Gerrit Knoop1,2,3,4

M, #208, ° Nov 1747, +. Dec 1816
FatherBaerent Knoop1,2 ° s 1715, +. bet 1783 - 1788
MotherHendrina Heukes1 ° s 1720
     Gerrit Knoop was born in Heerlijkheid Almelo.3,2,4 He was baptized (NH) on 26 Nov 1747 in Almelo.1 He (1) married (NH) Janna Letteboer on 18 Jun 1775 in Almelo2,3 (banns (NH) 13 May 1775, Almelo.)2 He (2) married (NH) Eva van de Braake, daughter of Gerrit ten Braakman and Jenneken Reuvekamp, on 1 Dec 1793 in Almelo3,5,4 (banns (NH) 25 Oct 1793, Almelo.)3 He died on 31 Dec 1816 at Knoopshöfte, house #139 in Almelo. Frederik de Jager and Hendrik Jan Wolthuis were the witnesses.4

Census records:
1748 Gericht Almelo census: Household of Berent Gerritsen.6
1795 Ambt Almelo census: Household of Gerrit Knoop (division 3). Household consists of 5 people. He himself reports the data. He is a weaver.7
:Gerrit Knoop officially adopted the name Knoop for himself, his son Gerrit Jan (with his children Fredrik, Jan and Janna), and his son Berend (with his son Jan.)8

Family 1

Janna Letteboer ° s 1750, +. b 1793
Children

Family 2

Eva van de Braake ° 13 Jul 1766, +. 17 May 1814
Children
  • Jan Knoop16 ° 4 Jul 1797
  • Gerritdina Knoop17 ° 15 Dec 1802

Source(s)

  1. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Gerrit, zoon van Baerent Knoop en Hendrijna, 26 Nov 1747.
  2. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit Knoop en Janna Letteboer, 13 May 1775.
  3. [S10] DTB NH Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : Gerrit Knoop en Eva van de Braake, 25 Oct 1793.
  4. [S487] BS Gemeente Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1817 #1. Gerrit Knoop, 31 Dec 1816.
  5. [S487] BS Gemeente Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1814 #19. Eva van de Brake, 19 May 1814.
  6. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 15v-16, #7.
  7. [S19] Volkstelling Twente 1795: Ambt Almelo. 3e wijk, pg. 54.
  8. [S16] Naamaannemingen Almelo, Mairie d'Almelo, 1812. #40. Gerrit Knoop.
  9. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Gerrit Jan, zoon van Gerrit Knoop en Janna Letteboer, 7 Apr 1776.
  10. [S26] BS Ambt Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1834 #21. Gerrit Jan Knoop, 12 May 1834.
  11. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Barent, zoon van Gerrit Knoop en Janna Letteboer, 18 Feb 1778.
  12. [S12] Ambt Almelo, Marriages : Berend Knoop en Janna van de Biggen, 27 Oct 1809.
  13. [S7] BS Ambt Almelo, Marriages : 1826 #13. Berend Knoop en Diene Stegehuis, 6 May 1826.
  14. [S26] BS Ambt Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1839 #66. Berend Knoop, 18 Nov 1839.
  15. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Hendrikus, zoon van Gerrit Knoop en Janna Letteboer, 30 May 1782.
  16. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Jan, zoon van Gerrit Knoop en Eva Braakman, 6 Jul 1797.
  17. [S32] DTB NH Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms : Gerritdina, dochter van Gerrit Knoop en Eva Braakman, 16 Dec 1802.