Jan Mari van Eijle, born 25 April 1902, went into eternal peace 17 July 1923. I found his death record on Genlias, the Dutch database of birth, marriage and death records: Jan Marie [sic] van Eijle, son of Jan Jacob van Eijle and Neeltje Vonk, not married, died on 17...
A soldier’s grave: Here rests our dearly beloved husband and father Johan Herman van Leeuwen, born 6 August 1904, fallen while serving his country in Doorn on 14 May 1940. On the left we can read Soldaat M.C.II 24 R.I., Soldier, machine gun company II, 24th...
Cornelis Peek, son of Cornelis Peek and Johanna Pessels, was born on 31 January 1876 in Werkhoven, and died 9 June 1955 in Wijk bij Duurstede. He married Johanna Adriana van Schaik, daughter of Hendrikus van Schaik and Hendrica Markenhof, on 11 November 1909 in Wijk...
Some grave markers tell a sad story. This one, for example, is the grave of Jan de Lange, who died on 18 December 1929 at the age of 29, leaving behind a wife and children. A week after his death, his son Jan was born. Less than three years later, little Jan was...
Here rests my dear husband and our father and grandfather Gerrit Hartman [born] 10 August 1889 [died] 23 July 1969. And our dear mother and grandmother Cornelia Hartman – Van Oosterom [born] 3 June 1891 [died] 23 June 1974. Gerrit Hartman, son of Egbert Hartman...
