The graveyard rabbit of Utrecht and Het Gooi

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author, Naarden Catholic Cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday: Our dear son and brother

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

"Here rests our dear son and brother Antonius W. van der Linden born 21 November 1932 died 16 March 1949. R.I.P. And our 6 years old Gijsje."

From Wie was Wie:

Antonius Wilhelmus van der Linden, son of Gijsbertus Adrianus van der Linden and Maria Godefrida Appelhof, died 16 March 1949 in Utrecht at the age of 16.

"Gijsje" (little Gijs) is Gijsbertus Adrianus van der Linden, also a son of Gijsbertus Adrianus van der Linden and Maria Godefrida Appelhof, who died on 10 February 1951 in Utrecht at the age of six.

Photo by the author, Catholic Cemetery Wijk bij Duurstede.

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author, Naarden Catholic Cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday: De Bruijn

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

A family grave in the catholic cemetery of Naarden. Buried here are Casper de Bruijn, his wife Antonia Eijpe, and presumably a son, Joseph Antonius de Bruijn.

Based on the text on the stone, and a quick search in the standard BMD databases, I found:

Casper de Bruijn, son of Casper de Bruijn and Hendrica de Goede, was born on 18 May 1864 in Naarden, and died on 8 April 1950. He married Antonia Eijpe, daughter of Joseph Eijpe and Anthonia Mulder, on 29 October 1895 in Naarden. Antonia was born on 21 May 1868 in Naarden, and died on 16 November 1947.

Photo by the author. Naarden Catholic Cemetery.

Wordless Wednesday: The world is you

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Photos by the author. Breukelen cemetery, prov. Utrecht.

Tombstone Tuesday: Thuis

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Grave of Johannes Thuis and Gerarda Johanna Thuis-Wesselkamp. I assume Johannes is a son of Wilhelmus Thuis and Hermina Schipper, at least I found a Johannes Thuis, born 28 March 1901 in Didam, son of Wilhelmus and Hermina. A quick search in relevant online indexes did not turn up anything else on this couple.

Photo by the author, Catholic Cemetery of Wijk bij Duurstede.

Tombstone Tuesday: Wijngaard

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

A family grave in Naarden Catholic Cemetery. Buried here are Petrus J. Wijngaard, his wife Josephina B.S.M. Dijkman, and Leo.

I could not identify Leo - maybe a son or grandson of Petrus and Josephina. I did find a death certificate for Petrus, combining that with the text on the grave stone I made the following genealogical reconstruction:

Petrus (or Pieter) Jacobus Wijngaard, son of Johannes Wilhelmus Wijngaard and Margaretha Eijpe, born on 4 November 1901, died on 20 January 1957 in Utrecht. He married Josephina Berendina Susanna Maria Dijkman. She was born on 1 August 1897 and died on 29 September 1984.

Photo by the author, Naarden Catholic Cemetery.

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author, Wijk bij Duurstede cemetery

Tombstone Tuesday: Our dear mother

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Here rests our dear mother Anna Maria de Gier - van Leeuwen, born 3 October 1875, died 25 March 1943.

I found additional genealogical data in wiewaswie.nl: Anna Maria van Leeuwen, daughter of Gerrit van Leeuwen and Weintje Spithoven, was born on 4 October 1875 in Langbroek. She married Hubertus de Gier, from Wijk bij Duurstede, son of Christiaan de Gier and Grada Cornelisse, on 23 April 1903 in Langbroek. Hubertus died died 22 March 1940 in Wijk bij Duurstede. Anna Maria died on 25 March 1943 in Wijk bij Duurstede.

Note that the birth date on the stone is a day off, according to the wiewaswie.nl. I did not check which one is the correct date.

Wordless Wednesday: Jeroen

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author, Wijk bij Duurstede cemetery

Tombstone Tuesday: Jongeling - Verweij

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Hier rusten onze lieve ouders (Here rest our dear parents) Adrianus Jongeling 1867-1946 Geertruda Verweij 1872-1948.

A quick search in major Dutch BMD databases turns up their basic genealogical data:

Adrianus Jongeling, son of Abraham Jongeling and Elisabeth van Kooten, was born on 21 July 1867 in Breukelen-Nijenrode, and died on 10 January 1946 in Utrecht.

