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[add comment] [edit] Birth record [15 February 2015]This is most likely Johannes Overbeeke born 19 Jan 1830 in Zierikzee, Zeeland. Father Gerrit Overbeeke and mother Jacoba Sauvijn. Found on http://www.zeeuwengezocht.nl. Wife may be Pieternella de Mooi born on 26 Jan 1834 in Bruinisse, Zeeland. Father Adriaan de Mooi and mother Maria Labeur.--Jennifer (JBS66) 19:39, 15 February 2015 (UTC) I think you are right on both counts! Many thanks for the great tips! I was stumped how to enter her name, because there are so many variants. I will go with the Dutch version. Would that be: Given name = "Pieternella"; Surname = "de Mooi"?--DavidA 21:25, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
[add comment] [edit] Passport application & ship manifest [11 April 2015]
Wow, you are good; thanks! That's him! The list of ship's manifests at archive.org is a wonderful resource. Now I have to figure out how to use it. Long ago I found a discussion board where someone claimed that Jan Overbeke had come over in 1848 *with his future wife's family* (Pieternella de Mooij). His parents both died in 1847. It was nice to think he'd been taken under wing by a kindly family, brought to America by them, and then married their daughter a few years later. Very romantic! But then just recently I found him in the CastleGarden.org website. However I could find no trace of his future wife's family on the same boat. But, I did find a pack of Sauvijns on that boat, and the name rang a bell... Overbeeke's mother was a Sauvijn. Coincidence? Or did he perhaps arrive with his cousins, not his future wife's family? Now the ship manifest that you so kindly pointed me to clearly indicates that he arrived with the Sauvijns, his cousins, not with the de Mooijs, his future in-laws! So much for the romantic story. Incidentally, I have been in email contact with a present-day Overbeeke, a very distant cousin, who has helped me trace this fellow back to one Maartina, the first of the Overbeekes. She lived in the late 17th c. Thanks again for all your help!--DavidA 20:05, 11 April 2015 (UTC) |