Edouard Joseph Groteclaes (1831-1893) was naturalised as a Dutch citizen

Edouard Joseph Groteclaes was born on 15 October 1831 in Hombourgh. This Belgian village is located near the borders of both The Netherlands and Germany. His parents are farmer Theodoor Groteclaes and his wife Maria Anna Duijckaerts.
At the age of 28, farmer Edouard Joseph Groteclaes married 39-year-old Maria Gertrud Lucia Scheepers on 23 May 1860 in Itteren, Limburg, The Netherlands. Their daughter Maria Anna Clara Groteclaes was born in Itteren on 15 January 1862. She was just 17 years old, when she married Alexander Hubert Smeets (1852-1941) on 18 November 1879 in Itteren. They had issue.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 25 July 1869: Naturalisation of Edouard Joseph Groteclaes

Born in Belgium, Eduard Joseph Groteclaes was naturalised as a Dutch citizen on 15 July 1869.
Edouard Joseph Groteclaes died, at the age of 61, on 21 January 1893 in Itteren. His widow, 78-year-old Maria Gertrudis Lucia Scheepers, died in Itteren on 3 March 1900, aged 78.
Their daughter Maria Anna Clara Groteclaes was 82 years old when she died in Itteren on 27 December 1944. Her eldest daughter Maria Anna Hubertina Mélanie Smeets (1881-1972) was to reach the age of 91.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl (newspapers), HistorischCentrumLimburg.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

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

Swede Anders Paulson (1865-1919) in Holland

Anders Paulson was born on 16 March 1865 in Eskilstorp, Bastad, Skåne, Sweden. His mother is Hersti Nilsdotter. His father is Paul Nilsson who died, aged 70, in 1909 in Sweden.

Bredasche Courant, 8-11-1909

In 1907 engineer Anders Paulson started a company for manufacturing and selling matches and related items. His his associate was Leonardus Jacobus Maria Eras. The company was located in Teteringen near Breda, Brabant, The Netherlands.
1908 was a special year for Anders Paulson. On 24 June 1908 in Numansdorp, Holland, Anders married Neeltje Hendrika (“Nellie”) Kluifhoofd. She was born on 14 November 1873 in Numansdorp as daughter of Susanna Niemantsverdriet (1837-1923) and Dirk Kluifhoofd (1837-19121), mayor of Numansdorp.
On 9 December Swede Anders Paulson was naturalised as a Dutch citizen.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 15-6-1910

The eldest son of Anders Paulson and his wife Nellie was Frans Paul Dirk, born on 16 July 1910 in The Hague, Holland. A son named Anders - like his father - was born in May 1913 in Breda.