Dutch ancestors

I joined Twitter a little over a year ago. Much of my focus was and is on genealogical subjects. During the first nine months of that period I have been running the twitter account of the NGV, the Dutch Genealogical Society. At a certain point I also started a private account but that one was hacked. So I transformed it to the one I still have today: @patmcast. Therefore, I follow a lot of fellow genealogists, archives and other professionals involved in pedigree related subjects. Since the Dutch have a longstanding tradition of establishing themselves all over the world, there are a lot of people with Dutch roots. And many a time I can tell by their surname that their ancestors came from the low countries.

In the course of that twittering year I ran into a number of bloggers with surnames which were clearly of Dutch descent. I have been in contact with some of them to tell them hopefully interesting tidbits about their surname of interest. 

But that number of surnames keeps on growing. So I decided to put them all together so that I know who is interested in what. At the same time it may be interesting to know for bloggers that there are people in their own country fishing in the same pond.

Also, if there are newsworthy things to report about interesting genealogical developments here in The Netherlands, I will let you know through this blog. So if you want to keep track of this, please follow my blog using Google Friend Connect. Or follow me on Twitter.

It is obvious that this survey is not complete. So if you know of a missing blog, please let me know.

All information you see in this post, is copied from the relevant blog. So I assume nothing is confidential.

Sometimes I have assumed that a surname is of Dutch descent because to me that was obvious. But I have been known to be wrong here. Some German surnames resemble Dutch names. The same goes for surnames from Belgium. Some surnames appear in all three countries. So there is room to err...

Today there are 107 foreign blogs shown in this post with a total of 393 Dutch descendant surnames. At the end there is an update section. There you can see which blogs have been added recently.

In case you want to consult a Dutch genealogical data base I can recommend WieWasWie (WhoWasWho). It is by far the most comprehensive one and available in English as well. I wrote a post explaining the use this site.

In this post the surname Timmer appears twice. Below is a picture of speed skating Olympic Gold Medal winner Marianne Timmer and famous soccer goalie Henk Timmer. They were not related, until they got married!

Photo ex De Gooi- en Eemlander

Related or not, surnames mentioned more than once have been printed in red.

Blog name: 40th & Plum

URL: http://40th-and-plum.blogspot.com 

Blogger: Marceline Beem

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Van Pelt

Blog name: A Young Man's Genealogy

URL: http://daltons-genealogyjourney.blogspot.com 

Blogger: Dalton Smith

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Voorhies (probably derived from Voorhees)

Blog name: Abbie and Eveline

URL: http://www.abbieandeveline.com 

Blogger: Kathy

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Melyn

Blog name: AnceStories

URL: http://ancestories1.blogspot.com 

Blogger: Miriam J. Robbins,  USA

Twitter id: @kidmiff

Dutch surnames: Bos, Barber, Brinkman, De Haan, DeJong, DeVerre, DeVries, Dolstra, Engbrenghof, Erhardt, Fredenburg (Vredenburg?), Hessels, Hoekstra, Jonker, Memes, Peck, Renema, Sweers, Ton, Tuinstra, Valk, Van der Ploeg, Van Klinken, Vreeland, Westbrook (Westbroek?), Wieringa, Wiersma, Zigterman

Blog name: Ancestors in Aprons

URL: http://ancestorsinaprons.com 

Blogger: Vera Marie Badertscher, Tucson, AZ, USA

Twitter id: @pen4hire

Dutch surnames: Brink, Kaser (Dutch descent for both not proven (yet))

Blog name: Ancestrally Challenged

URL: http://ancestrallychallenged.blogspot.com 

Blogger: Denielle Radcliff Koch

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Vanzandt, Sanders(?)

Blog name: Ancestral Things

URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Blogger: Bob Billard

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: VanSinderen

Blog name: Ancestral Ties

URL: http://ancestralties.blogspot.com

Blogger: Bessie, Western states, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Groesbeck (very likely derived from Groesbeek)

Blog name: Appalachian Ancestry Journal

URL: http://appalachianancestryjournal.blogspot.com (dead link)

Blogger: Wendy Gregory, USA

Twitter id: @AppalachiaKin (cancelled)

Dutch surnames: Woertman (Workman)

Blog name: Bastians in Texas

URL: http://bastiansintexas.blogspot.nl/

Blogger: Stacey Bastian Stewart, TX, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Bastian, Bastain (Dutch ancestry uncertain, please see comments dated July 3, 2012.)

Blog name: BlackenedRoots

URL: http://blackenedroots.com/

Blogger: Michael T. Black, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Edel, Van Dalen, Van den Heuvel, Van Twisk

Blog name: Braiding Trees

URL: http://braidingtrees.wordpress.com

Blogger: Jodi Roessler, Lexington, KY, USA

Twitter id: @JLRoessler

Dutch surnames: Borstelman, DeBolt, Dehart, DeWitt, Horn

Blog name: Branch and Leaf

URL: http://branchandleaf.wordpress.com/

Blogger: ljhlaura

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Kreykes, Reitsema, Smalbrugge, Vanden Bosch, Vander Maaten

Blog name: Branches and Twigs

URL: http://branchesandtwigs.weebly.com/

Blogger: Lacey Frazier

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Cornelison (Cornelissen?), vanderGriff/vanderGrippe (van der Grift?)

Blog name: Branches Leaves And Trees

URL: http://branchesleavesandtrees.blogspot.com

Blogger: Teresa, NE Ohio, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Stier

Blog name: Brett Payne's Family History Home Page

URL site: Brett Payne's Family History Home Page
URL blog: Photo-Sleuth

Blogger: Brett Payne, Tauranga, New Zealand

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: de Graaf, de Jager, Schipper, Smit

Blog name: Brooks/Norton Beginnings

URL: http://brooks-nortonbeginnings.blogspot.com

Blogger: Janet E. Brooks, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Wetjen

Blog name: Brouwer Genealogy

URL: http://brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com

Blogger: Chris Chester, NY, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Brouwer

Blog name: Casper Kimber Connections

URL: http://casperkimberconnections.blogspot.com

Blogger: Barbara DiMunno, Middletown, NY, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Cortrecht (Kortrecht), De Kay, Koevert, Wellemsen/Willemse/Willemsen

Blog name: Cindy Freed's genealogy Circle

URL: http://www.cindyfreed.com

Blogger: Cindy Freed, Columbus, OH, USA

Twitter id: @GenealogyCircle

Dutch surnames: Van Meter

Blog name: Consanguinity
URL: http://consanguinitatem.blogspot.nl/

Blogger: Patti Browning, TX, USA

Twitter id: @locogirlp

Dutch surnames: Huls
Further info re Huls/Holsaert on http://hulsenet.net/3.html. 

