Jacob Cleve was baptised on 3 Apr 1711 in Westerlee, Groningen, second son and 4th child of Jan Jacobs (Cleve) (dutch link) and Antje Roelfs. He is my 6th great-granduncle, on my mother’s side. He probably did not live long; his father names later, with his third wife, two more sons …
Hendrik de Haan (dutch link) was born 28 Mar 1890 in Nieuwe Pekela in Groningen. He was the eldest son of Ulpen de Haan en Geertje Starke, and the brother of my grandmother Afina de Haan, thus my granduncle. But because my grandmother married her 1st cousin, Hendrik is also my …
Geeszijn Jans was baptized 25 Mar 1764, youngest child of Jan Geerts Luirts (dutch link) and Hindrikje Hindriks. She was a half-sister of my 5th great-grandmother, the first child of Jan Geerts Luirts and his first wife Geessien Geerts. Jan married Geessien in 1737 (as Jan Luirts and Geesien Geerts) in …
Afiena Scholte was born 22 Mar 1901 in Nieuw Buinen, a small village in the province of Drenthe, the second child and eldest daughter of Jan Scholte and Klaassien Starke (dutch link). She is my grandmother’s first cousin (and my first cousin twice removed), and like my grandmother (and me) named …
Petronella Katers (dutch link) was baptized in Hulst in Zeeland on 28 Feb 1792, the daughter of Jacobus Katers and Hermina Sweijen. She is my third great-grandmother. Her father was in the military, he was from Boxmeer, North Brabant, and had married her mother in Nijmegen, Gelderland. They were Roman Catholic, …
Berend Schuurman was born 19 Feb 1891 in Ambt Ommen, The Netherlands. He was the son of Tone Schuurman and Berendina Schutte, …
Jantien was baptized on 6 Feb 1799 in the A-Kerk in Groningen, daughter and fifth child of Berent Hindriks (dutch link) and Antje …
Foppe Tammes was baptized 30 Jan 1718 in Oude Pekela, Groningen, The Netherlands, as the son of Tamme Foppes and Trijntje Hindriks. …
Albertje (dutch link) was baptized (as Albertje Hendriks) on 28 Jan 1776 in Veendam, The Netherlands, third child of Hindrik Jacobs and Annigjen …
Mensiena was born 14 Jan 1887 in Nieuwe Pekela, first child of Wildrik (Uildrik) J. Beumee and Grietje Starke (dutch link). She is …
