Recently I ran into a number of city maps of Batavia, all published in the 1920's. Combining the death notices of people born in Batavia and the city maps may enable family members to pinpoint the exact place where their relatives saw the first light of day.
I am not certain whether Weltevreden and Meester Cornelis were considered to be part of Batavia in those days. On the map it looks like a single urban area. Therefore, I included people born there as well.
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| Source: photobucket.com |
On the above map (please click to enlarge) you see eight colored sections:
- North Batavia (black)
- Tanah Abang (orange)
- Tanah Abang north western part (blue)
- Molenvliet/Noordwijk (yellow)
- Batavia (red)
- Weltevreden (green)
- North Meester Cornelis (light blue)
- Meester Cornelis (red)
You will find all these sections below followed by many surnames of people born in Batavia, Weltevreden and Meester Cornelis.
I find it peculiar that a small text (printed on the top right hand corner) says that this map was published by the Japanese Department of Railways in Tokyo. Apparently already in those days (1920) the Japanese had a certain interest in the Dutch East Indies...
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| Section 1. North Batavia Source: indonesia-dutchcolonialheritage.nl |
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| Section 2. Tanah Abang Source: indonesia-dutchcolonialheritage.nl |
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| Section 3. Tanah Abang north western part Source: Java Post |
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| Section 4. Molenvliet/Noordwijk Source: indonesia-dutchcolonialheritage.nl |
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| Section 5. Batavia Source: indonesia-dutchcolonialheritage.nl |
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| Section 6. Weltevreden Source: indonesia-dutchcolonialheritage.nl |
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| Section 7. North Meester Cornelis Source: indonesia-dutchcolonialheritage.nl |
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| Section 8. Meester Cornelis Source: indoshop.nl |
Birth place - Surname, Year of birth
| Batavia - Abram 1937 | Batavia - Roovers 1939 |
| Batavia - Balm 1927 | Batavia - Roquas 1934 |
| Batavia - Bamberg 1929 | Batavia - Roso 1934 (1932) |
| Batavia - Baud 1941 | Batavia - Roth 1912 |
| Batavia - Baukema 1922 | Batavia - Roumimper 1930 |
| Batavia - Bieger 1938 | Batavia - Ruchtie 1937 |
| Batavia - Blaauw 1923 | Batavia - Salm 1922 |
| Batavia - Blankert 1899 | Batavia - Sänger 1924 |
| Batavia - Blom 1928 | Batavia - Sanggelorang 1973 |
| Batavia - Bos 1934 | Batavia - Schippers 1930 |
| Batavia - Botellho 1947 | Batavia - Schmutzer 1921 |
| Batavia - Broekhuizen 1935 | Batavia - Schneider 1932 |
| Batavia - Bruineman 1919 | Batavia - Schot 1930 |
| Batavia - Campioni 1899 | Batavia - Schrijn 1950 |
| Batavia - Conté 1949 | Batavia - Schröder 1933 |
| Batavia - Cremer 1926 | Batavia - Seerden 1938 |
| Batavia - de Back 1934 | Batavia - Simon 1925 |
| Batavia - de Clercq Zubli 1932 | Batavia - Simons 1924 |
| Batavia - de Graaff 1922 | Batavia - Slagter 1916 |
| Batavia - de Groot 1949 | Batavia - Slors 1937 |
| Batavia - de Ruyter de Wildt 1935 | Batavia - Smith 1922 |
