In memory of my maternal grandmother Maria Theresia Coppens (1915-2012), who was born in Rotterdam on 7 June 1915 – a hundred years ago...
read moreWillem 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 Hulst, daughter of Joost Theunisz van der Hulst and Zwaantje Pieters de Braat, on 9 May (banns on 24 April) 1784 in Huizen. Deliaantje was baptized on 26 August 1759 in Huizen. Willem and Deliaantje had three children: Ebbe was baptized on 13 March 1785 in Huizen and buried on 23...
read moreA 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 resting place. According to this index, the grave belonged to Eldert Houthuijse. Buried are Anna Lubbekingh, wife of Eldert Houthuijsen, on 7 January 1766, a son of E. Houthuijsen, on 30 April 1767, and Eldert Houthuijsen himself, on 29 December 1772 (the month is omitted, but I know...
read moreA 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 is not listed on the page. Maybe the family did not use it yet, at the time, or maybe it was just not written down. From later records I know the surname is Van ‘t Land. Aaltje van ‘t Land (1767-1853) is my 5th great-grandmother. I descend from her son Jacob Prins,...
read moreDeath 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, occupation laundry lady, 62, born in 1829 in Rotterdam, widow of Cornelis Moerman, daughter of Willem van Keulen and Helena Zeegers, both deceased. Kralingen was a town near Rotterdam, and is now a subdivision of Rotterdam. The street Oostmaasstraat still exists, but (looking at it on...
read moreDeath certificate of Cornelis Moerman, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the eleventh of this [month September 1877] at eight o’clock after noon, passed away Cornelis Moerman, 48, born in and resident of [Rotterdam], porter, spouse of Theodorus [sic] van Keulen, son of Arie Moerman and Alida van Fulpen, both deceased [in...
read moreDeath certificate of Antonetta Theeuwen, my third great-grandmother: On the eighth of this [month June 1873], at eleven pm, in a house at the [street] Blindemanswater [in Rotterdam], passed away Antonetta Teeuwen, 54 years and nine months old, wife of Johannes Petrus de Bresser, no occupation, born in ‘s Hertogenbosch, resident [of Rotterdam], daughter of Petrus Teeuwen and Johanna Haarbos both deceased in ‘s...
read moreDeath certificate of Johannes Petrus de Bresser, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the twenty fifth of this [month, February 1875], in the morning at eleven, in a house at the [street] Blindemanswater [in Rotterdam], passed away Johannes Petrus de Bresser, 61, born in Tilburg, resident [of Rotterdam], carpenter, widower of Antonette Teeuwen, names of parents...
read moreDeath certificate of Barbera Theresia van Cauwenberge, my 3rd great-grandmother. Her death was registered by her son-in-law Carel de Wandel (Carolus Franciscus de Wandel in full, husband of Bernardina Coppens) and someone I don’t know, Pieter Francies Heijndrickx. Strangely enough, the name on the death certificate was Maria Theresia, not Barbera Theresia as it should be. Did her family not know her name? It’s possible, in 1868 a granddaughter was named after her – Maria Theresia Barbera. That suggests that there was at...
read moreDeath certificate of Henricus Coppens, my 3rd great-grandfather: On the 25th of the Month December of the year 1852 in this municipality [Aardenburg], at 8 o’clock in the evening, passed away Henricus Coppens, 62, born in Moerkerke (Belgium), laboring man, resident of Aardenburg, spouse of Barbara Theresia van Cauwenberghe, laboring woman, resident of Aardenburg, and son of Josephus Coppens and Isabella Versluijs, spouses, both deceased in...
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