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52 Weeks – Week Twelve

Joined Together

Twelve weeks of genealogy, my true love gave to me: the theme “Joined Together” for the 52 Ancestors Challenge. Rather than a lot of discussion, I thought this week I’d post photos of some of the couples whose unions ultimately resulted in…me!

While I have photos of other (great) grandparents, I will only post for those of whom I have the pair. First, my maternal great great great grandparents.

William Burgess (1822 – 1904)
Charlotte Liggett (1837 – 1909)
Henry Lyman Cook (1803 – 1869)
Susan Turple (1818 – 1906)
Robert Nelson (1818 – 1902)
Elizabeth Joseph (1818 – 1902)
Preston Thomas (1814 – 1877)
Maria Hadlond (1838 – 1907)
Valentine Schmidt (1839 – ?)
Margaretha “Regina” Boechler (? – ?)

Next, for my great great grandparents on my father’s side, I only have photos for one pair. These are my grandfather’s grandparents.

Johannes Jansz “Jan” Pater (1862 – 1935)
Ariaantje Jacobs “Adriana” Bleeker (1865 – 1929)

I have photos of all my maternal great great grandparents.

Horace Conrad Liggett Burgess (1854 – 1940)
Sarah Florilla Cook (1857 – 1894)
Jacob Anton (1865 – 1921)
Margaretha “Margaret” Heck (1868 – 1946)
Ella Elizabeth Thomas (1859 – 1941)
John Alexander Nelson (1854 – 1942)
Michael Lerner (1862 – 1947)
Barbara Schmidt (1865 – 1936)

On to my great grandparents. I have photos for all of them.

Theresia “Teetje” Pater (1894 – 1947)
Johannis Albertus van der Fluit (1894 – 1932)		Adrianus Komen (1888 – 1948)
Elizabeth Bakker (1888 – 1976)
Milton Leo Burgess (1891 – 1964)
Hazel Nelson (1899 – 1967)		Heronimus “Jerome” Lerner (1895 – 1954)
Emelia Anton (1903 – 1997)

My paternal grandparents.

Adrianus Joseph “Arie”
van der Fluit (1923 – 2002)
Christina Komen (1923 – 2000)

“Trouwboekje” means “marriage booklet” in Dutch. In the Netherlands, only a civil marriage is legally valid. A church ceremony can take place afterward, but is not recognized by the state. The registry office would issue one to a couple at they time they were married. They typically include an extract of the marriage registration. While they can vary from one municipality to another, a trouwboekje usually will include space for the birth information of the couple, as well as for the children of the marriage. They can also include information about religious matters, such as information about the church wedding and baptisms of the couple and their children.

My maternal grandparents.

Leo Cleveland Burgess (1920- 1995)
Helen Lerner (1921 – 1984)
October 1971		Helen and Leo around 1947.

My parents. Married crazy young by current standards and still together, modelling what a great marriage should be.

And then there’s mine.