Anything related to the ten Bruggencate Clan
Isaac ten Bruggenkate (dutch link) and Herman ten Bruggencate (dutch link) were grain merchants. On 5 June 1747 they went to the steward of “Huize Ootmarsum” to get a load of rye. They got into an argument about payment, which ended with a brawl. The steward died afterwards, and Isaac and Herman …
Johan (dutch link) and Thomas (dutch link) were the first ten Bruggencates to come to the US. They came in 1847, on the barque ‘Doggersbank.’ Both had married twice before, Thomas lost two wives and two newborn daughters within a year and a half; Johan’s first wife died after 5 yrs of …
A while ago I received a question about Gerhardus Warnerus ten Bruggencate (dutch link), because the questioner had a postcard, that GWtB had send from Canada. I knew nothing about him being in Canada, but I had quite a bit before found a article on a Charles Bruggencate, who …
Most ten Bruggenkates in England descend from two sons of Albertus ten Bruggenkate (dutch link) and Willemina Weijdeman (In the Amsterdam and English records the name is spelled with a k). Gerardus Albertus emigrated from Amsterdam before 1819 (he married in London in 1819), and his brother Hermanus Johannes Barend must …
I never knew my paternal grandmother Hendrika Johanna, Dieks for short (dutch link), she died several years before I was born. Although her husband knew me, I have no memories of him either. So all I have is her pictures, and a few scraps from writings from my grandfather. They …
In the 1901 British Census Frances E. tenBruggenkate (dutch link) is enumerated at Peckham House, in Camberwell, County Surrey. She was listed as …
It is wonderful that more and more historical newspapers and magazines are coming online, but it also presents some frustrations. My maiden …
My great-grandfather Barend ten Bruggencate (dutch link) looks like a very proper and dignified person. However, he seems to have been quite a …
In 1907 the grocery store of Derk Jan ten Bruggencate (dutch link) in Nijverdal burned to the ground. The paper reports the following …
Where the name ten Bruggencate originates, is not clear. Huizinga (1) explains it as a small farm (a “kate” or “kotterstede”) near …
