulders, was registered on 25 February 1779. His body was transported. Johanna Smulders, widow of Hermanus Scheffers, died on 11 March 1799,, and was buried on the 15th in Rotterdam.

Source: StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Elizabeth Reurs and Frans Joseph Lachert in 1748

On 28 April 1748 in Rotterdam Elizabeth Reurs and Frans Joseph Lachert were married. Frans Joseph Lachert was a young man born in Vienna. Rlizabeth Reurs was a young maid born in Münsterland, the area around the city of Münster in Germany. The notice of marriage was on 14 April.

Frans Joseph Lachert and Elizabeth Reurs married in 1748 in Rotterdam

Elijsabeth “Beehrs”, wife of Frans Lacher, was buried on 22 January 1750 in Rotterdam.

Source: StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl.

Alberto Zoppi (1856-1937) in Tilburg

Alberto Zoppi was born on 13 March 1856 in Broglio, Ticino, Switserland. His father, Giacomo Zoppi, had deserted his wife Marianna Tonini in 1867. He left for the USA, and they haven't heard from him since. In The Netherlands Alberto worked as a worked as a chimney sweep.

Alberto Zappi was born in Broglio in Switserland

At the age of 25, on 16 June 1881 in Zwolle, The Netherlands, Alberto Zoppi married 22-year-old Cornelia Vredeveld. She was born on on 1 April 1859 in Zwolle, The Netherlands. Her parents are carpenter Johannes Vredeveld an his wife Alberdiena Rientjes. At the time of her marriage, Cornelia’s mother was being nursed in an asylum for the insane in nearby Deventer.

Alberto's mother-in-law Alberdiena Rientjes was locked up in a mental institution

Rebecca Kerkenring is the mother of Alida Kok, wife of Johan Hendrik Scheffers of Tecklenburg

Johan Hendrik Scheffers was born in Tecklenburg. His death certificate mentions parents, but the 'mother' mentioned was actually his mother-in-law^*, so we don't have a clue about who his German parents were. 

Alida Kok and Johan Hendrik Scheffers were married in 1775 in Rotterdam

Johan Hendrik was living in the Vierwindestraat in Rotterdam when he married Alida Kok on 7 November 1775 in Rotterdam. She was baptised on 7 May 1747 in Rotterdam as daughter of Tieleman Kock and Rebecca Kerkenring who were married on 22 May 1741 in Rotterdam. The witness at Alida's baptism was an earlier Alijda Kock. She also witnessed the baptism of Alida's younger sister Teuna on 26 December 1751 in Rotterdam. Teuna and Alida had an elder sister named Reijmpje and brothers David, Jan, Jacob and Gerrit.
Alida's mother Rebekka Kerkenring was baptised on 31 August 1719 in Rotterdam as daughter of David Kerckering (†1729) and Reijmpje Stierman (1685-1733) with witnesses Jan Stolck and his wife Rebecka de Swart.
As a widower Tieleman Kok filed for marriage with the widow Cornelia Kient on 14 June 1768 in Cool (now part of Rotterdam).

Alida Kok and Johan Hendrik Scheffers are the parents of

1. Johannes was baptised on 13 February 1776 in Rotterdam with witness Alida Cornelia Walravens. He may have died young, and may have been buried on 4 May 1776 in Rotterdam.
2. Johannes was baptised on 6 July 1777 in the Zuiderkerk church in Rotterdam with witness Alida Cornelia Walravens.
3. Alida was baptised on 4 June 1780 in the Zuiderkerk church in Rotterdam with witness Teuna Kock. Alida Scheffer married Nicolaas Pannekoek on 18 December 1811 in Rotterdam. Alida Scheffer died on 29 June 1852 in Rotterdam at the age of 72.

Hendrik Scheffers, husband of Alida Kok, died on 27 March 1816 in Rotterdam. Alida Kok, widow of Hendrik Scheffers, died on 17 February 1828 in Rotterdam, aged "81 years, 9 months and 12 days", but she was actually one year younger.

^*Several websites on the Internet wrongly present his mother-in-law as his mother.
Source: StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl.

Longevity ~ Samson Joseph Vos (109) in Amsterdam

Samson Joseph Vos died in Amsterdam on 2 January 1836, supposedly in the old age of 109. In 1829, he had been taken in at the a retirement home on Roeterseiland, enclosed by canals, in Amsterdam.

Samson Joseph was born in northern Hesse in Germany. As a child he moved to Amsterdam with his parents.
For most of his life Samson Joseph had been trading in scrap iron. He had married Rachel, daughter of Abraham Pisota. She had died at the age of 64 in 1797 in Amsterdam. The couple had 7 sons and 3 daughters, and several grand- and great-grandchildren.

