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Tombstone Tuesday: Henk

Tombstone Tuesday: Henk

Last week we visited my grandfather’s grave, on the cemetery of Witteveen. I was a bit taken aback when I saw this gravestone on the same cemetery: With only the first name Henk on it, it seemed like a grave for me. On closer inspection the stone also had the...
Tombstone Tuesday: Pardoen

Tombstone Tuesday: Pardoen

The grave of my grandfather, Theodorus Joannes Gerardus Adrianus Pardoen (1914-1978), in the cemetery of the village Witteveen, province Drenthe. The epitaph Zie, ik maak alle dingen nieuw (Behold, I make all things new) is from the book of Revelations: And God shall...
Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut, part III

Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut, part III

The third post in search of Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut. So far I looked at records in Zeeuwen Gezocht (Zeelanders Wanted). Today I move to the scans of the Dutch civil registration on FamilySearch. Daughter Barbera Theresia van Cauwenberge...
Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut, part II

Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut, part II

I will continue my search for Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut. Last week I searched for Levinus van Cauwenberge in Zeeuwen Gezocht (Zeelanders Wanted). I continued searching this database, and expanded my search by trying a few spelling variants...
Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut

Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut

Numbers 114 and 115 in my ahnentafel are Levinus van Cauwenberge and Barbera Theresia Rombaut. They are a dead end for now: I know the names of Levinus’ parents, but nothing more, and I know nothing about Barbera Theresia’s parents. And I know hardly...