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Tombstone Tuesday: Dirk Gerritsen

Tombstone Tuesday: Dirk Gerritsen

Dirk Gerritsen, son of Jan Gerritsen and Mina Hubert, was born on 12 August 1879 in Jutphaas and died on 23 June 1944 in Jutphaas. He married Anna Sibilla Bier, daughter of Gerhard Jan Bier and Dina Speelman, on 15 April 1909 in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel. Dirk was...
Tombstone Tuesday: Kooijman – den Ouden

Tombstone Tuesday: Kooijman – den Ouden

Teunis Kooijman, son of Dirk Kooijman and Magdalena de Kuijper, was born on 20 January 1868 in Giessen-Nieuwkerk and died on 11 July 1937 in Jutphaas. He married Cornelia den Ouden, daughter of Abraham den Ouden and Bastiaantje Kortlever, on 7 August 1913 in...
Tombstone Tuesday: Van den Kommer

Tombstone Tuesday: Van den Kommer

A tombstone on the Kerkveld cemetery in Nieuwegein. Albertus van den Kommer, son of Cornelis van den Kommer and Catharina de Roo, was born on 3 November 1886 in Beverwijk, and died on 11 December 1943 in Hilversum. He married Catharina Albers, daughter of Cornelis...
Nicolas Malapert Lord Plettenburg

Nicolas Malapert Lord Plettenburg

In the historic Kerkveld cemetery in Nieuwegein there are several older tombstones that belonged to the local nobility. The photos below are of the tombstone of Nicolas Malapert Heer van (Lord) Plettenburg, who died almost 400 years ago, on 6 November 1615 or 1616. I...