The marriage certificate of my 3rd great-grandparents, Volkert van Kampen and Maria Hogenbirk. A summary: Volkert van Kampen, weaver, 24, born in ‘s-Graveland, resident here [in Hilversum], son of Cornelis van Kampen, factory worker, and Lijsje Scheepmaker, both...
I shared many graves from the Bosdrift cemetery in Hilversum on this blog. Today’s grave is special, at least to me: Twice I helped carry a coffin to this grave, in 1997 and in 2007. Buried here are two people that I have known well: My grandparents, Hendrik van...
The tomb of Catharina Elisabeth Sophia Schallenberg, spouse of (echtgenoote van) J.H.E. d’Arnaud, born in Amsterdam on 9 January 1863, died in Hilversum on 18 May 1924. The d’Arnaud-Schallenberg marriage is listed on the Dutch BMD site Genlias: Johannes...
Mietje Houthuijzen is my father’s maternal grandmother – number 11 in my ahnentafel. Her birth certificate states that: On 6 December 1888 appeared for the registrar of Hilversum: Rijk Houthuijzen, merchant, 57, from Hilversum. He declared that on 5...
A family tomb, and the final resting place of Klaas Eijlander (born 15 June 1873, died 18 October 1947), Henriëtte Groenhuijzen (born 29 October 1875, died 31 October 1950), Klaas Eijlander (born 18 September 1902, died 17 August 1973), and E.B.J. Eijlander (born 10...
