Double ancestors of Paul Kleinjan (1894-1979) of Sioux County

1. Paul Kleinjan  was born on 12 September 1894 in Rock Township, Sioux County, Iowa. In 1929 Paul married Beatrice Crawford who died in 1978. Paul Kleinjan died on 8 February 1979, and was buried in Chinook, Blaine County, Montana. They had 4 children named Marvin, Art, Frances, and Mary.

Parents

2. Floris (“Florus”) Kleinjan was born on 13 August 1853 in Rhoon, South Holland. In 1891 he married
3. Pieternella (“Nellie”) Niemantsverdriet. She was born in Barendrecht on 5 January 1856, and died on 7 January 1900. Nellie was buried in Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa. Forus Kleinjan died at the age of 82 on 30 March 1936, and was buried in Chinook, Blain County, Montana. The couple had children, including a son Paul.

Grandparents

4. Pieter Pieters Kleinjan was born on 8 October 1820 in Rhoon. He was married in Pernis, South Holland, on 1 May 1846. His bride was
5. Maartje Struik, born on 14 December 1823 in ‘s-Gravenambacht, daughter of Arie Struik and Neeltje den Boer. Maartje died on 2 September 1893 in Charlois, now part of Rotterdam. Pieter Kleinjan die  on 12 April 1877 in Poortugaal, South-Holland. They are the parents of 12 children, including a son Floris.

6. Leendert Niemantsverdriet was born on 12 July 1822 in Charlois. His parents are Hendrik Niemantsverdriet (1792-1870) and his wife Geertruij Visser. Leendert was married in Barendrecht, Holland, on 13 June 1851, to
7. Lena Kleijnjan. She was born in Barendrecht on 18 February 1834. Lena died on 6 May 1921, and was buried in Chinook, Blaine County, Montana. Leendert Niemantsverdriet died on 2-11-1897 in Sioux County, Iowa. Leendert and Lena had children named Gertrude, Adriaantje, Paulus (1862-1890), and Pieternella (“Nellie”).

1st Great-grandparents (partial)

8. Pieter Florisse Kleinjan was born on 15 September 1796, and baptized on the 18th in Rhoon. He married his first wife, Niesje de Koning, on 5 February 1817 in Rhoon. Niesje was born on 5 April 1797 in Rhoon as daughter of Jacob de Koning and Maaike den Hollander. Niesje died on 5 April 1797 in Rhoon at the age of 34. She had given birth to 10 children, including a son Pieter. Her widower married his second wife, Anna van Moerkerken (1804-1849), on 5 February 1817 in Rhoon, and had 8 additional children.

14. Paulus Kleinjan was born on 25 May 1785 and baptized on 12 June in Barendrecht. He married his first wife, Marina Lems (1766-1829) on 30 May 1817 in Barendrecht. Paulus married his second wife, Ariaantje Claasse Leenheer on 6 March 1831 in West-Barendrecht. Ariaantje was baptized in Barendrecht on 20 January 1788 as daughter of Claas Jansen Leenheer (1756-1822) and Lijsbeth Visser (1762-1838). Ariaantje Leenheer had first married Pleun van der Linden on 16 December 1810 in Barendrecht. With Ariaantje Leenheer, Paulus Kleinjan had a daughter Lena.

2nd Great-Grandparents (partial)

16. Floris Janse Kleijnjan was baptised on 24 December 1769 in Nieuw-Vossemeer. On 24 May 1795 in Rhoon he married Jannetje Louter. She was baptized in Rhoon on 18 November 1759 as daughter of Pieter Louter (1719-1792) and Leigje Kranenburg (1721-1810). Jannetje had first married Kornelis Arijsz. Dekker in 1781. In addition to the 4 children with her first husband, Jannetje had 3 additional children with Floris Kleinjan, including a son Pieter. Jannetje Louter died in Rhoon on 19 March 1831. Floris Kleinjan died on 30 August 1859 in Steenbergen.

28. & 32. Jan Florisse Kleijnjan was born around 1740 in ‘s-Gravendeel as son of Floris Ariensz. Kleijnjan (±1700-1778) and Barber Jans de Zeeuw (±1700-1750). Jan married his second wife Lena Louter in Barendrecht on 15 November 1776. Lena was baptized in Rhoon on 5 January 1755 as daughter of Pieter Louter and Leigje Kranenburg, and she was a sister of the Jannetje Louter mentioned above. Jan Kleijnjan and Lena Louter had 13 children, including a son Paulus. As a widow Lena married widower Krijn Vermaas (1754-1825) on 20 May 1780 in Barendrecht. Lena Louter died there on 8 May 1829.

