Death certificate of Petronella Catharina Wilhelmina Oosthout, my 3rd great-grandmother: On the day of yesterday [7 April 1863] in the afternoon at three o’clock, in a house standing in this [municipality Texel] in Oudeschild, passed away at the age of 61 years,...
Two children’s graves, apparently from the same family. One child died after a tragic accident, the other after long suffering (according to the inscriptions on the stones).
Death certificate of Cornelis Teunisz Koopman, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the day of yesterday [22 June 1888], in the morning at 6:30, in a house standing in this municipality [Texel] in Oudeschild, passed away at the age of 84, Cornelis Koopman, carpenter, born in...
Yesterday I shared a few photos (and a vintage postcard) of the former church tower of the village Oud Leusden. The tower is nowadays surrounded by the graves of the local cemetery. And, since I’m a graveyard rabbit, I spent quite some time roaming around that...
Five years ago I shared a vintage postcard of an old tower in the village Oud-Leusden (see below). Last week I was hiking in the area and decided to have a look. The 13th century tower, once part of a church that was demolished in 1827, is still there. It is obviously...