Rotterdamsche Courant, 7 January 1836

Vijgeboom cousin marriage: Jan Dirk & Anna Catharina in Rotterdam

Cousins Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom (1808-56) and Anna Catharina Geertruij Vijgeboom (1811-73) were married on 30 March 1834 in Axel, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Their common grandparents are Catharina Priggen and Johann Diederich Fiegenbaum, born in 1738 in Ladbergen, Tecklenburg, Germany.

Gardener Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom was born on 5 September 1808 in Schiedam, Holland. His parents are Adolph Vijgeboom (1767-1823) and his second wife Maria Staats (1760-1840). Adolph had earlier been married to Sacharina Koets (1761-1804), and had surviving daughters Catharina Vijgeboom (1795-1869) and Dirkje Vijgeboom (1800-1818).
Anna Catharina Geertruij Vijgeboom was born on 21 August 1811 in Oud-Matenesse (part of Rotterdam), and baptised in nearby Overschie on 1 September. Her parents are Johann Wilhelm (“Jan Willem”) Vijgeboom (1773-1845) and Helena (“Lena”) Spanjersberg (1776-1833). They had another daughter named Geertrui Vijgeboom (1813-1854).

Middelburg (by Jan Bulthuis)

From their marriage until their deaths, Jan Dirk Albert and Anna Catharina Geertruij would be living in Zeeland in the south-western part of The Netherlands.
Their children are: 

1. Adolf was born in Axel on 25 May 1834. He was married to Johanna Maria Slavenburg in 1857 in Schiedam. They had a son Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom (1857-1924) who married - as his 3rth wife - Anna Vijgenboom (1900-1959), daughter of another Jan Dirk Albert Vijgenboom, son of Adolf’s brother Cornelis.
2. Johan Willem was born in Koudekerke on 12 May 1837. He earned a living as a shoemaker, and died in Middelburg on 3 April 1872, aged 34.
3. Herman Hendrik was born in Koudekerke on 4 May 1839. He died there on 7 September 1843, aged 4.
4. Anna Catharin died on 20 November 1841 in Koudekerke at the age of 3 months.
5. Jan Dirk was born in Koudekerke on 5 August 1841. He likely died young.
6. Lena Maria was born in Koudekerke on 3 January 1843. She was married in 1882 to labourer Cornelis Marinus Douw. Lena Maria died on 2 April 1916 in Colijnsplaat, aged 73.
7. Cornelis was born in Koudekerke on 27 November 1844. He firstly married Jannetje Janse in 1872 in Middelburg. He secondly married Johanna Verwijs in 1876 in Middelburg. She’s a daughter of blacksmith Johannes Verwijs and Anthonia Kramer. Cornelis died as a widower on 1 July 1937 in Middelburg, aged 92. Cornelis had a son Jan Dirk Albert Vijgenboom, who married Johanna Bosschaart in 1896. Their daughter Anna Vijgeboom (1900-1959) married – as her 1st husband - a son of Cornelis’ brother Adolf.
8. Harmen Hendrik was born in Koudekerke on 31 March 1846, and died there on 13 September 1846.
9. Lena was born in Koudekerke on 4 August 1847. She died in Middelburg on 30 August 1863, aged 16.
10. Jan Dirk was born in Koudekerke on 3 July 1850. He was married in 1883 in Amsterdam to Gesina Caalen. She died as a widow in 1925.
11. Pleun was born in Middelburg on 5 November 1851. He was married to Madalena Verwijs in 1879 in Middelburg. She’s a sister of the second wife of Pleun’s brother Cornelis. Pleun died as a widower on 16 July 1930 in Middelburg, aged 78.
12. Catharina (“Kaatje”) was born in Middelburg on 29 May 1854. She was married in 1888 to Petrus Thomas who originated in Aardenburg. She died on 18 October 1911 in Veere, aged 57.
13. Harmen Hendrik was born in Middelburg on 6 april 1856. He was married in 1889 to 43-year-old Anna Jacoba van Loo. Harmen Hendrik died on 21 March 1896 in Rotterdam, aged 39.

Middelburgsche Courant, 16-6-1873

Day labourer Jan Dirk Albert Vijgenboom had been ill and suffering for quite a long time before he died at the age of 51 in Middelburg on 23 December 1856. Subsequently, his widow Anna Catharina earned a living as washerwoman. She died at the age of 61 on 13 June 1873 in Middelburg.
Their sons Cornelis and Pleun had married 2 sisters, while Cornelis’ granddaughter Anna Vijgeboom married Adolf’s son Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom as his 3rd wife.