3nd Great-Grandparents (partial)

28. & 32. Jan Florisse Kleijnjan had married his first wife Pieternella Joppe on 17 April 1763 in Nieuw-Vossemeer. She was baptized there on 23 January 1743 as daughter of Cornelis Pieterse Joppe and Maria Smalheer. Pieternella either died or was buried around 3 March 1775 in Nieuw-Vossemeer. She had given birth to 6 children, including Floris Janse Kleijnjan. Jan’s second wife was Lena Louter. Jan either died or was buried around 1 November 1822 in Barendrecht.

34. & 58. Pieter Machielse Louter was baptized on 23 July 1719 in Charlois as son of Machiel Pieters Louter and Marijtje Paulusse Tolhooft. On 24 November 1743 in Rhoon he married Leigje Klijse Kranenburg. She was baptized in Pernis, Holland, on 9 February 1721 as daughter of Kleijs Ariens Kranenburg (±1690-1774) and his first wife Jaapje Pieters Sloof. Pieter Louter either died or was buried around 8 March 1792, his widow Leigje around 12 November 1810, both in Rhoon. Pieter and Leigje had 11 children, including Lena and Jannetje Louter who both married into the Kleijnjan family.

Sources: FindAGrave.com, WieWasWie.nl (and its predecessor GenLias), StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Families of South Holland ("Klappers"), Transcripts of birth and marriage records of Barendrecht and Rhoon, FamilySearch.org, WestBrabantsArchief.nl.

2 Sutherland sisters married 2 brothers

Anna Sutherland was born on 15-12-1819 in 's-Gravendeel, Holland, as a younger daughter of tailor Angus Sutherland (±1772-1833) and his wife Adriana Kraak (1784-1833). Anna was named after her maternal grandmother Annetje van Inslagen, wife of Jan Kraak.
Anna had elder surviving brothers George Christiaan (1812-1889), Jan (1814-1886) and Gerardus Sutherland (1818-1902). Her next sibling was a brother Hendrik Sutherland (1821-1893). Their youngest sibling was born on 10-3-1828 in 's-Gravendeel and named Dingena.

On 28-4-1849 in 's-Gravendeel Anna Sutherland (29) was married to workman Joost Rijkhoek (25). He was born in 's-Gravendeel on 29-7-1823 as the eldest son of Leendert Rijkhoek (1792-1852) and Susann Sint Nicolaas (1796-1880). Joost was named after his paternal grandfather, another Joost Rijkhoek (†1798) who was the husband of Annigje Klejnjan (1762-1825). Joost Rijkhoek and Anna Sutherland named their Adriana, Leendert, Susuanna, August, Annigje, George Christiaan, Leonardus and Hendrik.

On  9-5-1857 in 's-Gravendeel - 8 years after the marriage of Anna and Joost - their siblings Dingena Sutherland (29) and Jan Rijkhoek (21) were married. This couple had 4 children named Adriana, Leendert, August and Joost. Remarkably, both couples had a son named August instead of Angus. Also, both brides were older than their grooms.
Jan Rijkhoek was born  on 17-11-1835 in 's-Gravendeel as one of the youngest siblings of Joost. Jan had a length of just 152 cm.  His eyes were blauw and his eyebrows and hair were brown. His face was oval chaped, his forehead was low, and his chin was round.

A description of Jan Rijkhoek

Dingena Sutherland died on 30-3-1878 in Dordrecht, aged 50. Her widower Jan Rijkhoek (59) was married secondly on 20-12-1894 in Dordrecht to Cornelia Maria Walgers (51). The couple Anna Sutherland and Joost Rijkhoek both died in Dordrecht in 1895: Anna on 23 January, Joost on 24 April. Jan Rijkhoek died on 10 November 1914 in Dordrecht. His widow, Cornelia Maria Walgers, died in 1918.

Jan van der Linden (1838-1902) of Dubbeldam in Pella

Jan van der Linden was born on 26 April 1811 in Dubbeldam, Holland. His parents are Willem Willems van der Linden (1773-1822) and Maaike Aries Kleinjan (±1775-1822). Jan is a male-line descendant of my ancestor Dirrick Dirricxe van der Linden (±1620- ±1676) of Strijen, Holland. Jan's mother, too, is related to several of my ancestors.
On 5 February 1834 in 's-Gravendeel, Holland, Jan was married to Lijpje Moret. She was born there on 30 May 1813. Her parents are Leendert Moret (±1784-1865) and his first wife Maria Snijders (±1787-1823). In 's-Gravendeel Lijpje gave birth to six children in the period 1835-45, but two of them died young.

