Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
VAN DOODEWAARD HISTORY COMING ALIVE:
FAMILY NAME
My forebears came from The Netherlands and I have compiled information for posterity regarding our family name click this link
A PRISONER IN RUSSIA
Also is available an interesting history of Dirk Van Doodewaard who fought for Napoleon in Russia in 1810 (click here)
LIFE ON AN INLAND FREIGHTER
Read the story written by my father about his father in the period around 1925 (click here)
SAILING WITH DIRK
Read the story about the vessel of Dirk Van Doodewaard in 1906 (click here)
SAILING WITH ROELOF AND DAVID
Read the story about Lukiena's Centennial Celebration, the vessel of David and Roelof Hukema (click here)
CURRENT HISTORY
Read the history for the period 1939 to 1950 (click here)
DODEWAARD AS SEEN BY GOOGLE EARTH
Google the area and compare with a map of 1868. (click here).
ANCIENT HISTORY
Read up on the ancient history of the area of Dodewaard , Echteld , Eldik, IJzendoorn, Kesteren , Ochten, Opheusden from 2100 BC to 2000 AD (see below)
Small settlements were found in this area long before the beginning of the era of the Neoliticum (the new stone age). East of Opheusden and near Dodewaard traces of habitation are found. Around 2100 BC the relatively dry climate made living in the river area possible.
1800BC
During the subsequent Bronze Age (circa 1800 BC to circa 800 BC) there was continuity of occupation. In several instances small settlements arose on the banks of the many rivers crossing the area. It is known that these people lived on small-scale cultivation, hunting and fishing. This was in the 1970s further confirmed by the discovery of two bronze scythes in Tolsestraat in Opheusden. With the construction of the Betuwelijn railroad trajectory, in many places settlements from the Bronze Age came to light. Often they were in unexpected places. This shows that the low river deltas were once dissected by higher levees which were suitable for habitation. In the early Iron Age, it seems as if the occupants have moved away because discoveries from that time are extremely rare.
800BC
In the late Iron Age this changes dramatically and the number of settlements increase enormously. In the whole area of the Lower Betuwe the remains of this civilization are recovered. The residents settled on the relatively high levees along the river. Compared to the Bronze Age these places are characterized by large quantities of sherds, utensils and offal from pigs, cattle and sheep. Apparently, the climatic conditions during this period were very pleasant, creating an environment in which a relatively dense population could arise and there is, in addition to farming, also evidence of small-scale animal husbandry.
200BC
Even before the beginning of the era (1AD), the Romans invade this area. They make the Rhine the Northern border of the Roman empire. At fixed distances Castra and Castella (watchtowers and fortresses) are erected on the banks of the river to protect against Germanic tribes who wanted to invade from the North. The name of the city Kesteren in the area is derived from Castra. It is very likely that the towns of Opheusden and Kesteren also had a Castra, but the foundations have not yet been discovered. However, it was not until the seventies of the twentieth century that the Roman burial ground (BC 10 – AD 270) in the Prinsenhof in Kesteren was finally located. That the Roman domination in this area was a major influence is evident from the great quantities of sherds that have been found at the places of the old settlements. There was a lively trade between the occupiers and the residents of the area. Around the year 270 the Romans withdrew to the South. One reason for this were the deteriorating weather conditions, it was becoming much wetter. Another reason was that with regularity hostile tribes from the North attacked the area. In the wake of the withdrawing Romans also many Batavians left the area.
1000AD
During the ensuing centuries, the Betuwe area almost entirely depopulated. Only in the tenth century, the population grew a little. On the high levees villages emerge. The earliest entries, which are supported by archaeological finds can be traced back to Echteld, Hien and Kesteren. Christian churches were founded in those villages and the residents settled around them. They were tiny societies of several dozen residents who with the help of remote monasteries brought the barren surrounding area (still uncultivated) into culture. Living in those days was only possible on the highest ridges because the rivers in that time were still ungoverned (no dykes) and with regularity the low lying areas were under water. In particular the South facade of the Echteld church gives a beautiful picture of how the earliest churches would have looked. Within the rural communities noble families emerge who would play a prominent role in the communities and later also in the region. In the vicinity they founded their fortified houses such as those may still be seen in Echteld.
1200AD
At the end of the thirteenth century construction of dikes began. From the west of the Netherlands dike builders increasingly moved eastwards and in the thirties of the fourteenth century the dike system ringing the Gelderse rivers was completely closed increasing the safety of the residents enormously. The Rhine and Waal rivers were forced to remain within their bed improving the navigability of these rivers. On the old wadeable places ferries were created allowing the trade contacts with the other side to flourish.
At strategic places castles were built. In the Marspolder the Utrechse (Stichtse) bishops built the mighty castle The Tollenburg and the Geldersen built the castle Ter Leede. In Wely the castle De Toren and at IJzendoorn the Lords of Isendoorn built the castle Het Slot. The Lower Betuwe was a kind of patchwork of small independent jurisdictions also known as delights, such as IJzendoorn, Echteld, Ochten and Leeds and Oudewaard. In between these jurisdictions were the settlements and villages (called kerspels) under Gelders administration. It was the aristocracy and the ambtman / dijkgraaf on behalf of the Earl of Gelre, who held the administrative power. They maintained the law and judged respecting life and death. The churches were also at that time a major power. Much property was in their possession and they governed the spiritual life of the inhabitants. In the late Middle Ages, these areas were frequently plagued by natural disasters and infectious diseases that felled both the people and their livestock.
1500AD
In the sixteenth century the Reformation slowly penetrated into the Lower Betuwe. Under the influence of the city of Tiel very slowly the Roman Catholic churches become Reformed; Echteld as first and Opheusden (then Heusden) as one of the later. The priests became Reformed pastors although it was not always easy to completely shed the familiar Roman Catholic ways. It took generations before the Reformation was on really solid ground among the population. The 1620s sees the passing away of the last nun in the monastery Mariënwaard in Opheusden. The religious rule ends and the properties were divided among the nobles. All villages in the region seemingly embrace the new churchorder and therefore there is peace in these areas.
1600AD
In the seventeenth century, the area of the Lower Betuwe continues to prosper. The farming community is gradually developing. The drainage of the delta area is improved and through the Great Wetering canal (Linge) more and more water is diverted to the west. In the final years of the eighty-year war (which lasted from 1568 - 1648), the area still, a number of times, suffered from travelling soldiers but by the firm action of the authorities damage is limited. In 1672 the Netherlands become entangled in a fierce war with almost all neighbouring countries.
The French troops enter looting and killing on a large scale and the castle house Ter Leede is confiscated, plundered and set on fire so that this once so mighty castle becomes a ruin. During the two years of French occupation all churches are taken from the Reformed and the Roman Catholic worship restored. During that period of occupation the local population greatly suffered and it took many years to recover.
1700AD
The social unrest in many places in the Netherlands in the first quarter of the 18th century did not affect the rural population. The rural population heard rumours of what was happening in the cities Tiel and Wageningen, and how unsafe they had become. The farmers and planters fortified their homes by the use of brick. Also for housing in the rural areas the use of brick was reluctantly begun. To fabricate bricks clay was abundantly available in the floodplains and everywhere field ovens were started to be used.
It was especially the planters (small farmers) who increasingly concentrate on the cultivation of tobacco; labour intensive, but with a good harvest very lucrative.
In the 18th century the region was with devastating regularity hit by dike breaks in the dikes of the Waal and the Rhine rivers. Also during a long period, there were particularly severe winters and the rivers were full of ice. At the onset of thaw the ice started moving with often catastrophic consequences for the still relatively low dikes. Among others in the years 1761, 1771, 1772, 1776, 1784 and 1796 things went really wrong.
The dikes broke through, often at several places at once, flooding the whole of the Lower Betuwe and time and again the residents had to flee for shelter to the higher areas in the immediate vicinity of the dikes. The number of victims among the population was limited, but most damage was suffered by the loss of livestock and the destruction of homes. What was built up over many years of hard work was often all lost and it took years before the damage to arable land, orchards, nurseries and homes was restored.
In 1783 this region was badly hit by a red runs epidemic and nearly 25% of the population died in some villages. With the arrival of the French in the year 1795 many people thought that everything would now go well. Unfortunately, their arrival was ominous. First the French mercenaries (in state service) pillaged the area thoroughly and then the "poor Frenchmen” arrived who demanded a huge tax from the population.
In the years 1799 / 1800 a line of defense ‘Ochten - De Spees’ was constructed between Ochten and Opheusden. On both ends of this South-North engineered linedike strong fortifications are built to prevent a potential enemy access through the rivers or on the dikes to penetrate this area. The presently still existing fort, known as “Hoornwerk”, at De Spees between Opheusden and Kesteren, is a remnant of this project.
1800AD
After the installation in 1814 of William I as sovereign ruler rest is restored. 1818 sees the introduction of proper legislation and the emergence of municipalities. Dodewaard, Hien and Opheusden become one municipality, and Kesteren, Lienden, Echteld and Ochten are also merged into one new municipality.
Leede, Oudewaard and IJzendoorn continue to exist as independent municipalities. In the forties of the 19th century large parts of our country experience substantial crop failures in the potato harvest, a very important crop for the future of this region. At that time the potato was already the primary staple in Holland and this caused a true famine in the country. Many left the Lower Betuwe to find their fortunes elsewhere. A group of residents of Dodewaard departed to North Holland and another group to Suriname.
Also, there were quite a few families who departed to 'foreign' countries, they were looking for a better future in North America. In a period of approximately 25 years hundreds of people departed from this area in search of economic prosperity. When civil war breaks out in the USA the imports from that country almost completely cease. For the Betuwe this had extremely beneficial consequences. The prices of agricultural products increased substantially and farmers were receiving a well deserved profit, compared to their previous meager existence. This course had a positive impact on the overall economic situation.
There was a lot of work, the industrialization in the West grew and many large-scale building projects were accomplished. Along the river dozens of brick ovens are built, and steady is work provided for many residents in the Lower Betuwe in particular. Medical care developed and improved, with as result a drastic drop in the infant mortality, and a significant population growth.
see Dodewaard map of 1868 (click here)
1900AD
In the twenties of the 20th century, there is still much activity in the brick factories, but demand gradually diminishes under the influence of the international recession at that time. Many Betuwe men find employment in the German Rohr area where there still is abundant work. They commute weekly across the German border in order to make a living. At that time we also see an end to the river fisheries which had been of great importance to Dodewaard and Ochten for many centuries. Due to pollution the quality of the river water was so poor, that fish was barely edible.
In 1939 the Dutch army mobilizes, expecting a German invasion. The old Ochten- The Spees line is as much as is possible, again restored to a state of defense. The social life in the villages flourishes on the arrival of thousands of Dutch soldiers. In those winter months preceding the German invasion there is much activity in the villages and also the shops do brisk business. But on May 10, 1940, the Netherlands is at war and must evacuate the residents. With coal barges the residents of the Lower Betuwe are transported to the Western part of the country. The war in the Lower Betuwe lasts only briefly and by the end of the month most people are back again.
In 1944, there are the airdrops of a division of parachutists near Arnhem. An all out battle is fought for the possession of the Rijnbridge and the aftermath of this creates a front in the Betuwe: in the East are the liberators and in the West the German occupiers. Clamped between the two lie Ochten, Opheusden and Dodewaard, as a dangerous no mans land. Months on end fierce battles rage and when they are finally forced to retreat in December of 1944 the Germans blow up the the Rijndike at Elden, flooding the whole area to the canal dike in Tiel. The residents could not remain in this area and were evacuated for a part in the direction of Ingen and Maurik and another part to the Gelderse Valley and Friesland. The inhabitants of the Eastern front went to the South, many people were moved to Brabant and a number of families were moved to the vicinity of Geraardsbergen in Belgium. Only in May 1945 were the inhabitants allowed to return. What they found was terrible. Ochten, IJzendoorn and Opheusden were very badly damaged. In those villages there was almost no house to be found that had not been severely damaged.
The Lower Betuwe was included among the areas that had suffered most from the ravages of war in the Netherlands. In the years after the war rebuilding was aggressively pursued. The old major city centres were rebuilt and in the adjacent spaces, new homes built for the many (postwar) newly married couples.
2000AD
The population grew so fast that in just three decades the populations of some villages doubled.
This influx caused major changes in the small villages. Many people from outside the area were attracted and settled in the area, some temporarily, others permanently.
Growth changed the character of the area a lot, the old values changed or disappeared, there were new churches, new schools, etc. Were there earlier the village shops, they have all gradually disappeared.
In some villages there is not much more for sale any longer, the entire region of the new town Lower Betuwe (April 2003) has been controlled by the supermarkets in Opheusden, Ochten and Kesteren and for larger purchases the population now travels to the cities of Tiel , Veenendaal or Arnhem.
translated by Chris Van Doodewaard from the Dutch source at
http://frankeerstempel.nl/neder-betuwe.htm
My forebears came from The Netherlands and I have compiled information for posterity regarding our family name click this link
A PRISONER IN RUSSIA
Also is available an interesting history of Dirk Van Doodewaard who fought for Napoleon in Russia in 1810 (click here)
LIFE ON AN INLAND FREIGHTER
Read the story written by my father about his father in the period around 1925 (click here)
SAILING WITH DIRK
Read the story about the vessel of Dirk Van Doodewaard in 1906 (click here)
SAILING WITH ROELOF AND DAVID
Read the story about Lukiena's Centennial Celebration, the vessel of David and Roelof Hukema (click here)
CURRENT HISTORY
Read the history for the period 1939 to 1950 (click here)
DODEWAARD AS SEEN BY GOOGLE EARTH
Google the area and compare with a map of 1868. (click here).
ANCIENT HISTORY
Read up on the ancient history of the area of Dodewaard , Echteld , Eldik, IJzendoorn, Kesteren , Ochten, Opheusden from 2100 BC to 2000 AD (see below)
Chris Van Doodewaard
HISTORY 2100BC TO 2000AD
2100BCSmall settlements were found in this area long before the beginning of the era of the Neoliticum (the new stone age). East of Opheusden and near Dodewaard traces of habitation are found. Around 2100 BC the relatively dry climate made living in the river area possible.
1800BC
During the subsequent Bronze Age (circa 1800 BC to circa 800 BC) there was continuity of occupation. In several instances small settlements arose on the banks of the many rivers crossing the area. It is known that these people lived on small-scale cultivation, hunting and fishing. This was in the 1970s further confirmed by the discovery of two bronze scythes in Tolsestraat in Opheusden. With the construction of the Betuwelijn railroad trajectory, in many places settlements from the Bronze Age came to light. Often they were in unexpected places. This shows that the low river deltas were once dissected by higher levees which were suitable for habitation. In the early Iron Age, it seems as if the occupants have moved away because discoveries from that time are extremely rare.
800BC
In the late Iron Age this changes dramatically and the number of settlements increase enormously. In the whole area of the Lower Betuwe the remains of this civilization are recovered. The residents settled on the relatively high levees along the river. Compared to the Bronze Age these places are characterized by large quantities of sherds, utensils and offal from pigs, cattle and sheep. Apparently, the climatic conditions during this period were very pleasant, creating an environment in which a relatively dense population could arise and there is, in addition to farming, also evidence of small-scale animal husbandry.
200BC
Even before the beginning of the era (1AD), the Romans invade this area. They make the Rhine the Northern border of the Roman empire. At fixed distances Castra and Castella (watchtowers and fortresses) are erected on the banks of the river to protect against Germanic tribes who wanted to invade from the North. The name of the city Kesteren in the area is derived from Castra. It is very likely that the towns of Opheusden and Kesteren also had a Castra, but the foundations have not yet been discovered. However, it was not until the seventies of the twentieth century that the Roman burial ground (BC 10 – AD 270) in the Prinsenhof in Kesteren was finally located. That the Roman domination in this area was a major influence is evident from the great quantities of sherds that have been found at the places of the old settlements. There was a lively trade between the occupiers and the residents of the area. Around the year 270 the Romans withdrew to the South. One reason for this were the deteriorating weather conditions, it was becoming much wetter. Another reason was that with regularity hostile tribes from the North attacked the area. In the wake of the withdrawing Romans also many Batavians left the area.
1000AD
During the ensuing centuries, the Betuwe area almost entirely depopulated. Only in the tenth century, the population grew a little. On the high levees villages emerge. The earliest entries, which are supported by archaeological finds can be traced back to Echteld, Hien and Kesteren. Christian churches were founded in those villages and the residents settled around them. They were tiny societies of several dozen residents who with the help of remote monasteries brought the barren surrounding area (still uncultivated) into culture. Living in those days was only possible on the highest ridges because the rivers in that time were still ungoverned (no dykes) and with regularity the low lying areas were under water. In particular the South facade of the Echteld church gives a beautiful picture of how the earliest churches would have looked. Within the rural communities noble families emerge who would play a prominent role in the communities and later also in the region. In the vicinity they founded their fortified houses such as those may still be seen in Echteld.
1200AD
At the end of the thirteenth century construction of dikes began. From the west of the Netherlands dike builders increasingly moved eastwards and in the thirties of the fourteenth century the dike system ringing the Gelderse rivers was completely closed increasing the safety of the residents enormously. The Rhine and Waal rivers were forced to remain within their bed improving the navigability of these rivers. On the old wadeable places ferries were created allowing the trade contacts with the other side to flourish.
At strategic places castles were built. In the Marspolder the Utrechse (Stichtse) bishops built the mighty castle The Tollenburg and the Geldersen built the castle Ter Leede. In Wely the castle De Toren and at IJzendoorn the Lords of Isendoorn built the castle Het Slot. The Lower Betuwe was a kind of patchwork of small independent jurisdictions also known as delights, such as IJzendoorn, Echteld, Ochten and Leeds and Oudewaard. In between these jurisdictions were the settlements and villages (called kerspels) under Gelders administration. It was the aristocracy and the ambtman / dijkgraaf on behalf of the Earl of Gelre, who held the administrative power. They maintained the law and judged respecting life and death. The churches were also at that time a major power. Much property was in their possession and they governed the spiritual life of the inhabitants. In the late Middle Ages, these areas were frequently plagued by natural disasters and infectious diseases that felled both the people and their livestock.
1500AD
In the sixteenth century the Reformation slowly penetrated into the Lower Betuwe. Under the influence of the city of Tiel very slowly the Roman Catholic churches become Reformed; Echteld as first and Opheusden (then Heusden) as one of the later. The priests became Reformed pastors although it was not always easy to completely shed the familiar Roman Catholic ways. It took generations before the Reformation was on really solid ground among the population. The 1620s sees the passing away of the last nun in the monastery Mariënwaard in Opheusden. The religious rule ends and the properties were divided among the nobles. All villages in the region seemingly embrace the new churchorder and therefore there is peace in these areas.
1600AD
In the seventeenth century, the area of the Lower Betuwe continues to prosper. The farming community is gradually developing. The drainage of the delta area is improved and through the Great Wetering canal (Linge) more and more water is diverted to the west. In the final years of the eighty-year war (which lasted from 1568 - 1648), the area still, a number of times, suffered from travelling soldiers but by the firm action of the authorities damage is limited. In 1672 the Netherlands become entangled in a fierce war with almost all neighbouring countries.
The French troops enter looting and killing on a large scale and the castle house Ter Leede is confiscated, plundered and set on fire so that this once so mighty castle becomes a ruin. During the two years of French occupation all churches are taken from the Reformed and the Roman Catholic worship restored. During that period of occupation the local population greatly suffered and it took many years to recover.
1700AD
The social unrest in many places in the Netherlands in the first quarter of the 18th century did not affect the rural population. The rural population heard rumours of what was happening in the cities Tiel and Wageningen, and how unsafe they had become. The farmers and planters fortified their homes by the use of brick. Also for housing in the rural areas the use of brick was reluctantly begun. To fabricate bricks clay was abundantly available in the floodplains and everywhere field ovens were started to be used.
