tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80520348344781543792024-02-19T22:56:34.791-08:00deBildeblogiaramblings and discoveries of a one-name-studydebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-20920785147163935392012-01-05T22:38:00.000-08:002012-01-05T23:12:14.649-08:00thoughts of the week<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">no followers yet?! Hmmm, that’s ok, I’ve been busy anyway searching, reading, translating and b(u)ilding a tree…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Just a little over a year ago I learned my grandfather’s name. He was never spoken of, so I didn’t know and I didn’t ask. I had no grandfather on either side of the family – my mother’s father is another story some other time. It was quite by accident that I found out about my grandfather. Initially I did some research for my mother that was fruitless and frustrating to say the least because her maiden name might as well be the most common name in the world: Schulz!! There are millions of them and hundreds if not thousands named Hans Schulz which was my grandfather’s without a middle name. So I pretty much had to disappoint her but I haven’t given up yet on my German side. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> While sticking my curious nose into genealogy research I ventured to the Dutch side, after all I was born in Nederland. I once was a Nederlands meisje!! And while finding and signing up with all these fascinating websites I was contacted by a Dutch genealogist [</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>insert name here</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">] who turned out to be a 2<sup>nd</sup> cousin – his grandfather and my grandmother were siblings, we share the same great-grandparents!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> That was it, I was hooked on genealogy. I love to read and I am fascinated with historical facts especially if I can relate them to my ancestry research. I also love pouring over maps, old and new, where my photographic memory comes in handy. Last but not least I like linguistics and semiotics (<i>the study of the relationship between symbology and language</i>). All this encompasses the intellectual excitement of my detective work in the research of my last name.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> To brush up on my history I just read “by pike and dyke: a tale of the rise of the Dutch Republic” which told about the struggle of Holland and Zeeland against Spain during prince William’s of Orange time in the late 1500s. The Dutch called William also Willem de Zwijger. A fascinating account of the Dutch/Flemish peoples and the Zeelanders against a common foe, their tenacity, ingenuity and seafaring abilities left an impression of revere. Holland, Zeeland and especially Flanders have been major battlegrounds since the Middle Ages for their strategic locations. Flanders was eventually recovered by Spain in the late 1500s and continued under the Spanish rule until 1714, when the Peace of Utrecht awarded it to Austria. Parts of West Flanders were annexed to France and became known as French Flanders. Austria ceded the remainder of Flanders to France in 1797, but the Congress of Vienna awarded the former Austrian Flanders to the Netherlands. Yikes, <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> And somewhere in that history I traced my line of ancestors to Laurentius de Bilde born March 26, 1708 in Beveren-Waas (Oost Vlaanderen) and he may not be the progenitor?! The line continues even further than the early 1700s and I am searching for the records of his father Adrianus …<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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thanks to all who have helped and contributed to my quest so far especially <span style="font-size: x-small;">[insert]</span></div>debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-68122160033241820032011-12-20T03:49:00.000-08:002011-12-20T15:23:53.033-08:00this week's favorite...As a regular feature I will choose an ancestor and this week's favorite is <b>Gerardus</b>!<br />
Gerardus is the son of Petrus Johannes de Bilde and Maria Pieters. Petrus Johannes was my grandfather's 2nd brother just mentioned for perspective. Back to Gerardus, he was born in Vlissingen on May 20, 1913.<br />
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As I was looking for the distribution of the name de Bilde in the world I came across the National Archives of Australia and there were 4 that emigrated from the Netherlands. Well, one was de Bilde, Gerard born 1913; nationality: Dutch, arrived Jan 19, 1962 in Sydney. I double-checked with archieven.nl and there was only (1) Gerard or Gerardus born in that year!! So, it had to be ours... unfortunately this was all the information I could find. He was 49 years old when he left Europe. He may have been married in 1934 but I couldn't find any birth records for children or a marriage record for that matter. It would be interesting to know why he left and how his life went in Australia?!<br />
