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Facts and Events
Birth
On 10 November 1811 at 7 a.m. Samuel Zorge was Born in Dreischor as the son of Rogier Zorge, farmer, 46 years old and Maria van der Velde.
In the marriage certificate of Samuel Zorge it was mentioned that he fulfilled his national militia. We can find a registration in the Zeeuws Archief [1]. However, there is no digital scan available and only a reference:
Reference: 93-ZMS Zeeuwse Mobiele Schutterij 1830-1839, 1837, Samuel Zorge, Corporal, inventory number: 66 sub. 18b. No digital copy can be ordered.
In the National Archives we can find a registration via this link [2]. This is his military record where we find interesting information:
1. Samuel Zorge, born 10 November 1811 in Dreischor, son of Rogier Zorge and Maria van der Velde (both deceased), number 23335, length: 1 el, 6 palmen, 6 duimen (equivalent to 166 cm);
2. Long face, broad head, blue eyes, brown hair, mouth and nose ordinary and round chin;
3. On 19 March 1835 enlisted as a voluntary soldier for the period of 5 years for the Province of Zeeland, municipality Dreischor. On 19 May 1835 moved to the standing army due to article 171 of the act on the National Militia. On 15 May 1840 put on equivalent level as volunteers;
4. 6 May 1836: promotion to corporal, 21 June 1839: promotion to sergeant;
5. 12 January 1846 by royal decree given an annual gratification of 65 Dutch guilders, decree 15 January 1846 number 20;
7. 20 August 1841: passported due to bodily harm in and die to the service in the army, given a gratification due to the fact that he cannot claim military wages.
In addition, we find a scan of his military hospital records on familysearch, where we find interesting information. Apparently he was employed in the military hospital starting 1847, but we can also see that he was employed as a soldier from 1835-1841.
In his military hospital records we find the following information:
1. 9 March 1835: soldier with the 17th division;
2. 19 May 1835: signed for 6 years die to the law of 3 January 1817;
3. 11 May 1837: promotion to corporal;
4. 21 June 1839: promotion to sergeant;
5. 20 August 1841: enlistment ended to the failures of the body. He received a gratification of 65 Dutch guilders annually.
6. 11 May 1847: temporarily employed at the garrison hospital in Amsterdam;
7. 1 October 1847: permanently employed as an employee of the army third class;
8. Died on 15 January 1856.
Married life
On 9 August 1843 at 25 years old Samuel Zorge, a 31 years old servant in the Buitengasthuis (a home for lepracy) in Haarlem, married Anne Theodore Elisabeth Mentzel. At the date of her marriage he lived at de Achter Nieuwegracht in Haarlem. Fo this marriage both have shown their birth certificates and Samuel Zorge has shown his certificate that he has fulfilled his duties for the National Militia. Witnesses to this marriage were:
1. Christiaan Frederik Westmulder, 55, without occupation, living at the Spaarnwoudestraat in Haarlem, acquaintance of the groom;
2. Gerrit Janssen, 26, occupation: sergeant in teh army, living at the Koudenhorn army base in Haarlem, acquaintance of the groom;
3. Jan van Lent in Gasman, 34, occupation: corporal drummer in the army, living in the Achter Nieuwegracht in Haarlem, acquaintance of the bride;
4. Nicolaas Outmeijer, 47, occupation: sergeant in the army, living at the Koudenhorn army base in Haarlem, acquaintance of the bride;
The Achter Nieuwe Gracht was a street at a canal in Haarlem that was later filled in and renamed to Parklaan [3].
Prior to being married their first child, Franciscus Anthonius Marinus Zorge (21 Feb 1843 in Haarlem), was born. In his birth certificate [4] it can be seen that the occupation of Anne Theodore Elisabeth Mentzel was that of a worker and she lived at the Achter Nieuwe Gracht in Haarlem. In the birth certificate Samuel Zorge was the one that declared the birth of his son and recognized him as his son and that of Anne Theodore Elisabeth Mentzel.
On 15 November 1844 their second child was born, a daughter named Johanna Maria Francisca Zorge (Haarlem) [5]. At the declaration of this birth the father of Anne Theodore Elisabeth Mentzel, Franciscus Xaverius Mentzel, at that time living in the Rozelaantje in Haarlem, was present.
Next, we find Samuel Zorge, together with his family, in the census records of Amsterdam 1853-1863 [6]. Here he lived in the basement of Utrechtsche Dwarsstraat 233:
1. Samuel Zorge, born 18 November 1811 in Dreischor, married, Nederlands Hervormd, occupation: employee at the hospital, arrived in 1846, died on 17 January 1856;
2. Anne Theodore Elisabeth Mentzel, born 12 May 1818 in Gent, married, Roman Catholic, no occupation, arrived in 1846;
3. Franciscus Anthonius Martinus Zorge, born 21 February 1843 in Haarlem, unmarried, Roman Catholic, no occupation, arrived in 1846;
4. Anna Maria Francisca Zorge, born 15 November 1844 in Haarlem, unmarried, Roman Catholic, no occupation, arrived in 1846;
We also find a census record from 1851-1853, also at the Utrechtsche Dwarsstraat 233 [7]. The registration is the same with the exception that the occupation of Samuel Zorge is registered as "warden third class in the hospital" and the arrival date is 14 December 1846.
Death
On the 17 January 1856 Joannes Jong, military, 29, and Martinus Noordeman, military, 25, both acquaintances of Samuel Zorge registered the death of Samuel Zorge on 15 January 1856 at 7 p.m. living in the Utrechtse Dwarsstraat at the age of 44. He is married to Elisabeth Mentzel and son of Rogier Zorge and Maria van der Velden.
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