It was especially the planters (small farmers) who increasingly concentrate on the cultivation of tobacco; labour intensive, but with a good harvest very lucrative.
In the 18th century the region was with devastating regularity hit by dike breaks in the dikes of the Waal and the Rhine rivers. Also during a long period, there were particularly severe winters and the rivers were full of ice. At the onset of thaw the ice started moving with often catastrophic consequences for the still relatively low dikes. Among others in the years 1761, 1771, 1772, 1776, 1784 and 1796 things went really wrong.
The dikes broke through, often at several places at once, flooding the whole of the Lower Betuwe and time and again the residents had to flee for shelter to the higher areas in the immediate vicinity of the dikes. The number of victims among the population was limited, but most damage was suffered by the loss of livestock and the destruction of homes. What was built up over many years of hard work was often all lost and it took years before the damage to arable land, orchards, nurseries and homes was restored.
In 1783 this region was badly hit by a red runs epidemic and nearly 25% of the population died in some villages. With the arrival of the French in the year 1795 many people thought that everything would now go well. Unfortunately, their arrival was ominous. First the French mercenaries (in state service) pillaged the area thoroughly and then the "poor Frenchmen” arrived who demanded a huge tax from the population.
In the years 1799 / 1800 a line of defense ‘Ochten - De Spees’ was constructed between Ochten and Opheusden. On both ends of this South-North engineered linedike strong fortifications are built to prevent a potential enemy access through the rivers or on the dikes to penetrate this area. The presently still existing fort, known as “Hoornwerk”, at De Spees between Opheusden and Kesteren, is a remnant of this project.
1800AD
After the installation in 1814 of William I as sovereign ruler rest is restored. 1818 sees the introduction of proper legislation and the emergence of municipalities. Dodewaard, Hien and Opheusden become one municipality, and Kesteren, Lienden, Echteld and Ochten are also merged into one new municipality.
Leede, Oudewaard and IJzendoorn continue to exist as independent municipalities. In the forties of the 19th century large parts of our country experience substantial crop failures in the potato harvest, a very important crop for the future of this region. At that time the potato was already the primary staple in Holland and this caused a true famine in the country. Many left the Lower Betuwe to find their fortunes elsewhere. A group of residents of Dodewaard departed to North Holland and another group to Suriname.
Also, there were quite a few families who departed to 'foreign' countries, they were looking for a better future in North America. In a period of approximately 25 years hundreds of people departed from this area in search of economic prosperity. When civil war breaks out in the USA the imports from that country almost completely cease. For the Betuwe this had extremely beneficial consequences. The prices of agricultural products increased substantially and farmers were receiving a well deserved profit, compared to their previous meager existence. This course had a positive impact on the overall economic situation.
There was a lot of work, the industrialization in the West grew and many large-scale building projects were accomplished. Along the river dozens of brick ovens are built, and steady is work provided for many residents in the Lower Betuwe in particular. Medical care developed and improved, with as result a drastic drop in the infant mortality, and a significant population growth.
see Dodewaard map of 1868 (click here)
1900AD
In the twenties of the 20th century, there is still much activity in the brick factories, but demand gradually diminishes under the influence of the international recession at that time. Many Betuwe men find employment in the German Rohr area where there still is abundant work. They commute weekly across the German border in order to make a living. At that time we also see an end to the river fisheries which had been of great importance to Dodewaard and Ochten for many centuries. Due to pollution the quality of the river water was so poor, that fish was barely edible.
In 1939 the Dutch army mobilizes, expecting a German invasion. The old Ochten- The Spees line is as much as is possible, again restored to a state of defense. The social life in the villages flourishes on the arrival of thousands of Dutch soldiers. In those winter months preceding the German invasion there is much activity in the villages and also the shops do brisk business. But on May 10, 1940, the Netherlands is at war and must evacuate the residents. With coal barges the residents of the Lower Betuwe are transported to the Western part of the country. The war in the Lower Betuwe lasts only briefly and by the end of the month most people are back again.
In 1944, there are the airdrops of a division of parachutists near Arnhem. An all out battle is fought for the possession of the Rijnbridge and the aftermath of this creates a front in the Betuwe: in the East are the liberators and in the West the German occupiers. Clamped between the two lie Ochten, Opheusden and Dodewaard, as a dangerous no mans land. Months on end fierce battles rage and when they are finally forced to retreat in December of 1944 the Germans blow up the the Rijndike at Elden, flooding the whole area to the canal dike in Tiel. The residents could not remain in this area and were evacuated for a part in the direction of Ingen and Maurik and another part to the Gelderse Valley and Friesland. The inhabitants of the Eastern front went to the South, many people were moved to Brabant and a number of families were moved to the vicinity of Geraardsbergen in Belgium. Only in May 1945 were the inhabitants allowed to return. What they found was terrible. Ochten, IJzendoorn and Opheusden were very badly damaged. In those villages there was almost no house to be found that had not been severely damaged.
The Lower Betuwe was included among the areas that had suffered most from the ravages of war in the Netherlands. In the years after the war rebuilding was aggressively pursued. The old major city centres were rebuilt and in the adjacent spaces, new homes built for the many (postwar) newly married couples.
2000AD
The population grew so fast that in just three decades the populations of some villages doubled.
This influx caused major changes in the small villages. Many people from outside the area were attracted and settled in the area, some temporarily, others permanently.
Growth changed the character of the area a lot, the old values changed or disappeared, there were new churches, new schools, etc. Were there earlier the village shops, they have all gradually disappeared.
In some villages there is not much more for sale any longer, the entire region of the new town Lower Betuwe (April 2003) has been controlled by the supermarkets in Opheusden, Ochten and Kesteren and for larger purchases the population now travels to the cities of Tiel , Veenendaal or Arnhem.
translated by Chris Van Doodewaard from the Dutch source at
http://frankeerstempel.nl/neder-betuwe.htm
Thursday, January 1, 2009
HISTORY of the Van Doodewaard family name
In the centre of the Betuwe beside the river Waal the twin villages of Dodewaard and Hien are nestled. The impressive tower of the Dutch Reformed Church (c. 1100) of Dodewaard leans against the dike. This is one of the oldest churches in the Netherlands. A Roman era (200AD) gravestone was inserted in the tower in 1100AD.
At Dodewaard on the river Waal, there were, up to around 1700, three castles in existence named Dodewaard, De Snor and Appelenburg. The village was part of the possession Dodewaard.
The family name has varied in church baptismal registers: A father would be registered as Van Dodewaard and his son as Van Doodewaerd. Many scribes recorded phonetically, and wrote down what they heard. So there are many variations in the course of history:
Van Doodewaard, Van Doodeweerd, Van Doodewaerd, Van Dodewaard, VanDodenwaard, Van Dodeweert, Van Dodenwert etc., Dodewaart, Dodewert, Dudenwert etc.
The meaning of the name Dodewaard is a link between the old Germanic personal Dodo written as Dodo, Dode and Dudan (= man who belongs to the people) and the old Dutch word "werth",or 'waard' could refer to waritha which means island or land at the waterfront. (click to see original Dutch source)
Dudenwert is already in use at the time the church at Dodewaard was built (c.1100)
Historical archives in the 11th century reveal the name Dodeuuero and in 1171 have the name Dudenwert and in 1181 Dondenuuerhe and in 1190 Dudenwert and in 1200 Dudenwerthe. The name has also been located in archives of around 1500AD. (see below)
From 1811 till 2002 Dodewaard was an autonomous municipality with the hamlets Hien and Wely. In 1811 Opheusden also belonged to Dodewaard. On 1 Jan 2002 Dodewaard merged with the municipalities of Kesteren and Echteld, to form the new municipality of Kesteren. That was renamed on 1 Apr 2003 to the municipality of Neder-Betuwe. (municipality Lower Betuwe) The names of the vilages Dodewaard, Hien and Opheusden are continued as part of the greater municipality Lower Betuwe.
The antique map of the city Dodewaard, was created in 1867 by Jacob Kuijper (click here)
It measures 18.5 x 15 centimeters. Description: Map from the gemeente atlas of Gelderland, edited by Hugo Suringar in Leeuwarden. The town had 1862 hectares and had 1500 inhabitants at that time.
The Area Courts archived several decisions prior to 1650 containing the Van Dodeweert name.
Below is the Dutch text of the decisions:
Volgens ordonnantie van 23 juli 1651 werd voor het Kwartier van Nijmegen vastgesteld dat ten behoeve van de zogenaamde vrijwillige rechtspraak protokollering zou moeten plaatsvinden. De invoering daarvan vond zijn beslag bij resolutie van 13 februari 1654.
Voor het ambt Neder-Betuwe betekende dit dat bij finale resolutie van 28 juli 1654 het aan de ambtman en de ridderschap was vergund protokol te doen houden van alle op- of overdrachten, lijftochten, cessiën en diverse andere voluntaire akten met betrekking tot onroerende goederen binnen haar rechtsgebied. Het rechtsgebied der Neder-Betuwe telde twee gerichtsbanken, nl. die te Kesteren; waaronder de dorpen Ravenswaaij, Rijswijk, Maurik, Eck en Wiel, Ingen, Ommeren, Lienden (met de buurschappen Meerten en Aalst), Kesteren, Opheusden, Hien, Dodewaard, Ochten en Echteld ressorteerden, terwijl de gerichtsbank van Zoelen de dorpen Zoelen, Kerk-Avezaath en Kapel-Avezaath omvatte.
Protokollering van akten betreffende de vrijwillige rechtspraak in de Neder-Betuwe vond reeds vanaf 1613 te Kesteren en vanaf 1614 te Zoelen plaats (inv. nrs. 200-202 en 198-199). De resolutie van 13 febr. 1654 leidde er evenwel toe dat aan dr. Lambertus van Eck, schepen der stad Tiel, werd opgedragen protokol te houden van akten die voor de gezamenlijke banken van Kesteren en Zoelen zouden passeren. De praktijk leert ons dat Van Eck naast de aktuele protokollering ook akten van oudere datum inschreef die tijdens zijn ambtsperiode waren gecasseerd en/of als pro memoria voor latere overdrachtsbrieven dienden te worden beschouwd. Het gevolg daarvan is, dat deze laatstgenoemde categorie van akten voor een niet onaanzienlijk deel teruggaan tot vóór de eigenlijke aanvangsjaren der protokollering (1613 en 1614) en soms zelfs van rond het midden van de zestiende eeuw dateren.
De hier bedoelde protokollering - die volgens de titel tot op 6 aug. 1654 plaatsvond - vinden wij terug onder inv. nr. 203 van het rechterlijk archief Neder-Betuwe (Rijksarchief in Gelderland, te Arnhem). De akten zijn voor deze bewerking samengevat en voorzien van nummers waarnaar in de index gemakshalve wordt verwezen. De persoonsnamen in de tekst zijn letterlijk getranscribeerd doch zijn in de index zo veel mogelijk onder de hedendaagse spelling gerangschikt. Vermeldingen van rentepercentages en aflossingstermijnen (indien dit meerdere data betreffen) zijn in deze bewerking niet overgenomen. De bewerking van dit inventarisnummer 203 is gesplitst in drie afzonderlijke delen. Het eerste deel, bevattende de akten van fol. 1 tot fol. 71, is uitgegeven in 1988. Thans zijn de fol. 71 tot 141 in deze uitgave verwerkt. Het derde en laatste deel zal t.z.t. verschijnen.
W.F.M. Ahoud
Arnhem, juni 1995
om het originele archief te zien:
for access to the original Dutch archive (click here)
LIJST VAN DE MEEST GEBRUIKTE AFKORTINGEN
c.i. = cum interesse (met rente)
echtel. = echtelieden
gerl. = presente gerichtslieden
get. = getuige(n)
jr. = jonker
juffr. = juffrouw
N: = ten noorden begrensd door
O: = ten oosten begrensd door
penn. = penning(en)
prom. = promisit/promiserunt (beloven)
secr. = secretaris
st. = stuiver(s)
vendid(it/erunt) = verkoopt/verkopen, verpachten
W: = ten westen begrensd door
Z: = ten zuiden begrensd door
z.d. = zonder datum
819) DODEWAARD, 12-6-1635.
Gerit Henrickss van Winssen en Neeltgen Jegers hebben aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem voor de somma van 125 gld. in pandschap uitgedaan een klein boomgaardje aan de Kalkerstraat in het kerspel van Dodewaard, O: de waaiakker, Z: Gerit Stevenss, W: Lambert Vorsters, N: Kalckerstraat.
Erfpachters: Jan Derckss van Dodeweert; Albert van Eldick.
491) MAURIK, 9-8-1636.
Dirck Janss Kruijff en Hadewich Vreem echtel. prom. aan Willem van Grootvelt en Cornelia van Schadijck 200 gld. c.i., uit het gerechte vierde part van een weide, groot ca. 6 morgen, gemeen met Lubbert van Achtevelt en Coss Corneliss en zijn zuster en broeders-kinderen, te Maurik, O: de vrouwe van Dodewaard, N: Jan Noest, W: Willem de Haes, Z: de Waal.
797) DODEWAARD, 25-1-1640.
Gijl Arijsen en Alert Janss prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 25 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad aan de Kalkerstraat te Dodewaard, groot ca. 1½ hond, O: Dirck de Brun, Z: Kalkerstraat, W: de vrouw van Nijenklooster, N: Jan Dirckss van Dodeweert.
Gerl. Oth Janss de Kemp; Jan Hermenss van Reet.
821) DODEWAARD, 15-10-1650.
Willem Goertss Vermeer en Jenneken Jans Buddinck, wonende te Dodewaard, prom. aan jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 400 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad met boomgaard en 4 morgen land te Dodewaard, O: jonker Laer met de Molenkamp, Z: gemenestraat, W: de Appelenburgse boomgaard, N: het Rietkampje.
Get. Jan Janss Dodeweert; Alewijn Corneliss.
Wat gebeurt er in Dodewaard en Hien in de Jaren 1569 tot 1654?
Hieronder een uittreksel van de Bank (rechtbank) met de transacties:
818) HIEN, zonder datum
Evert Gerritss en Anna de Haes echtel. prom. aan juffr. Anthonetta van Zuijlen van den Natewisch, wed. van jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 600 gld. c.i., uit 6 morgen weiland, genaamd Stuerencamp, te Hien (de akte loopt niet verder).
495) HIEN, zonder datum
Jan van Eldick en Maria Versteech echtel., prom. aan Jan Geurtss en Bata van Hattem echtel. 200 gld. c.i., uit een boomgaard, genaamd De Bovenste Akker, groot 5 hond, te Welie onder Hien, O: jr. Johan van Eck in de Breij, Z: gemenestraat, W: jr. Balthasar van Bemmel, N: de heer van Hemmen, ambtman.
Get. Antoni van Hattem; J. van Scherphuijsen, schooldienaar.
845) DODEWAARD, 20-12-1569.
Otto van Haeften en juffr. Gijrtruijt van Brempt echtel. vendiderunt aan Wilhem Lambertss een erfjaarrente van 12 daalders, uit een weiland, groot 6 morgen, genaamd Haeftensweerd, te Dodewaard, O: erven van Bernt van Welderen, Z: weduwe en kinderen van Bernt Hackfort, W: Derick Block, N: bandijk.
Erfpachters: Cornelis Spruijtt; Jacob Doernicx.
726) DODEWAARD, 21-1-16..
Antonis en Henrick van Hattem, gebroeders, hebben zich voor 350 gld. borg gesteld voor Jacob Stuart, welke de laatste schuldig was aan Wilt en Diderick van Broeckhuijsen; uit voor Antonis van Hattem 14 hond boomgaard en bouwland te Dodewaard, O: Henrick van Hattem, Z: jr. Henrick van Brienen, W: vicarie, N: Kromsteeg; uit voor Henrick van Hattem 1 morgen boomgaard en bouwland aldaar, O: Frederick van Hattem, Z: Henrick van Brienen, W: Antonis van Hattem, N: Krommesteeg.
Gerl. jr. Melchior de Cock van Oppijnen; Aelbert van Litth de Jeude, scholtus.
820) DODEWAARD, 14-..-1624.
Cornelis Sanders en Belije Goris echtel. vendiderunt en transportaverunt aan jr. Gerhardt van Beijnhem een erfjaarrente van 6 car. gld. 5 st., uit een stuk land, genaamd de Uijtwall, te Dodewaard, O: de vrouwen van het N. klooster, Z: bandijk, W: Johan Dirckss, N: gemenestraat, en voorts uit hun huis en hofstad aan de sluis, O: Aelbert van Eldick, Z: en W: bandijk, N: gemenestraat.
788) HIEN, 29-8-1631.
Jan van Aelst Janss; Willem Gortss en Heijlken van Aelst echtel. prom. elk aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 600 gld. c.i., uit hun vaderlijk en moederlijk erf, te weten een kamp, genaamd de Koekamp, O: erfgenamen van Henrick van Beijnhem ten Appelenburg, Z: de nieuw Megense morgen, Kosteraker, de grote elsenpas en Stijntges akker, W: erfgenamen van Jan van Lienden, N: St. Walburg. Voorts uit de vnd. Meegse morgen te Hien, O: de Molenkamp, Z: gemene achterstraat, W: Willem Gortss vnd., N: Rietkamp.
Get. Jan Wijers; Thomas Roeloffss.
819) DODEWAARD, 12-6-1635.
Gerit Henrickss van Winssen en Neeltgen Jegers hebben aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem voor de somma van 125 gld. in pandschap uitgedaan een klein boomgaardje aan de Kalkerstraat in het kerspel van Dodewaard, O: de waaiakker, Z: Gerit Stevenss, W: Lambert Vorsters, N: Kalckerstraat.
Erfpachters: Jan Derckss van Dodeweert; Albert van Eldick.
Gerl. Gevert Sas; Johan van ...
472) DODEWAARD, 22-2-1635.
Geerit Janss, Jan Janss en Hermken Jans, cum tutore haar broeder Geerit Janss vnd. als erfgenamen van wijlen hun oom Helmich Hermanss, vendiderunt aan jr. Henrick van der Moelen en juffr. Johanna van Eck echtel. een erfelijke jaarrente van 17 Carolus gld. 11 st. 4 Hollandse penn., solvendo jaarlijks op St. Petersdag ad Cathedram, uit een huis en hofstad met aanhorige boomgaarden op Dodewaard, O: en N: erfgenamen van Adriaen van Inghen, Z: en W: bandijk.
Gerl. Jr. Gerard van Beijnhem op den Appelen[burg]; Cornelis Janss Vulder, scholtus.
800) DODEWAARD, 10-10-1635.
Roelof Janss en Udelia Geeritsdr echtel. prom. aan juffr. Antonetta van Suijlen van den Natewisch, wed. Beijnhem tot Appelenborch 520 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad en boomgaard, groot 4 hond te Dodewaard, O: de waaiakker, Z: ergenamen van Thonis de snijder, W: Jan van Leijen, N: Geerit van Winss en Lambert Costers.
Get. Jacob Stevenss; Abraham Wanningh.
802) HIEN, 15-12-1637.
Jacob Driess en Stijn Marcus echtel., wonende te Welie prom. aan Matthijs van Beijnhem 250 gld. c.i., uit een huis en boomgaard welke zij bewonen, te Welie, kerspel Hien, Z: jr. Copier van Culemborg, N: de straat.
Get. Alewijn Corneliss; Steven Deijs.
473) HIEN, 18-4-1639.
Jr. Henrick van der Moelen en juffr. Maria van Eck echtel. vendiderunt de onder nr. 472 vermelde brief aan jr. Cornelis Foijert en Adriaen Henrickss, weeshuismeesters tot Tiel. Mede tot hypotheek wordt gesteld 10 morgen bouw- en weiland op Hien, welke juffr. Johanna van Eck door de dood van haar tante juffr. Christina van Eck is aanbestorven.
Gerl. Dr. Cornelis de Jongh; Diderick van Altena.
790) DODEWAARD, 5-8-1639.
