Category: MELESSEN Albert 1886-1965
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Marriage certificate of Albert Melessen and Mietje Houthuijzen
Last week we looked at the birth certificate of Albert Melessen. Today I show you his marriage certificate. Like the birth certificate, I found it on the website Alle Groningers, the BMD database of the province Groningen. A summary of the certificate: Today, 25 September 1913, came to the registrar of Groningen to be united […]
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Birth certificate of Albert Melessen
The BMD database of the province Groningen on the website Alle Groningers has the birth certificate of my great-grandfather, Albert Melessen. According to this certificate, Albert was born on den vierentwintigsten der maand Januari dezes jaars, des avonds te acht uur (the 24th of the month January of this year [1886], in the evening at […]
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Gathering dust: A photo of a tobacconist
On Saturdays I rummage through my old cabinet, pull out and dust off an item, and present it here on Roots. Today: A photo of the tobacconist shop of my great-grandfather Albert Melessen. The tobacconist shop of my great-grandfather, Albert Melessen. I’m not sure exactly where and when he ran this shop. He lived in […]
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My research
My main focus is my ascendancy chart (kwartierstaat in Dutch, Ahnentafel in German), an overview of as many ancestors as I can find, in as many lines as possible. On my website, I have cut my kwartierstaat in several parts. When I started my website, four of my ancestors were still alive (my parents and […]
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Your Paternal Grandmother’s Patrilineal Line
Randy Seaver asked in his weekly Saturday Night Fun about the patrilineal line of our paternal grandmothers: What was your father’s mother’s maiden name? Melessen. My grandmother was Alida Melessen, born 9 April 1917 in Amsterdam, died 10 January 2007 in Hilversum. What was your father’s mother’s father’s name? Albert Melessen (1886-1965). The photo above […]