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 …
Willem Cramer (dutch link) was baptized NH in Amsterdam on 26 Apr 1730, son of Godfried Cramer and Maria de Fremantjou. He is my husband’s fifth great-grandfather. His wife’s line is a dead end at this point (I wrote about that here), but today I will concentrate on his mother. The …
Anna Christina Linsen (dutch link) was baptized 21 Apr 1769 in Amsterdam, third and last child of Antonij Coenraad Linsen and his second wife Anna Scholten. Her father had had two children with his first wife. Anna Christina is the fourth great-grand-aunt of my husband. Anna Christina married Teunis Hendrik Menke …
Erna Lichtenstein was born 18 Apr 1905 in Jülich, Germany, eldest daughter of Max Lichtenstein and Regina Schwartz. She is my husband’s second cousin once removed. Max and Regina’s first child (a son) had died young, and they had two more daughters (Sophie and Leni) and a son (Ernst) after Erna. …
Pieter Moriau (Meriau, Moreau) (dutch link) was baptized 8 Apr 1620 in the Walloon Church in Amsterdam. He was the son of …
Maria (Ida) Rosendahl (dutch link) died 4 Apr 1820 in Waldenrath, Germany. Her death certificate lists her as 66 years old; her sons …
Gerrit Lucas Broekman (dutch link) died 27 Mar 1871 in Warnsveld, Gelderland. He was the son of Gerrit Lucas Broekman and Johanna Maria …
Gerard Cramer (dutch link) was born 21 Mar 1821 in Amsterdam, eldest son of Gerard Cramer and Margaretha Schindler. He is my husband’s …
Otto Pfann was baptized (Ev. Luth.) on 18 Mar 1759 in Amsterdam, first son of Balthasar Pfann (dutch link) and Agnieta Meulman. He …