Johan Aerntss Vermeer en Neelken Tonissen echtel. prom. aan jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 100 gld. c.i., uit ¼ deel van een boomgaardje te Dodewaard, O: Laurens die snijder, Z: dijk, W: Dirck Janss, koster te Herveld, N: Hendrick Janss. Voorts uit het ¼ deel van een elzepasje, O: Hijl van Oort met de uitwal, Z: dijk, W: jr. Gerrit van Beijnhem, N: Aelbert van Eldick met 1 morgen.
Get. Willem Geurtss Vermeer; Arien Geurtss.
797) DODEWAARD, 25-1-1640.
Gijl Arijsen en Alert Janss prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 25 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad aan de Kalkerstraat te Dodewaard, groot ca. 1½ hond, O: Dirck de Brun, Z: Kalkerstraat, W: de vrouw van Nijenklooster, N: Jan Dirckss van Dodeweert.
Gerl. Oth Janss de Kemp; Jan Hermenss van Reet.
804) DODEWAARD, 8-5-1641.
Hendrick Janss int Velt en Arrijken Jans echtel. prom. aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem 100 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad, boomgaard en weiland, groot 2½ [...] te Dodewaard, O: jr. Gerrit van Beijnhem, Z: en W: de Krommesteeg, N: gemene tochtgraaf.
Get. Dirck en Henrick Jansen van Dodeweert.
815) HIEN, 14-2-1642.
Jan en Gerit Geritss, gebroeders, prom. aan Johan Lambertss, hun zwager, 300 gld. terzake van de uitkoop van hun ouders' versterf, zijnde beider quota van een boomgaard te Hien, O: Frans Verheijden en raadsheer Bemmel, Z: gemenestraat, W: Willem Thoniss en de erfgenamen van Derck de Bruijn, N: Anthonis van Grootfelt.
Get. Aert Lambertss; Alert van Leijen; J. van Scharphuijsen.
831) HIEN, 7-3-1642.
Aernt van Woerkom prom. met toestemming van Margaretha van Heumen, zijn vrouw, 350 gld. c.i. aan Gerit Segers, dijkbode in Overbetuwe, uit de helft van 6 morgen bouwland, genaamd de Lange Ham, in de buurschap Gesperden onder Hien, O: en N: erfgenamen van Dr. Johan van Gesperden, Z: en W: het onmondige kind van Brant Toniss.
Gerl. Willem van den Geijn; Goris Pieterss.
826) HIEN, 18-9-1643.
Johan van Eldik is volgens overgift van 10 jan. 1631 1000 gld. c.i. schuldig aan de weduwe van ontvanger Egbert van Hoecklom, uit 4 morgen land te Hien, buurschap Welie. Mechtelt van Rijswijck, wed. van ontvanger Johan van Hoecklom, heeft als erfgename van Egbert vnd. volkomen verwin genomen.
Get. H. van Benthem, landschrijver.
805) DODEWAARD, 28-3-1645.
Hendrick Janssen en Arijken Janss echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem en juffr. Fenenna van Scherpenseel echtel. 100 gld. c.i., uit een hofland, groot ca. 1½ hond te Dodewaard, N: en O: Van Beijnhem vnd., Z: straat, W: debiteuren zelf.
Get. Gijsbert Reijerss; Jacob van Beijnhem.
817) HIEN, 28-12-1645.
Gerit Geritss den olden en Gerit Geritss den jongen en Evertgen Cornelis echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborch 100 gld. c.i., uit 3/4e part van 1 morgen boomgaard met huis en hof te Hien, O: Frans Verheiden, Z: gemenestraat, W: Stoffel Henrickss c.s., N: Jan Geritss.
Get. Willem Toniss; Jan van Weelij.
812) HIEN, 18-2-1646.
Antonis van Grootfelt en Aeltgen Reijnders echtel. vendiderunt aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborch en juffr. Phenenna van Scherpenseel echtel. de Corte Acker, groot ca. 1 morgen, te Hien, O: die Van Bemmel, Z: Jan Geritss en de erven van wijlen Dirck die Bruijn, W: Jan Geritss vnd., N: gemene tochtgraaf of jr. Gerit van Eck. Zijnde een vrij eigen erf. Tot waarschap dient een huis, hofstad, boomgaard met ca. 11 morgen land, eveneens te Hien, O: kopers vnd., Z: Weliestraat en de bandijk, W: gemene tochtgraaf en Eckland, N: de Oudste straat.
Gerl. Willem Toniss; Gevert Gijsbertss.
816) HIEN, 20-6-1646.
Johan Lambertss, wonende te Wamel, heeft de in nr. 815 vermelde brief getransporteerd aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborch.
Get. Jacob van Beijnhem.
801) HIEN, 11-10-1646.
Stijn Markus, wed. van Jacob Driess, cum tutore Jan van Reet prom. aan jr. Gerardt van Beijnhem 50 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad, groot ca. 1 morgen te Welie onder Hien, O: Willem Corneliss, molenaar, Z: jr. Copier, met de Laak, W: Wijn Joosten, N: gemenestraat.
Get. Jacob van Beijnhem.
814) DODEWAARD, 7-6-1647.
Otth de Kemp en Hendricksken Sijberts (sic) echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 100 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad, genaamd Geijnshofstad, groot 5 morgen, te Dodewaard, O: jr. Joost van Bueren en Jan van Reet, W: en N: Van Beijnhem vnd.
807) HIEN, 13-12-1647.
Johan Jaspersen en Janken Laurensen echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborgh 400 gld., uit 3 morgen weiland te Hien, O: Henrick Janss Heij, Z: de Mayngse weg, W: Johan van Welije, N: de Alste leigraaf.
Get. N. van Eldick; Jan Janss van Dodeweert.
827) DODEWAARD, 8-10-1647.
De weduwe van Aelbert van Eldick is 500 gld. c.i. schuldig aan Mechtelt van Rijswijck, wed. van ontvanger Johan van Hoecklom, vermogens drie obligaties, behoudens zekere proceskosten volgens sententie van het Hof, d.d. 29 maart 1645, waardoor volledig verwin is genomen.
Get. H. van Benthem, landschrijver.
850) DODEWAARD / HIEN, 28-8-1648.
Alart van Leijen en Henrisken Henricxen echtel. hebben tot waarschap van een boomgaardje, groot 4 hond, gelegen te Zetten in de Overbetuwe, aan Jelis Janss, timmerman, en Jenneken Cornelissen echtel. opgedragen en verhypotheceerd ca. ½ morgen boomgaard te Dodewaard, O: uitweg van Ulenboomgaard, Z: en W: Dodewaardse tochtgraaf, N: Kalkerstraat. Voorts uit een huis en hofstede, groot 1 hond, te Hien, O: en N: jr. François van Haeften, Z: kerk en kerkhof, W: gemenestraat.
Erfpachters: Petrus Musserus, predikant te Zetten; Cornelis Peterss.
488) DODEWAARD, 20-7-1649.
Henrick Janss de Heij en Margareta van Inghen echtel. prom. aan Jan van Reedt en Steventje de Kemp echtel. 200 gld. c.i., uit huis en hofstad boomgaard, groot 2 morgen, op Dodewaard, O: Loij Janss, Z: bandijk, W: Jan Janss, scholtus, N: de debiteuren zelf.
Get. J. van Scherphuijsen.
490) DODEWAARD, 18-2-1650.
Arien Janss de Heij prom. aan Jan van Reedt en Steven de Kemp echtel. 75 gld. c.i., uit ½ morgen boomgaard, genaamd Bestevadersakker, te Dodewaard, O: Vijlen boomgaard, Z: en W: Henrick Janss Heij, N: Cornelis Bor en Henrick Dirckss.
Get. J. van Scherphuijsen.
808) HIEN, 13-5-1650.
Gerrit van de Wall en Aeltje Henricx echtel. prom. aan Anthonis van Grootfelt en Aeltgen Reijndersdr echtel. 250 gld. c.i., uit kracht van koop van 2½ morgen bouwland in het Weserveld te Welie onder Hien, O: mr. Jan Scharphuijsen, Z: crediteuren, W: tochtgraaf, N: Weelsestraat.
821) DODEWAARD, 15-10-1650.
Willem Goertss Vermeer en Jenneken Jans Buddinck, wonende te Dodewaard, prom. aan jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 400 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad met boomgaard en 4 morgen land te Dodewaard, O: jonker Laer met de Molenkamp, Z: gemenestraat, W: de Appelenburgse boomgaard, N: het Rietkampje.
Get. Jan Janss Dodeweert; Alewijn Corneliss.
521) HIEN, 23-2-1651.
Jan Geerritss en jantgen Huijberts echtel. prom. aan Helena Schullen, wed. van Jan Francken 300 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad met 1 morgen land te Hien, W: Stoffel Henricxs en jr. Van Beest, N: de erfgenamen van jr. Van Beijnhem, O: raadsheer Bemmel en Frans Verheijen, Z: gemenestraat. Voorts uit een huis en hofstad met 1 hond boomgaard en 1½ morgen zaailand te Hien, W: Cornelis Wijerss, N: en Z: de erfgenamen van jr. Van Eck, O: de erfgenamen van jr. Van Beijnhem.
Get. Huijbert de Hartoch; Goris Peterss Pieckevaen, erfpachters.
809) HIEN, 3-6-1651.
Thonis van Grootvelt transporteert de in nr. 808 vermelde obligatie aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem.
Get. Gerit van de Wall; Cornelis Janss Distelcamp.
621) DODEWAARD, 6-2-1652.
Frederick van Hattem en Griettgen van Inghen echtel. prom. aan jr. Cornelis van Bueren 500 gld. c.i., uit een weiland, groot 3 morgen, in het Veld op Dodewaard, O: jr. Joost van Stepraed, Z: Arien Corneliss, W: Jacob Pansier, N: Maria Corneliss.
Get. Bart van Hattem; Antoni van Hattem.
796) DODEWAARD, 10-2-1652.
Jan Janss Pop de jonge en Neelken Thoniss echtel., en Willem Geurtss als momber van de onmondige kinderen van Jan Aerntss en Neelken vnd., prom. aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem tot Appelenburch 100 gld. c.i., uit een boomgaard en 2 akkers, genaamd de Bieserweide, groot ca. 4 hond, te Dodewaard, O: de zoon van Johan van Eldijck, genaamd Dries van Eldijck, Z: bandijk, W: Willem Corneliss, molenaar, N: gemenestraat.
Get. Gevert Gijsbertss; Henricus van Beijnhem.
448) HIEN, 2-3-1652.
Willem Toniss en Mariken Corneliss echtel. prom. aan Henrick Toniss en Anna van Heumen echtel. 400 gld. c.i., uit de gerechte helft van een huis en hofstad, laatst geruimd door Aelke Huijbertss en door Tonis van Grootvelt in tocht bezeten, op Hien, O: Tonis van Grootvelt, Z: Welijse straat, W: het korte eekland, N: het lange eekland.
Get. Jan Claess; Claes Janss; J. Huijberts, schooldienaar.
795) HIEN, 21-3-1652.
Jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem heeft voor de in nr. 794 genoemde somma en van pachtrestanten voor in totaal 324 gld. gepand aan een huis en hofstad, groot ca. 2 morgen te Hien, O: Johan van W... of Cornelis van Inghen, Z: de Alstestraat, W: en N: heer rekenmeester jr. Bemmel; door Jan Janss, scholtis, en geïnsiveerd door J. van Scharphuise.
794) HIEN, 25-4-1652.
Cornelis van Inghen prom. aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem 245 gld. c.i., uit al zijn goederen (te Hien).
430) HIEN EN DODEWAARD, 16-5-1652.
Jr. Henrick van Brienen tot Eeckelenborch heeft genuntieerd van zodanige appellatie en provocatie tot klaring als hem over een zekere sententie van het gericht van Kesteren d.d. 21-4-1651 tegen de mombers der kinderen van wijlen majoor Vulder hadden gedaan, en zich in de inhoud der sententie gecondemneerd gegeven tot 1000 gld. kapitaal, en 474 gld. wegens verlopen interesse tot de laatste april 1652. In pandschap is uitgegeven 7 morgen in 3 percelen onder Hien en Dodewaard, door majoor Vulder op 30-9-1630 in obligatie verbonden.
N.B. op 23-10-1657 hebben Gijsbert Vuller en Sibilla Noijen echtel. het recht van deze obligatie gecedeerd aan Herman van Leuwen, apotheker, en Huberta Goossens, echtel.
Gerl. Antonis van Tellicht; Jacob van Zuijlen van Natewisch.
N.B. juffr. Barnardina van Wees, vrouw van de comparant heeft de obligatie op 14-6-1652 geapprobeerd.
799) DODEWAARD, 28-2-1654.
Adriaen Janss Heij en Adriaen Huijbertsdr van Inghen echtel. prom. aan juffr. Antonetta van Zuijlen van den Natewisch, wed. van jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem tot den Appelenborch 180 gld. c.i., uit 2 morgen land te Dodewaard, O: de heer van Zoelen, Z: Arien Janss zelf en Sander Corneliss, W: erfgenamen van Pieter ter Maet, N: creditrice.
Get. Henrick Janss Heij; Bernardus Creijvangerus.
828) HIEN, 14-9-1654.
Willem Toniss en Elisabeth Petersdr zijn 236 gld. c.i. schuldig aan jr. Fransois van Haeften, uit een perceel land, genaamd de Engh, groot 4 morgen, te Hien, O: Rossenhof, Z: Adriaen van Bemmel, W: jr. Beijnhem, N: Willem Toniss. Voorts uit een boomgaard aan de Hiensestraat, waarop volkomen verwin is gemaakt.
491) MAURIK, 9-8-1636.
Dirck Janss Kruijff en Hadewich Vreem echtel. prom. aan Willem van Grootvelt en Cornelia van Schadijck 200 gld. c.i., uit het gerechte vierde part van een weide, groot ca. 6 morgen, gemeen met Lubbert van Achtevelt en Coss Corneliss en zijn zuster en broeders-kinderen, te Maurik, O: de vrouwe van Dodewaard, N: Jan Noest, W: Willem de Haes, Z: de Waal.
Een andere interessante transactie in Maurik.
458) MAURIK, 19-6-1651.
Henrick van Mouderick bekent ontvangen te hebben uit handen van Jan Noest en Huijbert van Wijck 1175 gld. van een pandschap van twee naast elkaar gelegen akkers land op de Lange Hoof onder Maurik, O: zijn broeder en zusters, Z: gemenestraat, W: Cornelis Willemss van de Parsick, N: bandijk; waarvan de ene akker leenroerig aan Culemborg is. En voor een periode van 8 jaar uit een eigen goed in zijn hofstad, O: Cornelis Willemss van de Parrick, Z: gemenestraat, W: de verpander zelf, N: bandijk. Voorts het dwarsland op de Peetsweert, groot 1½ morgen, O: jr. Maurick zelf, Z: Jan Noest, W: zijn broeder, N: de heer van Indoornik. Verder de rijsweert, gelegen naast het goed van de heer van Indoornik, de verpander en de graaf van Culemborg; alsmede het vierde part van ca. 4 morgen, genaamd De Waaijweerd, O: broeder van de verpander, Z: bandijk, W: de heer van Indoornik, N: Johan Noest en de graaf van Culemborg. Verder het vierde part van ca. 5½ morgen weiland, genaamd De Buitenweerd, O: de verpander zelf en de graaf van Culemborg, Z: en W: de heer van Indoornik, N: de rijsweerd.
N.B. Anna Geertruijt Lincias van Cruijcenach heeft enige akte op deze goederen en verklaart dat het voornoemde pandschap en belening van vnd. Jan Noest en Huijbert van Wijck haar rechten zal prefereren.
originele archief: (click here)
At Dodewaard on the river Waal, there were, up to around 1700, three castles in existence named Dodewaard, De Snor and Appelenburg. The village was part of the possession Dodewaard.
The family name has varied in church baptismal registers: A father would be registered as Van Dodewaard and his son as Van Doodewaerd. Many scribes recorded phonetically, and wrote down what they heard. So there are many variations in the course of history:
Van Doodewaard, Van Doodeweerd, Van Doodewaerd, Van Dodewaard, VanDodenwaard, Van Dodeweert, Van Dodenwert etc., Dodewaart, Dodewert, Dudenwert etc.
The meaning of the name Dodewaard is a link between the old Germanic personal Dodo written as Dodo, Dode and Dudan (= man who belongs to the people) and the old Dutch word "werth",or 'waard' could refer to waritha which means island or land at the waterfront. (click to see original Dutch source)
Dudenwert is already in use at the time the church at Dodewaard was built (c.1100)
Historical archives in the 11th century reveal the name Dodeuuero and in 1171 have the name Dudenwert and in 1181 Dondenuuerhe and in 1190 Dudenwert and in 1200 Dudenwerthe. The name has also been located in archives of around 1500AD. (see below)
DODEWAARD COAT OF ARMS
From 1811 till 2002 Dodewaard was an autonomous municipality with the hamlets Hien and Wely. In 1811 Opheusden also belonged to Dodewaard. On 1 Jan 2002 Dodewaard merged with the municipalities of Kesteren and Echteld, to form the new municipality of Kesteren. That was renamed on 1 Apr 2003 to the municipality of Neder-Betuwe. (municipality Lower Betuwe) The names of the vilages Dodewaard, Hien and Opheusden are continued as part of the greater municipality Lower Betuwe.
The antique map of the city Dodewaard, was created in 1867 by Jacob Kuijper (click here)
It measures 18.5 x 15 centimeters. Description: Map from the gemeente atlas of Gelderland, edited by Hugo Suringar in Leeuwarden. The town had 1862 hectares and had 1500 inhabitants at that time.
The Area Courts archived several decisions prior to 1650 containing the Van Dodeweert name.
Below is the Dutch text of the decisions:
Rechterlijk Archief Nederbetuwe, inv.nr 203, deel 2
Protocol van bezwaar, Bank van Kesteren
Protocol van bezwaar, Bank van Kesteren
Volgens ordonnantie van 23 juli 1651 werd voor het Kwartier van Nijmegen vastgesteld dat ten behoeve van de zogenaamde vrijwillige rechtspraak protokollering zou moeten plaatsvinden. De invoering daarvan vond zijn beslag bij resolutie van 13 februari 1654.
Voor het ambt Neder-Betuwe betekende dit dat bij finale resolutie van 28 juli 1654 het aan de ambtman en de ridderschap was vergund protokol te doen houden van alle op- of overdrachten, lijftochten, cessiën en diverse andere voluntaire akten met betrekking tot onroerende goederen binnen haar rechtsgebied. Het rechtsgebied der Neder-Betuwe telde twee gerichtsbanken, nl. die te Kesteren; waaronder de dorpen Ravenswaaij, Rijswijk, Maurik, Eck en Wiel, Ingen, Ommeren, Lienden (met de buurschappen Meerten en Aalst), Kesteren, Opheusden, Hien, Dodewaard, Ochten en Echteld ressorteerden, terwijl de gerichtsbank van Zoelen de dorpen Zoelen, Kerk-Avezaath en Kapel-Avezaath omvatte.
Protokollering van akten betreffende de vrijwillige rechtspraak in de Neder-Betuwe vond reeds vanaf 1613 te Kesteren en vanaf 1614 te Zoelen plaats (inv. nrs. 200-202 en 198-199). De resolutie van 13 febr. 1654 leidde er evenwel toe dat aan dr. Lambertus van Eck, schepen der stad Tiel, werd opgedragen protokol te houden van akten die voor de gezamenlijke banken van Kesteren en Zoelen zouden passeren. De praktijk leert ons dat Van Eck naast de aktuele protokollering ook akten van oudere datum inschreef die tijdens zijn ambtsperiode waren gecasseerd en/of als pro memoria voor latere overdrachtsbrieven dienden te worden beschouwd. Het gevolg daarvan is, dat deze laatstgenoemde categorie van akten voor een niet onaanzienlijk deel teruggaan tot vóór de eigenlijke aanvangsjaren der protokollering (1613 en 1614) en soms zelfs van rond het midden van de zestiende eeuw dateren.