Rotterdamsche Courant, 6 April 1847

In Rotterdam in 1847, painter Jan van der Linden (36), his wife Lijpje (34) and their 4 remaining children Leendert (9), Maaike (6), Willem (4) and Marinus (1) boarded the ship "Nagasaki". The schip's captain was F.A. Bunnemeijer. Departure from Rotterdam was on 11 April 1847 with 239 passengers on board. Two persons died at sea, and one person was born at sea. 
The ship’s cleanliness was not to Dutch standards. Almost immediately its inhabitants—both men and women—cleaned the ship from top to bottom. Religious services were held daily, consisting mostly of psalm singing. The ship passed the Isle of Wight on April 27. They arrived in Baltimore in the U.S.A. on 10 June 1847. 
From Baltimore, the arriving colonists took the train to Columbia, Pennsylvania, where they were herded onto overcrowded canal boats. At Pittsburgh, they were transported down the Ohio River to St. Louis. Although the colony had lost a few members at sea and four on the trip from Baltimore, many more died in the extreme heat of St. Louis. Adding to their troubles were reports that had preceded them that the colonists were “possessors of great wealth”. Merchants over-charged them; townspeople came to gawk at them; and the colonists were worried about being robbed.
It was a curious procession of colonists that subsequently made its way to the Des Moines River valley. As part of the prairie, wave after wave of grass grew as far as the eye could see, studded with wildflowers of every color. On 26 August 1847 they arrived at a place where stood a pole with a shingle nailed to the top, and on the shingle one word: "PELLA".

Pella, Iowa

In the U.S.A. Jan and Leipje seem to have had some additional daughters. For example, a daughter named Maria Aaltje was born on 31 March 1851 in Lake Prairie, Marion County, Iowa. Jan van der Linden died on 11 October 1895 and was buried in Pella. His wife had died 9 months earlier on 10 January. Their son Leendert was known in Pella as Lane VanderLinden (1838-1902).

Sources: wiewaswie.nl, delpher.nl, terlouw.voorouders.net, erfskipterpdoarpen.nl, pellahistorical.org, geni.com, werelate.org. 

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?

The 11-month-marriage of Niesje Kleinjan (1861-1887)

Niesje Kleinjan was born in Rhoon in Holland on October 21, 1861, as the second surviving daughter of Jan Kleinjan (1825-1903) and Maria van Leeuwen (1835-1870). Niesje was also the first daughter to marry. On February 23, 1886, Niesje became engaged to Bastiaan Klapwijk.

Rotterdamsch Niewsblad, 27-2-1886

Bastiaan Klapwijk was born postumously on March 25, 1860, in Charlois - now part of Rotterdam - in Holland. His father, Simon Klapwijk, had died on October 19, 1859, in Charlois, aged 49. His mother, Lijdia Vermaat (1837-1919), had been widowed at the age of 22. On August 29, 1860, Lijdia had married her second husband, Dirk Vermaat. She had additional children named Dirk Roodenburg Vermaat and Neeltje Elisabeth Vermaat.

In Charlois on March 10, 1886, Bastiaan Klapwijk and Niesje Kleinjan were married. After a marriage of nearly 11 months, Niesje gave birth to a dead girl on January 29, 1887, in Charlois. The next week, on February 5, 1887, Niesje died.

Rotterdamsch Niewsblad, 10-2-1887

Bastiaan Klapwijk married his second wife, Maartje Kluifhoofd (1868-1920), on May 13, 1891, in Charlois. They had two children named Dirk Klapwijk and Wilhelmina Klapwijk. A widower again, Bastiaan Klapwijk died on December 3, 1933, in Rotterdam, aged 73.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, Stadsarchief.Rotterdam.nl/.

Soldier Jacob Kleinjan (†1788)

A pink type ship

Jacob Kleinjan started working for the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) as a soldier in 1786. He departed on October 24, 1786, from Rammekens in Zeeland, The Netherlands. The ship, named “Juffrouw Johanna” (which can be translated as “Miss Joan”), was a pink type sailing ship with a flat bottom, a narrow stern at the back and a large cargo capacity. The ship's captain was Simon Koter and its crew consisted of over 170 men.

Since 1652 a Cape Colony had been established by the Dutch on the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. The “Juffrouw Johanna” arrived at its Cape Hope on February 22, 1787, staying there until March 19. On June 9, 1787, t he ship and its crew arrived at its destination, Batavia (nowadays known as Jakarta) on the island of Java in Indonesia.
Within a year of his arrival Jacob Kleinjan died in Asia on May 7, 1788.

Batavia in Indonesia

According to the V.O.C. database Jacob Kleinjan originated from “Oostmont”, possibly Est Mont, Éperlecques, France.