Blog name: Cress And Westerhouse History

URL: http://cressandwesterhousehistory.blogspot.com

Blogger: Jay Cress, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Holtcamp, Korfhage (Dutch descent not proven)

Blog name: Cross Connections

URL: http://valeriecross.blogspot.nl

Blogger: Valerie Cross, ME, USA

Twitter id: @ValerieC24

Dutch surnames: Comegys (Comen Ghysen?, Commegijs?), Teachout (Titsoort?), Van Riper

Blog name: DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy

URL: http://dna-explained.com

Blogger: Roberta Estes, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Camstra, Douwes, Ferverda, Harmens, Henstra, Houtsma, Noordhof, Roeloffs, Young, many if not all from Friesland

Blog name: Double First Cousins

URL: http://doublefirstcousins.blogspot.com

Blogger: Barbara McGeachy, Raleigh, NC, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Snyder (also German origin possible)

Blog name: DuSyl Family Lore & History 

URL: http://dusyl.blogspot.nl/

Blogger: Kayla, USA

Twitter id: @Kaylagking

Dutch surnames: De Spiegel, Putman, Rijcke, Van der Hurk, Van Haestrecht, Van Valkenburg

Blog name: Dutchgenie

URL: http://dutchgenie.net

Blogger: Afina, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Broekman, ten Bruggencate, De Haan, Edelman, Gast, Koch 

Blog name: Everything's Relative

URL: http://genealogybycindy.blogspot.nl/

Blogger: Cindy, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Horsman (no proven Dutch descent) 

Blog name: Family History Nuggets

URL: http://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com/

Blogger: Kevin Huigens, Berwyn, IL, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Huigens

Blog name: Family Photo Reunion

URL: http://www.familyphotoreunion.blogspot.com/

Blogger:  Carol L. MacKay, Oceanside, BC, Canada

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Colenbrander, Den Herder, Lammers, Leemhuil (Leemhuis?), Vande Berg, Van de Braake

Blog name: Family Preserves

URL: http://tlcmeyers.blogspot.nl

Blogger:  Tracy Meyers, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Van Buskirk (Buskerk?)

Blog name: Family Stories

URL: http://pamgarrettblog.blogspot.com

Blogger:  Pam Garrett, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Van Lear

Blog name: Farmgirlgenes

URL: http://farmgirlgenes.wordpress.com

Blogger:  Tracy, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Heinink, Hilbers, Smit, van der Leauw (van der Leeuw?)

Blog name: Finding your Past

URL: http://findingyourpast.blogspot.com

Blogger:  Christopher White, East Greenbush, NY, USA

Twitter id: @AlbGraveDigger 

Dutch surnames: Koreman

Blog name: From Here to There

URL: http://www.fromheretothereasearcherstale.blogspot.com

Blogger: Mindy, Elko, NV, USA 

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Coen (Dutch ancestry not proven yet)

Blog name: Garnering Ancestors

URL: http://mygarnerfamily.blogspot.com

Blogger: Sharon Garner, USA 

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Hendricks, Hendrix (both to be confirmed)

Blog name: Genealogical Gems
URL: http://genealogybyjeanne.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, Lancaster, PA, USA
Twitter id: @jeanne_eckman
Dutch surnames: Aukamp, VanHorn

Blog name: Genealogist Journal
URL: http://www.genealogistjournal.blogspot.nl
Blogger: Jenny Findsen, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Van Deursen, Van Dusen, Vredenburgh

Website name: Genealogy, Experientially
URL: http://www.rosinalippi.com
Website owner: Rosina Lippi, Bellingham, WA, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Ennis, Etten, Rozekrans, Schoonmaker ,Van Campen, Westbroek, Westercamp

Blog name: Genea-Musings
URL: http://www.geneamusings.com/
Blogger: Randy Seaver, Chula Vista, CA, USA
Twitter id: @rjseaver
Dutch surnames: Bloetgoet (Bloodgood), De Vos, Douw, Fonda, Mabie, Mol, Putman (Pootman?), Van Eps, Van Vorst and also interested in Bresee, Dyckman, Sissum, Van Duesen (Van Dusen), Viele

Blog name: GeneaSpy
URL: http://www.geneaspy.com
Blogger: J. Paul Hawthorne, Escondido, CA, USA
Twitter id: @jphawthorne 
Dutch surnames: Loper

Blog name: Generations Past
URL: http://generationspast99.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Tina Telesca, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Stegman

Blog name: Getting to Know You - A Journey into Ancestry
URL: http://gettingtoknowyou1.blogspot.com
Blogger:  Karen Bruynell, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Feller, VanCauwenberg (Geraardsbergen [B])

Blog name: Grafted Together - Dillman and Wright
URL: https://graftedtogetherdillmanandwright.blogspot.com
Blogger: Lisa Dillman Wright, TX, USA
Twitter id: @LisaAWright

Dutch surnames: Spangenberg

Blog name: Haley Family from Jasper County, Iowa
URL: http://haleyfamilyfromjaspercountyiowa.weebly.com
Blogger: Caroline Pointer, Houston TX, USA
Twitter id: @FamilyStories
Dutch surnames: Notaboom (probably: Note(n)boom)

Blog name: Heart of a Southern Woman
URL: http://heart2heartstories.com/
Blogger: Helen Holshouser, USA

Twitter id: @helenholshouser
Dutch surnames: Spier, Van Meter, Van Swol, Van Winkle, Voorhees, Vreeland, 

Blog name: History's Faces
URL: http://historysfaces.blogspot.nl/
Blogger: Debra Winchell (blog owner) Capital District NY, USA/Drew Blattner (author of this post) Jackson MO, USA

Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Bosch, de Grauw, Kool, Kunst, Leydecker, Slecht, van Bunschoten, van Garden, van Gorden, (van) Nieuwkerk, van Vredenburg (for more genealogical details  contact Drew Blattner or patmiebies at gmail dot com) 

Blog name: Hylbom Family Ancestry Project
URL: http://hylbom.com/
Blogger: Tor Hylbom, Monrovia CA, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: DeCamp, de Mandeville, Doodes*, Geret*, Hendricks*, Spier or Speer, van Swol, Vreeland, Wessels*
* probably patronymics 

Blog name: I *think* we're related
URL: http://ithinkwererelated.blogspot.com
Blogger: Sally Mack, New Hampshire, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Dikeman (Dyckman? Dijkman?)