De hier bedoelde protokollering - die volgens de titel tot op 6 aug. 1654 plaatsvond - vinden wij terug onder inv. nr. 203 van het rechterlijk archief Neder-Betuwe (Rijksarchief in Gelderland, te Arnhem). De akten zijn voor deze bewerking samengevat en voorzien van nummers waarnaar in de index gemakshalve wordt verwezen. De persoonsnamen in de tekst zijn letterlijk getranscribeerd doch zijn in de index zo veel mogelijk onder de hedendaagse spelling gerangschikt. Vermeldingen van rentepercentages en aflossingstermijnen (indien dit meerdere data betreffen) zijn in deze bewerking niet overgenomen. De bewerking van dit inventarisnummer 203 is gesplitst in drie afzonderlijke delen. Het eerste deel, bevattende de akten van fol. 1 tot fol. 71, is uitgegeven in 1988. Thans zijn de fol. 71 tot 141 in deze uitgave verwerkt. Het derde en laatste deel zal t.z.t. verschijnen.
W.F.M. Ahoud
Arnhem, juni 1995
om het originele archief te zien:
for access to the original Dutch archive (click here)
LIJST VAN DE MEEST GEBRUIKTE AFKORTINGEN
c.i. = cum interesse (met rente)
echtel. = echtelieden
gerl. = presente gerichtslieden
get. = getuige(n)
jr. = jonker
juffr. = juffrouw
N: = ten noorden begrensd door
O: = ten oosten begrensd door
penn. = penning(en)
prom. = promisit/promiserunt (beloven)
secr. = secretaris
st. = stuiver(s)
vendid(it/erunt) = verkoopt/verkopen, verpachten
W: = ten westen begrensd door
Z: = ten zuiden begrensd door
z.d. = zonder datum
819) DODEWAARD, 12-6-1635.
Gerit Henrickss van Winssen en Neeltgen Jegers hebben aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem voor de somma van 125 gld. in pandschap uitgedaan een klein boomgaardje aan de Kalkerstraat in het kerspel van Dodewaard, O: de waaiakker, Z: Gerit Stevenss, W: Lambert Vorsters, N: Kalckerstraat.
Erfpachters: Jan Derckss van Dodeweert; Albert van Eldick.
491) MAURIK, 9-8-1636.
Dirck Janss Kruijff en Hadewich Vreem echtel. prom. aan Willem van Grootvelt en Cornelia van Schadijck 200 gld. c.i., uit het gerechte vierde part van een weide, groot ca. 6 morgen, gemeen met Lubbert van Achtevelt en Coss Corneliss en zijn zuster en broeders-kinderen, te Maurik, O: de vrouwe van Dodewaard, N: Jan Noest, W: Willem de Haes, Z: de Waal.
797) DODEWAARD, 25-1-1640.
Gijl Arijsen en Alert Janss prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 25 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad aan de Kalkerstraat te Dodewaard, groot ca. 1½ hond, O: Dirck de Brun, Z: Kalkerstraat, W: de vrouw van Nijenklooster, N: Jan Dirckss van Dodeweert.
Gerl. Oth Janss de Kemp; Jan Hermenss van Reet.
821) DODEWAARD, 15-10-1650.
Willem Goertss Vermeer en Jenneken Jans Buddinck, wonende te Dodewaard, prom. aan jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 400 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad met boomgaard en 4 morgen land te Dodewaard, O: jonker Laer met de Molenkamp, Z: gemenestraat, W: de Appelenburgse boomgaard, N: het Rietkampje.
Get. Jan Janss Dodeweert; Alewijn Corneliss.
Wat gebeurt er in Dodewaard en Hien in de Jaren 1569 tot 1654?
Hieronder een uittreksel van de Bank (rechtbank) met de transacties:
818) HIEN, zonder datum
Evert Gerritss en Anna de Haes echtel. prom. aan juffr. Anthonetta van Zuijlen van den Natewisch, wed. van jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 600 gld. c.i., uit 6 morgen weiland, genaamd Stuerencamp, te Hien (de akte loopt niet verder).
495) HIEN, zonder datum
Jan van Eldick en Maria Versteech echtel., prom. aan Jan Geurtss en Bata van Hattem echtel. 200 gld. c.i., uit een boomgaard, genaamd De Bovenste Akker, groot 5 hond, te Welie onder Hien, O: jr. Johan van Eck in de Breij, Z: gemenestraat, W: jr. Balthasar van Bemmel, N: de heer van Hemmen, ambtman.
Get. Antoni van Hattem; J. van Scherphuijsen, schooldienaar.
845) DODEWAARD, 20-12-1569.
Otto van Haeften en juffr. Gijrtruijt van Brempt echtel. vendiderunt aan Wilhem Lambertss een erfjaarrente van 12 daalders, uit een weiland, groot 6 morgen, genaamd Haeftensweerd, te Dodewaard, O: erven van Bernt van Welderen, Z: weduwe en kinderen van Bernt Hackfort, W: Derick Block, N: bandijk.
Erfpachters: Cornelis Spruijtt; Jacob Doernicx.
726) DODEWAARD, 21-1-16..
Antonis en Henrick van Hattem, gebroeders, hebben zich voor 350 gld. borg gesteld voor Jacob Stuart, welke de laatste schuldig was aan Wilt en Diderick van Broeckhuijsen; uit voor Antonis van Hattem 14 hond boomgaard en bouwland te Dodewaard, O: Henrick van Hattem, Z: jr. Henrick van Brienen, W: vicarie, N: Kromsteeg; uit voor Henrick van Hattem 1 morgen boomgaard en bouwland aldaar, O: Frederick van Hattem, Z: Henrick van Brienen, W: Antonis van Hattem, N: Krommesteeg.
Gerl. jr. Melchior de Cock van Oppijnen; Aelbert van Litth de Jeude, scholtus.
820) DODEWAARD, 14-..-1624.
Cornelis Sanders en Belije Goris echtel. vendiderunt en transportaverunt aan jr. Gerhardt van Beijnhem een erfjaarrente van 6 car. gld. 5 st., uit een stuk land, genaamd de Uijtwall, te Dodewaard, O: de vrouwen van het N. klooster, Z: bandijk, W: Johan Dirckss, N: gemenestraat, en voorts uit hun huis en hofstad aan de sluis, O: Aelbert van Eldick, Z: en W: bandijk, N: gemenestraat.
788) HIEN, 29-8-1631.
Jan van Aelst Janss; Willem Gortss en Heijlken van Aelst echtel. prom. elk aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 600 gld. c.i., uit hun vaderlijk en moederlijk erf, te weten een kamp, genaamd de Koekamp, O: erfgenamen van Henrick van Beijnhem ten Appelenburg, Z: de nieuw Megense morgen, Kosteraker, de grote elsenpas en Stijntges akker, W: erfgenamen van Jan van Lienden, N: St. Walburg. Voorts uit de vnd. Meegse morgen te Hien, O: de Molenkamp, Z: gemene achterstraat, W: Willem Gortss vnd., N: Rietkamp.
Get. Jan Wijers; Thomas Roeloffss.
819) DODEWAARD, 12-6-1635.
Gerit Henrickss van Winssen en Neeltgen Jegers hebben aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem voor de somma van 125 gld. in pandschap uitgedaan een klein boomgaardje aan de Kalkerstraat in het kerspel van Dodewaard, O: de waaiakker, Z: Gerit Stevenss, W: Lambert Vorsters, N: Kalckerstraat.
Erfpachters: Jan Derckss van Dodeweert; Albert van Eldick.
Gerl. Gevert Sas; Johan van ...
472) DODEWAARD, 22-2-1635.
Geerit Janss, Jan Janss en Hermken Jans, cum tutore haar broeder Geerit Janss vnd. als erfgenamen van wijlen hun oom Helmich Hermanss, vendiderunt aan jr. Henrick van der Moelen en juffr. Johanna van Eck echtel. een erfelijke jaarrente van 17 Carolus gld. 11 st. 4 Hollandse penn., solvendo jaarlijks op St. Petersdag ad Cathedram, uit een huis en hofstad met aanhorige boomgaarden op Dodewaard, O: en N: erfgenamen van Adriaen van Inghen, Z: en W: bandijk.
Gerl. Jr. Gerard van Beijnhem op den Appelen[burg]; Cornelis Janss Vulder, scholtus.
800) DODEWAARD, 10-10-1635.
Roelof Janss en Udelia Geeritsdr echtel. prom. aan juffr. Antonetta van Suijlen van den Natewisch, wed. Beijnhem tot Appelenborch 520 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad en boomgaard, groot 4 hond te Dodewaard, O: de waaiakker, Z: ergenamen van Thonis de snijder, W: Jan van Leijen, N: Geerit van Winss en Lambert Costers.
Get. Jacob Stevenss; Abraham Wanningh.
802) HIEN, 15-12-1637.
Jacob Driess en Stijn Marcus echtel., wonende te Welie prom. aan Matthijs van Beijnhem 250 gld. c.i., uit een huis en boomgaard welke zij bewonen, te Welie, kerspel Hien, Z: jr. Copier van Culemborg, N: de straat.
Get. Alewijn Corneliss; Steven Deijs.
473) HIEN, 18-4-1639.
Jr. Henrick van der Moelen en juffr. Maria van Eck echtel. vendiderunt de onder nr. 472 vermelde brief aan jr. Cornelis Foijert en Adriaen Henrickss, weeshuismeesters tot Tiel. Mede tot hypotheek wordt gesteld 10 morgen bouw- en weiland op Hien, welke juffr. Johanna van Eck door de dood van haar tante juffr. Christina van Eck is aanbestorven.
Gerl. Dr. Cornelis de Jongh; Diderick van Altena.
790) DODEWAARD, 5-8-1639.
Johan Aerntss Vermeer en Neelken Tonissen echtel. prom. aan jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 100 gld. c.i., uit ¼ deel van een boomgaardje te Dodewaard, O: Laurens die snijder, Z: dijk, W: Dirck Janss, koster te Herveld, N: Hendrick Janss. Voorts uit het ¼ deel van een elzepasje, O: Hijl van Oort met de uitwal, Z: dijk, W: jr. Gerrit van Beijnhem, N: Aelbert van Eldick met 1 morgen.
Get. Willem Geurtss Vermeer; Arien Geurtss.
797) DODEWAARD, 25-1-1640.
Gijl Arijsen en Alert Janss prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 25 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad aan de Kalkerstraat te Dodewaard, groot ca. 1½ hond, O: Dirck de Brun, Z: Kalkerstraat, W: de vrouw van Nijenklooster, N: Jan Dirckss van Dodeweert.
Gerl. Oth Janss de Kemp; Jan Hermenss van Reet.
804) DODEWAARD, 8-5-1641.
Hendrick Janss int Velt en Arrijken Jans echtel. prom. aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem 100 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad, boomgaard en weiland, groot 2½ [...] te Dodewaard, O: jr. Gerrit van Beijnhem, Z: en W: de Krommesteeg, N: gemene tochtgraaf.
Get. Dirck en Henrick Jansen van Dodeweert.
815) HIEN, 14-2-1642.
Jan en Gerit Geritss, gebroeders, prom. aan Johan Lambertss, hun zwager, 300 gld. terzake van de uitkoop van hun ouders' versterf, zijnde beider quota van een boomgaard te Hien, O: Frans Verheijden en raadsheer Bemmel, Z: gemenestraat, W: Willem Thoniss en de erfgenamen van Derck de Bruijn, N: Anthonis van Grootfelt.
Get. Aert Lambertss; Alert van Leijen; J. van Scharphuijsen.
831) HIEN, 7-3-1642.
Aernt van Woerkom prom. met toestemming van Margaretha van Heumen, zijn vrouw, 350 gld. c.i. aan Gerit Segers, dijkbode in Overbetuwe, uit de helft van 6 morgen bouwland, genaamd de Lange Ham, in de buurschap Gesperden onder Hien, O: en N: erfgenamen van Dr. Johan van Gesperden, Z: en W: het onmondige kind van Brant Toniss.
Gerl. Willem van den Geijn; Goris Pieterss.
826) HIEN, 18-9-1643.
Johan van Eldik is volgens overgift van 10 jan. 1631 1000 gld. c.i. schuldig aan de weduwe van ontvanger Egbert van Hoecklom, uit 4 morgen land te Hien, buurschap Welie. Mechtelt van Rijswijck, wed. van ontvanger Johan van Hoecklom, heeft als erfgename van Egbert vnd. volkomen verwin genomen.
Get. H. van Benthem, landschrijver.
805) DODEWAARD, 28-3-1645.
Hendrick Janssen en Arijken Janss echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem en juffr. Fenenna van Scherpenseel echtel. 100 gld. c.i., uit een hofland, groot ca. 1½ hond te Dodewaard, N: en O: Van Beijnhem vnd., Z: straat, W: debiteuren zelf.
Get. Gijsbert Reijerss; Jacob van Beijnhem.
817) HIEN, 28-12-1645.
Gerit Geritss den olden en Gerit Geritss den jongen en Evertgen Cornelis echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborch 100 gld. c.i., uit 3/4e part van 1 morgen boomgaard met huis en hof te Hien, O: Frans Verheiden, Z: gemenestraat, W: Stoffel Henrickss c.s., N: Jan Geritss.
Get. Willem Toniss; Jan van Weelij.
812) HIEN, 18-2-1646.
Antonis van Grootfelt en Aeltgen Reijnders echtel. vendiderunt aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborch en juffr. Phenenna van Scherpenseel echtel. de Corte Acker, groot ca. 1 morgen, te Hien, O: die Van Bemmel, Z: Jan Geritss en de erven van wijlen Dirck die Bruijn, W: Jan Geritss vnd., N: gemene tochtgraaf of jr. Gerit van Eck. Zijnde een vrij eigen erf. Tot waarschap dient een huis, hofstad, boomgaard met ca. 11 morgen land, eveneens te Hien, O: kopers vnd., Z: Weliestraat en de bandijk, W: gemene tochtgraaf en Eckland, N: de Oudste straat.
Gerl. Willem Toniss; Gevert Gijsbertss.
816) HIEN, 20-6-1646.
Johan Lambertss, wonende te Wamel, heeft de in nr. 815 vermelde brief getransporteerd aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborch.
Get. Jacob van Beijnhem.
801) HIEN, 11-10-1646.
Stijn Markus, wed. van Jacob Driess, cum tutore Jan van Reet prom. aan jr. Gerardt van Beijnhem 50 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad, groot ca. 1 morgen te Welie onder Hien, O: Willem Corneliss, molenaar, Z: jr. Copier, met de Laak, W: Wijn Joosten, N: gemenestraat.
Get. Jacob van Beijnhem.
814) DODEWAARD, 7-6-1647.
Otth de Kemp en Hendricksken Sijberts (sic) echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem 100 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad, genaamd Geijnshofstad, groot 5 morgen, te Dodewaard, O: jr. Joost van Bueren en Jan van Reet, W: en N: Van Beijnhem vnd.
807) HIEN, 13-12-1647.
Johan Jaspersen en Janken Laurensen echtel. prom. aan jr. Gerard van Beijnhem tot Appelenborgh 400 gld., uit 3 morgen weiland te Hien, O: Henrick Janss Heij, Z: de Mayngse weg, W: Johan van Welije, N: de Alste leigraaf.
Get. N. van Eldick; Jan Janss van Dodeweert.
827) DODEWAARD, 8-10-1647.
De weduwe van Aelbert van Eldick is 500 gld. c.i. schuldig aan Mechtelt van Rijswijck, wed. van ontvanger Johan van Hoecklom, vermogens drie obligaties, behoudens zekere proceskosten volgens sententie van het Hof, d.d. 29 maart 1645, waardoor volledig verwin is genomen.
Get. H. van Benthem, landschrijver.
850) DODEWAARD / HIEN, 28-8-1648.
Alart van Leijen en Henrisken Henricxen echtel. hebben tot waarschap van een boomgaardje, groot 4 hond, gelegen te Zetten in de Overbetuwe, aan Jelis Janss, timmerman, en Jenneken Cornelissen echtel. opgedragen en verhypotheceerd ca. ½ morgen boomgaard te Dodewaard, O: uitweg van Ulenboomgaard, Z: en W: Dodewaardse tochtgraaf, N: Kalkerstraat. Voorts uit een huis en hofstede, groot 1 hond, te Hien, O: en N: jr. François van Haeften, Z: kerk en kerkhof, W: gemenestraat.
Erfpachters: Petrus Musserus, predikant te Zetten; Cornelis Peterss.
488) DODEWAARD, 20-7-1649.
Henrick Janss de Heij en Margareta van Inghen echtel. prom. aan Jan van Reedt en Steventje de Kemp echtel. 200 gld. c.i., uit huis en hofstad boomgaard, groot 2 morgen, op Dodewaard, O: Loij Janss, Z: bandijk, W: Jan Janss, scholtus, N: de debiteuren zelf.
Get. J. van Scherphuijsen.
490) DODEWAARD, 18-2-1650.
Arien Janss de Heij prom. aan Jan van Reedt en Steven de Kemp echtel. 75 gld. c.i., uit ½ morgen boomgaard, genaamd Bestevadersakker, te Dodewaard, O: Vijlen boomgaard, Z: en W: Henrick Janss Heij, N: Cornelis Bor en Henrick Dirckss.
Get. J. van Scherphuijsen.
808) HIEN, 13-5-1650.
Gerrit van de Wall en Aeltje Henricx echtel. prom. aan Anthonis van Grootfelt en Aeltgen Reijndersdr echtel. 250 gld. c.i., uit kracht van koop van 2½ morgen bouwland in het Weserveld te Welie onder Hien, O: mr. Jan Scharphuijsen, Z: crediteuren, W: tochtgraaf, N: Weelsestraat.
821) DODEWAARD, 15-10-1650.
Willem Goertss Vermeer en Jenneken Jans Buddinck, wonende te Dodewaard, prom. aan jr. Mathijs van Beijnhem 400 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad met boomgaard en 4 morgen land te Dodewaard, O: jonker Laer met de Molenkamp, Z: gemenestraat, W: de Appelenburgse boomgaard, N: het Rietkampje.
Get. Jan Janss Dodeweert; Alewijn Corneliss.
521) HIEN, 23-2-1651.
Jan Geerritss en jantgen Huijberts echtel. prom. aan Helena Schullen, wed. van Jan Francken 300 gld. c.i., uit een huis en hofstad met 1 morgen land te Hien, W: Stoffel Henricxs en jr. Van Beest, N: de erfgenamen van jr. Van Beijnhem, O: raadsheer Bemmel en Frans Verheijen, Z: gemenestraat. Voorts uit een huis en hofstad met 1 hond boomgaard en 1½ morgen zaailand te Hien, W: Cornelis Wijerss, N: en Z: de erfgenamen van jr. Van Eck, O: de erfgenamen van jr. Van Beijnhem.
Get. Huijbert de Hartoch; Goris Peterss Pieckevaen, erfpachters.
809) HIEN, 3-6-1651.
Thonis van Grootvelt transporteert de in nr. 808 vermelde obligatie aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem.
Get. Gerit van de Wall; Cornelis Janss Distelcamp.
621) DODEWAARD, 6-2-1652.
Frederick van Hattem en Griettgen van Inghen echtel. prom. aan jr. Cornelis van Bueren 500 gld. c.i., uit een weiland, groot 3 morgen, in het Veld op Dodewaard, O: jr. Joost van Stepraed, Z: Arien Corneliss, W: Jacob Pansier, N: Maria Corneliss.
Get. Bart van Hattem; Antoni van Hattem.
796) DODEWAARD, 10-2-1652.