For more information about the Kleinjan Family take a look at my blogpost about The Kleinjan family and their American branch.

Sources: VOC Opvarenden bij het Nationaal Archief, vocsite.nl, huygens.knaw.nl and Wikipedia.

The Kleinjan family and their American branch

Over the years I've also been researching the extensive Kleinjan family that originated in the Hoeksche Waard area in South-Holland. I descend from the elder generations of this extended family. 
The oldest ancestor is Cleijn Jan Ariaensz who lived around 1600. His son, Arijen Jansz Cleijnjan, has descendants in Mijnsheerenland, Heinenoord, Barendrecht, Rhoon and even in Volga, Brookings, South Dakota. In 1664 one of Arie's sons, Jan Arijens Kleijnjan, married Haesje Cornelisse who originated from Charlois, now part of Rotterdam. Jan's burial was registered on 26-1-1712 in 's-Gravendeel.

Since the baptism records of the village of 's-Gravendeel are missing, children within the Kleinjan family that died young are unknown to us, and the links between subsequent generations can not always be proven. A possible son of Jan and Haesje was Arie Janse Kleinjan (†1713) who married Bastiaantje Floren van der Giessen (†1755), who introduced the given name Floris into the Kleinjan family. This couple had at least 2 sons, Floris and Jan, and 2 daughters, Johanna and Adriana. Adriana (±1705-1763) married Jan Anthonisse Duijser (1705-1764) and became one of my ancestors. 

Floris Ariensz Kleinjan (±1700-1778) married twice, as did his son Jan Florisse Kleinjan (±1740-1802), who settled in Barendrecht. Then something strange happened. Jan's 2nd wife was Lena Pieters Louter (±1754-1829), who, as a widow, married Krijn Hendriks Vermaas (1754-1825). Both had children from their first marriage. In 1807 Krijn's unmarried, 18-year-old daughter Maria Krijne Vermaas became pregnant. She said that her stepbrother Kleijs Jansz Kleinjan (1790-1869) was the father, and named the child Kleijs after him. Strangely, Kleijs never bothered to marry his stepsister. In 1803 he married another girl, and had additional issue. Being an unmarried mother, Maria was "damaged goods", but in 1814 she was finally able to marry a widower from Sliedrecht, and had additional issue, too.

An elder brother of naughty Kleijs was Floris Janse Kleinjan (1769-1795) who married the widowed Jannetje Louter, who was 10 years his senior and a sister of his stepmother. Their eldest son was Pieter Florisse Kleinjan (1796-1872) who lived in Rhoon and married twice.

Jan "John" Kleinjan married Maria Adriaantje Huijgen 
on 31-10-1878 in Rhoon. 
Het nieuws van den Dag, Kleine Courant, 4-11-1878

Jan "John" Kleinjan

One of their sons was Jan Kleinjan (1852-1926). In Poortugaal Jan fathered 10 children with his first wife, Maria Adriaantje Huijgen (1854-1893). As a widower Jan decided to emigrate with his children to the USA. In 1893 they travelled with the steamship Rotterdam with captain Roggeveen from Rotterdam to New York.
Initially, Jan seemed to have settled in Iowa, and later he lived in Volga, Brookings, South Dakota. There Jan was known as "John". His second wife was Maria Heiltje Vis, known as "Mary". They had 6 additional children: Leendert (who died from the flu epidemic in WW1), Gerrit, William, Helena, Floyd, and Marion.    


J. Kleinjan and his children travelled with the S.S. Rotterdam to New York,
Het Nieuws van de Dag, Kleine Courant, 21-4-1893

The S.S. Rotterdam II, 3,329 tons; 119,56 x 11,89 meters, speed 12 knots.

Recently, my father told me a story about an American Kleinjan who wanted to visit The Netherlands shortly after World War II. Apparently, to be able to do so, he needed to own something in The Netherlands. The Kleinjan family is a family of farmers, so he decided to export 3 tractors to relatives in the Hoeksche Waard, the first tractors to arrive in that area. The money he earned with the deal was deposited on a Dutch bank, thus allowing him to visit The Netherlands.


Sources:

• "1593 's-Gravendeel 1993 (Uit de geschiedenis van een dorp aan de Kil", Stichting Jubileumboek 's-Gravendeel, 1993
• "Rhoonse Bronnen Deel II, Dopen 1718-1812, Trouwen 1718-1811", J.H. van der Boom, K.J. Slijkerman, Werkgroep Overmaas, 2001
• www.geni.com, Douglas Rozendal, 2011
• http://www.grenzfamilytree.com/Reunion_2008.htm/Ships/Edam.htm
• kranten.kb.nl; Het Nieuws van De Dag, Kleine Courant