Blog name: Interwoven Family
URL: http://interwovenfamily.blogspot.nl
Blogger: Beth Noble, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Eveleen (no proof yet of Dutch ancestry.)

Blog name: Into the Briar Patch: A Family Memoir
URL: http://mariannsregan.com
Blogger: Mariann S. Regan, CT, USA
Twitter id: @MariannSRegan
Dutch surnames: Vanderhorst, Van der Loo

Blog name: Jana´s Genealogy and Family History Blog
URL: http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com
Blogger: Jana Last, USA
Twitter id: @genealogyisfun
Dutch surnames: Waterman (please see comments)

Blog name: Jax Trax
URL: http://jackievanbergen.blogspot.com.au
Blogger: Jacky van Bergen, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Van Bergen

Blog name: Journey to His Past

URL: http://journeytohispast.blogspot.com/

Blogger: Brenda Leyndyke, Battle Creek, MI, USA

Twitter id: @BrendaLeyndyke

Dutch surnames: de Groene (Z), de Zutter (Z), Kosten, Leyndyke, Luyendyk, Maasdam, Nelisse (Z), Quist (Z), Vanden Bos (Z), van Oostende (Z), VanOeveren, Verwijs (Z)
Z=Zeeland

Blog name: Karen's Genealogy Oasis
URL: http://genoasis.blogspot.com
Blogger: Karen Blackmore, Arizona, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: VanNuys

Blog name: Kathy's Gates to the Past
URL: http://gatestothepast.blogspot.com
Blogger: Kathy Holland, Northridge, CA, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Freukes (no proven Dutch ancestry)

Site name: Kerlen

URL: http://carloadofdogs.tribalpages.com/

Blogger: Marguerite Kerlen, Australia

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Bondam, Gleichman, Kerlen, Ruys and many others

Blog name: Know Their Stories
URL: http://knowtheirstories.blogspot.com
Blogger: Erin Lacey, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Beukenkamp, Van den Bosch, Kuul, Strijder

Blog name: Letters from the past
URL: http://pastletters.blogspot.com
Blogger: Jean Dion, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Van Amber (Amber)

Blog name: Lewis Family Genealogy
URL: http://lewisfamilygenealogy.blogspot.com
Blogger: Michael A. Lewis, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: DeWolf

Blog name: Life From The Roots

URL: http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com

Blogger: Barbara Poole, MA, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Douw, Huyck, Oothout, Rinkhout, Ten Eyck, Van Anglen, Van Duyn, Van Ness, Van Nuyse, Van Wicklen,Van Woert, Vroom

Blog name: Lois Willis - Genealogy and Family History

URL: https://loiswillis.blog

Blogger: Lois Willis, Numurkah, Victoria, Australia

Twitter id: @lois_loiswillis
Dutch surnames: Mulder

Blog name: Malo Family genealogy

URL: http://malo-genealogy.blogspot.com

Blogger: Kim Richards, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Vandale, van den Dyke (please see Kim's comments in the a.m. link)

Blog name: Marti's Genealogy Adventures

URL: http://mkerkwall.blogspot.com

Blogger: Marti, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Kerkhoff (so far origin has been traced back to German village just across Dutch/German border)

Blog name: Mikkel's Hus

URL: http://charles-mikkelshus.blogspot.com

Blogger: Charles Hansen, Spokane, WA, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Vanderpool

Blog name: My Dutch Ancestors

URL: http://nederlandsevoorouders.blogspot.com/

Blogger: Jane, Fairfax, VA, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Hop, Luchtenberg, Morren, Snijder(s), Timmer, Van Beek

Blog name: My Family History

URL: http://marthafamilyhistory.blogspot.com

Blogger: Martha Loven, Oronoco, MN, USA

Twitter id: 

Dutch surnames: Hakes (no confirmed Dutch descent), Koopman 

Blog name: Nutfield Genealogy

URL: http://www.nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/

Blogger: Heather Rojo, NH, USA

Twitter id: @HeatherRojo

Dutch surnames: Hoogerzeil, Lekkerkerk, Ockers, Ooms, Schout[en], Van der Ham.

Blog name: Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
URL: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com
Blogger: Lorine McGinnis Schulze, Georgian Bay, ON, Canada
Twitter id: @LorineMS
Dutch surnames: Barents(en) from Hoorn, Coerte from Voorhusyen (Voorthuizen?) Van Slyke, Van Valkenburg, Vroomans and publications about Post, Bonen and Jansen, Jans, Van Woggelum, Provoost, Van Loon and Goosens, Coning, Kloppers, Cuyler, van Fulpen, van Veen, van Brakel, van der Volgen, Moockers and Post

Blog name: Our Family History
URL: http://www.doriswheeler.org/ & http://southworth-southard.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Doris Wheeler, GA, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames:  Carstensen, Cool/Kohl, de Cram, Dircx, Gardenier, Hendrickse, Jans, Metzelaer, Osteroom (Oosterom), Ostrander, Reiniers, Roosa, Van Amersfoort, Van Bloemendahl, Van Ceulen, Van Etten, Van Salee, Southard (please also see comments)

Site name: Quackenbush Family History
URL: http://www.quackenbush.com/
Blogger: Erik Quackenbush, Duncan BC, Canada
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Quackenbush

Site name: Rattling the Bones
URL: http://www.rattlingthebones.blogspot.com
Blogger: Hiztorybuff, Washington, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Outhouse (Uythuysen), Pastoor (possibly also from Germany)

Site name: Rattling Old Bones
URL: http://www.rattlingoldbones.blogspot.com
Blogger: Zola Troutman Noble, Anderson IN, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Geist

Blog name: Relative Storyboards
URL: http://kbea831.wordpress.com
Blogger: Kay Bauman, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Twitter id: @kayzie31
Dutch surnames: DeVries, Bolt

