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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...
Willem Eppen Veerman

Willem Eppen Veerman

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...
Langgewenscht, Hilversum

Langgewenscht, Hilversum

Farm buildings at the Langgewenst square in Hilversum (or Langgewenscht, as it was spelled at the time). The photo was taken by my grandfather, Henk van Kampen (1912-1997), in November 1932. This view disappeared a long time ago, the square looks completely different...
Death certificate of Marretje Peet

Death certificate of Marretje Peet

Death certificate of Marretje Peet, my 3rd great-grandmother: On the ninth of December [1853], today, in the morning at four, in the house known as number 469, passed away at the age of 52, Marretje Peet, occupation spinster, born in Kuilenburg [Culemborg], residing...
Death certificate of Willem Houthuijzen

Death certificate of Willem Houthuijzen

Death certificate of Willem Houthuijzen, my 3rd great-grandfather: On last first of June [1875], in the evening at 6:30, in the house known as number 469, at the age of seventy seven years and eleven months, passed away Willem Houthuizen, without occupation, born and...