Jan Janss Pop de jonge en Neelken Thoniss echtel., en Willem Geurtss als momber van de onmondige kinderen van Jan Aerntss en Neelken vnd., prom. aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem tot Appelenburch 100 gld. c.i., uit een boomgaard en 2 akkers, genaamd de Bieserweide, groot ca. 4 hond, te Dodewaard, O: de zoon van Johan van Eldijck, genaamd Dries van Eldijck, Z: bandijk, W: Willem Corneliss, molenaar, N: gemenestraat.
Get. Gevert Gijsbertss; Henricus van Beijnhem.
448) HIEN, 2-3-1652.
Willem Toniss en Mariken Corneliss echtel. prom. aan Henrick Toniss en Anna van Heumen echtel. 400 gld. c.i., uit de gerechte helft van een huis en hofstad, laatst geruimd door Aelke Huijbertss en door Tonis van Grootvelt in tocht bezeten, op Hien, O: Tonis van Grootvelt, Z: Welijse straat, W: het korte eekland, N: het lange eekland.
Get. Jan Claess; Claes Janss; J. Huijberts, schooldienaar.
795) HIEN, 21-3-1652.
Jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem heeft voor de in nr. 794 genoemde somma en van pachtrestanten voor in totaal 324 gld. gepand aan een huis en hofstad, groot ca. 2 morgen te Hien, O: Johan van W... of Cornelis van Inghen, Z: de Alstestraat, W: en N: heer rekenmeester jr. Bemmel; door Jan Janss, scholtis, en geïnsiveerd door J. van Scharphuise.
794) HIEN, 25-4-1652.
Cornelis van Inghen prom. aan jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem 245 gld. c.i., uit al zijn goederen (te Hien).
430) HIEN EN DODEWAARD, 16-5-1652.
Jr. Henrick van Brienen tot Eeckelenborch heeft genuntieerd van zodanige appellatie en provocatie tot klaring als hem over een zekere sententie van het gericht van Kesteren d.d. 21-4-1651 tegen de mombers der kinderen van wijlen majoor Vulder hadden gedaan, en zich in de inhoud der sententie gecondemneerd gegeven tot 1000 gld. kapitaal, en 474 gld. wegens verlopen interesse tot de laatste april 1652. In pandschap is uitgegeven 7 morgen in 3 percelen onder Hien en Dodewaard, door majoor Vulder op 30-9-1630 in obligatie verbonden.
N.B. op 23-10-1657 hebben Gijsbert Vuller en Sibilla Noijen echtel. het recht van deze obligatie gecedeerd aan Herman van Leuwen, apotheker, en Huberta Goossens, echtel.
Gerl. Antonis van Tellicht; Jacob van Zuijlen van Natewisch.
N.B. juffr. Barnardina van Wees, vrouw van de comparant heeft de obligatie op 14-6-1652 geapprobeerd.
799) DODEWAARD, 28-2-1654.
Adriaen Janss Heij en Adriaen Huijbertsdr van Inghen echtel. prom. aan juffr. Antonetta van Zuijlen van den Natewisch, wed. van jr. Matthijs van Beijnhem tot den Appelenborch 180 gld. c.i., uit 2 morgen land te Dodewaard, O: de heer van Zoelen, Z: Arien Janss zelf en Sander Corneliss, W: erfgenamen van Pieter ter Maet, N: creditrice.
Get. Henrick Janss Heij; Bernardus Creijvangerus.
828) HIEN, 14-9-1654.
Willem Toniss en Elisabeth Petersdr zijn 236 gld. c.i. schuldig aan jr. Fransois van Haeften, uit een perceel land, genaamd de Engh, groot 4 morgen, te Hien, O: Rossenhof, Z: Adriaen van Bemmel, W: jr. Beijnhem, N: Willem Toniss. Voorts uit een boomgaard aan de Hiensestraat, waarop volkomen verwin is gemaakt.
491) MAURIK, 9-8-1636.
Dirck Janss Kruijff en Hadewich Vreem echtel. prom. aan Willem van Grootvelt en Cornelia van Schadijck 200 gld. c.i., uit het gerechte vierde part van een weide, groot ca. 6 morgen, gemeen met Lubbert van Achtevelt en Coss Corneliss en zijn zuster en broeders-kinderen, te Maurik, O: de vrouwe van Dodewaard, N: Jan Noest, W: Willem de Haes, Z: de Waal.
Een andere interessante transactie in Maurik.
458) MAURIK, 19-6-1651.
Henrick van Mouderick bekent ontvangen te hebben uit handen van Jan Noest en Huijbert van Wijck 1175 gld. van een pandschap van twee naast elkaar gelegen akkers land op de Lange Hoof onder Maurik, O: zijn broeder en zusters, Z: gemenestraat, W: Cornelis Willemss van de Parsick, N: bandijk; waarvan de ene akker leenroerig aan Culemborg is. En voor een periode van 8 jaar uit een eigen goed in zijn hofstad, O: Cornelis Willemss van de Parrick, Z: gemenestraat, W: de verpander zelf, N: bandijk. Voorts het dwarsland op de Peetsweert, groot 1½ morgen, O: jr. Maurick zelf, Z: Jan Noest, W: zijn broeder, N: de heer van Indoornik. Verder de rijsweert, gelegen naast het goed van de heer van Indoornik, de verpander en de graaf van Culemborg; alsmede het vierde part van ca. 4 morgen, genaamd De Waaijweerd, O: broeder van de verpander, Z: bandijk, W: de heer van Indoornik, N: Johan Noest en de graaf van Culemborg. Verder het vierde part van ca. 5½ morgen weiland, genaamd De Buitenweerd, O: de verpander zelf en de graaf van Culemborg, Z: en W: de heer van Indoornik, N: de rijsweerd.
N.B. Anna Geertruijt Lincias van Cruijcenach heeft enige akte op deze goederen en verklaart dat het voornoemde pandschap en belening van vnd. Jan Noest en Huijbert van Wijck haar rechten zal prefereren.
originele archief: (click here)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Review 2008 Jaaroverzicht
Dear Family and Friends
Looking back we may see an abundance of Blessings!
Looking ahead we may see even more Blessings!
We may see the Lord’s hand in everything that happens in our lives. He has showered us with blessings. The Lord is good. We praise His name. Looking back we may see an abundance of Blessings!
Looking ahead we may see even more Blessings!
- We zien de hand van de Here in alle gebeurtenissen in ons leven. Hij overlaadt ons met zegeningen.
2008 We were allowed to enter another new year
- De Here gaf ons weer een nieuw jaar..
January 2008
Our son Hans started new work as Executive Director of Cornerstone Prison Ministries in Cambridge ON. The purpose of this ministry is to bring the gospel to those who are incarcerated.- Hans werd benoemd als Executive Director voor Cornerstone Prison Ministries in Cambridge. Deze organizatie brengt het evangelie in gevangenissen.
Our son Peter sustained his candidacy for the ministry exam in Charlotte, NC
- Peter legde, met goed gevolg, zijn candidaats examen af en is beroepbaar gesteld in de OPC. (Hij kan dus preken in de CGK ( die correspondentie hebben met de OPC.))
We were blest with the birth of Katherine Hope (Katie), our 10th grandchild, daughter of Peter and Lauralee in St. Thomas ON
- Nog een zegening was de geboorte van Katherine Hope (Katie), ons 10e kleinkind, dochter van Peter and Lauralee
We were able to have fellowship with Mary’s brother Leen and his wife Ineke from Holland who visited for our Birthdays in April/May.
- In april/mei ontvingen we een heel fijn bezoek van Leen en Ineke.
May 2008
On May 10th, 2008 our daughter Jennifer was engaged to Scott Koopman
- Verloving van Jennifer & Scott
The Lord allowed us to make another trip to see our children in South Carolina and visit friends in Georgia
see: http://alsorlou.blogspot.com/2008/06/south-carolina-georgia-2008.html
- De Here gaf voldoende kracht om nogmaals een reis naar onze kinderen, en naar vrienden in Georgia te maken.
see: http://www.covenanttaylors.org/
- We konden getuige zijn van de bevestiging van Peter als predikant van de OPC van Greenville, S.C.
We could also witness the baptism of Katie by her father Peter.
- Op de eerstvolgende zondag waren we aanwezig in de kerkdienst waar Peter zijn dochter Katie doopte.
A wonderful blessing was the celebration of our 40th wedding anniversary, with all our children, and many others present.
see: http://40thanniversarycandm.blogspot.com/
- Een geweldige zegening was het feit dat we ons 40 jarig huwelijks feest konden vieren met kinderen, kleinkinderen en verdere familie.
We were blest with the birth of Jude Christian our 11th grandchild, son of Rob and Taunya, in St. Thomas ON
- Nog een zegening was de geboorte van Jude Christian, ons 11e kleinkind, zoon van Rob and Taunya
We received a visit from our dear friends Rob and Kathie and their daughter Ann from Georgia. Rob also has ALS. We could rejoice together in all the blessings we receive day upon day! We have peace, contentment, hope and joy in the gospel, and a glorious future. The Lord is good!
- We ontvingen bezoek van Rob en Kathy (vrienden uit Georgia (Rob heeft ook ALS)). We konden samen spreken over de liefde van de Here die ons dagelijks overlaadt met zegeningen. We ontvangen als zijn gave, vrede, berusting, hoop en vreugde om hetgeen Hij voor ons heeft gedaan. We hebben een heerlijke toekomst. De Here is goed voor ons.
see: http://www.puritanseminary.org/
- Robert is een theologische studie begonnen, en studeert aan het Puritan Reformed Seminary in Grand Rapids MI. Hij is, met zijn gezin, naar Michigan verhuisd.
Witnessed the Baptism of Jude, son of Rob and Taunya
- We konden aanwezig zijn bij de doop van Jude, zoon van Rob en Taunya
The Lord provided sufficient health for me to be present at the wedding of our daughter Jennifer to Scott Koopmansee: http://scottandjenniferkoopman.blogspot.com/
- De Here gaf mij voldoende kracht om ook aanwezig te zijn bij het trouwen van Scott en Jennifer. Scott's vader, Ds. J.Koopman van St. Thomas FRC leidde de dienst.
Our son Bill sustained his candidacy for the ministry exam in Hallifax, NS
- Bill legde, met goed gevolg, zijn candidaats examen af in de classis vergadering van de ARP in Halifax. Hij fungeert als hulp prediker in de RPCNA in Kokomo, IN., en is tevens visiting professor of Church history aan de University of Huntington, IN.
October 2008
Able to purchase a used (fully automatic) handicapped accessible van
- We hadden de mogelijkheid om een handicapped uitgeruste auto te kopen.
We were blest with the birth of Matthew Edward, our 12th grandchild, son of Bill and Rebecca in Kokomo IN
- Nogmaals een zegening: de geboorte van ons 12e kleinkind; Matthew Edward
We had the pleasure of making a trip to visit Rob and Taunya, Caleb, Tiana and Jude in Grand Rapids MI
- We hebben in november 2008 voor een laatste maal een reis naar onze kinderen in Grand Rapids, Rob en Taunya en kinderen ondernomen.
after which we traveled to Indiana and visited Bill and Rebecca and- waarna we doorgereisd zijn naar Indiana om Bill en Rebecca en
Anna and met our newest grandchild, Matthew Edward, for the first time. This trip was too great an effort for my arms, and since then I have been unable to drive a car.- ons nieuwste kleinkind, Matthew Edward, voor het eerst te ontmoeten. Deze reis was een te grote inspanning voor mijn armen, en sindsdien heb ik niet meer zelf kunnen auto rijden.
December 2008
Christmas 2008
Outside it was cold and wintery,- Buiten was het koud en winters, (50cm sneeuw op de tafel)
inside it was warm and cosy,
- maar binnen was het warm en gezellig
all of our twenty-four children and grandchildren arrived safely.
- onze vier-en-twintig kinderen en kleinkinderen zijn veilig aangekomen.
Thus we may end this year with praise and thanksgiving to God for His mercies and blessings. Sola Deo Gloria!
- We mogen ook dit jaar eindigen met lof, dank en aanbidding voor Zijn rijke zegeningen. Sola Deo Gloria!
O Lord,
Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed
in thy presence,
in thy service,
to thy glory.
Give me a grace that
precedes,
follows,
guides,
sustains,
sanctifies,
aids every hour,
that I may not be one moment apart from thee,
but may rely on thy Spirit
to supply every thought,
speak in every word,
direct every step,
prosper every work,
build up every mote of faith,
and give me a desire
to show forth thy praise,
testify thy love,
advance thy kingdom.
I launch my bark on the unknown waters of this year,
with thee, O Father, as my harbour,
thee, O Son, at my helm,
thee, O Holy Spirit, filling my sails.
Guide me to heaven with my loins girt,
my lamp burning,
my ear open to thy calls,
my heart full of love,
my soul free.
Give me thy grace to sanctify me,
thy comforts to cheer,
thy wisdom to teach,
thy right hand to guide,
thy counsel to instruct,
thy law to judge,
thy presence to stabilize.
May thy fear be my awe,
thy triumphs my joy
Greetings, and wishing you a blessed 2009Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed
in thy presence,
in thy service,
to thy glory.
Give me a grace that
precedes,
follows,
guides,
sustains,
sanctifies,
aids every hour,
that I may not be one moment apart from thee,
but may rely on thy Spirit
to supply every thought,
speak in every word,
direct every step,
prosper every work,
build up every mote of faith,
and give me a desire
to show forth thy praise,
testify thy love,
advance thy kingdom.
I launch my bark on the unknown waters of this year,
with thee, O Father, as my harbour,
thee, O Son, at my helm,
thee, O Holy Spirit, filling my sails.
Guide me to heaven with my loins girt,
my lamp burning,
my ear open to thy calls,
my heart full of love,
my soul free.
Give me thy grace to sanctify me,
thy comforts to cheer,
thy wisdom to teach,
thy right hand to guide,
thy counsel to instruct,
thy law to judge,
thy presence to stabilize.
May thy fear be my awe,
thy triumphs my joy
Chris and Mary
Monday, January 14, 2008
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Family history 1939 1950s
Christiaan Andries Van Doodewaard
Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on April 25, 1942.
Parents
Father: Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999)
Mother: Plonia Van Doodewaard – Jansen (1915-1992)
Grandparents:
Grandfather: Gerardus Johannes Van Doodewaard (1858-1925)
Grandmother: Lukina Van Doodewaard – Hukema (1886-1975)
Grandfather: Christiaan Andries Jansen (187?-1943)
Grandmother: Leentje Jansen – Van Mullem (1875-1957)
My parents were married on August 30, 1939 and
had six children:
Lukina (Ina) Den Hartog – Van Doodewaard (1941- )
Christiaan Andries Van Doodewaard (1942- )
Gerardus Johannes Van Doodewaard (1944-1996)
Lena (Lenie) Engelfriet-Van Doodewaard (1947- )
Anne Antoon Johannes (Andrew) Van Doodewaard (1950- )
Johannes Cornelis (John) Van Doodewaard (1953- )
I was born in the large industrial city Rotterdam, The Netherlands, right in the middle of World War II.
The country was occupied by the German occupation forces of Hitler (as was the rest of Europe), and although the Germans were well fed, the Dutch literally starved. Not a good time for my parents. My father was working at a grain elevator where grain was processed at the quay of one of Rotterdam’s many harbours: the Maashaven. The company understood that people without food could not do very much work. The employees were allowed to take some grain home from time to time to feed their families. This kept our family alive during the war. We can see that the Lord was gracious and cared for us. In the war period (1939-1945) there was an immense dearth of food. People who had administrative jobs often did not have any food at all for long periods of time.
Many people who did not have “connections” - relatives who had a farm- or money, died. In a large city nothing grew that could be eaten. Tulip bulbs had long been consumed. In the winter of 1944 – 1945 (an extremely cold one) people had little food, nor fuel for warmth. Not many trees survived that winter. Inside the homes, all unnecessary wood (doors, trim, stairs etc. were burned to have heat). Many people froze to death, many people starved to death. Each new morning found trucks picking up the dead off the streets for burial.
During this war period my sister Ina (1941) I, (1942) and my brother Gerard (1944) were born. We were born in the Van Haeftenstraat in Rotterdam. When the German war effort started failing, they mobilized all able bodied Dutch men between 16 and 45 to work in the factories in Germany. Their own work force, of all ages, (including children of 14 and retired men) was away from home fighting their wars. Vassal countries were emptied of all able bodied men, who had to work without pay in Germany. The alternative was the cemetery. Most complied, including my father’s brothers, because they thought the risk inherent in non compliance was too high. A few did decide not go to Germany, and just disappeared. They hid in homes, or with friends, and could never show themselves anywhere on the streets since their age would give them away, and they would be captured by the everywhere present German military. If caught they were usually executed, or sent to a concentration camp, and a few were sent to work in Germany anyway. Dad Van Doodewaard was determined not to work for the Germans. He knew he could easily lose his life doing this.
As the fateful morning came, when all able bodied men had to line up in the street to be taken away to Germany, my father was missing. The neighbours asked my mother why he was not there. All their men were lined up. After tearful good-byes, they were marched off and loaded into trucks, some never to be seen again.
My parents lived on the second floor of a row house, with a short, level landing behind the front door, (just deep enough to accommodate a bike) and then there was a staircase to the second floor. My father had made an opening in the floor just behind the door, and built a very sturdy (flush) cover for it. When closed, everything was covered by the runner that went straight up the stairs. Under the floor the building was open and you could crawl under all the houses in that row. Not a pleasant place. But in case the opening was found, he would hide in a far corner behind some concrete posts. If hiding places were found, the Germans had the habit of throwing in a few hand grenades. Rats and other vermin also had it as their territory, and there was no heat. The front door was always left doubly locked when my father was in the house, and the trap door cover was always left open. My father would run (quietly, so the neighbours on the main floor or in the next house would not hear him) down the stairs, disappear into the open hole, while my mother walked down the stairs normally. She would make sure the cover was closed properly, unroll the runner, unlock the door, and let the visitor in. If asked, she said that she double locked the door since she was now alone. None of the relatives, nor her mother or dad’s mother ever knew dad was in the house. Many a time a relative visited, while dad was listening in the next room. Mom sometimes had to go to great lengths to keep her mother or sister from just getting the crying baby in the back room. All signs of male (or double) occupancy had to vanish, before any visitor could be admitted. The price to pay was too high in case the secret leaked out. My father was a member of the “underground” resistance, and with others, planned sabotage actions, and helped the Jews, and looked after false identification papers for the resistance.
He also had weapons at home, and my sister and I on one occasion carried a machine gun through the city for him, under the noses of the Germans. It was a sten gun (taken apart) with diapers and baby clothes on top, carried in a bag with two handles, one, being held by Ina (4 years old) and one by Chris (3 years old). Mom pushed the baby stroller with Gerard in it. Every one thought we looked so cute helping Mommy carry the bag. The gun got to its destination safely, and so did we. Towards the end of the war things got too hot in Rotterdam, and my dad traveled (by underground) to Overijssel (another province in the northern part of Holland) and went “underground” there. He lived on a farm in the haystack. A tunnel had been made and a space opened inside to hide. Pepper was regularly scattered around the area, to throw off the dogs the Germans used to hunt for fugitives.
Before the end of the war he was able to return home again and help in resistance preparations for the normalization after the German defeat.
Church history
Our family members were all members of the Gereformeerde Kerk. Mom’s parents, the Jansen family, were from a small place called Strijen where my grandfather operated a transport company. Don’t think of trucks, think horses and wagons. (1920-1940) Company name: Sleperij Jansen. Their roots were with Kuypers doleantie church, and they became Gereformeerd after 1896.
My fathers family also was part of the Kuyper merger, but they came from the experiential Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk prior to 1892. They also became Gereformeerd in 1896.