Blog name: Roots of Kinship
URL: http://rootsofkinship.com
Blogger: Larisa Thomas, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Twitter id: @RootsofKinship
Dutch surnames: Dulk, Noteboom, Nullmeyer

Blog name: Sand In My Shoes
URL: http://www.sandinmyshoescapecod.blogspot.com
Blogger: Katherine, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Remick

Blog name: Sarah Searches her Roots
URL: http://sarahtishsearches.blogspot.com
Blogger: Sarah Curran Schaal, Pacific Northwest, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Schaal (no proven Dutch connection but shared German roots are possible)

Blog name: Scrapbooking Your Family Tree
URL: http://scrapbookingyourfamilytree.com
Blogger: Monna (Shaw) Davis-Ellithorpe
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Beekman

Blog name: Searchin' for Kinfolk
URL: http://searchinforkinfolk.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Jim Gill, Versailles, KY, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Emmens, Hendrickson, [witness Snyder]

Blog name: Sheetar
URL: http://www.sheetar.com
Blogger: Sheetar
Twitter id: @the_sheetar
Dutch surnames: Dijkema, Fijlstra, Jaarsma, Meijer, de Waal Malefijt

Blog name: Smart Family History
URL: http://www.smartfamilyhistory.com
Blogger: Peterson Brink, the Great Plains, USA
Twitter id: @smartfamhist
Dutch surnames: Brink, DeWolf

Blog name: Story apples
URL: http://www.storyapples.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Jackie, Utah, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Van De Riet

Blog name: Tales of an aspiring family historian
URL: http://my100familyhistories.wordpress.com/
Blogger: Emilee Diehl, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Post, Van Winkle

Blog name: Tangled Trees
URL: http://tangledtrees.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Theresa Casteel
Twitter id: @Mzstery
Dutch surnames: Casteel

Blog name: TheAncestorFiles
URL: http://theancestorfiles.blogspot.com
Blogger: Amy T, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: DeFriez, Pettit

Blog name: The Ancestor Hunt
URL: http://www.theancestorhunt.com
Blogger: Kenneth R. Marks, Peoria, AZ, USA
Twitter id: @marksology
Dutch surnames: Heyman (Heijman?), Lutgens (no proven Dutch ancestry for these names)

Blog name: The Art of Genealogy
URL: http://www.theartofgenealogy.com
Blogger: Karin Hadden, Michigan, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Hadden, Jekel

Blog name: The Buff Genealogist
URL: http://buffgenealogist.blogspot.com
Blogger: Chris Wimsatt
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Laenen, Sutphen, Van Vorhees, Van Zandt, 

Blog name: The Dead Relative Collector
URL: http://thedeadrelativecollector.blogspot.nl
Blogger: Nicholas Weerts, MN, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Fras, Kleinhans, Kanngiesser (Kannegieter?), Kruse (Kroese?) (Van?) Weerts, all possibly from (also) Ost-Friesland

Blog name: The Family Bible
URL: https://thefamilybibleblog.com/
Blogger: SH
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Holman (Dutch descent not proven)

Blog name: The Family History Fairy
URL: http://familyhistoryfairy.wordpress.com
Blogger: Dochiny Wade, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Van Zijll de Jong

Blog name: The Family Kalamazoo
URL: http://thefamilykalamazoo.wordpress.com/
Blogger: Luanne, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Bomhof, DeKorn, Leeuwenhoek, Mulder, Paak, Peek, Remijnse, Tazelaar, Zuidweg

Blog name: The Glamorous Genealogist
URL: http://theglamorousgenealogist.blogspot.com
Blogger: The Glamorous Genealogist, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Van Aken/Van Auken, Van Dusen, Van Garden, Van Shaik (Schaik?), Van Slyke, Van Vechten

Blog name: The Last Leaf On This Branch
URL: http://thelastleafonthisbranch.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Laura Cosgrove Lorenzana
Twitter id: @archivalbiz
Dutch surnames: Wersel (Utr)

Blog name: The Mommy Genealogist
URL: http://themommygenealogist.com
Blogger: Camille, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Tolman

Blog name: The Seasons of Time
URL: http://seasonsoftimegoneby.blogspot.com
Blogger: Christine Ruggles, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Vandecar, Van Delor (van de(r) Lo(o)r?)

Blog name: Tim Havenith Family Tree
URL: http://timhavenithfamilytree.blogspot.co.uk
Blogger: Tim Havenith, Melksham, Wiltshire, UK
Twitter id: @TimHavenithFT
Dutch surnames: Magermans, Ackermans

Blog name: TJL Genes: Preserving Our Family History
URL: http://www.tjlgenes.blogspot.com
Blogger: Travis J. LeMaster, Sweetser, IN, USA
Twitter id: @tjlgenes
Dutch surnames: Claessen, Cowenhoven, Groenendyke, Jacobs, Kroezen, Montfoort, Putman, Simons, Snydam, Van Couwenhoven, Van Huysen, VanderVeer

Blog name: Tracing My Family An Up Hill Climb
URL: http://ladyredrider.blogspot.com
Blogger: Lisa, Amish Country, OH, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Dewalt, Huf(f)man, Hof(f)man (there is no proven Dutch ancestry for any of these names)

Blog name: TransylvanianDutch
URL: http://blog.transylvaniandutch.com
Blogger: John Newmark
Twitter id: @TransDutch
Dutch surnames: Burger, Burghart, DeWitt, Van Every, Van Iveren, Van Lieuvin/Van Leevwen

Blog name: Travels Through My Past
URL: http://travelsthroughmypast.blogspot.nl/
Blogger: Liz, CA, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: DeWinter, Mulder

Blog name: Twigs & Branches
URL: http://pegrowe.com
Blogger: PeggyAnn Rowe, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: VanAtta

Blog name: Twigs and Trees
URL: http://twigsandtrees.blogspot.ca
Blogger: Celia Lewis, Vancouver BC, Canada
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Dircksen (m), Dirckx (f) both arriving in New Amsterdam on June 2, 1663 on the ship De Arent; probably they adopted the surname Terwilliger/ Terwillegen/ Tervilleger shortly after. Also Tach, Tack, Van Etten.