Geertrudis Verweij, daughter of Cornelis Verweij and Cornelia Broeke, was born on 28 March 1872 in Breukelen-Nijenrode, and died on 17 November 1948 in Breukelen-Nijenrode. I found different spellings of her first name: Geertrudis, Geertrudes, Geertruides, but never Geertruda.

They married on 17 August 1894 in Breukelen-Nijenrode.

Photo by the author. Breukelen cemetery, prov. Utrecht.

Priests' graves

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000

At the back of the catholic cemetery of Wijk bij Duurstede is a row of five priests' graves. The priests successively served the John the Baptist parish in Wijk bij Duurstede between 1916 and 1954: H.B.G. van Leer (parish priest from 1916 until 1924), Joannes Joseph Elberssen (1924-1926), Theodorus Joannes Roeleveld (1926-1942), Joannes Hendrikus Meijer (1942-1952), and Adrianus Wilhelmus van Weerdenburg (1952-1954).

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author, Wijk bij Duurstede cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday: Stairway to Heaven

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000

A simple monument, with just a first name and the epitaph Stairway to Heaven, in the cemetery of Breukelen.

Photo by the author. Breukelen cemetery, prov. Utrecht.

Wordless Wednesday: A child's grave

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author. Catholic cemetery, Wijk bij Duurstede, prov. Utrecht.

Tombstone Tuesday: Dalhuijsen

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

The tomb of Cornelia Dalhuijsen (1898-1922), Rev. Gerrit Dalhuijsen (4 September 1862 - 13 May 1926), and Adriana Pieternella Dalhuijsen - de Groot (24 August 1869 - 15 October 1935).

Via Genlias, the Dutch database of birth, marriage and death records, I found out that Adriana Pieternella is Gerrit's second wife, and Cornelia is a daughter from his first marriage.

Gerrit Dalhuijsen, son of Jan Dalhuijsen and Cornelia Helderman, born in Kampen, married Lucasina Lindeboom, daughter of Gerrit Jan Lindeboom and Jacoba Hendrina Louman, born in Zwolle, on 6 March 1889 in Zwollerkerspel. Lucasina died on 3 January 1896 in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel. Gerrit married Adriana Pieternella de Groot, daughter of Jan Pieter de Groot and Willemina Frederika Maria Gips, born in Giessendam, on 27 April 1899 in Giessendam. Gerrit died on 13 May 1926, Adriana Pieternella on 15 October 1935, both in Doorn.

Cornelia Dalhuijsen, daughter of Gerrit Dalhuijsen and Lucasina Lindeboom, never married, died on 17 June 1922 in Doorn, at the age of 32.

Photos by the author. Old Cemetery, Doorn, prov. Utrecht.

Tombstone Tuesday: Van Bekkum

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Family grave E.J.C.J.W. v[an] Bekkum. Here rest our children Gerrit, Johannes and Jacobus, my unforgettable wife and the children's real mother Geertje Otte born in Krabbendijke 12 February 1884 died in Wijk b/D 16 January 1953, and our dear father Ellis J.C.J.W. v[an] Bekkum

More genealogical data about the Van Bekkum family:

Ellis Johannes Cornelis Jan Willem van Bekkum, son of Johannes van Bekkum and Gijsberta van Egdom, was born on 28 September 1884 in Wijk bij Duurstede. I could not find his death date.

He married Geertje Otte, daughter of Jacobus Otte and Huberdina Adriana van Elsacker, on 10 February 1910 in Krabbendijke. She died on 16 January 1953 in Wijk bij Duurstede, at the age of 68.

Their son Gerrit died on 21 March 1925, 2 years old. Johannes died on 20 December 1828, 18 years old. Jacobus died on 29 August 1930, 17 years old.

I don't understand the reference to der kinderen echte moeder, the children's real mother. Why would she not be the real mother?

Ellis had no less than five give names. I wonder why - his (many) siblings all had one or two given names.

Photos by the author. Wijk bij Duurstede cemetery, the Netherlands.

Tombstone Tuesday: Reinder Davidson

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Reinder Davidson, born in Hoogkarspel on 14 September 1868, died in Doorn on 7 October 1931.

Genlias, the Dutch database of birth, marriage and death records, has additional information. Reinder Davidson, son of Cornelis Davidson and Grietje de Hart, born in Hoogkarspel, married Cornelia Schippers, daughter of Cornelis Schippers and Jannetje van der Maas, born in Kortgene, on 28 October 1892 in Hoorn, province Noord-Holland. Reinder was a schoolteacher at the time. He died at the age of 63, on 7 October 1931 in Doorn, survived by his wife.