So it is clear that all my grandparents witnessed and went along with the Kuyper merger in 1896 and beginnings of the Gereformeerde Kerken. However, in the family on my fathers side there was dissatisfaction with the Gereformeerde Kerken. My dad left the Gereformeerde Kerken and joined the Gereformeerde Kerken vrijgemaakt when issues came to a head in 1944. The main issue at that time was the competency of a synod in deposing consistories, pastors and office bearers. Church order indicated that this belongs to the jurisdiction of the highest body in the churches, the local consistory. A classis and synod are advisory bodies, and their decisions are accepted by common consent. These bodies do not have the power to call, depose or remove an office bearer, but may advise the consistory to do so.
Immigration
My father worked in the Netherlands in the immediate post-war period of 1945-1951, and then moved to Canada. Holland had been devastated by the war, it’s infra structure destroyed, and work was poorly paid and scarce. Most of the city of Rotterdam had been burned to the ground by the German bombing attack in the beginning of 1940. Acute housing shortages were a problem that would plague the country for decades to come. A flood of Dutch immigrants moved to overseas countries that had not seen the ravages of war, where life was good, jobs plentiful, lots of space and freedom to start whatever they wanted. So they thought. Only the last point was accurate. All these countries had repatriated their veterans and wounded home. There was a plethora of workers available for few jobs.
So many Dutch decided to become immigrants to foreign lands. Anne and Plonia Van Doodewaard-Jansen applied for and received their papers to immigrate to Canada in 1951. They had five children at that time. They said their farewells and in August of 1951 boarded the MS.Volendam for the trip, via LeHavre (France) to Halifax. On the Lordsday we all listened to some good sermons held by Rev. J. Tamminga who was also emigrating to Canada, and becoming the new pastor of the Free (Christian) Reformed church of Chatham, Ontario.
Our destination was Vancouver Island in B.C., and dad would work in the forests there as a logger. In Halifax we boarded the train for the long journey across the Canadian provinces. In Holland they could cross a province in the train in 15 minutes, and the entire country in four hours, and here some provinces took three days! The scale of Canada was awesome. An den de “rokkee mountens”. Dey werr rrreally sometink!
Really something were also the sturdy wooden train benches without any trace of luxury. After 6 days of that we were all quite square and flat on one side. The endless dum-dum----dum-dum----dum-dum of the tracks never left us for weeks thereafter. Finally we arrived in Vancouver, ready to travel the last leg of our journey to Vancouver Island. In Vancouver we were told to disembark, because we could not travel on. Forest fires on the island made work impossible. The Dutch field man, (person looking after immigrants) picked us up and put us in a motel in Sapperton. From there we moved to the top floor of a house in New Westminster owned by a Mrs. Bell. So, there we were in Canada: No job, no income. Yet, the Lord cared for us.
Dad could find work at a feed mill in New Westminster; Brackman and Kerr, and worked there for some years. We could purchase a house on Godwin Avenue in Burnaby, and it had some land. Dad started building a big chicken coop, and a barn, and bought goats, and raised chickens. The children sold the eggs door to door. The goats were milked, and the hospital had a requirement for goats milk for some patients. So we could sell the milk. The vegetables in the garden were plentiful, so dad bought a pickup truck, and hammered together a display stand on the back and started selling our veggies door to door.
This went so well that besides growing them, he started buying them at market early in the morning in Vancouver. He had things running like a train, when the Chinese moved in. The Chinese are nice people, but they live on rice only, they push their carts and do not use gasoline, they (seem to) never sleep.
Where several neighborhoods will nicely support one Dutchman, it also seems, that instead, the same area is able to support 10 Chinese who sell below wholesale prices. End of that business.
Born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on April 25, 1942.
Parents
Father: Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999)
Mother: Plonia Van Doodewaard – Jansen (1915-1992)
Grandparents:
Grandfather: Gerardus Johannes Van Doodewaard (1858-1925)
Grandmother: Lukina Van Doodewaard – Hukema (1886-1975)
Grandfather: Christiaan Andries Jansen (187?-1943)
Grandmother: Leentje Jansen – Van Mullem (1875-1957)
My parents were married on August 30, 1939 and
had six children:
Lukina (Ina) Den Hartog – Van Doodewaard (1941- )
Christiaan Andries Van Doodewaard (1942- )
Gerardus Johannes Van Doodewaard (1944-1996)
Lena (Lenie) Engelfriet-Van Doodewaard (1947- )
Anne Antoon Johannes (Andrew) Van Doodewaard (1950- )
Johannes Cornelis (John) Van Doodewaard (1953- )
I was born in the large industrial city Rotterdam, The Netherlands, right in the middle of World War II.
The country was occupied by the German occupation forces of Hitler (as was the rest of Europe), and although the Germans were well fed, the Dutch literally starved. Not a good time for my parents. My father was working at a grain elevator where grain was processed at the quay of one of Rotterdam’s many harbours: the Maashaven. The company understood that people without food could not do very much work. The employees were allowed to take some grain home from time to time to feed their families. This kept our family alive during the war. We can see that the Lord was gracious and cared for us. In the war period (1939-1945) there was an immense dearth of food. People who had administrative jobs often did not have any food at all for long periods of time.
Many people who did not have “connections” - relatives who had a farm- or money, died. In a large city nothing grew that could be eaten. Tulip bulbs had long been consumed. In the winter of 1944 – 1945 (an extremely cold one) people had little food, nor fuel for warmth. Not many trees survived that winter. Inside the homes, all unnecessary wood (doors, trim, stairs etc. were burned to have heat). Many people froze to death, many people starved to death. Each new morning found trucks picking up the dead off the streets for burial.
During this war period my sister Ina (1941) I, (1942) and my brother Gerard (1944) were born. We were born in the Van Haeftenstraat in Rotterdam. When the German war effort started failing, they mobilized all able bodied Dutch men between 16 and 45 to work in the factories in Germany. Their own work force, of all ages, (including children of 14 and retired men) was away from home fighting their wars. Vassal countries were emptied of all able bodied men, who had to work without pay in Germany. The alternative was the cemetery. Most complied, including my father’s brothers, because they thought the risk inherent in non compliance was too high. A few did decide not go to Germany, and just disappeared. They hid in homes, or with friends, and could never show themselves anywhere on the streets since their age would give them away, and they would be captured by the everywhere present German military. If caught they were usually executed, or sent to a concentration camp, and a few were sent to work in Germany anyway. Dad Van Doodewaard was determined not to work for the Germans. He knew he could easily lose his life doing this.
As the fateful morning came, when all able bodied men had to line up in the street to be taken away to Germany, my father was missing. The neighbours asked my mother why he was not there. All their men were lined up. After tearful good-byes, they were marched off and loaded into trucks, some never to be seen again.
My parents lived on the second floor of a row house, with a short, level landing behind the front door, (just deep enough to accommodate a bike) and then there was a staircase to the second floor. My father had made an opening in the floor just behind the door, and built a very sturdy (flush) cover for it. When closed, everything was covered by the runner that went straight up the stairs. Under the floor the building was open and you could crawl under all the houses in that row. Not a pleasant place. But in case the opening was found, he would hide in a far corner behind some concrete posts. If hiding places were found, the Germans had the habit of throwing in a few hand grenades. Rats and other vermin also had it as their territory, and there was no heat. The front door was always left doubly locked when my father was in the house, and the trap door cover was always left open. My father would run (quietly, so the neighbours on the main floor or in the next house would not hear him) down the stairs, disappear into the open hole, while my mother walked down the stairs normally. She would make sure the cover was closed properly, unroll the runner, unlock the door, and let the visitor in. If asked, she said that she double locked the door since she was now alone. None of the relatives, nor her mother or dad’s mother ever knew dad was in the house. Many a time a relative visited, while dad was listening in the next room. Mom sometimes had to go to great lengths to keep her mother or sister from just getting the crying baby in the back room. All signs of male (or double) occupancy had to vanish, before any visitor could be admitted. The price to pay was too high in case the secret leaked out. My father was a member of the “underground” resistance, and with others, planned sabotage actions, and helped the Jews, and looked after false identification papers for the resistance.
He also had weapons at home, and my sister and I on one occasion carried a machine gun through the city for him, under the noses of the Germans. It was a sten gun (taken apart) with diapers and baby clothes on top, carried in a bag with two handles, one, being held by Ina (4 years old) and one by Chris (3 years old). Mom pushed the baby stroller with Gerard in it. Every one thought we looked so cute helping Mommy carry the bag. The gun got to its destination safely, and so did we. Towards the end of the war things got too hot in Rotterdam, and my dad traveled (by underground) to Overijssel (another province in the northern part of Holland) and went “underground” there. He lived on a farm in the haystack. A tunnel had been made and a space opened inside to hide. Pepper was regularly scattered around the area, to throw off the dogs the Germans used to hunt for fugitives.
Before the end of the war he was able to return home again and help in resistance preparations for the normalization after the German defeat.
Church history
Our family members were all members of the Gereformeerde Kerk. Mom’s parents, the Jansen family, were from a small place called Strijen where my grandfather operated a transport company. Don’t think of trucks, think horses and wagons. (1920-1940) Company name: Sleperij Jansen. Their roots were with Kuypers doleantie church, and they became Gereformeerd after 1896.
My fathers family also was part of the Kuyper merger, but they came from the experiential Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk prior to 1892. They also became Gereformeerd in 1896.
So it is clear that all my grandparents witnessed and went along with the Kuyper merger in 1896 and beginnings of the Gereformeerde Kerken. However, in the family on my fathers side there was dissatisfaction with the Gereformeerde Kerken. My dad left the Gereformeerde Kerken and joined the Gereformeerde Kerken vrijgemaakt when issues came to a head in 1944. The main issue at that time was the competency of a synod in deposing consistories, pastors and office bearers. Church order indicated that this belongs to the jurisdiction of the highest body in the churches, the local consistory. A classis and synod are advisory bodies, and their decisions are accepted by common consent. These bodies do not have the power to call, depose or remove an office bearer, but may advise the consistory to do so.
Immigration
My father worked in the Netherlands in the immediate post-war period of 1945-1951, and then moved to Canada. Holland had been devastated by the war, it’s infra structure destroyed, and work was poorly paid and scarce. Most of the city of Rotterdam had been burned to the ground by the German bombing attack in the beginning of 1940. Acute housing shortages were a problem that would plague the country for decades to come. A flood of Dutch immigrants moved to overseas countries that had not seen the ravages of war, where life was good, jobs plentiful, lots of space and freedom to start whatever they wanted. So they thought. Only the last point was accurate. All these countries had repatriated their veterans and wounded home. There was a plethora of workers available for few jobs.
So many Dutch decided to become immigrants to foreign lands. Anne and Plonia Van Doodewaard-Jansen applied for and received their papers to immigrate to Canada in 1951. They had five children at that time. They said their farewells and in August of 1951 boarded the MS.Volendam for the trip, via LeHavre (France) to Halifax. On the Lordsday we all listened to some good sermons held by Rev. J. Tamminga who was also emigrating to Canada, and becoming the new pastor of the Free (Christian) Reformed church of Chatham, Ontario.
Our destination was Vancouver Island in B.C., and dad would work in the forests there as a logger. In Halifax we boarded the train for the long journey across the Canadian provinces. In Holland they could cross a province in the train in 15 minutes, and the entire country in four hours, and here some provinces took three days! The scale of Canada was awesome. An den de “rokkee mountens”. Dey werr rrreally sometink!
Really something were also the sturdy wooden train benches without any trace of luxury. After 6 days of that we were all quite square and flat on one side. The endless dum-dum----dum-dum----dum-dum of the tracks never left us for weeks thereafter. Finally we arrived in Vancouver, ready to travel the last leg of our journey to Vancouver Island. In Vancouver we were told to disembark, because we could not travel on. Forest fires on the island made work impossible. The Dutch field man, (person looking after immigrants) picked us up and put us in a motel in Sapperton. From there we moved to the top floor of a house in New Westminster owned by a Mrs. Bell. So, there we were in Canada: No job, no income. Yet, the Lord cared for us.
Dad could find work at a feed mill in New Westminster; Brackman and Kerr, and worked there for some years. We could purchase a house on Godwin Avenue in Burnaby, and it had some land. Dad started building a big chicken coop, and a barn, and bought goats, and raised chickens. The children sold the eggs door to door. The goats were milked, and the hospital had a requirement for goats milk for some patients. So we could sell the milk. The vegetables in the garden were plentiful, so dad bought a pickup truck, and hammered together a display stand on the back and started selling our veggies door to door.
This went so well that besides growing them, he started buying them at market early in the morning in Vancouver. He had things running like a train, when the Chinese moved in. The Chinese are nice people, but they live on rice only, they push their carts and do not use gasoline, they (seem to) never sleep.
Where several neighborhoods will nicely support one Dutchman, it also seems, that instead, the same area is able to support 10 Chinese who sell below wholesale prices. End of that business.
Family history 1913 - 1938
The family history of Gerhardus Johannes Van Doodewaard and Lukina Hukema, written by their son Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999)
Date of marriage October 2, 1913 in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Children (5 sons):
Gerardus J.A.A. born on the ship in Rotterdam (August 10,1914)
Anne A.J. born on the ship in Amsterdam (November 13, 1916)
Antoon born on the ship in Rotterdam (Zalmhaven) (January 30, 1918)
Dirk Klaas born on the ship in Rotterdam (Waalhaven) (June 24, 1921)
Nico born in Rotterdam, Valkenoordsekade. (August 1, 1923)
My father was a single man to his 55th year. He was captain of a Rhine freighter for the widow Warnas or Warnaar and inherited her vessel.
He married my mother when she was 28 years of age and they purchased a new ship of 660 tons, a Kempenaar (type of vessel) and named it Emanuel. With this ship we traveled to France, Strassbourg, Belgium and Germany. This was in the First World War (WW1). We wore shoes with wooden soles at the time.
My father was asked to smuggle contraband into Germany, that would be concealed between the load of iron bars the ship was carrying. My father refused. When we approached the German border the customs confiscated our ship, and put in into a drydock. The entire load of steel was unloaded, they even sawed the legs off our table, and broke through the paneling. They found nothing, because there was nothing to find. Later we found out that they had been told we were smuggling. The vessel ahead of us did agree to take on contraband, and they did pass safely.
We have made many journeys with the Emanuel. Once we were crossing the North Sea close by the Dutch coast and the weather was stormy. My mother was cooking white beans on the stove when the pan flew off the stove and scattered the beans throughout the kitchen. We all sat on the floor, since due to the rough weather we could no longer stand, and ate the beans off the floor. Nothing was wasted.
After those experiences we remained inside the Netherlands for the duration of WW1.
But there was very little to eat, since our borders were blocked because the Netherlands wanted to maintain its neutrality.
After WW1 we continued to ship for some time. My brother Gerard had an accident and got his little finger mangled in the gears of the steering wheel. You can see the scars to this day. Gerard also fell from the walkway on the top of the ship into the hold. The Lord spared his life. It was quite a depth and he landed on the metal bottom. I also had a small “accident”. On the wooden cover of the hold we had a small wooden wagon tied down. I went and sat in it, and wiggled the rope until it finally became untied. The wagon caught speed down the steep slope and was only forcefully stopped by the edge of the ship, dumping me, face down, over the side onto the paved quay. My father jumped after me, and I was quickly pulled back on board, be it with a skinned face and bleeding nose. Fortunately everything did heal.
Gradually it became more difficult for my father to drive our ship, because he was diagnosed with cancer.
We started looking for a place to live off the water. My parents negotiated with the owner of a general store in Delfshaven to purchase it, but could not come to terms. My dad had given indication that he wanted to sell the Emanuel, and two shippers, a Mr. Koedoot and a Mr. De Vries had some interest, and wanted a 5% commission if they would sell the vessel. My father had himself found another interested party, a Mr. Moore, who did decide to purchase the vessel for 26.500 guilders. We delivered the vessel to him at the Oostkous in Rotterdam Delfshaven. After much effort, a general store was found for sale and purchased from Mr. Kil in the southern part of Rotterdam, on the Varkenoordsekade. We then became landlubbers, and started our waterless, and stationary future. We sure did miss our travels!
In the meanwhile the shippers Koedoot and de Vries had started a legal procedure against my father, which took a whole year to conclude. They both lied under oath and were sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to defraud. That year our case was repeatedly in the news. It was also published in Het Rotterdams Nieuwsblad. This whole court process did cost us the royal sum of 5000 guilders!
It was 1922 when we purchased the general store, but this also could not continue. My father’s illness worsened. The store was infected with mice, and mother had found a cat, which could solve the problem. The next morning it looked like a hurricane had struck the store. We could salvage a few bags of beans and peas off the floor, but the damage was so substantial that we decided to close the store.
My father decided to buy rental properties and in the same year (1922) purchased new homes in the Botha Street in Rotterdam. Four buildings, containing 12 dwellings, 1 cigar store and a storage building. We then again had a good source of income. The rental income was for each (1) dwelling: 12,00 guilders per week. The cigar store was rented for 28,00 guilders per week, and the storage building for 8,00 guilders per week. After some time, rents started to decline, and we were forced to have double occupancy in some homes. In doing this, we were getting undesirables as tenants. The houses deteriorated and became filthy and rental arrears skyrocketed. We had to sign over two houses to the bank.
Terminal illness
My father now often visited Dr. Bijsterveld, in the Graaf Florisstraat, Rotterdam. The doctor told my mother that Dad’s cancer was incurable. Dr. Bijsterveld was a physician who practiced with mostly natural remedies, and inspired unlimited confidence in some, and none in others.
It was on a Saturday evening that my father had a stroke. He fell to the ground with foam on his mouth. I immediately ran to “the houses” where my mother was meeting with uncle Willem, whom they had appointed superintendent for the houses. We all rushed home, and found Dad sitting in a chair. They phoned Dr. Dijkhuizen who came right away. He told us to open all the windows. My mother immediately sent a telegram to her mother and her daughters, sisters of my mother, who lived in Gouda. My grandmother was Klazina Hukema-de Wilde (deceased in 1927 and buried in Gouda).
Sunday morning at nine am they were all on our doorstep. Dad had improved somewhat, and asked: "What are you doing here?" “We are coming to visit and see you.” They stayed all day Sunday. My dad always retired early (always early to bed and early to rise) at 9 pm. His last daily duty was to wind all the clocks and his gold watch. He would say, "see mother, that is now my daily work, to keep them going." He went to bed as usual and passed away an hour later. He was buried in the Krooswijk cemetery, in Rotterdam in the family grave of my grandfather Anne Hukema, who passed away at the age of 55 years.
We then moved into one of our houses in the Botha street (nr.26), and also sold the general store. Uncle Willem was no longer superintendent, and mother appointed a carpenter in his place, a Mr. Koedoot.
It appeared the homes had been built in a low lying area and flooding became a problem. All the cellars were filled with water, including the cellar of the cigar store. Downstairs boxes of costly cigars were floating everywhere. We raised the floors by having cement poured on them, and raised the gardens by having loads of clay applied. A lot of costly work. In the meanwhile the houses continued to deteriorate and we were forced to have double occupancy in all of them.
We had purchased the buildings for 55.000 guilders. As I said before, many tenants were in arrears. It would take up to three months before we could remove them. Eventually we had to sell all our buildings and my mother Lukina** had to look after income to support the family.
Children born from the marriage of Anne Hukema and Klazina De Wilde:
Lukina**, Grietje, Wrister, Tjerk, Johannes, Jaantje, David, Klazina.
My grandparents initially had a vessel named Reoboth. They also had a farm in Wagenborgen, in the province of Groningen.
Written by Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999).
Translated by his son Chris Van Doodewaard (1942-)
originally written in Dutch by Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999)
Het gezin Gerhardus Johannes Van Doodewaard en Lukina Hukema.
Gehuwd in Groningen op 2 October 1913.
Kinderen geboren uit dit huwelijk:
Gerardus J.A.A. geboren op het schip te Rotterdam
Anne A.J. geboren op het schip te Amsterdam
Antoon geboren op het schip te Rotterdam (Zalmhaven)
Dirk Klaas geboren op het schip te Rotterdam (Waalhaven)
Nico geboren Valkenoordsekade te Rotterdam
Mijn vader was tot zijn 55e jaar vrijgezel en voer als schipper bij de weduwe Warnas of Warnaar en erfde haar schip.
