General
Birthdates before 1811 are baptismdates and deathdates are burialdates.
Privacy
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Genealogy words
Ahnentafel (kwartierstaat): numbering of ancestors here beginning with me (1). My father is 2, mother 3, father of my father 4 etcetera.
Archives
There aren DTB (baptism marriage and burial) archives
County
Amstelveen before 1964 was named Nieuwer-Amstel.
Sloten is an independent community until 1 january 1921, afterwards part of Amsterdam.
Wessum lies in Westfalen.
Cemeteries
De afgebrande kerk te Warmond (burned church).
Cemetry of Bastiaan Pouw.
Professions (in dutch)
The following professions are found in my family (Ahnentafel):
beer porter; bierdrager (108)
brazier; koperslager (8)
broom maker; bezemmaker, bezembinder (58,116)
cattle-breeder; veehouder, around Amstelveen ( map Amsterdam and surroundings around 1700) (20)
(fem.) veehoudster (41)
civil engineer; weg en waterbouwer (2)
dayworker; daggelder (84)
draper; droogscheerder (384): lakenbereider
factory worker; fabrykwerker (22)
falconer; valkenier (298)
farmer; bouman: boer, landbouwer, zetboer (zetbaas op een boerderij), boereknecht (40)
florist; bloemist (4)
fusilier; fuselier (46): soldier with gun.
grocer; komenijhouder: sells beans, pearl barley, flour.
hawker; cremer (128), kramer: man who sells merchandise, on public street or pedler
IT; automatiseerder (1)
journeyman painter; schildersknecht (50)
milkman; melkslijter (10)
saddlemaker; zadelmaker (24,48)
ship carpenter; scheepstimmerman (also pakhuisknecht) (96)
shoemaker; leestemaker (64): schoenmaker
shoemaker; schoenmaker (18,36,192)
tailor; kleermaker (18,36)
undertaker; begrafenisondernemer, koster (12)
worker; arbeider (118)
for pictures en some translations!
Links
In the 17th and 18th century there were 3 oversea tradingcompanies. The VOC, the Noordse Compagnie and the West-Indische Compagnie.
WIC-link. Lambertus Blankers, born january 14th 1817 in Amsterdam was 3erd class sailor.
Sources
Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Wim Paternotte
Aad van Nieuwenburg, familie Verbij