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Monday, February 27, 2012

Willem Juriaensz

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What is in a Name Off the coast of Schleswig, in the North Sea, lay the island of Nordstrand . Here, in 1618, was born to Wilhelm Jurianse...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Along the Schuylkill River

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By the third generation, the Van Hooser family was ready to move again. This time the family would move from upstate New York to the Townshi...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Two times two and fifty exquisite Biblical Stories from the Old and New Testaments, for youth prepared to the best of his ability by Johann Hübnern,

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Two times two and fifty exquisite Biblical Stories from the Old and New Testaments , for youth prepared to the best of his ability by Johann...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Marriage of Jan Franz Van Housum and Volckje Jurriaens van Nordstrandt

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Jan Franz Van Husum (Housum) and Volkje Juriaens (Jurriaens) married in Amsterdam on April 30, 1639. At the time, they were living on Tuinst...
Sunday, January 1, 2012

Volkje and Annetje Juriens (Jurriaens)

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In 1639 Volkje Juriens (Jurriaens) married Jan Franz Van Husum, the first Van Huss in America. But before that Volkje lived on the N...

Jan Van Husum - sailing man

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It is not entirely clear what Jan Franz Van Husum did in the city of Husum before leaving for Amsterdam. One would suspect that he was a sai...

The Baker Willem Juriens

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The last name of Willem Juriens is intriging, for it suggests a connection with Volkje Juriens , wife of Jan Van Husum. But if there is a c...