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Tombstone Tuesday: Onze Lieveling

Tombstone Tuesday: Onze Lieveling

Here rests “onze lieveling” (our darling) Agatha Jacoba Achterberg, born 9 December 1908, died 22 December 1913. Agatha Jacoba Achterbergh, daughter of Christiaan Achterbergh and Gerritje van Amerongen, died on 22 December 1913 in Zeist, five years...
Tombstone Tuesday: Catharine Marie Garve

Tombstone Tuesday: Catharine Marie Garve

No. 992, Catharine Marie Garve, born in Norden on 28 March 1798, went home 22 November 1872 I found the death of Catharine Marie Garve on Wie Was Wie, the Dutch BMD database: Catharine Marie Garve, female, 74, daughter of Johan Magnus Garve and Catharina Elisabeth...
Tombstone Tuesday: Staal

Tombstone Tuesday: Staal

A family grave of an apparently well to do family on the cemetery of Lage Vuursche. The (translated) inscription: Jan Anthonie Staal, born 28 June 1798, died 20 October 1884. And his spouse Jacoba Tannetje van Steenbergen, born 14 September 1807, died 15 July 1890....
Tombstone Tuesday: Van Bemmel

Tombstone Tuesday: Van Bemmel

Today’s tombstone is cracked, making some of the dates at the bottom hard to read. But I think the correct translation is: “Here rests our dear husband and father Thomas Joannes van Bemmel born 29 December 1856 died 6 June 1931. And our dearly beloved...