Death certificate of Theodora van Keulen, my 3rd great-grandmother: On the fourteenth of this month August [1891] at four o’clock before noon, in the [street] Oostmaasstraat, subdivision A number ninety nine [in Kralingen], passed away Theodora van Keulen, occupation laundry lady, 62, born in 1829 in Rotterdam, widow of Cornelis Moerman, daughter of Willem van Keulen and Helena Zeegers, both deceased. Kralingen was a town near Rotterdam, and is now a subdivision of Rotterdam. The street Oostmaasstraat still exists, but (looking at it on...
read moreDeath certificate of Cornelis Moerman, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the eleventh of this [month September 1877] at eight o’clock after noon, passed away Cornelis Moerman, 48, born in and resident of [Rotterdam], porter, spouse of Theodorus [sic] van Keulen, son of Arie Moerman and Alida van Fulpen, both deceased [in...
read moreDeath certificate of Antonetta Theeuwen, my third great-grandmother: On the eighth of this [month June 1873], at eleven pm, in a house at the [street] Blindemanswater [in Rotterdam], passed away Antonetta Teeuwen, 54 years and nine months old, wife of Johannes Petrus de Bresser, no occupation, born in ‘s Hertogenbosch, resident [of Rotterdam], daughter of Petrus Teeuwen and Johanna Haarbos both deceased in ‘s...
read moreDeath certificate of Johannes Petrus de Bresser, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the twenty fifth of this [month, February 1875], in the morning at eleven, in a house at the [street] Blindemanswater [in Rotterdam], passed away Johannes Petrus de Bresser, 61, born in Tilburg, resident [of Rotterdam], carpenter, widower of Antonette Teeuwen, names of parents...
read moreDeath certificate of Neeltje Vermeij, my 3rd great-grandmother: On the eighteenth of February of this year [1887], at one o’clock in the night, in this municipality [Leiderdorp] in subdivision K number 88, passed away Neeltje Vermeij, widow of Hendrik van der Hoogt, daughter of Albert Vermeij and Sophia de Ruijter, both deceased, at the age of 76, no occupation, born in Polsbroek and resident here [in...
read moreDeath certificate of Hendrik van der Hoogt, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the seventeenth of September of this year [1875], in the afternoon at five o’clock, passed away in this municipality, Hendrik van der Hoogt, spouse of Neeltje Vermey, before widower of Trijntje de Jong, son of Maarten van der Hoogt, name of the mother unknown, laborer, 71, born in Leiderdorp and residing [in Leiderdorp]. One of the people who came to the registrar to register Hendrik’s death was his son (from his first marriage) Klaas, who was 41 years old...
read moreDeath certificate of Sara Catharina Springvelt, my 3rd great-grandmother: Sara Catharina Springvelt, no occupation, resident [of Den Haag], passed away on the twentieth of this [month January 1893] in the afternoon at two o’clock, at the age of sixty four, born in Leiden, widow of Theodorus Pardoen, daughter of Joannes Springvelt and Jannetje van der Waals, both...
read moreDeath certificate of Theodorus Pardoen, my 3rd great-grandfather: Theodorus Pardoen, dyer, who lived here [in Den Haag], passed away on the thirtieth of this month [August 1872], in the afternoon at five o’clock, at the age of forty five, born here [in Den Haag], married to Sara Catharina Springvelt, son of Adrianus Pardoen and Hendrica van Oeveren, both deceased. Theodorus’ mother was actually Margrita Frederika van Oeveren, and still alive at the time: She died in 1881. His occupation was Verwer, painter or dyer, probably a...
read moreA page from the church books of Hazerswoude, with 1766 baptisms. Towards the bottom we find my 4th great-grandfather Maarten van der Hoog[t]. We learn from this page that he was baptized on 13 July 1766 in Hazerswoude. His parent were Mattheus van der Hoog and Marijtje Molenaar. Witness was Arijantje van der Hoog, presumably an...
read moreThis page, from the marriage book of the Dutch Reformed Church of Hazerswoude, has the marriage of my 5th great-grandparents, Matthias (or Mattheus) van der Hoogt and Marijtje (or Maria) Molenaar. Apparently they married on 22 June 1760 in Hazerswoude, with banns on 8 June. Mathias came from Nieuwenhoorn, but lived in Zoeterwoude, parish of Leiderdorp. Marijtje came from and lived in Hazerswoude. The annotations J.M. (Jonge Man, young man) and J.D. (Jonge Dochter, young daughter) mean that it was their first marriage. The “pro...
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