Hij trouwde met mijn moeder toen ze 28 jaar was en kochten een nieuw schip van 660 ton, een kempenaar genaamd Emanuel. We zijn met dit schip in Frankrijk, Straatsburg, Belgie en Duitsland geweest. Dit was in de eerste wereldoorlog. Wij droegen toen schoentjes met houten zolen. Mijn vader werd aangezocht om smokkelwaar over de grens te brengen, dat zou dan tussen de lading ijzer verwerkt worden. Mijn vader heeft gewijgerd.
Toen wij weer in Duisland kwamen, moest van de duane ons schip een droogdok in. Heel de lading werd gelost, de tafelpoten werden doorgezaagd, schotten werden opengebroken. Er was niets te vinden. Later bleek dat ze gezegd hadden dat wij smokkelwaren aan boord hadden. Maar het schip dat voor ons was had smokkelwaar aan boord, en die kwam er veilig door.
We hebben veel reizen meegemaakt met het schip. Zo ook vlak langs de Nederlandse kust over de Noordzee gegaan en het was een woelige zee. Mijn moeder had een pan met witte bonen op staan en die vloog van de kachel af op de grond. Wij zaten toen met z’n allen te midden van de witte bonen en begonnen ze lekker op te peuzelen. Nadien hebben we steeds in Nederland gevaren durend de eerste wereld oorlog.
Toen hadden we eenheidsworst, en werd er honger geleden, omdat Nederland neutraal wou blijven. Na de oorlog (WW1) hebben wij nog een tijdje door gevaren. Mijn broer, Gerard, had een ongelukje en kwam met zijn pink tussen het kamrad van het stuurrad terrecht. De lidtekens zijn nog te zien. Gerard is nog een keer van de luiken in het ruim gevallen. Gelukkig is dat nog goed afgelopen. Ook ik zelf (Anne) had een ongelukje. Het geval was, er stond een klein houten wagentje midden op het schip op de luiken. Mijn vader had het met een lijn vastgebonden. Ik ben er toen in gaan zitten en heb net zo lang gepeuterd tot dat ik het los had. Het wagentje reed van de luiken af in het gangbord en ik lag met mijn gezicht op de keien. Mijn vader was in een sprong bij mij, Snel was ik weer aan boord met een bloedneus en het vel van mijn gezicht. Gelukkig is het weer beter geworden.
Zo langzamerhand was het voor mijn vader niet meer mogelijk om met het schip te varen, omdat hij kanker had. Toen moest er omgekeken worden om aan de wal een middel van bestaan te vinden. Mijn vader en moeder hebben een gesprek gehad met een kruidenier in Delfshaven om de zaak over te nemen. Maar helaas is de koop niet door gegaan. Inmiddels had mijn vader het schip te koop aangeboden, aan twee bevrachters Koedoot en de Vries. Ze moesten 5% hebben voor de verkoop van het schip. Intussen had mijn vader een zekere schipper Moore ontmoet, en mijn vader bood zijn schip te koop aan. De koop werd besloten voor 26.500 gulden. En we gingen met ons schip naar de Oostkous te Delfshaven. Na veel zoeken en informaties hebben ze een kruidenierswinkel gekocht in Rotterdam Zuid aan de Varkenoordsekade van een zekere heer Kil. Wij zijn toen verhuisd en begonnen een nieuw bestaan aan de wal.
Intussen begonnen die scheepsbevrachters een proces tegen mijn vader, dat een jaar heeft geduurd. Zij hebben beide meineed gepleegd en werden gestraft met een jaar gevangenis straf. Dit proces koste ons 5000 guldens. Geregeld stond er een stuk in het Rotterdams Nieuwsblad. Het heeft een jaar geduurd voordat het afgelopen was.
Wij hebben eerst in 1922 een kruidenierswinkel gekocht, maar men kon de winkel niet handhaven. Mijn vader werd steeds zieker. We hadden veel last van muizen, toen heeft mijn moeder een kat naar binnen geloodst en s'morgens toen wij op kwamen lag alles over de grond. We hebben twee zakken op kunnen scheppen met capucijners en erwten en allerlei andere spullen. We hebben de winkel maar gesloten.
Mijn vader heeft in 1922 nieuwe huizen gekocht in de Botha straat. Vier panden, 12 woningen, 1 sigaren winkel en een pakhuis.We hadden toen een bron van inkomsten. Maar na enige tijd zakten de huren, en wij moesten de huizen dubbel laten bewonen. De huren waren eerst voor een (1) woning: 12,00 gulden per week. De winkel 28,00 gulden per week, en het pakhhuis 8,00 gulden per week. Met het verhuren van de huizen die dubbel bewoond werden kregen we allerlei a-socialen in onze huizen. Wat ten gevolge had vervuiling van de huizen en huurschuld. Later moesten wij twee panden afstaan aan de bank.
Ziekte
Mijn vader ging dikwijls naar Rotterdam, Graaf Florisstraat, naar Dr. Bijsterveld. Deze vertelde aan mijn moeder dat mijn vader kanker had en ongeneeslijk was. Want Dr. Bijsterveld was een waterkijker. Het was op een zaterdag avond dat mijn vader een beroerte kreeg. Hij viel op de grond met schuim op zijn mond. Ik ben toen direct naar de huizen gegaan, waar mijn moeder was met mijn oom Willem. Hij was toen opzichter over de huizen. Ze zijn direct naar huis gegaan, en vonden mijn vader weer zittend in de stoel. Ze belden toen Dr. Dijkhuizen en die kwam. We moesten toen al de ramen openzetten. Intussen heeft mijn moeder toen een telegram naar de familie in Gouda gestuurd. Daar woonde mijn grootmoeder (Klazina Hukema-de Wilde(overleden in 1927 en begraven in Gouda)) en de zusters van mijn moeder.
Zondagmorgen om een uur of negen stonden ze voor de deur. Mijn vader was inmiddels wat opgeknapt en die zei: “Wat komen jullie doen?” “We komen op visite en naar jou kijken.” Ze zijn de hele zondag gebleven. Mijn vader ging altijd om negen uur naar bed. Voor hij naar bed ging wond hij altijd de klokken op en zijn gouden horloge. Ik hoor hem nog zeggen, “kijk moeder, dat is nou mijn werk.” Toen is hij naar bed gegaan en om 10 uur overleden. Hij werd begraven op de begraafplaats Krooswijk, in het graf van mijn grootvader Anne Hukema, overleden op 55 jarige leeftijd.
Daarna zijn wij verhuisd en hebben de winkel verkocht. Wij woonden toen in een van onze huizen Bothastraat no.26. Wij hadden eerst mijn oom Willem als opzichter en later de heer Koedoot. Die had een timmerzaak. We kregen te maken met wateroverlast. De kelders stonden vol met water. Ook de kelder van onze sigaren winkel. De dozen met sigaren dreven in de kelder. We moesten toen al de kelders ophogen met cement en de tuinen met klei. De buurt ging staads maar achteruit zodat wij genoodzaakt waren de huizen dubbel te verhuren. We hadden deze panden voor 55.000 gulden gekocht. Zoals eerder gemeld, de mensen hadden veel huurschuld. Het duurde wel drie maanden voordat wij deze mensen eruit hadden. Later zijn onze huizen verkocht, en moest mijn moeder Lukina** zorgen voor de inkomsten om de kinderen te onderhouden.
Kinderen geboren uit het huwelijk van Anne Hukema en Klazina De Wilde:
Lukina**, Grietje, Wrister, Tjerk, Johannes, Jaantje, David, Klazina. Mijn grootouders Anne Hukema en Klazina de Wilde hadden een schip genaamd Reoboth.
Ze hebben ook nog een boerderijtje gehad in Wagenborgen, Groningen.
Dit alles opgetekend door Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916).
Date of marriage October 2, 1913 in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Children (5 sons):
Gerardus J.A.A. born on the ship in Rotterdam (August 10,1914)
Anne A.J. born on the ship in Amsterdam (November 13, 1916)
Antoon born on the ship in Rotterdam (Zalmhaven) (January 30, 1918)
Dirk Klaas born on the ship in Rotterdam (Waalhaven) (June 24, 1921)
Nico born in Rotterdam, Valkenoordsekade. (August 1, 1923)
My father was a single man to his 55th year. He was captain of a Rhine freighter for the widow Warnas or Warnaar and inherited her vessel.
He married my mother when she was 28 years of age and they purchased a new ship of 660 tons, a Kempenaar (type of vessel) and named it Emanuel. With this ship we traveled to France, Strassbourg, Belgium and Germany. This was in the First World War (WW1). We wore shoes with wooden soles at the time.
My father was asked to smuggle contraband into Germany, that would be concealed between the load of iron bars the ship was carrying. My father refused. When we approached the German border the customs confiscated our ship, and put in into a drydock. The entire load of steel was unloaded, they even sawed the legs off our table, and broke through the paneling. They found nothing, because there was nothing to find. Later we found out that they had been told we were smuggling. The vessel ahead of us did agree to take on contraband, and they did pass safely.
We have made many journeys with the Emanuel. Once we were crossing the North Sea close by the Dutch coast and the weather was stormy. My mother was cooking white beans on the stove when the pan flew off the stove and scattered the beans throughout the kitchen. We all sat on the floor, since due to the rough weather we could no longer stand, and ate the beans off the floor. Nothing was wasted.
After those experiences we remained inside the Netherlands for the duration of WW1.
But there was very little to eat, since our borders were blocked because the Netherlands wanted to maintain its neutrality.
After WW1 we continued to ship for some time. My brother Gerard had an accident and got his little finger mangled in the gears of the steering wheel. You can see the scars to this day. Gerard also fell from the walkway on the top of the ship into the hold. The Lord spared his life. It was quite a depth and he landed on the metal bottom. I also had a small “accident”. On the wooden cover of the hold we had a small wooden wagon tied down. I went and sat in it, and wiggled the rope until it finally became untied. The wagon caught speed down the steep slope and was only forcefully stopped by the edge of the ship, dumping me, face down, over the side onto the paved quay. My father jumped after me, and I was quickly pulled back on board, be it with a skinned face and bleeding nose. Fortunately everything did heal.
Gradually it became more difficult for my father to drive our ship, because he was diagnosed with cancer.
We started looking for a place to live off the water. My parents negotiated with the owner of a general store in Delfshaven to purchase it, but could not come to terms. My dad had given indication that he wanted to sell the Emanuel, and two shippers, a Mr. Koedoot and a Mr. De Vries had some interest, and wanted a 5% commission if they would sell the vessel. My father had himself found another interested party, a Mr. Moore, who did decide to purchase the vessel for 26.500 guilders. We delivered the vessel to him at the Oostkous in Rotterdam Delfshaven. After much effort, a general store was found for sale and purchased from Mr. Kil in the southern part of Rotterdam, on the Varkenoordsekade. We then became landlubbers, and started our waterless, and stationary future. We sure did miss our travels!
In the meanwhile the shippers Koedoot and de Vries had started a legal procedure against my father, which took a whole year to conclude. They both lied under oath and were sentenced to a year in jail for attempting to defraud. That year our case was repeatedly in the news. It was also published in Het Rotterdams Nieuwsblad. This whole court process did cost us the royal sum of 5000 guilders!
It was 1922 when we purchased the general store, but this also could not continue. My father’s illness worsened. The store was infected with mice, and mother had found a cat, which could solve the problem. The next morning it looked like a hurricane had struck the store. We could salvage a few bags of beans and peas off the floor, but the damage was so substantial that we decided to close the store.
My father decided to buy rental properties and in the same year (1922) purchased new homes in the Botha Street in Rotterdam. Four buildings, containing 12 dwellings, 1 cigar store and a storage building. We then again had a good source of income. The rental income was for each (1) dwelling: 12,00 guilders per week. The cigar store was rented for 28,00 guilders per week, and the storage building for 8,00 guilders per week. After some time, rents started to decline, and we were forced to have double occupancy in some homes. In doing this, we were getting undesirables as tenants. The houses deteriorated and became filthy and rental arrears skyrocketed. We had to sign over two houses to the bank.
Terminal illness
My father now often visited Dr. Bijsterveld, in the Graaf Florisstraat, Rotterdam. The doctor told my mother that Dad’s cancer was incurable. Dr. Bijsterveld was a physician who practiced with mostly natural remedies, and inspired unlimited confidence in some, and none in others.
It was on a Saturday evening that my father had a stroke. He fell to the ground with foam on his mouth. I immediately ran to “the houses” where my mother was meeting with uncle Willem, whom they had appointed superintendent for the houses. We all rushed home, and found Dad sitting in a chair. They phoned Dr. Dijkhuizen who came right away. He told us to open all the windows. My mother immediately sent a telegram to her mother and her daughters, sisters of my mother, who lived in Gouda. My grandmother was Klazina Hukema-de Wilde (deceased in 1927 and buried in Gouda).
Sunday morning at nine am they were all on our doorstep. Dad had improved somewhat, and asked: "What are you doing here?" “We are coming to visit and see you.” They stayed all day Sunday. My dad always retired early (always early to bed and early to rise) at 9 pm. His last daily duty was to wind all the clocks and his gold watch. He would say, "see mother, that is now my daily work, to keep them going." He went to bed as usual and passed away an hour later. He was buried in the Krooswijk cemetery, in Rotterdam in the family grave of my grandfather Anne Hukema, who passed away at the age of 55 years.
We then moved into one of our houses in the Botha street (nr.26), and also sold the general store. Uncle Willem was no longer superintendent, and mother appointed a carpenter in his place, a Mr. Koedoot.
It appeared the homes had been built in a low lying area and flooding became a problem. All the cellars were filled with water, including the cellar of the cigar store. Downstairs boxes of costly cigars were floating everywhere. We raised the floors by having cement poured on them, and raised the gardens by having loads of clay applied. A lot of costly work. In the meanwhile the houses continued to deteriorate and we were forced to have double occupancy in all of them.
We had purchased the buildings for 55.000 guilders. As I said before, many tenants were in arrears. It would take up to three months before we could remove them. Eventually we had to sell all our buildings and my mother Lukina** had to look after income to support the family.
Children born from the marriage of Anne Hukema and Klazina De Wilde:
Lukina**, Grietje, Wrister, Tjerk, Johannes, Jaantje, David, Klazina.
My grandparents initially had a vessel named Reoboth. They also had a farm in Wagenborgen, in the province of Groningen.
Written by Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999).
Translated by his son Chris Van Doodewaard (1942-)
originally written in Dutch by Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916-1999)
Het gezin Gerhardus Johannes Van Doodewaard en Lukina Hukema.
Gehuwd in Groningen op 2 October 1913.
Kinderen geboren uit dit huwelijk:
Gerardus J.A.A. geboren op het schip te Rotterdam
Anne A.J. geboren op het schip te Amsterdam
Antoon geboren op het schip te Rotterdam (Zalmhaven)
Dirk Klaas geboren op het schip te Rotterdam (Waalhaven)
Nico geboren Valkenoordsekade te Rotterdam
Mijn vader was tot zijn 55e jaar vrijgezel en voer als schipper bij de weduwe Warnas of Warnaar en erfde haar schip.
Hij trouwde met mijn moeder toen ze 28 jaar was en kochten een nieuw schip van 660 ton, een kempenaar genaamd Emanuel. We zijn met dit schip in Frankrijk, Straatsburg, Belgie en Duitsland geweest. Dit was in de eerste wereldoorlog. Wij droegen toen schoentjes met houten zolen. Mijn vader werd aangezocht om smokkelwaar over de grens te brengen, dat zou dan tussen de lading ijzer verwerkt worden. Mijn vader heeft gewijgerd.
Toen wij weer in Duisland kwamen, moest van de duane ons schip een droogdok in. Heel de lading werd gelost, de tafelpoten werden doorgezaagd, schotten werden opengebroken. Er was niets te vinden. Later bleek dat ze gezegd hadden dat wij smokkelwaren aan boord hadden. Maar het schip dat voor ons was had smokkelwaar aan boord, en die kwam er veilig door.
We hebben veel reizen meegemaakt met het schip. Zo ook vlak langs de Nederlandse kust over de Noordzee gegaan en het was een woelige zee. Mijn moeder had een pan met witte bonen op staan en die vloog van de kachel af op de grond. Wij zaten toen met z’n allen te midden van de witte bonen en begonnen ze lekker op te peuzelen. Nadien hebben we steeds in Nederland gevaren durend de eerste wereld oorlog.
Toen hadden we eenheidsworst, en werd er honger geleden, omdat Nederland neutraal wou blijven. Na de oorlog (WW1) hebben wij nog een tijdje door gevaren. Mijn broer, Gerard, had een ongelukje en kwam met zijn pink tussen het kamrad van het stuurrad terrecht. De lidtekens zijn nog te zien. Gerard is nog een keer van de luiken in het ruim gevallen. Gelukkig is dat nog goed afgelopen. Ook ik zelf (Anne) had een ongelukje. Het geval was, er stond een klein houten wagentje midden op het schip op de luiken. Mijn vader had het met een lijn vastgebonden. Ik ben er toen in gaan zitten en heb net zo lang gepeuterd tot dat ik het los had. Het wagentje reed van de luiken af in het gangbord en ik lag met mijn gezicht op de keien. Mijn vader was in een sprong bij mij, Snel was ik weer aan boord met een bloedneus en het vel van mijn gezicht. Gelukkig is het weer beter geworden.
Zo langzamerhand was het voor mijn vader niet meer mogelijk om met het schip te varen, omdat hij kanker had. Toen moest er omgekeken worden om aan de wal een middel van bestaan te vinden. Mijn vader en moeder hebben een gesprek gehad met een kruidenier in Delfshaven om de zaak over te nemen. Maar helaas is de koop niet door gegaan. Inmiddels had mijn vader het schip te koop aangeboden, aan twee bevrachters Koedoot en de Vries. Ze moesten 5% hebben voor de verkoop van het schip. Intussen had mijn vader een zekere schipper Moore ontmoet, en mijn vader bood zijn schip te koop aan. De koop werd besloten voor 26.500 gulden. En we gingen met ons schip naar de Oostkous te Delfshaven. Na veel zoeken en informaties hebben ze een kruidenierswinkel gekocht in Rotterdam Zuid aan de Varkenoordsekade van een zekere heer Kil. Wij zijn toen verhuisd en begonnen een nieuw bestaan aan de wal.
Intussen begonnen die scheepsbevrachters een proces tegen mijn vader, dat een jaar heeft geduurd. Zij hebben beide meineed gepleegd en werden gestraft met een jaar gevangenis straf. Dit proces koste ons 5000 guldens. Geregeld stond er een stuk in het Rotterdams Nieuwsblad. Het heeft een jaar geduurd voordat het afgelopen was.
Wij hebben eerst in 1922 een kruidenierswinkel gekocht, maar men kon de winkel niet handhaven. Mijn vader werd steeds zieker. We hadden veel last van muizen, toen heeft mijn moeder een kat naar binnen geloodst en s'morgens toen wij op kwamen lag alles over de grond. We hebben twee zakken op kunnen scheppen met capucijners en erwten en allerlei andere spullen. We hebben de winkel maar gesloten.
Mijn vader heeft in 1922 nieuwe huizen gekocht in de Botha straat. Vier panden, 12 woningen, 1 sigaren winkel en een pakhuis.We hadden toen een bron van inkomsten. Maar na enige tijd zakten de huren, en wij moesten de huizen dubbel laten bewonen. De huren waren eerst voor een (1) woning: 12,00 gulden per week. De winkel 28,00 gulden per week, en het pakhhuis 8,00 gulden per week. Met het verhuren van de huizen die dubbel bewoond werden kregen we allerlei a-socialen in onze huizen. Wat ten gevolge had vervuiling van de huizen en huurschuld. Later moesten wij twee panden afstaan aan de bank.