Blog name: Unclaimed Ancestors
URL: http://unclaimedancestors.com/
Blogger: Jodi Bash, Houston, TX, USA
Twitter id: @famatfingertips
Dutch surnames: Brinkman, Dittmar, Hageman, Hartman, Horn, Schoneman, Snyder, VanAmburg and Zeller (both no proven Dutch ancestry. VanAmburg may have been Van Hamburg??)

Site name: Vanderhoof Family History Project
URL: http://vanderhoofproject.com/
Owner: Terry, USA
Twitter id: @Vanderhoofproj
Dutch surnames: Vanderhoof (Van der Hoeven), Van Vulpen

Blog name: Walking In Their Footsteps
URL: http://www.montfortfamilyetc.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Barbara Whiteside, Indiana, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Bloedgoet, Brinckerhoff, Montfort, Riker, 

Site name: Wandering Through My Roots
URL: http://wanderingthroughmyroots.wordpress.com
Owner: Rene Baron, California, USA
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Gulick, Stevens

Blog name: Who we are...
URL: http://whoweareandhowwegotthisway.blogspot.com
Blogger: Deborah Holman
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Spiegel (sofar surname Holman is of English descent) 

Blog name: Wisteria
URL: http://wisteria-dawn.blogspot.com/
Blogger: Dawn Westfall
Twitter id: 
Dutch surnames: Bolhuis, Katsma (F), Kiel, Molenkamp, Olthof, Timmer (Gr)

Blog name: Zalewski Family Genealogy
URL: http://www.zalewskifamily.net/
Blogger: Brian Zalewski
Twitter id: @brianjz
Dutch surnames: Krebbekx (Z), Van Parijs (Z)


Surnames in red are found in more than one blog.

More American Dutch surnames on the site of the New Netherland Institute.

Update May 18, 2012: addition of ' Tales of an aspiring family historian'.
Update May 20, 2012: addition of 3 surnames to 'Wisteria'
Update May 20, 2012: addition of 'Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog'.
Update May 22, 2012: addition of 'Genea-Musings'.
Update May 23, 2012: addition of 'Family Photo Reunion'.
Update May 23, 2012: addition of 'Nutfield Genealogy'.
Update May 23, 2012: addition of 'Zalewski Family Genealogy'.
Update May 24, 2012: addition of 10 surnames to 'Life From The Roots'
Update May 24, 2012: addition of 'Family History Nuggets'
Update May 25, 2012: addition of 'Our Family History'
Update May 27, 2012: addition of 'Searchin' for Kinfolk'
Update June 7, 2012: addition of 2 surnames to 'TransylvanianDutch'
Update June 19, 2012: addition of 1 surname to 'Life From The Roots'
Update June 22, 2012: addition of 'Branch and Leaf'
Update June 23, 2012: addition of 'DuSyl Family Lore & History'
Update June 25, 2012: addition of 'Consanguinity'
Update July 3, 2012: addition of 'Bastians in Texas'
Update July 4, 2012: addition of 'Travels Through My Past'
Update July 5, 2012: addition of 1 surname to 'Wisteria'
Update July 8, 2012: addition of 1 surname to 'Journey to His Past'
Update July 29, 2012: addition of 'Interwoven Family'
Update July 30, 2012: addition of 'Twigs and Trees'
Update August 13, 2012: addition of 'Malo Family Genealogy'
Update August 21, 2012: addition of 'Hylbom Family Ancestry Project'
Update August 24, 2012: addition of 'Abbie and Eveline'
Update August 26, 2012: addition of 'Genealogist Journal'
Update August 28, 2012: addition of 1 surname to 'Travels Through My Past'
Update Sept. 2, 2012: addition of 'Genealogy, Experientially'
Update Sept. 3, 2012: addition of 'DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy'
Update Sept. 8, 2012: addition of 'Cross Connections'
Update Sept. 15, 2012: addition of 'Tracing My Family An Up Hill Climb'
Update Sept. 18, 2012: addition of 1 surname to 'Journey to His Past'
Update Sept. 30, 2012: addition of 'BlackenedRoots'
Update Oct. 1, 2012: addition of 'Marti's Genealogy Adventures'
Update Oct. 3, 2012: addition of 'Quackenbush Family History'
Update Oct. 3, 2012: addition of 'Jax Trax'
Update Oct. 20, 2012: addition of 'The Ancestor Hunt' 
Update Nov. 14, 2012: addition of 'Kerlen'
Update Nov. 16, 2012: addition of 'From Here to There'
Update Nov. 18, 2012: addition of 'The Family Kalamazoo'
Update Nov. 25, 2012: addition of 'Everything's Relative'
Update Dec. 3, 2012: addition of 2 surnames to 'DuSyl Family Lore & History'
Update Dec. 5, 2012: addition of 1 surname to 'Genealogist Journal'
Update Dec. 10, 2012: addition of 'Unclaimed Ancestors'
Update Dec. 10, 2012: addition of 'Kathy's Gates to the Past'
Update Dec. 13, 2012: addition of 6 surnames to 'Journey to His Past'
Update Jan. 1, 2013: addition of 'Appalachian Ancestry Journal'
Update Jan. 1, 2013: addition of 'The Buff Genealogist'
Update Jan. 2, 2013: addition of 'Brouwer Genealogy'
Update Jan. 18, 2013: addition of 3 surnames to 'Twigs and Trees'
Update Jan. 18, 2013: addition of 1 surname to 'Unclaimed Ancestors'
Update Jan 19, 2013: addition of 'Brett Payne's Family History Home Page'
Update Jan. 28, 2013: addition of 'Farmgirlgenes'
Update Feb. 1, 2013: addition of 'Vanderhoof Family History Project'
Update Mar. 2, 2013: addition of 'Family Preserves', 'Letters from the past'
Update Mar. 3, 2013: addition of 1 surname to 'Farmgirlgenes'
Update Mar. 20, 2013: addition of 'Dutchgenie' 
Update Mar. 29, 2013: addition of 'The Family History Fairy'
Update Apr. 7, 2013: addition of 'Family Stories'
Update Apr. 17, 2013: addition of 'The Seasons of Time'
Update Apr. 20, 2013: addition of 1 surname to 'The Seasons of Time'
Update Apr. 28, 2013: addition of 'The Dead Relative Collector'
Update May 6, 2013: addition of 'Ancestral Ties'
Update May 13, 2013: addition of 'Branches Leaves And Trees'
Update May 26, 2013: addition of 2 surnames to 'The Dead Relative Collector'
Update May 26, 2013: addition of 'I *think* we're related'
Update Jun. 30, 2013: addition of 'Into the Briar Patch'
Update Jul. 10, 2013: addition of 'Garnering Ancestors'
Update Jul. 11, 2013: addition of 'Double First Cousins'
Update Jul. 12, 2013: addition of 'Know Their Stories'
Update Jul. 15, 2013: addition of 'Ancestors in Aprons'
Update Aug. 21, 2013: addition of 2 surnames to 'The Dead Relative Collector'
Update Sep. 8, 2013: addition of 'Rattling Old Bones'
Update Nov. 19, 2013: addition of 'Rattling the Bones'
Update Dec. 2, 2013: addition of 'Haley Family from Jasper County, Iowa'
Update Jan 12, 2014: addition of 'Who we are...'
Update Jan. 20, 2014: addition of 'History's Faces'
Update Jan. 28, 2014: addition of 'Branches and Twigs' 
Update Jan. 29, 2014: addition of 'My Family History'
Update Feb. 14, 2014: addition of 'Braiding Trees'
Update Feb. 15, 2014: addition of 'Twigs & Branches'
Update Mar. 16, 2014: addition of 'Roots of Kinship'
Update Mar. 18, 2014: addition of 'Smart Family History'
Update Apr. 23, 2014: addition of 'Wandering Through My Roots', 'Lewis Family Genealogy' and 'Getting to Know You'
Update Apr. 24, 2014: addition of 'The Glamorous Genealogist'
Update Apr. 28, 2014: addition of 'Brooks/Norton Beginnings'
Update May 5, 2014: addition of 'The Art of Genealogy'
Update May 9, 2014: addition of 'AnceStories' and 'Sand In My Shoes'
Update Sep. 2, 2014: addition of 'TJL Genes: Preserving Our Family History'
Update Sep. 23, 2014: addition of 'Casper Kimber Connections'
Update Oct. 15, 2014: addition of 'Sarah Searches her Roots'
Update Oct. 26, 2014: addition of 'Finding your Past'
Update Nov. 16, 2014: addition of 'Tim Havenith Family Tree'
Update Jan. 23, 2015: addition of 'Heart of a Southern Woman'
Update Sep. 15, 2015: addition of 'TheAncestorFiles'
Update Jan. 24, 2016: addition of 'A Young Man's Genealogy Journey'
Update Apr. 22, 2016: addition of '40th & Plum'
Update Apr. 25, 2016: addition of 'Cress And Westerhouse History'
Update Apr. 30, 2016: addition of 'The Family Bible'
Update May 6, 2016: addition of new names to 'Olive Tree Genealogy Blog'
Update Aug. 6, 2016: addition of 'Grafted Together - Dillman and Wright'
Update Aug. 7, 2016: addition of 'Sheetar'
Update Sep. 7, 2016: addition of 'GeneaSpy'
Update Oct. 30, 2016: addition of a new name to 'Olive Tree Genealogy Blog'
Update May 23, 2017: addition of a new name to 'The Family Kalamazoo'
Update Jul. 26, 2017: addition of 'Lois Willis - Genealogy and Family History'
Update Jul. 27, 2017: addition of 'The Mommy Genealogist'
Update Sep. 17, 2017: addition of 8 names to 'Olive Tree Genealogy Blog'
Update Dec. 23, 2017: addition of 1 name to 'Olive Tree Genealogy Blog'