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<u>notes:</u> do you have any information about this person?? by all means contact me or leave word in the comment section...debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-33513205639897478802011-12-16T14:46:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:20:05.354-08:00origin of proper names<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">The oldest entry with the exact spelling I have is for a birth record in Beveren-Waas, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium for <b>Catareena<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>de Bilde</b> born April 18, 1664<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>(copy received via email).<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">Also I found the name 'de Blide' hoping this to be a misspelling under<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Flemish Names from Bruges, 1400-1600;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b>the year for the census: 1468!! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">ref.:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus;">Histoire de la Guilde des Archers de Saint Sebastien de la Ville de Bruges by Henri Godar.</span></i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">Yet all of the above does not help much with the origin of the name but it places it historically in what is today Belgium... so the 'deBilde'-Zeelanders were/are actually from East Flanders aka Oost Vlaanderen!! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">That explains the spread of the name in Belgium today:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> 217 in Belgium ref.:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Andalus;">familienaam.be</span></i><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Andalus;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> 73 in the Netherlands ref.:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;">meertens.knaw.nl<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">One of my clan members was born in Beveren (1708) and married in Hulst (1736). The question is what were the borders in those days?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">Back to the investigation of origins, many theories exist, for a while I believed that the town of the ‘De Bilt’ might or could have been the birthplace of the name but... </span><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;">there is another blog entry for De Bilt.</span></i><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> So I followed my ancestors across the "border" to Waasland.... one fellow researcher suggested that the name de Bilde is more a Belgian-Flemish name than Dutch-Flemish. ok. and yet another fellow from Belgium presumably gave me this reference:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;">"Woordenboek van de familienamen in Belgie en Noord-Frankrijk" door Dr Frans Debrabandere<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;"> ISBN 90 204 0207 2, pg 310</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">- the old French name for tree stump is "bille" and spoken in Flemish becomes “bilde” (ll becomes ld). Makes sense to me and perhaps reading a bit more about the History of Holland or Flanders will give me more insight as to who the first "tree stump" was?!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> Could there be a Danish connection?? Here are the records I found with the name 'Bilde" sans de...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus;">“Histoire de Danemark depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a nos jours: avec une bibliographie et des tables généaloques » par C.F.Allen;</span></i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">troisième période: 1596-1660 guerre avec la suède<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">page 74: Le maréchal danois André Bilde...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">page 78: André Bilde<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">page 409: Bilde, commandant à Kronberg<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;">“Annual report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus;">Great Britain Public Record Office<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">page 21: 1548, July 22 mention of Andrew Bilde, consul @ Helsignor<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus;">« memoirs de la société des antiquaires de l’Ouest »<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">page 11 : 1556 mention of Jean Bilde, governor of the island of Gothland <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> Isn’t it fascinating to find “famous” commandants, a governor even and a consul with our name? What really started my creative juices aka fantasy was this entry from 1548!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">”records of Scandinavian students at the University of Orleans, France”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">1601 Andreas Bilde, danus (Dane)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">1548 Henricus Bilde, danus nobilis dominus (Danish noble Lord)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">We all know how much fun students have away from home… Henricus was no exception and he might have produced some offspring while studying in France. Who knows?! I couldn’t help but picturing this scenario at the dinner table:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">Papa: “qui pater est?” </span><i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus;">or in French:</span></i><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> “qui est le père?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">Girl whispering: « danorum nobilis Bilde » </span><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;">or in French :</span></i><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> « Bilde, le noble danois »<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">Papa: “o nobilis in Bilde” </span><i><span style="font-family: Andalus;">or in French:</span></i><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;"> “oui, le prix de la noblesse de Bilde” </span><span style="font-family: Andalus;">(the price of the nobility Bilde)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Andalus; font-size: 14pt;">or something like that. In French it would explain where the ‘de’ comes from. So that’s my story!! Hahaha. Farfetched? Certainly, but I could use a little humor in my often frustrating and fruitless research.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><br />
