Facts I did not know about my family tree until five minutes ago during lunch, when I should have been instead writing a review of Divine Discontent:
If you are not a Prins or related to a Prins, I cannot express how boring this will be to you.
The parents of my great-great-grandfather Pieter Prins were Elze Pieters Prins and Rikste Roelfs Geerdsema. They were married on June 15, 1839. Rikste was Elze's second wife, and Pieter was the only child from that wife. (There was a child, Albertje Prins, from the first wife, Grietje Edes Duit, but I can't tell if it was boy or a girl.)
The parents of my great-great-great-grandfather Elze Pieters Prins were Pieter Elzes and Albertien Jans. They were married on September 27th, 1778. Pieter lived from August 25th, 1754 to June 16th, 1813. Albertien lived from January 20th, 1754 to January 12th, 1817. They had 11 children, all of whom had the middle name Pieters and the last name Prins. I have no idea why they gave all the children this new last name, and I am now very curious. This children, in order: Anna Margaretha, Jans, Geesien, Anna, Willemke, Willemke #2, Geertruidt, Elze Harm, Harm #2, and Lukje. (I don't know this, but I would assume that Willemke #1 and Harm #1 died as infants.)
The parents of my great-great-great-grandmother Rikste Roelfs Geerdsema were Roelf Geerts Geerdsema and Aafke Harms.
The parents of my great-great-great-great-grandfather Pieter Elzes were Elze Folkerts and Margareta Kreiter (or Creuter). They were married on June 25th, 1725. Margareta was Elze's second wife. Elze and wife #1, Rijke Geerts, had eight children whom I will not name here. Elze and Margareta had six children, all with the last name Elzes: Anna, Pieter, Geertruid, Lucas, Geertruid and Lukke (or Lukje).
The parents of my great-great-great-great-grandmother Albertien Jans were Jannes Harms and Geessie Dieters. (Apparently, they just make up these last names.) (No, I do see what is happening with some of these names; they are taking the father's first name [and sometimes changing it slightly] and making it the last name.)
The parents of my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Elze Folkerts were Folkert Ludes and Grietje Lukas. They were married on April 28, 1695. They had six children, all with the last name Folkerts: Lukas, Lukke, Jantje, Elze, Lude, and Lude #2.
The parents of my great-great-great-great-great-grandmother Margareta Kreiter were Pieter Creuter and Anna Berents.
The father (I presume) of my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Folkert Ludes was Lude Jans.
The parents of my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother Grietje Lukas were Lukas Jans and Jantje Elles.
Thus, I now know three of my 512 great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents. How cool.
Go here if you want more information and you read Dutch or can fake it by using this. The Internet is a lovely thing.
oh so lovingly written by
Matthew |
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
