Name: Gijsbert Veerman
Birth: 13 April 1799 in Huizen
Death: 23 March 1872 in Hilversum
Parents: Willem Eppen Veerman, Lambertje Mol
Spouse: Jannetje Bronkhorst (marriage: 13 December 1828 in Hilversum)
Children: Lammertje (1829), Aaltje (1831), Lammertje (1833), Willem (1835), stillborn son (1838), Dirk (1839), Hendrik (1841), Lammert (1844), Lammertje (1846), stillborn son (1849)
Willem Eppen (also known as Willem Eppen Veerman), is my 4th great-grandfather. Willem is the son of Ebbe Jansz and Jannetje Gijsberts Harder. He was baptized on 4 January 1756 in Huizen, and died on 5 May 1819 in Huizen. Willem married Deliaantje Joosten van der Hulst, daughter of Joost Theunisz van der Hulst and Zwaantje Pieters de Braat, on 9 May (banns on 24 April) 1784 in Huizen. Deliaantje was baptized on 26 August 1759 in Huizen. Willem and Deliaantje had three children: Ebbe was baptized on 13 March 1785 in Huizen and buried on 23...
read moreWhen I search for ancestors, I usually reconstruct their families, i.e. I find information on all their children (and other spouses, if they married more than once). There are a few families I skipped in the past, though, probably because I wanted to go back in time as far as possible, and as quickly as possible. Time now to revisit a few of those families. Today I present the family reconstruction of my 3rd ggrandparents Gijsbert Veerman and Jannetje Bronkhorst, numbers 34 and 35 in my ahnentafel. A relatively easy one, as all the...
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