Anything related to the genealogy of my grandkids. Surnames include: Broekman, Gast, ten Bruggencate, Seidler, Tiffany, Richstein, and many more
Diena Vos (Dutch link) was baptized 4 Dec 1746 in Almelo, 271 years ago. Although this is a baptismal date, we will use it, as I don’t have her actual birthday. Diena is my fourth great-grandmother, and her granddaughter married into the ten Bruggencate family. Her husband was a weaver, …
Thirza Washburn (dutch link) was born on 3 Dec 1800, 217 years ago. She is the fourth great-grandmother of my son-in-law, on his paternal side. She descends from James Chilton, and from Francis Cooke, who were both on the Mayflower. Distinguished American ancestry! She married Thaddeus Whitney, another old american name. …
Grietje Tjakkes (Dutch link) was born 2 Dec 1783, 234 years ago, in Nieuwe Pekela. She is the sister of my third-great-grandfather on my mother’s side, who at some point adopted the surname Kleinhuis. She married Hendrik Oldenburger in 1820, as his second wife. Hendrik is also distantly related to …
Abigail Sackett was born 1 Dec 1663, 354 years ago, in Massachussetts. She is the wife of my son-in-law’s 7th great-granduncle. Her parents John Sackett and Abigail Hannum were already in Springfield, MA in 1661, as John had to appear in the Springfield Court on 24 Sep 1661, to answer …
Gudel (Augusta/Goutel) Moyses was born 30 Nov 1788, 229 years ago in Bonfeld, Wurttemberg, Germany. She is my husband’s 3rd great-grandmother on his mother’s side. Gudel was jewish, and I found her birth certificate in the WWII file on my mother-in-law (but that is another story) She married her husband …
Just found an interesting coincidence: My husband’s 7th great-granduncle married (as his second wife) Isabel Latham (dutch link) on 1 Feb 1699 in …
My great-great-grandmother Aafien Meijering (for whom my grandmother was named, and so for whom I am named) was born the day after …
Sophia Lichtenstein (Dutch link) was born on 10 May 1904 in Jülich. She married her first husband Max Baum there on 1 …
In 1847 Johan and Thomas ten Bruggencate went from Holland to the US (see a previous post) on the fregat ‘Doggersbank.’ A few …
Family legend had it that great-grandfather Marinus J. Broekman (dutch link) had a fabric store. However, in the database of the Dutch Economic-Historical …