| Batavia - de Schrijver 1932 | Batavia - Snijders 1920 [1] |
| Batavia - de Seriére 1938 | Batavia - Soesman 1940 |
| Batavia - de Vogel 1921 [Wd] | Batavia - Soute 1948 |
| Batavia - de Vries 1939 [1] | Batavia - Sparenberg 1952 |
| Batavia - de Vries 1940 [1] | Batavia - Spiering 1934 |
| Batavia - de Wit 1912 | Batavia - Spronk 1923 |
| Batavia - Deinum 1936 | Batavia - Steevensz 1917 |
| Batavia - Dirksen 1939 | Batavia - Stokvis 1947 |
| Batavia - Donse 1926 | Batavia - Stoltenborgh 1921 |
| Batavia - Duinker 1924 | Batavia - Stolz 1934 |
| Batavia - Elias 1920 | Batavia - Taen 1924 |
| Batavia - Emmink 1910 | Batavia - Taen 1927 |
| Batavia - Evers 1950 | Batavia - Tan 1926 |
| Batavia - Feenstra 1952 | Batavia - Tan 1938 |
| Batavia - Feith 1923 [1] | Batavia - ten Hoff 1942 |
| Batavia - Fuchter 1913 | Batavia - ter Haar 1917 |
| Batavia - Gie 1928 | Batavia - Twiss 1919 |
| Batavia - Glastra van Loon 1926 | Batavia - Ukkerman 1913 |
| Batavia - Greve 1928 | Batavia - Utrecht 1940 |
| Batavia - Guljé 1948 | Batavia - van Boetzelaer ca 1913 |
| Batavia - Haasse 1918 | Batavia - van Buttingha Wichers 1931 |
| Batavia - Haga 1927 | Batavia - van Buuren 1949 |
| Batavia - Hageman 1933 | Batavia - van den Assem 1934 |
| Batavia - Halbertsma 1930 | Batavia - van den Broeke 1919 |
| Batavia - Hall 1922 | Batavia - van den Dool 1948 [1] |
| Batavia - Heijenbrok 1930 | Batavia - van der Lee 1929 |
| Batavia - Heijning 1932 | Batavia - van Dongen 1934 [1] |
| Batavia - Hidding 1932 | Batavia - van Driem 1935 |
| Batavia - Hinze 1907 [Wd] | Batavia - van Driest 1916 |
| Batavia - Hoeben 1941 | Batavia - van Eek ca1894 |
| Batavia - Hoencamp 1938 | Batavia - van Eldik 1923 |
| Batavia - Hooij 1867 | Batavia - van Geuns 1949 |
| Batavia - Hoppenbrouwer 1947 | Batavia - van Hasselt 1927 |
| Batavia - Horst 1930 | Batavia - van Hout 1939 |
| Batavia - Huidekoper 1941 | Batavia - van Joost 1934 |
| Batavia - Hulshoff 1923 | Batavia - van Keeken 1917 |
| Batavia - Jacobs 1921 | Batavia - van Kessel 1932 |
| Batavia - Jansen 1929 | Batavia - van Lindonk 1934 |
| Batavia - Jap 1933 | Batavia - van Linkhuyzen 1920 |
| Batavia - Jekel 1933 | Batavia - van Reijsen 1938 |
| Batavia - Jonkman 1928 | Batavia - van Rijn 1927 |
| Batavia - Jonkman 1942 | Batavia - van Santen 1926 |
| Batavia - Kal 1909 | Batavia - van Santen 1937 |
| Batavia - Kater 1928 | Batavia - van Velthuijsen 1936 |
| Batavia - Keller 1918 | Batavia - Verdooren 1942 |
| Batavia - Kersten 1925 | Batavia - Vermeule 1939 |
| Batavia - Keukenmeester 1916 | Batavia - Vis 1937 |
| Batavia - Kist 1933 | Batavia - Visser 1920 |
| Batavia - Knegtmans 1915 | Batavia - Vogel 1937 |
| Batavia - Knol 1926 | Batavia - Voorbeijtel Cannenburg 1919 |
| Batavia - Koek 1922 | Batavia - Vreede 1924 |
| Batavia - Kroonenberg 1923 | Batavia - Wallbrink 1926 |
| Batavia - Kuisch 1930 | Batavia - Warnaar 1931 |
| Batavia - Kuyck 1927 | Batavia - Wasch 1922 |
| Batavia - Lentze 1934 | Batavia - Wieringa 1925 |
| Batavia - Levelt 1934 | Batavia - Wijlacker 1927 |
| Batavia - Luyt 1922 | Batavia - Wijnstok 1925 |
| Batavia - Maas Geesteranus 1940 | Batavia - Wolf 1921 |
| Batavia - Mac Gillavry 1930 | Batavia - Woutman 1918 |
| Batavia - Mac Gillavry 1938 | Batavia - Zuur 1940 |
| Batavia - Madsen 1928 | Meester Cornelis - Brouwer 1925 |
| Batavia - Maingay 1939 | Meester Cornelis - de Vries 1925 |
