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Tombstone Tuesday: Lagerweij

Tombstone Tuesday: Lagerweij

Gerrit Lagerweij, son of Antonie Lagerweij and Wilhelmina van Doorn, was born on 28 June 1858 and died on 13 November 1913 in Bennekom. He married Francina Klomp, daughter of Franciscus Klomp and Neeltje Kirpensteijn, on 12 May 1891 in Zeist. She was born on 21 August...
Tombstone Tuesday: Derksen

Tombstone Tuesday: Derksen

The tombstone of Andries Derksen and his wife Catharina Everdina Wennekes in Wijk bij Duurstede. With the dates on the stone and a few public records I get: Andries (or Andreas) Derksen, son of Andries Derksen and Hendrina van Brink, was born on 24 January 1846 in...
Tombstone Tuesday: Christian Nagel

Tombstone Tuesday: Christian Nagel

Today, on Tombstone Tuesday, we look at a tombstone on the on the Moravian Cemetery of Zeist: Christian Nagel, born in Ansbach, went home on 26 August 1748 Ansbach is probably either the principality Ansbach in Bavaria, Germany, or its capital. Note that Mr. Nagel...
Tombstone Tuesday: Frederik Wilhelm Alberts

Tombstone Tuesday: Frederik Wilhelm Alberts

Frederik Wilhelm Alberts, son of Gerrit Jan Alberts and Jannigje van Swieten, was born on 15 March 1890 in Zeist. He died at the age of 23, on 22 April 1913 in Zeist. Inscribed on his tombstone: Here rests our beloved son and brother, Frederik Wilhelm...
Tombstone Tuesday: Lucas

Tombstone Tuesday: Lucas

On the cemetery of Lage Vuursche I saw these two headstones, close to each other, with just names, no dates: Henri François Lucas and Jeanette Lucas – Wijtman on one stone, Wilhelmina, Johanna and Gesina Lucas on the other. The stone on the left probably belongs...