Ziekte
Mijn vader ging dikwijls naar Rotterdam, Graaf Florisstraat, naar Dr. Bijsterveld. Deze vertelde aan mijn moeder dat mijn vader kanker had en ongeneeslijk was. Want Dr. Bijsterveld was een waterkijker. Het was op een zaterdag avond dat mijn vader een beroerte kreeg. Hij viel op de grond met schuim op zijn mond. Ik ben toen direct naar de huizen gegaan, waar mijn moeder was met mijn oom Willem. Hij was toen opzichter over de huizen. Ze zijn direct naar huis gegaan, en vonden mijn vader weer zittend in de stoel. Ze belden toen Dr. Dijkhuizen en die kwam. We moesten toen al de ramen openzetten. Intussen heeft mijn moeder toen een telegram naar de familie in Gouda gestuurd. Daar woonde mijn grootmoeder (Klazina Hukema-de Wilde(overleden in 1927 en begraven in Gouda)) en de zusters van mijn moeder.
Zondagmorgen om een uur of negen stonden ze voor de deur. Mijn vader was inmiddels wat opgeknapt en die zei: “Wat komen jullie doen?” “We komen op visite en naar jou kijken.” Ze zijn de hele zondag gebleven. Mijn vader ging altijd om negen uur naar bed. Voor hij naar bed ging wond hij altijd de klokken op en zijn gouden horloge. Ik hoor hem nog zeggen, “kijk moeder, dat is nou mijn werk.” Toen is hij naar bed gegaan en om 10 uur overleden. Hij werd begraven op de begraafplaats Krooswijk, in het graf van mijn grootvader Anne Hukema, overleden op 55 jarige leeftijd.
Daarna zijn wij verhuisd en hebben de winkel verkocht. Wij woonden toen in een van onze huizen Bothastraat no.26. Wij hadden eerst mijn oom Willem als opzichter en later de heer Koedoot. Die had een timmerzaak. We kregen te maken met wateroverlast. De kelders stonden vol met water. Ook de kelder van onze sigaren winkel. De dozen met sigaren dreven in de kelder. We moesten toen al de kelders ophogen met cement en de tuinen met klei. De buurt ging staads maar achteruit zodat wij genoodzaakt waren de huizen dubbel te verhuren. We hadden deze panden voor 55.000 gulden gekocht. Zoals eerder gemeld, de mensen hadden veel huurschuld. Het duurde wel drie maanden voordat wij deze mensen eruit hadden. Later zijn onze huizen verkocht, en moest mijn moeder Lukina** zorgen voor de inkomsten om de kinderen te onderhouden.
Kinderen geboren uit het huwelijk van Anne Hukema en Klazina De Wilde:
Lukina**, Grietje, Wrister, Tjerk, Johannes, Jaantje, David, Klazina. Mijn grootouders Anne Hukema en Klazina de Wilde hadden een schip genaamd Reoboth.
Ze hebben ook nog een boerderijtje gehad in Wagenborgen, Groningen.
Dit alles opgetekend door Anne Antoon Johannes Van Doodewaard (1916).
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Review/Jaaroverzicht (06/07)
2006 has gone by quickly. For us it was a "remarkable" year.
In January 2006 Mary traveled to Holland again, this time to attend her father's funeral. Shortly before Christmas she also visited and could still see him and speak to him. He was very happy that she had come. They could say their final goodbyes. We may know that He is with His Lord and Saviour. That is a great comfort for his loved ones.
To investigate my symptoms I attended University Hospital in London (Neurological clinic) for tests and diagnosis. It appeared to be that, which we expected based on our own research: the diagnosis was ALS, also known as Lou Gerhrigs disease. The Lord has given me peace, an enormous treasure, with how He is planning my future. I am safe in His hand. What He does is always the best for His glory. We, His creatures, are to follow where He leads. He provides strength, comfort, courage and joy in Him for each day. My trust is in God almighty, the creator of all that exists, and I am in His special care.
Mary and I had the privilege and abilities to, in April of 2006, visit our children Peter and Lauralee, in South Carolina. It was a very enjoyable time.
In the weekend we attended Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville with them, where Peter is an intern. After that we continued to the mountains in Virginia and stayed at the
We traveled back home through North Carolina – Virginia – New York to Buffalo, and there crossed the border to Ontario. It was a beautiful holiday with summery weather. (25 -28 c).
On June 14th, 2006 our 9th grandchild was born (in Ontario): Peter Christian (II), son of Peter Christian en Lauralee. His family moved to Ontario temporarily for the birth. During this time Peter preached, as intern, for a 10 week period in Cambridge for a pastor who was on a sabbatical. Peter presently studies at Greenville Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina, (US) where he has lived since 2003. He hopes to complete his studies in May of 2007.
Bill and Rebecca, together with their daughter Anna (1 year old) lived in Scotland last year. For the first half of 2006 he studied at the University of Aberdeen, (Highland Theological College), for his doctoral degree. Subsequently he accepted an appointment as professor of church history at the Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana, (US) where he lived the 2nd half year of 2006. This is a one year assignment, which provides him the opportunity to simultaneously continue his PhD studies. The 150 students in his class provide quite a lot of work for this position.
Our daughter Anita (a Christian Highschool teacher) started a friendship with Nick Higgins, (also a Christian Highschool teacher)from Virginia (US)and they celebrated their engagement on January 1st 2007.
They have become great customers of the airlines.(Suffolk, Virginia is 1300 kms from St. Thomas ON.)
Nick flew to Ontario to attend our Christmas dinner on December 22nd, and after that they flew to Florida together (2200 km) to his parents, and after that flew to Suffolk (900 km) for one week, where Nick stayed and Anita flew back to Ontario (1300 km). They are both again teaching their classes at their respective schools.
As you may know, I have been church organist since 1958. In our church I have for several decades promoted the beauty of real pipe organ music versus the sound of our old electronic “organ”. Generally, the church membership did not see any benefit in change. Only when the old electronic started requiring costly repairs, was a shift in thinking noticeable. After many months of committee meetings, a pipe organ proposal was approved by consistory and congregation. In January of 2006 we could commence the building of a three manual organ of 38 stops. First task was to determine the stops, and their character
then develop plans for the organ facade
and then our able organ builders (Koopman Organs) realized the project. The work was completed in September of 2006. Regretfully, due to my ALS, I have not been able to accompany the congregation on our new organ. I do thoroughly enjoy the beautiful pipe organ music every Lordsday. On September 29th an inaugural concert was held with Jan Overduin, International Concert Organist, at the keyboards. Our church choir also participated, and a Jan Overduin, Organ CD was produced to commemorate this wonderful evening.
Make a donation, and get your free copy of the CD here
ALS has also caused me to relinquish other functions and responsibilities. I have had to stop working and close down my company. It was also no longer possible to continue serving in capacities such as elder, organist and member of synodical committees or local committees etc. Increasing weakness has made it impossible for me to drive independantly. I require use of a wheelchair for longer distances.
Because my capacity to breathe is severely weakened, I need to use a machine to breathe. My breathing is too shallow to provide sufficient air. I use a bi-pap machine 16 hours a day for support. I am still able, using this machine, to drive myself and can also attend church services twice each Lordsday. That is a real blessing to me. We are happy at home together, and I am thankful for all the blessings we may receive day after day. The Lord is gracious to me. I am a sinner like every one else. Yet, receiving His love, comfort and care, I may place my trust in Him for my future. Knowing that my Lord died for my sins, I have a glorious future and will see Him face to face.
In March of 2007 we were able to make a trip to visit our children in the USA as well as Anita's future inlaws in Florida, Jim and Terri Higgins, where we enjoyed great hospitality and Christian fellowship.
The Higgins home in Florida.
In April 2007 our daughter Jennifer started getting Red Roses from a young man on our street: Scott Koopman, the son of our pastor.
July 2007
Together with our family, we could rejoice that our daughter Anita was married to Nick Higgins
September 2007
We moved to our new home in St. Thomas ON (handicapped accessible)
October 2007
We were able to travel to visit all our children in the US: to Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana
November 2007
Sale of previous home in Norman, ON.
December 2007
At Christmas 2007 all our Children and grandchildren were able to travel home, so that we could together celebrate the birth of our Saviour
- Het jaar 2006 behoort alweer tot het verleden. Voor ons was het zeker een “merk”waardig jaar.
In January 2006 Mary traveled to Holland again, this time to attend her father's funeral. Shortly before Christmas she also visited and could still see him and speak to him. He was very happy that she had come. They could say their final goodbyes. We may know that He is with His Lord and Saviour. That is a great comfort for his loved ones.
- Marry is begin Januari 2006 nogmaals naar Nederland gereisd om aanwezig te zijn bij de begrafenis van haar vader. Even voor de Kerst heeft ze hem nog kunnen zien en spreken. Hij was erg blij dat ze gekomen was. Ze hebben toen nog afscheid kunnen nemen. We mogen zeker weten dat hij veilig bij zijn Heiland is. Dat is een grote troost voor hen die achterblijven.
To investigate my symptoms I attended University Hospital in London (Neurological clinic) for tests and diagnosis. It appeared to be that, which we expected based on our own research: the diagnosis was ALS, also known as Lou Gerhrigs disease. The Lord has given me peace, an enormous treasure, with how He is planning my future. I am safe in His hand. What He does is always the best for His glory. We, His creatures, are to follow where He leads. He provides strength, comfort, courage and joy in Him for each day. My trust is in God almighty, the creator of all that exists, and I am in His special care.
- In verband met mijn ziekte verschijselen ben ik een aantal malen naar het University Hospital in London (Neurological clinic) geweest voor tests en diagnose. Het bleek inderdaad te zijn wat we verwachten: de diagnose is ALS, ook wel Lou Gerhrigs disease genaamd. De Here heeft mij vrede gegeven met dat, wat hij voor mij heeft weggelegd. Ik weet dat ik veilig ben in zijn handen. Wat de Here doet is altijd het beste voor Zijn eer. Wij hebben alleen te volgen waar Hij leidt. Hij geeft ook kracht en sterkte voor elke dag. Op Hem mag ik elke dag weer vertrouwen.
Mary and I had the privilege and abilities to, in April of 2006, visit our children Peter and Lauralee, in South Carolina. It was a very enjoyable time.
- Marry en ik hebben het voorrecht en de mogelijkheid gehad om in April onze kinderen (per auto 1300 km) te bezoeken in South Carolina. We hebben daar een fijne tijd gehad.
In the weekend we attended Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville with them, where Peter is an intern. After that we continued to the mountains in Virginia and stayed at the
- Het weekend zijn we met hen naar Woodruff Road church in Greenville geweest, waar Peter intern (hulp prediker) is. Daarna zijn we verder gereisd naar de bergen in Virginia en verbleven in de
We traveled back home through North Carolina – Virginia – New York to Buffalo, and there crossed the border to Ontario. It was a beautiful holiday with summery weather. (25 -28 c).
- We zijn via North Carolina – Virginia – New York terug gereisd naar Buffalo, en toen overgestoken naar Ontario. Het was een fijne vacantie met mooi zomers weer. (25 -28 c).
On June 14th, 2006 our 9th grandchild was born (in Ontario): Peter Christian (II), son of Peter Christian en Lauralee. His family moved to Ontario temporarily for the birth. During this time Peter preached, as intern, for a 10 week period in Cambridge for a pastor who was on a sabbatical. Peter presently studies at Greenville Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina, (US) where he has lived since 2003. He hopes to complete his studies in May of 2007.
- Op 14 Juni 2006 werd ons 9e kleinkind in Ontario geboren: Peter Christian (II), zoon van Peter Christian en Lauralee. De familie was voor deze gebeurtenis tijdelijk van South Carolina naar Ontario verhuisd, waar Peter 10 weken heeft gepreekt voor een predikant in Cambridge die met studie verlof was. Peter studeert momenteel aan de Greenville Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina, (US) waar hij sinds 2003 woont. In mei van dit jaar (2007) hoopt hij klaar te komen met zijn studie.
Bill and Rebecca, together with their daughter Anna (1 year old) lived in Scotland last year. For the first half of 2006 he studied at the University of Aberdeen, (Highland Theological College), for his doctoral degree. Subsequently he accepted an appointment as professor of church history at the Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana, (US) where he lived the 2nd half year of 2006. This is a one year assignment, which provides him the opportunity to simultaneously continue his PhD studies. The 150 students in his class provide quite a lot of work for this position.
- Bill en zijn vrouw Rebecca woonden samen met hun dochterje Anna (1 jaar oud) in Scotland. Hij heeft het eerste halfjaar van 2006 gestudeerd aan de University of Aberdeen, (Highland Theological College), voor zijn doctorale studie. Daarna heeft hij een benoeming aanvaard als professor kerk geschiedenis aan de Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana, (US) waar hij het 2e halfjaar van 2006 heeft gewoond, en nu nog is. Dit is een eenjarige benoeming, welke hem tegelijkertijd de mogelijkheid bood om zijn PhD studie voor te zetten. Overigens heeft hij het toch wel aardig druk, met het werk nazien van de 150 studenten in zijn klas.
Our daughter Anita (a Christian Highschool teacher) started a friendship with Nick Higgins, (also a Christian Highschool teacher)from Virginia (US)and they celebrated their engagement on January 1st 2007.
- Onze dochter Anita (Christian Highschool teacher) heeft deze zomer verkering gekregen met een jongeman: Nick Higgins, (ook een Christian Highschool teacher) uit Virginia (US) en ze zijn inmiddels (1 januari 2007) verloofd.
They have become great customers of the airlines.(Suffolk, Virginia is 1300 kms from St. Thomas ON.)
- Ze maken wel royaal gebruik van de luchtvaart industrie om elkaar te zien. (Suffolk, Virginia is 1300 kms bij ons vandaan) .
Nick flew to Ontario to attend our Christmas dinner on December 22nd, and after that they flew to Florida together (2200 km) to his parents, and after that flew to Suffolk (900 km) for one week, where Nick stayed and Anita flew back to Ontario (1300 km). They are both again teaching their classes at their respective schools.
- Voor ons kerstdinee op 22 december was Nick hierheen gevlogen, en daarna zijn ze samen naar Florida gevlogen (2200 km) waar zijn ouders wonen, en daarna naar Suffolk (900 km) voor een week, waar Nick is gebleven en Anita (moest helaas) daarna weer naar huis (1300 km). Ze staan nu beiden weer voor hun respectieve klassen.
As you may know, I have been church organist since 1958. In our church I have for several decades promoted the beauty of real pipe organ music versus the sound of our old electronic “organ”. Generally, the church membership did not see any benefit in change. Only when the old electronic started requiring costly repairs, was a shift in thinking noticeable. After many months of committee meetings, a pipe organ proposal was approved by consistory and congregation. In January of 2006 we could commence the building of a three manual organ of 38 stops. First task was to determine the stops, and their character
- Zoals jullie weten ben ik sinds 1958 kerk organist. Ik heb al vele jaren de gedachte gepropageerd dat het veel mooier zou klinken als we ons oude electronische “orgel” in de kerk zouden vervangen met een echt pijporgel. In doorsnee was men niet zo voor dit idee. Totdat het oude pierement veel (kostbare) gebreken begon te vertonen. Na vele maanden werk en planning, was eindelijk de “kogel door de kerk”. Het voorstel werd door de kerkenraad en gemeente goedgekeurd. In Januari 2006 konden we beginnen aan de bouw van een drie klaviers orgel met 38 registers. Eerst de dispositie uitleggen,
then develop plans for the organ facade
- toen plannen voor het orgelfront maken,
and then our able organ builders (Koopman Organs) realized the project. The work was completed in September of 2006. Regretfully, due to my ALS, I have not been able to accompany the congregation on our new organ. I do thoroughly enjoy the beautiful pipe organ music every Lordsday. On September 29th an inaugural concert was held with Jan Overduin, International Concert Organist, at the keyboards. Our church choir also participated, and a Jan Overduin, Organ CD was produced to commemorate this wonderful evening.
Make a donation, and get your free copy of the CD here
- en toen kon het worden uitgevoerd. In September 2006 kwam ons nieuwe kerk orgel gereed.Helaas heb ik het als organist in de eredienst niet meer kunnen bespelen, omdat de ALS ook de spieren in mijn handen heeft aangetast. Wel geniet ik elke zondag van het prachtige orgelspel. Op 29 september is een openings concert gehouden voor een stampvolle kerk. Jan Overduin, internationaal concert organist, verzorgde het programma. Het was een prachtige avond.
ALS has also caused me to relinquish other functions and responsibilities. I have had to stop working and close down my company. It was also no longer possible to continue serving in capacities such as elder, organist and member of synodical committees or local committees etc. Increasing weakness has made it impossible for me to drive independantly. I require use of a wheelchair for longer distances.
- ALS heeft ook andere beperkingen opgelegd. Ik heb voor de meeste functies (ouderling, lidmaatschap van diverse synodale deputaatschappen enz.) moeten bedanken omdat ik dit niet meer kan doen. Mijn spieren laten niet toe dat ik erg ver kan lopen, en gebruik ik dus voor afstanden buitenshuis een rolstoel.
Because my capacity to breathe is severely weakened, I need to use a machine to breathe. My breathing is too shallow to provide sufficient air. I use a bi-pap machine 16 hours a day for support. I am still able, using this machine, to drive myself and can also attend church services twice each Lordsday. That is a real blessing to me. We are happy at home together, and I am thankful for all the blessings we may receive day after day. The Lord is gracious to me. I am a sinner like every one else. Yet, receiving His love, comfort and care, I may place my trust in Him for my future. Knowing that my Lord died for my sins, I have a glorious future and will see Him face to face.
- Omdat ook mijn longen zijn aangetast, gebruik ik een machine die lucht in mijn longen pompt. Mijn ademhaling is te oppervlakkig om voldoende lucht te geven. Ik gebruik deze machine ongeveer 16 uren per dag. Wel kan ik, zonodig met behulp van de “pomp” (bi-pap) nog wel zelf auto rijden. Ook kan ik elke zondag nog twee maal naar de kerk, en dat is een ware zegen. We hebben hier thuis goede dagen samen, en ik ben dankbaar voor alle zegeningen die ik elke dag weer ontvang. De Here is goed voor ons. Met zijn steun kan ik dan ook de toekomst vol vertrouwen tegemoet zien. Als de Here ons deel is hebben we een heerlijke toekomst!
In March of 2007 we were able to make a trip to visit our children in the USA as well as Anita's future inlaws in Florida, Jim and Terri Higgins, where we enjoyed great hospitality and Christian fellowship.
- In maart 2007 konden we onze kinderen in de USA bezoeken en ook Anita's toekomstige schoonouders in Florida. We werden heel hartelijk ontvangen en konden met elkaar spreken over het belangrijkste: wat onze Zaligmaker voor ons heeft gedaan!
The Higgins home in Florida.
- Hun huis in Florida.
In April 2007 our daughter Jennifer started getting Red Roses from a young man on our street: Scott Koopman, the son of our pastor.
- Een interessante ontwikkeling: In april 2007 ontving onze jongste dochter Jennifer van een buurjongen, een zoon van onze predikant, rode rozen. (dat kan nog wel een staartje krijgen......)
July 2007
Together with our family, we could rejoice that our daughter Anita was married to Nick Higgins
- We konden het huwelijk van Nick en Anita meemaken. Een heugelijke dag!
September 2007
We moved to our new home in St. Thomas ON (handicapped accessible)
- We konden onze nieuwe woning betrekken.
October 2007
We were able to travel to visit all our children in the US: to Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana
- We konden nogmaals een reis doen om onze kinderen in de USA te bezoeken.
November 2007
Sale of previous home in Norman, ON.- We konden ons vorige huis verkopen.
December 2007
At Christmas 2007 all our Children and grandchildren were able to travel home, so that we could together celebrate the birth of our Saviour- Alle kinderen en kleinkinderen waren gekomen om samen het Kertfeest te vieren.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
