Anything related to the genealogy of my grandkids. Surnames include: Broekman, Gast, ten Bruggencate, Seidler, Tiffany, Richstein, and many more
Hendrik Fremantjou (dutch link) was baptized 31 May 1646 in the Dutch Reformed Church in Utrecht. He was the eldest son of Antonie Jorisse die Fremantjou and Belichje Hendriks, and my husband’s eighth great-grandfather. Antonie and Belichje would have four more children baptized in Utrecht, the last one in 1658. It …
Today is the birthday of my mother-in-law, Gertrude Augusta (Trude) Koch. She was born 22 May 1911 in Landstuhl, Germany, daughter of Ludolph Koch (dutch link) and Caecilia Mayer. She died in 1998 at age 87. Her parents and two siblings emigrated to Argentina around 1938. I am not sure whether Trude …
Gerrit Brouwer was baptized Dutch Reformed on 20 May 1736 in Almelo, as son of Jan Brouwer (dutch link) and Garretien Brouwer. He is my fourth great-granduncle. He probably did not live very long, as a namesake was baptized in 1739. Jan Brouwer was also known as Jan Geertsen Brouwer, Jan Geerts …
Today is the baptismal date of two of my female ancestors: Grietje Gossels (dutch link), my 6th great-grandmother was baptized 17 May 1703 in Veendam; Antje Tjakkes (dutch link), my 5th great-grandmother 17 May 1716 in Oude Pekela. Both are on my mother’s side. Grietje’s great-granddaughter Harmke Davids (dutch link) married Antje’s grandson Ulben …
Joshua Leonard was born 13 May 1712 in Norton, MA, ninth child of George Leonard and Anna Tisdale. He died six weeks later on June 29. He was my son-in-law’s seventh great-grand-uncle. While his short life was unremarkable, I did discover a error in his eldest sister’s birth date: I …
Jane Watson was born 12 May 1848 in Delaware County, NY, daughter of John Watson and Eliza Kirkwood. She was my son-in-law’s …
Jacob Hindriks (Meppeler) (dutch link) was buried 8 May 1783 in the Martinikerk in Groningen. He is my 6th great-grandfather. He married …
In the old days there were bicycles, even though they were somewhat old-fashioned if you compare them with now, but we didn’t …
I got permission from the owner of the Dragten.nl site to post the map I referred to yesterday.(1) You can clearly see …
The Church Bridge When I went to and from school, I had to cross the canal. There was a small, narrow bridge, …