Copier compleet

For a summary in English, please scroll down.
Ik heb er even op moeten wachten maar de boekenbonnen, die ik voor mijn verjaardag kreeg, heb ik nu goed kunnen besteden. Het is een uitgave geworden van het Nationaal Glasmuseum Leerdam en wel Copier compleet. Niet goedkoop, maar in aanmerking nemende hoeveel moeite het moet hebben gekost om dit werk gereed voor de drukker te krijgen, dan zijn de kosten miniem. 
Wanneer je de afmetingen van dit boekwerk ziet, zou je licht tot de conclusie kunnen komen dat dit een salontafelboek is. Niets is minder waar, waarmee ik bepaald niet iets negatiefs over de afbeeldingen in dit lijvig boekwerk wil zeggen. Het boek behandelt, en toont voor een groot deel, het oeuvre van Nederlands grootste glaskunstenaar Andries Dirk Copier (1901-1991). Echt een schitterend naslagwerk, want dat is het.

Het geeft een heel goed overzicht van het complete werk van Copier. Ik denk dat er met name aan het productiewerk weinig ontbreekt. Dat is misschien het minst spectaculaire deel van zijn oevre, het is wel het deel waaraan wat mij betreft de meeste behoefte bestaat. Hoe vaak loop je niet tegen een stuk aan waarvan je denkt, is dat nou van Copier of niet? In het verleden is hier natuurlijk al over gepubliceerd maar nu staat alles bij elkaar. Geen geringe prestatie!

Hoewel er ook de nodige Unica in het boek getoond worden, is het boek op dit punt niet compleet. En dat kan ook niet omdat deze veelal in particulier bezit zijn. Hieronder een Unica die ooit in het bezit van vrienden was.

Unica vaas, gesigneerd A.D. Copier 901013,
Oude Horn Lino/Bernard

Bovenstaande Unica is gemaakt in de Oude Horn, thans nog het atelier van Bernard Heessen. Daaruit blijkt al dat de mensen die denken dat Copier alleen voor Leerdam heeft gewerkt, het mis hebben. Omgekeerd is trouwens ook niet waar. De glasfabriek in Leerdam heeft vele grote namen in dienst gehad zoals De Bazel, Berlage en Floris Meydam. Maar ook de eigen ontwerpafdeling maakte zaken die ik me nog wel van vroeger bij mijn grootmoeder kan herinneren bv. de hieronder getoonde puddingvorm.

Puddingvorm, ontwerp ca. 1906

Terug naar het boekwerk. Het telt 520 (!) bladzijden met bijna 2000 ontwerpen en meer dan 1000 illustraties in kleur. Het is geschreven/ samengesteld door Joan Temminck en Laurens Geurtz. Petje af voor deze mensen, het boek maakt zijn titel meer dan waar. En de gulle gevers van de benodigde boekenbonnen, zeer hartelijk dank, ik ben er heel erg blij mee!

