Surnames

List of Blog Posts by Surname

Descendants of Jacobus van der Moere, born about 1780 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

Six-generation descendant chart of Jacobus van der Moere, a sailor from Middelburg, born about 1780, and his wife Cornelia Eduardse…

8 years ago

Goeree-Overflakke, Zuid-Holland, Nederland: van der Slik, Kruithof, Elsevier, Schenck, Slis, and related families

Christina van der Slik was born on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee in 1839 to Johannes Pietersz van der Slik and…

8 years ago

Gijsbert Haan of Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland: founder of the Christian Reformed Church in North America

Gijsbert Haan was born in 1801 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland. He was a carpet weaver and manufacturer, and lived on…

8 years ago

The Family History of Wilhelmina Cooper née Behmenburg

Gertrud Wilhelmina Frieda Behmenburg, better known as Wilhelmina Cooper, was born on 1 May 1939 in Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland. She…

8 years ago

The Ancestors of Josephine Theresa Murray: County Waterford Ireland to Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, USA

Josephine Theresa Murray was born in 1908, the daughter of William Murray of Montezuma, Cayuga, New York, and Catherine Scanlon…

8 years ago

The Hayes and Mulcahy families of Kilkeany, Waterford, Ireland, and Auburn, New York, USA

John Hayes and Johanna Mulcahy were parents of eight children born in Kilkeany, County Waterford, Ireland between 1842-1862: Timothy, John,…

8 years ago

The van der Moere family of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Wissenkerke, Zeeland, The Netherlands.

Jacobus van der Moere is the earliest confirmed ancestor in our line of the van der Moere family. He was…

8 years ago

Henry Brooks and Mariah Fuller of Hancock County, Indiana and Stringtown, West Indianapolis

Henry Brooks married Mariah Fuller on 7 Jun 1838. Mariah Fuller was from Brown County, Ohio, where many original pioneers…

8 years ago

The family of Charles Courtneidge, coachman from Leatherhead, Surrey

Charles Courtneidge was a coachman from Leatherhead, Surrey. He fell from the box of his fly and died on the…

9 years ago

James Watson, shoemaker, and Ann Copperthite of St. Luke, Chelsea

Sarah Watson was born on 1 Aug 1818 in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, then in the county of…

9 years ago