My grandparents, their descendants and families.
Paternal line
The male ancestors of my paternal grandfather, Christiaan Peter Roovers
(1868-1938) originated from the province of
North-Brabant (N-B) in the south of The Netherlands bordering on Belgium.
My paternal grandmother, Catharina Boots (1870-1942), was a West-Frisian
from the province of North-Holland (N-H).
A separate genealogy -with
a choice of photos from the 1870's onwards and an index- gives particulars of
their parents and their descendants in the female and male lines.
Maternal line
My maternal grandfather, Bernardus Kruze (1881-1956), was the illegitimate
son of Barendina Kruze who was of German stock. Her male ancestors came
from Northwest Germany via the north-eastern provinces of Holland to settle in
Amsterdam.
His wife, Mathilde Adriana Degens (1882-1954), had Zeeland
(Middelburg) as well as Swedish ancestors. Her uncles, sisters and one of her
brothers still bore true Swedish christian names. Her maternal grandfather Carl
Petter August Wenstedt was a Swedish ship's mate employed in the timber trade
between Sweden and the town of Middelburg where he married a local girl.
Photos and summary data of
the parents of Bernardus Kruze and Mathilde Degens are included in a separate file under "Parents and descendants
of Christiaan Peter Roovers and Catharina Boots".