Summary

For English speakers the title of this post and thus the title of the book needs to be explained. Copier is not short for photocopier, it is a Dutch surname. It is also pronounced differently. The surname is pronounced as copeer. Therefore, the meaning of the post title is “The complete work of Copier”. As far as I am concerned Copier (1901-1991) was the most outstanding designer of glass the Netherlands have ever known.  He spent his working life in the service of the Glass works Leerdam, currently known under the name of Royal Leerdam Crystal and part of Royal Delft. He started there at the age of 13 as a common labourer. But not for long. Already in 1915 he became deputy chief of the etching department. His first design dates from 1921 and starting in 1923 he was responsible for all aesthetic aspects related to the produced glassware. The management of the Leerdam glass works were strong proponents of producing design articles at affordable prices for the working class. Many well known (Dutch) architects/designers were contracted and later also employed. One of them was the famous US architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Among others Copier designed many ordinary household vessels and glasses. Of the latter category I simply have to mention the Gilde wine glasses. It was designed in 1930 and it is still produced today! Speaking of timeless designs...

A Frank Lloyd Wright design
Photo courtesy of the National Glass Museum

After his retirement in 1971 he designed many unique pieces called Unica. The green object shown earlier is one of them. Copier travelled to the States on various occasions. He worked with Harvey Littleton in his studio in Spruce Pine NC and in 1985 he was offered the honorary membership of the American Glass Art Society.

This 520-page reference manual is an impressive piece of work. What it doesn’t mention about Copier isn’t worth knowing. There are more than 1,000 colour pictures shown in the book. Should you be interested, there is an English version available which may be ordered at the Dutch National Glass Museum. If you need assistance there, let me know.

Saved from the dustbin (8)

Today's aircraft are loaded with computer systems doing all kinds of tasks previously done by the crew. If you see a picture like the one below, you realize the evolution that has taken place in the cockpit. Apart from four cabin staff, there are six (!) cockpit crew members. It is very well possible that the character of this flight, it was the first KLM flight from Amsterdam to Tokyo via the polar route, was the reason to have a couple of extra crew members on board. But on this DC7C-flight you see the captain, the co-pilot, two navigators and two flight engineers. If you compare this number with the current flight deck crew of two, you'll appreciate the changes that have taken place there.

First flight from Schiphol to Tokyo via the north pole on Nov. 1, 1958
with captain A.D. Snitslaar left (names of other crew known as well).

To celebrate a first flight KLM, and other airlines as well, issued first flight envelopes. Although I have a lot of those myself, the one below does not belong to my collection. It was carried on the return flight from Tokyo to Amsterdam on Nov. 4, 1958.

KLM first flight envelope.

Shortly after WW2 KLM started a training for radio telegraph operators. Their first call sign was PI1KLM. And still today there are some devoted KLM amateur radio enthousiasts who go on the air every Sunday on frequency 3785 khz. Their call sign is PI9KLM and they have their own website.

A radio operator* in his Douglas DC6 "office" probably
close to the end of the fourties .

*Update May 19, 2016: A year and a half ago I received an email from Mr. Joop Witbaard, 85 years old at the time and a former KLM radio operator. He had an idea about who the radio operator in the above picture might be. But since he wasn't certain he promised to let me know when he did. Yesterday he informed me he could tell with 90% certainty that this is Mr. C. Hoefnagel who started with KLM back in 1939. He died near Rhein Main airport in Germany on March 22, 1952 when his DC6 PH-TPJ was in the final approach and the aircraft flew into a forest. The cause of this crash was never found.
Joop also has a theory that this picture was taken in a Lockheed Constellation L-049. His idea is based on the picture below. It shows the lay out of the identical L-749. He feels the photo is taken from where the red square is drawn. From that angle you almost have to see the back of the flight engineer seat as it is also visible in the picture.

Cockpit lay out of the Lockheed Constellation L-749

I am grateful to Joop for uncovering the identity of the unknown radio operator!

Update Sept. 17, 2016: There is now definite confirmation that the radio operator shown above is Mr. Cornelis Hoefnagel. Today I received a comment from his son Kees. He said: "It was a nice surprise for me to find the photographs of the "unidentified" radio operator in "Saved from the dustbin (8)" and the recent update with information by Mr. Joop Witbaard, who is very right! I can tell you, now with 100% certainty, that the radio operator is my father, Cornelis Hoefnagel and that the photo was indeed taken in the cockpit of a Lockheed Constellation. The photograph was made for a KLM promotional campaign in the U.S.A. and has appeared in Time Magazine in the late forties and was also printed in the KLM Board Magazine Holland Herald of November 2013. 
The text of this advertishment read "His ear never leaves the ground". 

Subsequently Kees send me both publications. In his email he said: "As promised, I send you the relevant page from Time of 5 April 1948, as well as the reuse of the photograph in the Holland Herald of April 2014.

I remember that I was on my way from Amsterdam to Bucharest and leisurely scrolling through the KLM Board Magazine, when all at once I was confronted with this photograph of my father, 66 years after it was made.

As I was only 3 years old, when my father died in the crash of the DC-6 "Koningin Juliana" near Frankfurt, I am always looking at old aviation photographs and reports hoping to find something about him. This is how I came onto you blog and I very much appreciate what you did with everything you saved from the dustbin!

With thanks and best regards,

Kees Hoefnagel"

Radio operator Cornelis Hoefnagel in Time Magazine Apr. 5, 1948

... and Cornelis again in Holland Herald 4-2014

I like to make a remark about the published photo of Mr. Hoefnagel in the Holland Herald. When we had the terrible KLM/PAA crash in Tenerife on March 27, 1977 one of the many victims was KLM captain Mr. J. Veldhuyzen van Zanten. At the time he was involved in a KLM advertising campaign among others shown in the Holland Herald issue on board of the aircraft crashed in Tenerife... After this terrible incident it became policy not to show crew members in advertising campaigns any more. Apparently this policy was long forgotten when the picture of Mr. Hoefnagel was published in 2014. And I doubt whether the editor realized how he met his fate...

Captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten in the 1977 Holland Herald

[end of update]
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Airline people tend to regard everything that is taking place in the cockpit as the center of the world. However, also cockpit staff will have to admit that it is rather difficult to operate an airline without the benefit of passengers (and shippers for that matter) willing to foot the bill. So passengers have to be pampered. And that can be done in various ways.

Beauty sleep in a Douglas DC6. KLM started operating the DC6
in 1948. The word 'marketing' did not even exist then...

And do you still remember airline ads for first class service? Haute cuisine and superb wines at high altitudes. I have always wondered what the effect is on those superb wines when an aircraft races over a runway with a speed of say 200 miles/hour...

KLM Royal Class service in a Douglas DC8.

Speaking of ads, one of the earliest ads in colour was a picture postcard of this Super Constellation, to my mind still one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. This one was registered in KLM's name on Dec. 22, 1955.

KLM Super Constellation PH-LKE "Pegasus".
Not surprising the Constellation was affectionately nicknamed "Connie".

A line up of unpainted Super Constellations, probably near the factory at Burbank, CA.

All of the above pictures have been saved from destruction by my colleagues Aris Zwart en Bert Besseling. Otherwise they - the pictures - would have met their final destiny at a Copenhagen incinerator. The site of Herman Dekker is the source for all details related to aircraft registrations.

Combi-namen (10)

For an explanation in English, please scroll down.
Sommige namen hóren gewoon bij elkaar. Maar of dat nou een extra reden is om een huwelijk of een relatie aan te gaan ... In ieder geval gebeurt het wel, zie onderstaande voorbeelden.
De eerste trof ik aan in de Digitale Stamboom van het Rotterdamse Gemeentearchief. Hoeveel mooier wil je ze hebben...

Dobbelaar-van den Dobbelsteen

En dat een perk z'n schoonheid ontleent aan een bloem, dat moge duidelijk zijn.

Bloem-van der Perk

Op het blog van mede-tweep @nap_kin trof ik onderstaande advertentie aan. Met haar vriendelijke toestemming plaats ik die hieronder. Veel hollandser kan je ze niet krijgen.

Kastelein-van der Neut

Dat duinen bewegelijke elementen in de natuur zijn omdat ze uit stuifzand bestaan, mag ook als bekend worden verondersteld.

van Duijn-Stuifzand

De laatste van deze serie behoeft geen uitleg.

Knol & de Ruiter

Summary
Explaining what this post is all about, is not easy. Basically it deals with surnames and then with striking combinations thereof. 'Striking' is a relative term because these name combinations are striking in Dutch. Possibly there are similar examples in the English language but those I don't know.  Let me tell you where this strange collecting mania came from. My grandmothers' family name is Doelman, which may be translated as Goalie. She married my grandfather whose family name is De Langen. Lang or Lange is best translated as Tall. So my grandmothers' married name was The Tall-Goalie. Funny? Coincidence? Predestination? I'll leave it up to you. No matter what, it was sufficient reason for me to start my collection of mostly family ads. Below I tried to find a proper translation for the name combinations shown above.
Dobbelaar-van den Dobbelsteen --> Gambler-Dice
Bloem-van der Perk --> Flower-Bed
Kastelein-van der Neut --> Innkeeper-Peg
van Duijn-Stuifzand --> Dune-Drift-sand
Knol & de Ruiter --> Horse-Rider
Any examples in your language? Please let me know.

Saved from the dustbin (7)

The elder readers of this blog may remember Scottish skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan. In the very early sixties he had a hit with the prozaic title My Old Man's A Dustman. This intro serves to tell you that also in KLM Cargo we have our own dustmen viz. Aris Zwart and Bert Besseling. They were the guys who saved all pictures shown in this series from destruction by being too quick for the Danish colleagues of Lonnie's father. For more details please see Dustbin  (1).  In any case I'm glad they did because it gives me a chance to show you some of these pictures and write about them.
The first two shots give an impression of what travel was like in the thirties. At the time KLM operated a scheduled service to Batavia, currently known as Jakarta, Indonesia. There was an intermediate stop in Palembang on the southern part of Sumatra. Looking at the first picture the airstrip was located right in the middle of the jungle. Based on the fact that the aircraft does not show a name below the cockpit, I presume this is a DC2 and not a DC3. If that is correct, the picture can be dated around 1935.

Palembang airport around 1935 with the "terminal" in the background.

The picture below shows the terminal facilities of Palembang. Please note the purserlike person in the doorway. The scene radiates a very relaxing atmosphere.

Captain Scholte entertaining his passengers?

While being in the Far East, here's a picture from down yonder. Australian National Airways Pty Ltd, mentioned on this hangar at SYD-airport, later became part of Ansett ANA. The DC3 in the foreground, the VH-ABR, crashlanded in New South Wales in 1948 but it was rebuilt and still around five years ago!

A hangar at the airport of Sydney. It probably doesn't exist anymore.

Before the second world war it was necessary to make absolutely clear that your plane was a civil aircraft and not a military plane. Hence the abundant identification.

Dakota DC3 PH-ASM. It was a KLM-plane between July 1939 and  May 16, 1940
when it was confiscated by the Luftwaffe. The German Airforce employed this
aircraft at least until September 1944. Its final destiny is unknown.

As is demonstrated by the picture below, also after WW2 it was apparently necessary to clearly show ones identification.

Douglas DC4 PH-TAP. As its name 'Paramaribo' does not appear where
it should be (on the nose), this shot is probably taken prior to its baptism on
June 21, 1946 but after May 31 that year when it was registered in KLM's name.

Fuel consumption is one of the main cost factors for the airlines today. This in spite of the fact that fuel efficiency has greatly improved over the past decades. The Douglas DC7C, capable of carrying approx. 100 passengers, was able to tank some 34,800 liters. But looking at its empty weight (33,000 kgs) and its maximum take off weight (almost 65,000 kgs), filling the tanks to the brim hardly left any capacity for passengers... But then, I may be wrong here. But right or wrong, it is a very illustrative picture.

Douglas DC7C, PH-DSL 'Baltic Sea'. The picture is said to show
174 barrels of 200 liters each totalling 34,000 liters.
Picture made between 8 Apr.1957 and Oct. 13, 1964.

As usual all data related to these aircraft, come from the unsurpassed site of Herman Dekker.