Sources: www.zeeuwengezocht.nl, www.fiegenbaum.org, WieWasWie.nl, www.delpher.nl, www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl, www.archieven.nl, wikipedia.

A Kootkar Family of Meppen in Germany (2): Hermanus

The previous blog post was about Anna Maria Elisabeth Francisca Kootkar who was born in Meppen in Germany. This post is about Hermanus Kootkar who was born in Meppen, too.
Hermanus kootkar was married on 5 April 1763 in Culemborg in The Netherlands to Margaretha Roelofs, who was born in Amsterdam. The next day their wedding was celebrated in the catholic church with witnesses Theodorus Tienhoven and Anna Maria de Weert. A notice of their intended marriage had been registered in Amsterdam, too, on 11 March.

Marriage of Hermanus Kootker and Margaretha Roelofs in 1763 in Culemborg

Hermanus and Margaretha are the parents of 

1. A child was buried on 28-1-1764 in Culemborg.
2. Wilhelmus Jacobus was baptised on 27-4-1765 in Culemborg with witnesses Willemina Bardon, Wilhelmo Jacobo Kootker.
3. Joanna Maria (“Maria”) was baptised 18-3-1768 in Culemborg with witnesses Anna van Sticht, Maria Schoelle. Maria was married in Culemborg on 25-5-1790 to Jacob Berentsen, born in the vicinity of Rees in Germany. They had several children. Maria died, as a widow, on 1-6-1829 in Culemborg.
4. Juliana was baptised on 3-6-1770 in Culemborg with witness Juliana Schole.
5. Joanna Juliana was baptised on 17-9-1771 in Culemborg with witnesses Jacomijn Joosten and Juliana Scholle. Juliana Kootker married Joseph Bergman and had children. Juliana Kootker died on 23 August 1811 in Leiden, a few days after giving birth. She was buried there on the 26th.
6. Joanna Catharina was baptised on 28-8-1773 in Culemborg with witnesses Josephus Antonius, Maria Elisabetha Kootker. She may have died unmarried on 5-3-1838 in Rotterdam.
7. Harmanus was baptised on 17-10-1776 in Culemborg with witness Arnoldus Roelofs. Hermanus Kootker jr. was married on 1-11-1796 to Maria Stoffels, and had some children. Hermanus died in Culemborg on 20-1-1848 around 15:00, aged 71.
8. Johannes Wilhelmus was baptised on 5-5-1779 in Culemborg with witness Elisabetha Kootkar. In Utrecht on 26-4-1805 he married Jacoba Margarita (“Margaretha”) Roelofse. They had some issue. He died on 6-10-1841 in Utrecht (see below).
9. Antonius Josephus was baptised on 9-12-1781 in Culemborg with witnesses Reckje van Panwijk, Antonio Josepho Kootker. A child of Hermanus Kootker was buried on 17-12-1781 in Culemborg.
10. Joannes was baptised on 27-6-1784 in Culemborg with witness Anna Maria Kootker (his eldest sister). Joannes was buried on 10-8-1784 in Culemborg. 
11. Joannes “Jan” was baptised on 13-10-1785 in Culemborg with witness Joanna Maria Kootker (his eldest sister). Jan was married on 2-5-1809 in Culemborg to Hendrika de Jong. They had several children, including a son named Hermanus. Jan died in Culemborg on 16-2-1816, aged 30.

A Kootkar Family of Meppen in Germany (1): Elizabeth

Jan van Dam was baptised on 22 May 1757 in Zwijndrecht, Holland, as the eldest son of Melis van Dam and Pieternella de Bondt (±1735-1799). Jan's mother is a descendant of my 17th-century ancestor Arij de Bondt. Jan had 4 younger sisters and 2 younger brothers.
Jan was living in Culemborg in the middle of The Netherlands when he met a Roman Catholic girl, Anna Maria Elizabeth  Francisca Kootkar. She was born in Meppen just across the Dutch border in Germany. Her surname is also written as Kootker, Coutker, Kooter, and even Houtker.
Elizabeth and Jan were married on 28 October 1781 in Culemborg.

Jan and Elizabeth had 2 daughters:

• Juliana was baptised on 28 July 1782 in Lexmond with witness “Pieternella van Dam” - likely grandmother Pieternella de Bondt, wife of Melis van Dam. Juliana was married on 14 May 1808 in Dordrecht to Johannes Pieter Hill. He was likely born in Enkering in Germany, and died in 1857 in Dordrecht. Juliana died there on 9 August 1876 at the age of 94. They had daughters named Anna Elisabeth, Juliana (1813-1877) and Johanna.
• Pieternella was baptised on 18 October 1792 in Amersfoort. Pieternella died on 4 April 1874 in Rotterdam. Pieternella was married to
  1. Johannes “Jan” Virulij (also: Verleij) on 26 March 1817 in Rotterdam. He was a widower of Rotterdam, baptised in 1766. He died in 1823. Jan and Pieternella had sons named Johannes, Dirk and Pieter.
  2. Johannes Frederik Schnaar (1797-1824) on 27 December 1826 in Rotterdam. His eyes, hair and eyebrows were brown. They had children named Frederik Jacob, Maria Elizabeth and Cornelis.

