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In memory of my maternal grandmother Maria Theresia Coppens (1915-2012), who was born in Rotterdam on 7 June 1915 – a hundred years ago today.
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...
Eldert Houthuijzen and Anna Catharina Lubbeking

Eldert Houthuijzen and Anna Catharina Lubbeking

A page from the church books of Huizen. The page shows an index of church graves from the first half of the 18th century. I am particularly interested in grave 24, where my 6th great-grandparents Eldert Houthuijzen and Anna Catharina Lubbeking found their final...
Aaltje van ‘t Land

Aaltje van ‘t Land

A page from the Putten baptism book, with baptisms from 1767. In the middle of the page is Aaltje, daughter of Theunis Harmse and Grietje Johannesse, from Huynen (nowadays known as Huinen), a hamlet near Putten. She was baptized on 8 March 1767. Aaltje’s surname...
Death certificate of Theodora van Keulen

Death certificate of Theodora van Keulen

Death certificate of Theodora van Keulen, my 3rd great-grandmother: On the fourteenth of this month August [1891] at four o’clock before noon, in the [street] Oostmaasstraat, subdivision A number ninety nine [in Kralingen], passed away Theodora van Keulen,...