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Still an active port, with a busy timber trade, Dordrecht has diversifiedindustries that include shipbuilding, metallurgical and chemical works, and alarge electric power station. It is also a centre for aquatic sports. Pop. (1983est.) 107,612; Dordrecht -Zwijndrecht metropolitan area, 198,600. (www.hennekes.co....drecht.htm)
This museum is the house of a wealthy Dordrecht banker who left his house and art collections to the Old Dordrecht Society. It gives you a great insight in how (upper class) people lived in the 17th, 18th and 19th century. The museum has been restorated a couple of years ago, returning it to the state it was when Van Gijn lived here (www.tripadvisor.com....e_day.html)
Many of its medieval houses, courtyards, gates e.g., Groothoofdspoort),quays, and canals have survived to contrast with spacious modern housing areas.The 14th-century Grote Kerk (Church of Our Lady) has a massive tower, finelycarved choir stalls, and a notable pulpit. The 17th-century painters AelbertCuyp, Ferdinand Bol, and Nicolaes Maes were born in Dordrecht , and the townmuseums have collections of paintings by old Dutch masters and local medievalantiquities. Johan de Witt, a 17th-century grand pensionary of Holland, and hisbrother Cornelis were natives of the tow (www.hennekes.co....drecht.htm)
The HENNEKES family from Dordrecht , Holland, including relatives who moved away, are direct descendents to one of the main HEINEKEN family lines from Bremen , Germany . (www.cyndislist.com/surn-h.htm)
Genealogy of SMITS that started as SCHMIDT from Calsbach-Germany , who came to Dordrecht -Holland where the family name changed to SMITS. It continues in Aalten-Gelderland-Holland. (www.cyndislist.com/surn-s.htm)
In 1877, again with the help of Uncle Cent, van Gogh moved to Dordrecht and then to Amsterdam to prepare for the entrance examinations required for a university course in theology. But he neglected his studies, preferring to devote his time to eccentric projects - drawing meticulous maps of the Holy Land and composing a multilingual translation of the Bible . (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....graphy.htm)
XVII. mogelijk Hendrick Hendricksz. in Burgoengen , inwoner van Dordrecht (1487,1488), genoemd in de dijkkavelingen van de oude Riederwaard als opvolger of nazaat (voor een kwart) van Roelof Jansz . Cranendonck (wellicht was Hendrick gehuwd met een dochter van Roelof Cranendonck). (www.xs4all.nl....ssen01.htm)
Jan Frederik SNIJDERS [ Parents ] was born on 19 Mar 1905 in Dordrecht , Holland. He died on 11 Nov 1978 in Melbourne , Australia . He was buried on 14 Nov 1978 in Springvale, Victoria. He married Sara Johanna VAN KRIMPEN on 28 Aug 1942 in Driebergen Rijsenburg (www.reardon-fam....pafg01.htm)
, had formally accepted the Dordrecht Confession at a conference held in 1660. This confession contained articles on footwashing and the shunning of disciplined members. The Swiss Mennonites were not accustomed to either of these practices, but many of the Swiss refugees in Alsace began taking them seriously (www.mennonitechurch.ca....hdec96.htm)
Killed in action at Bird's River, near Dordrecht . 16th Feb. 1900.Aged 47. Son of Rev. J.E. Crallan, of Hayward's Heath, Sussex.Born in 1853. Had served in the Natal Police before the war . (members.tripod.com..../BoerC.htm)
The old town centre of Dordrecht is nice, as are the countryside around the rivers Giesse and Alblas. Then you can take the car ferry to Gouda and return to Delft from there. For example. (www.tripadvisor.com....lland.html)
, the Olyftacxken of 1627, that of Jan Cents of 1630, and the Dordrecht Confession of 1632; (6) a treatise concerning the ungodly and false church; (7) a laudatory poem by Cornelis van Braght, entitled "Martyrs' crown for Jesus Christ the Saviour and those nonresistant crossbearers who follow in his train. (www.gameo.org....858ME.html)
Ouderkerk a/d IJssel Dordrecht ? Ouderkerk a/d IJssel Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel, gedoopt 14 augustus 1791 te Ouderkerk a/d IJssel. Getuige bij de doop was Marrigje de Grij (dirksteine.com....teine.html)
My grandfather was a Dutchman coming to Wales around 1916 and married my grandmother the same year. Pieter Drost was born April 22, 1884 in Dordrecht , the son of Willem Pieter Drost and Jannetje Zwang. Both came from Dordrecht (family-tree.co.uk....theleaves/)
Nelis was born in Oud Beijerland , Netherlands on July 30, 1884. Hisparents were Leendert Dubbeld and Magdalena Groenendijk. Pieternella(Pietje) was born in Dordrecht , Netherlands on January 26, 1884. Herparents were Pieter Plazier & Engelina Willemina Blom. Opa and Omamarried on August 5, 1909 in Dordrecht , Netherlands . They had elevenchildren all together, eight of which were born while living in Holland (www.geocities.com....ibute.html)
