Suitbertus (Sweer or Swier for short) was baptized 17 Feb 1740, third child of Gerardus Schepers and his second wife Maria Gasthuis (dutch link). Gerardus’ first wife was Gertrudis Vleercotte, and after her death he remained at the farm, so he became also Vleercotte, and the subsequent children were baptized with …
Josiah Winslow was baptized 16 Feb 1606 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, the youngest son of Edward Winslow and Magdalen Oliver. He is my son-in-law’s 19th great-grand-uncle. He died in Marshfield, MA All five sons of Edward Winslow came to Massachussetts, the eldest, Edward, on the ‘Mayflower’ together with his brother …
Sarah Levison was born 15 Feb 1890 in then Russia, now the Ukraine, daughter of Aron Levison and Fannie Brodie. I still have not been able to exactly find their place of origin, the closest I can come is Odessa, or Kherson/Gherson. She is the great-grandaunt of my son-in-law. Before …
For four couples in my database I have a marriage date of 14 Feb: Johanna B. A. ten Bruggencate (dutch link) and Arend van Calcar in 1889 in Almelo, she is my 5th cousin 2x removed. Geessien Ottes (dutch link) and Harm Jacobs in 1768 in Nieuwe Pekela, she is my 5th great-grand …
While there are 13 birthdays today, none seemed interesting enough to write about. But in writing these little stories, I realized that the web pages need updating, and that there are many stupid inconsistencies in the databases as well. So I spend today trying to simplify things somewhat. I have a …
Phoebe Agnew was born 12 Feb 1797, daughter of William Agnew and Margaret Brant. It is unclear where she was born, the …
Aaltje Selhorst (dutch link) was baptized 11 Feb 1802 in Almelo, the last child of Jan Hendrik Selhorst and his second wife Maria Hondebrink. …
Aegje Portielje was baptized in Amsterdam on 10 Feb 1676. She was the first child of Gerrit Pieterse Portielje (dutch link) and his …
Annetje Rapalje was born 8 Feb 1646 in New Amsterdam, 9th child and 6th daughter of Joris Rapalje and Catalina Tricot. She …
Aleida Selhorst (dutch link) was baptized 7 Feb 1776 in Almelo, daughter of Jan Hendrik Selhorst and Frederica Boom. She is my third …
