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 Amsterdam. (It was her second marriage also, she married at age 45 in 1687 with Jurriaen Sieuwertsz. Geersma). She is baptized in the English Church in Amsterdam on …
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 Archives I found the following in the catalog of the Special Collections, Documentation and pictures of trades C. Wood and Furniture. c. Mar. J. Broekman, furniture and rugs, …
Gerrit Hendrik Broekman (dutch link) came from Melle in Germany to Amsterdam before 1786. In that year he marries Maria Bruijn. At his marriage he is living in the Gasthuismolensteeg, a small street in the heart of Amsterdam. Maria is living at the same address. The name Gasthuismolensteeg means the alley …
I came across an interesting database: Europeana. It is a cooperative venture of a number of European institutions such as libraries and archives, in languages from English to Swedish, and about 25 others in between. Most items are freely available, I received one 403 error (Access denied) I tried it …
The Broekman family in Indonesia. Seated in Front of the Indian Regent’s house, where they were temporarily living in 1916. Left to right: Jan Bartold Broekman (dutch link), Rosalia Broekman-Voss (dutch link), Juup (dutch link), Mar Broekman (dutch link)
My husband’s grandfather Mar Broekman (dutch link) worked from around 1905 in the Dutch East Indies on the island of Java. He and …
