A Namesake

Week 3, 52 Ancestors Challenge

My parents followed the custom of naming us after our grandparents; Cornelis Blomberg and Berendina Elisabeth on my father’s side and Rein Peelen and Meta Reith on my mother’s side.

I followed the name Cornelis or Cornelia through the generations. Grandfather Cornelis, who was named after his sister, Cornelia, who had died a year earlier from diphteria (see previous post The Strangling Angel of children) She in turn was named after her mother, Johanna Cornelia Bronke as well as her great grandmother Johanna Cornelia van Outeren (1780-1846). 

Overlijdens Akte Hadeweij van der Meulen

Now the trail twists and a new name pops up; Hadewij van der Meulen or Hadeweij Janse van der Meulen, Johanna Cornelia’s mother. It makes a nice change and I am intrigued and follow that line. Tracking her down through the records I found, of course, several variations: Hadewij, Hadeweij, Hadewijch. I will use Hadeweij as it is written in her "Akte van Overlijden" (Death record).

She married Nicolaas van Outeren in Voorschoten on 15 April 1779. Johanna Cornelia was their first-born. They had four more children, two sons and two daughters, but the girls died in infancy.

If the custom prevails there should be another Hadeweij coming up and I it looks like I've found Hadeweij’s grandmother, Hadewij Bastiaans Zandweg (1686-1773), the mother of Pietertje Leeuwenburg. But this is where the Hadewij trail ends, for now.

Hadeweij van der Meulen was born in Oostbarendrecht, South Holland on 24 February 1756. Her parents were Jan van der Meulen and Pietertje Leeuwenburg. She was born into a well established farming family, who occupied the stately manor farm on the Ziedewijkse Dijk 63, known as de Hoeve, which was built in 1680. It still exists, albeit no longer as a working farm but a luxurious manor and grounds.

She died on 3 September 1818, in Voorschoten. The Overlijdens Akte states her occupation as Landbouwster - Farmer. From the obituary we know that she suffered from a prolonged wasting disease. 

Hadeweij or Hadeweg, is the Dutch variation of the original Germanic form, meaning “battle, female warrior”. Formidable. 

References:

I've relied on records from Open Archieven https://www.openarch.nl/?lang=en

Streek Archief Ijsselmonde http://www.streekarchiefijsselmonde.nl/tng

Geneanet Genealogie per Jan Plaizier (jplaizier) Stamboom 

Real Estate Funda 

https://www.funda.nl/koop/verkocht/barendrecht/huis-86419179-ziedewijdsedijk-63/