Photo by the author. Old Cemetery, Doorn, prov. Utrecht.

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author. Breukelen cemetery, prov. Utrecht.

Naarden Catholic cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:00:00 +0000

A photo impression of the Catholic Cemetery of Naarden. Strangely, this cemetery (and the General Cemetery of Naarden right next to it) is not in Naarden but in the neighboring town Bussum.

Photos of selected individual graves (with genealogical information, if possible) will follow. For now, enjoy the photo impression.

Tombstone Tuesday: Kraan

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Tombstones of C. Kraan and A. Kraan-Blackstone. After consulting Genlias, the Dutch database of birth, marriage and death records, I concluded these are the graves of Cornelis Kraan and his wife Antonia Blackstone. They married on 6 May 1868 in Amersfoort.

Cornelis, son of Pieter Kraan and Jacoba Staal, was born on 17 November 1839 in Amersfoort and died on 28 September 1915 in Doorn.

Antonia, daughter of Gerrit Blackstone and Johanna Veenendaal, born in Dordrecht, died 21 November 1903 in Doorn. I could not find her date of birth, but it is listed on the stone: 8 October 1839.

UPDATE: I received a message of a descendant who confirms that Antonia Blackstone was born on 8 October 1839 in Dordrecht.

Photo by the author. Old Cemetery, Doorn, prov. Utrecht.

Wordless Wednesday: Hendrikus Kosterman

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Photo by the author. Wijk bij Duurstede catholic cemetery, prov. Utrecht.

Tombstone Tuesday: Visser

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Here rests our beloved husband and father Jan Visser, born 24 October 1882, died 10 February 1946, and our dear mother T. Visser-Keetman, born 3 January 1882, died 22 April 1974.

In Genlias, the Dutch database of birth, marriage and death records, I found the marriage record of Mr. and Mrs. Visser, and the death record of Mr. Visser. Jan Visser, 20, from Callantsoog, farmer, son of Gerrit Visser and Aaltje van der Oord, married Trijntje Keetman, 21, from Barsingerhorn, daughter of Pieter Keetman and Maartje van Stipriaan, on 24 April 1903 in Barsingerhorn. Jan Visser, son of Gerrit Visser and Aaltje van der Oord, husband of Trijntje Heetman [sic], died on 10 February 1946 in Maarn, at the age of 63.

Photos by the author. Old Cemetery, Doorn, prov. Utrecht.

Tombstone Tuesday: Wijk bij Duurstede

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Here are buried our dear parents Aartje v[an] Amerongen born 27 November 1871 died 2 October 1925, Hendrik van Eck born 30 April 1865 died 21 January 1957, and their grandson.

Additional genealogical data:

Hendrik van Eck, son of Melis van Eck and Maagje van Donselaar, was born on 30 April 1865 in Wijk bij Duurstede and died on 21 January 1957 in Driebergen-Rijssenburg.

He married Aartje van Amerongen, daughter of Ernst Anthonie van Amerongen and Jacoba van Dijk, on 29 June 1899 in Wijk bij Duurstede. She was born on 27 November 1871 in Wijk bij Duurstede, and died on 2 October 1925 in Wijk bij Duurstede.

The grandson buried with them could be a stillborn child of their son Melis van Eck, who was born (and died) on 6 February 1939 in Wijk bij Duurstede.

Photo by the author. Wijk bij Duurstede cemetery, the Netherlands.

Tombstone Tuesday: Van de Lagemaat

noreply@blogger.com (Henk van Kampen) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Here rests our dear wife and mother Delia van de Lagemaat-van Ree, born 5 July 1881, died 6 September 1928. And our dear father Gerrit van de Lagemaat, born 2 January 1873, died 17 February 1954.

Genlias, the Dutch database of birth, marriage and death records, has several records for this couple:

Gerrit van de Lagemaat, son of Tijmen van de Lagemaat and Lamberta Wilhelmina Lagerweij, born 2 January 1873 in Doorn, and Dilia van Ree, daughter of Maas van Ree and Evertje van Zwetselaar, married on 11 July 1903 in Ede. They had several children, some of them died young.

Note that the wife's name is spelled DILIA on all records in Genlias, but DELIA on the stone.

Photo by the author. Old Cemetery, Doorn, prov. Utrecht.