for fun a dictionary of Flemish First names with translation in Latin and French:<br />
<a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~northing/placenames/europe/names/ffn_aa.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~northing/placenames/europe/names/ffn_aa.html</a><br />
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<b><u>notes:</u></b> do you have corrections or more information for this blog? please leave a comment so I may contact you...<br />
thanks to all who have contributed to my quest especially Bernard Krijbolder and Ludo Hemelaer. thanks.debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-46699058345363267732011-12-07T01:38:00.000-08:002011-12-07T01:38:40.925-08:00a town named De Bilt<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">De Bilt is a municipality and a town in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I blatantly copied this article from the archives of the 'De Biltse Grift'...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">interesting to learn about the origins of a name but likely no connection</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">translation in progress</span></i>debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-66427571523981870952011-12-06T23:39:00.000-08:002011-12-07T00:55:16.491-08:00Graauw en LangendamGraauw is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland - part of the municipality of Hulst -<br />
22 km SW of Bergen op Zoom...<br />
in 2001 the town had 513 inhabitants and in 2010 956.<br />
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according to the 1796 census Pieter de Bilde (my 5th grandfather) was the only de Bilde,<br />
not counting wife and 4 children in Stoppeldijk...<br />
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location: Zeeland, Netherlands<br />
coordinates: 51d20'0 North, 4d6'0 East.debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-5468449861101283622011-12-06T01:06:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:12:34.563-08:00Adrianus de Bildemy 2nd grandfather was born March 1, 1856 Graauw, Zeeland<br />
he passed Dec 2, 1938 Graauw<br />
Adrianus married Rosalia Bracke May 9, 1879<br />
this marriage produced (12) children:<br />
1. Aloisius, my grandfather b Sep 5, 1878...<br />
2. Petrus Josephus b Feb 27, 1880...<br />
3. Petrus Johannes b Feb 9, 1881...<br />
4. Rosalia Theresia b Jul 27, 1882...<br />
5. Alphonsus Aloisius b Aug 2, 1883...<br />
6. Paulina b Dec 6, 1886; p Mar 17, 1887 - she was 3 mths<br />
7. Maria Louisa b Dec 31, 1887; p Jun 19, 1908 - she was 21<br />
8. Andries b Jan 4, 1889...<br />
9. Victor b Jun 18, 1891; p Aug 1, 1891 - he was 6 wks<br />
10. Desiderius b Dec 25, 1892; p Feb 27, 1894 - he was 14 mths<br />
11. Adrianus Aloisius b Jan 13, 1894...<br />
12. Desire Petrus b Jan 7, 1901; d Feb 7, 1922 - he was 21<br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">more details about marriages and offspring to be added at a later date</span></i>debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-17636955175023291702011-12-06T00:22:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:08:58.361-08:00Pieter Francies de Bildemy 3rd grandfather was born Sep 20, 1823 in Graauw, Zeeland, NL<br />
he passed on Jun 1, 1911 in Hontenisse, NL - he was 87.<br />
Pieter (or Petrus) Francies married Isabella Theresia de Smit June 9, 1851 in Graauw<br />
this marriage produced (8) children unfortunately (5) passed very young in age.<br />
1. Anna Maria b Mar 3, 1852; p Jul 1, 1857 - she was 5<br />
2. Cornelis b Jul 25, 1853; p Dec 24, 1888 in Boom, Belgium - he was 35; see marriages below<br />
3. Cornelia b Nov 24, 1854; see marriages below<br />
4. Adrianus b Mar 1, 1856; see marriages below<br />
5. Josephus Theodorus b Dec 23, 1857; p Jun 4, 1868 - he was 10<br />
6. Maria b Mar 31, 1861; p Aug 17, 1861 - she was 5 mths<br />
7. Apolonia b Apr 19, 1862; p Jan 28, 1864 - she was 21 mths<br />
9. Petrus Francies b Dec 27, 1864; p Aug 29, 1865 - he was 8 mths<br />
marriages:<br />
May 25, 1877 Cornelis at age 23 marries Apolonia Spiessens age 25<br />
Jul 27, 1877 Cornelia at age 22 marries Francies Bogaert age 25<br />
May 9, 1879 Adrianus [my 2nd grandfather] at age 23 marries Rosalia Bracke age 24debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-60918200398653204702011-12-05T23:59:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:07:47.244-08:00Adriaan de Bilde<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">my 4th grandfather was born Feb 6, 1794 Graauw, Zeeland</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he passed May 25, 1830 Graauw, he was only 36.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Adriaan married Elisabeth Neve on May 22, 1822 </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pieter Francies, my 3rd grandfather</span><br />