| Batavia - Marmelstein 1946 | Meester Cornelis - Heineman 1936 |
| Batavia - Martèl 1924 | Meester Cornelis - Hes 1919 |
| Batavia - Meerkamp van Embden 1923 | Meester Cornelis - Jacobs 1929 |
| Batavia - Meijer 1939 [1] | Meester Cornelis - Schey 1918 |
| Batavia - Meijer 1939 [2] | Meester Cornelis - van Arkel 1923 |
| Batavia - Menke 1922 | Meester Cornelis - van Zegen 1899 |
| Batavia - Mesman Schultz 1941 | Weltevreden - Botman 1920 (1) |
| Batavia - Moorrees 1938 | Weltevreden - Carbaat 1922 |
| Batavia - Mulder 1929 | Weltevreden - de Meester 1927 |
| Batavia - Muller 1936 | Weltevreden - Klein 1916 |
| Batavia - Mutter 1940 | Weltevreden - Koomans 1920 |
| Batavia - Naumann 1924 | Weltevreden - Lensvelt 1929 |
| Batavia - Nettekoven 1957 | Weltevreden - Maas 1912 |
| Batavia - Neumann 1919 | Weltevreden - Maas 1918 |
| Batavia - Nooteboom 1934 | Weltevreden - Maas 1920 |
| Batavia - Patoir 1947 | Weltevreden - Roozen 1920 |
| Batavia - Paulus 1949 | Weltevreden - Smit 1922 |
| Batavia - Prins 1918 | Weltevreden - Spaan 1915 |
| Batavia - Quelle 1942 | Weltevreden - Ukkerman 1916 |
| Batavia - Razoux Schultz 1930 | Weltevreden - van Buttingha Wichers 1929 |
| Batavia - Reuter 1939 | Weltevreden - van Daalen 1918 |
| Batavia - Rhemrev 1929 | Weltevreden - van Zuylen 1928 |
| Batavia - Richel 1938 | Weltevreden - Wijnberg 1928 |
| Batavia - Rissik 1927 |
In case you are interested to receive a particular copy death notice, please send me an email. My address is patmiebies at gmail dot com. Inserting a comment underneath this post is another possiblility. Any other remark about this blog post is welcome as well!
Apart from this post about Batavia, there is another one about Semarang. Please click here to see it. to see it.
Wonderful overview of the city where I was also born. Would appreciate it very much if you could add my name in the list of this fantastic poster.
ReplyDeleteBatavia - Frietman 1940
Possibly the text of this post is not very clear but all people mentioned already passed away ...
DeleteThe list is there to tell readers that upon request I can send them the relevant death notice.
So I assume that for the time being you are not interested to be part of the list :-)
Anyway, thanks for visiting my blog.
It's a bit confusing because it says "Place of Birth - Last Name, Year of Birth"
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for correcting my request.
Is there a slightly more detailed map of the 10th Battalion location?
Sorry but I am not aware of such a map.
DeleteDear Peter, is there a more detail er map of section 8 Meester Cornelis
ReplyDeleteSorry but this is all I have. However, you could try the site where the map came from indoshop.nl.
DeleteHello It is possible that the question about the map has already been answered, but here a link to a big Map of Batavia With Meester Cornelis on Map look at, coordinate A-5. https://colonialarchitecture.eu/islandora/object/uuid:49915cb6-4e9f-4986-a1a0-963977b6f447/datastream/OBJ
DeleteThank you for mentioning this link! The map is very clear.
DeleteDear Peter, is there a more detail er map of section 3，I'm interested in the spatial history of Batavia.
ReplyDeleteNot that I know of, sorry. But you might try the people at Java Post (link in the illustration title).
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