Articles
- Het Historisch Kadaster
als bron voor genealogisch onderzoek, de familie Van Grondelle
te Geertruidenberg
- Where did our ancestors live? What houses did they own and when?
For the town of Geertruidenberg much is known thanks
to the 'historical real estate register' of this town.
This article sketches the possible use of these registers
for genealogical research. Based on these sources this article describes
six generations of the Van Grondelle family, who lived in the town of
Geertruidenberg from 1635 till appr. 1800.
- Een timmerman uit
Geertruidenberg; de levensloop van Cornelis van Grondelle,
meester orgel- en fortepianomaker en -steller
- This article describes the life of Cornelis van Grondelle.
Cornelis, son of Jeremias van Grondelle and Janneken van der Sluijs,
was born in 1733 at Geertruidenberg. At first he worked in his
father's carpentry shop. Cornelis and his wife Geertruy Wijnen
got three children: Jannetje, Leendert and Adriana Cornelia.
After his wife's death in 1777 Cornelis moved to Amsterdam.
There he married Helena Bettink, the widow of Engelbertus Hagemann.
Hagemann was an organ and piano maker.
Cornelis and Helena continued Hagemann's business together.
In 1792 they moved to the town of Naarden, where Cornelis died in 1795.
- Een Breukelse organist
en zijn gezin in de 19e eeuw
- This article describes the life of Leonardus van Grondelle.
Leonardus, son of Cornelis van Grondelle and Geertruy Wijnen,
was from about 1800 to 1834 organist on the church organ of the Reformed
Dutch Church at Breukelen.
Leonardus and his wife Ernestina Johanna Mocklerin got seven
children.
Their son Leonardus is the ancestor of the huge
Van Grondelle family at the village of
Zeist.
- Van hooploper tot opperstuurman,
de loopbaan van Boudewijn van Grondelle
bij de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
- In 1747 Boudewijn van Grondelle from Middelburg sailed to the East
Indies on the VOC-ship Baarzande. After several voyages with the VOC
he became first mate. In all he made seven voyages. He died in
1765 in the hospital of Batavia. This article describes
his life and that of his family.
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