Juliana van Dam was married in 1808 in Dordrecht

Jan van Dam died in Dordrecht on 30 July 1833 around 17:00, aged 76. His widow, Anna Maria Elisabeth Francisca Kootkar, died on 9 September 1843 in Dordrecht. Her age was given as 93.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, FamilySearch.org, HetUtrechtsArchief.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, RegionaalArchiefRivierenland.nl, GeldersArchief.nl.

How Anton Philips is related to Karl Marx

When searching Dutch newspapers on the Delper.nl website for "Marx PROX Philips" loads of erroneous descriptions of the relation between those 2 families appear. Therefore, I decided to write a blog post on how Anton Philips is related to Karl Marx.

Anton  Frederik Philips was born in Zaltbommel, The Netherlands, on 14 March 1874, as a younger son of Benjamin Frederik  David Philips (1830–1900) and Maria Heyligers (1836–1921). Anton’s elder brother Gerard (1858-1942) and their father Frederik founded the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Anton Philips served as CEO of the company in the period 1922-39. Gerard and Anton also supported education in the city of Eindhoven, and social programs and facilities. Philips had started as a light bulbs factury, but nowadays it's a multinational conglomerate corporation.
Anton Philips married Anne Henriëtte Elisabeth Maria de Jongh (1878-1970). They had a son Frederik Jacques (“Frits”) Philips (1905-2005) and 2 daughters. Anton Philips died in Eindhoven on 7 October 1951, aged 77.
Anton’s paternal grandparents are Lion Philips (1794-1866) and Sophie Presburg (1792-1854). Sophie belonged to a prosperous Jewish business family from Nijmegen in The Netherlands. Sophie and Lion and their children were living in Zaltbommel.

Market Square of Zaltbommel around 1850. The 4th home on the right was the home of Lion Philips.

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.

Intermarriage in the Goossens family

Martinus Goossens and his German wife Anna Catharina Görts (also: Geurts) ^* had 8 children, but 3 of them died young. Anna Catharina was born around 1749 in Dülcken in Germany. Her parents are Johan Antoon Görtz and Helena Syben. Martinus was baptized on 23 February 1750 in Venlo in The Netherlands. His parents are Antoon Goossens and Maria van Daelen (1717-1785). Martinus Goossens died on 30 October 1819 in Venlo, aged 69.

De Borman
family coat of arms

On 9 September 1819 in Bree in Belgium his son Petrus Jacobus had married Maria Anna Alexandrina de Borman. Petrus Jacobus was baptized on 12 November 1790 in Venlo. Maria Anna was baptized on 24 December 1793 in Maastricht. Her parents are Jacobus Frederic Franciscus de Borman and his wife Maria Margaretha. Jacob Frederic was either born on baptized on 27 August 1761 in Maaseik in Belgium. His parents are François-Adrien de Borman (1732-1785) and Maria Jacqueline Angeline Coomans (1729-1816).

Maria Anna’s elder sister Maria Elisabeth Francisca de Borman was born or baptized on 27 February 1792 in Mheer in The Netherlands. She was married in 1822 in Bree. Maria Elisabeth’s groom was the youngest brother of Petrus Jacobus, Matthijs Ferdinand Goossens. He was baptized on 21 October 1791 in Venlo.

Petrus Jacobus Goossens and Maria Anna de Borman had 6 children, born in the period 1825-1837, and additionally they had some grandchildren. Matthijs Ferdinand Goossens and Elisabeth de Borman had 8 children, born in the period 1823-1838. Amongst them is August Theodoor Hubert Goossens (1838-1911) who is an ancestor – in the female line - of the Beltman family in Amersfoort.

Anna Catharina Görts, widow of Martinus Goossens, died on 13 February 1834 in Venlo. Elisabeth de Borman died at the age of 74 on 5 December 1866 in Venlo. Her widower, Matthijs Ferdinand Goossens, died on 28 December 1869 in Venlo, aged 78. Petrus Jacobus Goossens died on 30-3-1876 in Bree, aged 85. His widow, Maria Anna de Borman, died in Bree on 21 May 1877, aged 83.

De Tijd, 2-12-1869