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</strike></span>debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052034834478154379.post-58748971289701208832011-12-05T23:50:00.000-08:002011-12-20T03:08:29.183-08:00Pieter de Bilde<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">my 5th grandfather was born June 10, 1742 Wilhelmuspolder, Zeeland </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(can't find this place on modern maps)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">; he was baptized June 11, 1742 in Hontenisse </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(also a familiar name but not to be found on any map, I presume these places are near Hulst or Graauw, probably incorporated)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">; deceased in Stoppeldijk July 25, 1797.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Pieter or Petrus, there are different spellings in various documents was married twice:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">his first wife was Barbara (Barbarina) Teerbroodt widow of Nicolaas Willems.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">they, Pieter and Barbara married June 3, 1770 in Hulst, Zeeland </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">their children:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Petrus born Oct 24, 1771 Lamswaarde... </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Petrus (Pieter) born Aug 30, 1774 in L; deceased Jun 8, 1814.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Franciscus (Francies) born Sep 30, 1775 Lamswaarde...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Jacobus Franciscus born Jan 1777 Lamswaarde...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Jacobus born Jun 17, 1778 Lamswaarde...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cornelius born Aug 28, 1781 Lamswaarde...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Pieter's 2nd wife was Jacoba de Korte,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">they married June 9, 1782 in Hengstdijk</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">their children:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Elisabeth born Jul 18, 1783; deceased 1857 (she was 73); married </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Gerard Hanskens on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Apr 24, 1805 [</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Floreal XIII - this is the year according to the French Republican calendar which was used from 1793-1806</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">].</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Joanna (Jeanne) born Aug 4, 1785 Lamswaarde; deceased 1824 (she was 38); married Guillaume Francies Hamelink </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">~1813 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(exact date unknown)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Andreas (Andries) born Nov 4, 1787 Lamswaarde; deceased Feb 2, 1817 (he was 29)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Joannes born Nov 14, 1789 Lamswaarde...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Joannes born Nov 5, 1791 Lamswaarde...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Adrianus (my 4th grandfather) born Feb 7, 1794 Lamswaarde; </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">deceased May 25, 1830; married May 22, 1822 Elisabeth Neve widow of <u>Pieter de Beule</u> not to be confused with Pieter de Bilde.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">according to these records from "Zeeuwen Gezocht" Pieter fathered 12 children yet the 1796 census mentioned only 4. perhaps Barbarina's children lived somewhere else?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">this is Pieter's timeline, historical events that occured during his life time (1742-1797):</span><br />
1742: Celsius invents the centigrade thermometer<br />
1745: the electrical capacitor (Leyden Jar) was invented<br />
1752: Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calendar<br />
1754-1763: the French-Indian war rages<br />
1755: Lisbon earthquake<br />
1756-1763: the Seven year war rages<br />
1760-1820: reign of King George III<br />
1769: San Francisco bay discovered<br />
1772-1775: Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook<br />
1775-1783: American Revolutionary War against Britain<br />
1775-1782: British War in India<br />
1778: France joins war against Britain<br />
1786: first attempts at indoor lighting w gas (UK, Germany)<br />
1789-1796: George Washington elected 1st president of the US<br />
1792-1815: Napoleonic War<br />
1792: Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves<br />
1793: Marie Antoinette beheaded<br />
1794: slavery abolished in French colonies<br />
1796: France's press get right of free speach<br />
1796: vaccination against smallpox<br />
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here are pictures of the area:<br />
<a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5302470">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5302470</a><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">all this info is by no means complete.. this is an ongoing project</span></i>debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116741637034744370noreply@blogger.com0