Mach, E., "On Thought Experiments", pp.134-147 in Mach, E., Knowledge and Error: Sketches on the Psychology ofEnquiry , D. Reidel Publishing Co., (Dordrecht ), 1976. [Translation of Erkenntnis und Irrtum (5th edition, 1926.] (www.answers.com....experiment)
Church History; 3/1/2002; van der Pol, Frank; 20388 words; . made valuable contributions. (1) Historical work on the period after the Synod of Dordrecht displays, however, far less interest in the relationship between religion and society . confessional standard: the Belgian Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dordrecht . In this way, the Reformed . Books received.(Bibliography (www.encyclopedia.com....drech.html)
Dordrecht , Netherlands The Dutch enjoy a hard-earned reputation for building river dikes and sea barriers. Over centuries, they have transformed a flood-prone river delta into a wealthy nation roughly twice the size of New Jersey. (www.csmonitor.com....-wogi.html)
In the Biesbosch, a small inland delta near the city of Dordrecht , ecologist Alphons van Winden looks out his car window at a lone excavator filling a dump truck with soil. He considers the question and laughs. "We do have a hard time explaining this to foreigners," he says (www.csmonitor.com....-wogi.html)
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology; 3/22/2002; Etzi, Janet L.; 1096 words; . L. (Eds.). (2001). The existential phenomenology of Simone de Beauvoir. Dordrecht , The . the publication of The Existential Phenomenology of Simone de Beauvoir. This collection . Beauvoir's work, her development of a phenomenology of the body , her interest in the phenomenology . Value conflicts and belief revision in Hegel's 'Phenomenology.' (www.encyclopedia.com....nmnlg.html)
Lindanus, William Damasus Bishop of Ruremonde and of Ghent, b. at Dordrecht , in 1525; d. at Ghent, 2 November, 1588; he was the son of Damasus van der Lint (www.newadvent.o....then/l.htm)
On July 18, 1572 a representative meeting was held in Dordrecht , during which Price William of Orange (Oranien) was chosen as their leader. A federation was formed under his leadership for the defense of liberty. It seems that William formed a sort of cabinet in which Henderick Leemhuis was appointed "kriegeraad" or councilor of war (www4.webng.com/leemhuis/)
1840-heden Henk Vosmeijer Köhlenberg Dordrecht Andrys Stienstra Kok (1) Rotterdam , Krawang (ID), Californië (USA) .-heden Barbara Benschop-Fehr Kok (2) Groningen , Drenthe, Limburg 1850-heden Ton Batens Koldewijn Apeldoorn , Dordrecht , Varsseveld en omstreken 1700-heden Peter Koldewijn Komtebedde Goeree-Overflakkee (ZH) 1630-1800 Leo Akershoek de Koninc (www.swinx.net...._ko_nl.htm)
This web page is dedicated to the Rotterdam Hennekes family. Theydescended from Aart Hennekes and HendrikaJohanna Kemp, who were both originally from Dordrecht . Somewhere between April 5,1893 and March 4, 1896, they moved their family to Rotterdam . They gavebirth to over 20 children, many of whom died at childbirth or at early ages. (www.hennekes.com/RottHenn.htm)
72. WillemSchalk VAN DER MERWE m. 9 Sep 1668, Elsje CLOETE, b. Europe .Willem died 12 Jul 1716. Thename van der Merwe comes from the Merwede or Merwe river in Holland whichflows near Dordrecht . There was a castle on the banks of the river withthe same name, which is in ruins today (www.geocities.com....rdaan.html)
Accordingto the registers of the Cape Church, William Schalksz(oon) van der Merwe,the progenitor of the van der Merwe family in South Africa, came from "Oud-Beyerland"(between Rotterdam and Dordrecht in Holland), and according to the resolutionsof the political council, he was from Broek (www.geocities.com....rdaan.html)
232. Willem Schalk VAN DER MERWE m. 9 Sep 1668, Elsje CLOETE, b. Europe . Willem died 12 Jul 1716. Thename van der Merwe comes from the Merwede or Merwe river in Holland whichflows near Dordrecht . There was a castle on the banks of the river withthe same name, which is in ruins today. (www.geocities.com....aaten.html)
Accordingto the registers of the Cape Church, William Schalksz(oon) van der Merwe,the progenitor of the van der Merwe family in South Africa, came from "Oud-Beyerland"(between Rotterdam and Dordrecht in Holland), and according to the resolutionsof the political council, he was from Broek. (www.geocities.com....aaten.html)
De Hoekse en Kabeljauwse twisten speelden ook een rol bij de ondergang van de Grote Waard. Deze gewapende partijstrijd tussen verschillende steden en adelijke families was ontstaan door een opvolgingskwestie. Als gevolg van deze twisten werden de dijken niet versterkt, terwijl dat dringend nodig was. De dijkversterking bleef achterwege door de ruzie tussen het Hoekse waterschap en het Kabeljauwse stadsbestuur van Dordrecht (www.zoeteman.ne....staan.html)
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