Legend: abt:=about-ongeveer bef:=before-voor b:=born-geboren m:=married-getrouwd d:=died-overleden mun.=municipality-gemeente photo: Granpa Klaas Schnuck, b. Feb. 18, 1899. Next to the foto the tombstone on his grave in the cemetery in Westerbroek, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands Descendants of Juergen Schnuck and Maria Elsabein Borgsteden

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1 Juergen SCHNUCK b: Abt. 1730 d: Abt. 1796
.... +Maria Elsabein Borgsteden b: 1728 m: November 28, 1754 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany d: November 26, 1798 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany
......... 2 Anna Catharina SCHNUCK b: November 14, 1755
......... 2 Johann Eberhard SCHNUCK b: November 04, 1759 d: July 10, 1800 in Gehrde, Osnabrueck, Preussen, Germany
............... +Maria Adelheid Meijers d: December 21, 1797 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany
.................... 3 Juergen Henrich SCHNUCK b: September 04, 1790 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany d: June 17, 1875 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
.......................... +Bontje Bauwes Westerhuis b: May 21, 1797 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands m: April 07, 1821 in Hoogezand, Groningen,
                             The Netherlands d: September 20, 1874
............................... 4 Evert SCHNUCK b: November 15, 1823 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................... 4 Bouwe SCHNUCK b: December 03, 1825 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands d: June 19, 1827 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................... 4 Bouwe SCHNUCK b: November 09, 1830
...................................... +Trijntje Vos b: March 24, 1830 in Foxhol, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands m: June 02, 1855 in Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
........................................... 5 Hindrik SCHNUCK b: March 22, 1855 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
................................................. +Derkje KUIPER
...................................................... 6 Simon SCHNUCK b: September 17, 1879 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................................................ +Aaltje IDEMA
...................................................... 6 Aaltje SCHNUCK b: March 03, 1887 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................................................ +Jacob WOLTHUIS
...................................................... 6 Klaas SCHNUCK b: February 18, 1889 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands d: June 26, 1946 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, The Netherlands
............................................................ +Louisa Elizabeth HAAKMAN b: April 26, 1888 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands d: July 20, 1967 in Westerbroek, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................. 7 Hindrik SCHNUCK b: November 02, 1909 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands d: October 30, 1974 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Jantje RUTGERS b: February 06, 1912 d: February 02, 1999 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Louise Willemina SCHNUCK b: May 03, 1934 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Jan RASPE b: May 13, 1931
........................................................................................ 9 Janny RASPE b: January 29, 1955
........................................................................................ 9 Saskia RASPE b: October 19, 1956
........................................................................................ 9 Augustinus RASPE b: July 09, 1959
........................................................................................ 9 Hindrik (Eric) RASPE b: February 03, 1969
............................................................................ 8 Willemina Louisa SCHNUCK b: March 28, 1939 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands d: February 15, 1990 in Westerbork,
                                                                                 Drente, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Wam BRUNSTING b: May 27, 1932
............................................................................ 8 Klaas SCHNUCK b: April 14, 1947 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Henderika NIEMEIJER b: March 11, 1947
........................................................................................ 9 Hindrik SCHNUCK b: June 26, 1974
........................................................................................ 9 Andre SCHNUCK b: September 06, 1977
................................................................. 7 Jantina Maria SCHNUCK b: August 26, 1911 in Borgweg, Hoogezand, The Netherlands d: October 10, 1981 in Groningen, The Netherlands
....................................................................... +Jacob VEENSTRA b: March 08, 1911 in Borgweg, Slochteren, The Netherlands m: November 07, 1936 in Hoogezand,
                                                                           The Netherlands d: September 26, 1987 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Louise Elisabeth VEENSTRA b: January 31, 1938 in Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, Groningen(prov), The Netherlands
................................................................................... +Roelof BARKHOF b: May 23, 1934 in Vries, Drente, The Netherlands m: September 07, 1959 in Ruischerbrug, NOORDDIJK(MUN),
                                                                                       Groningen(prov), The Netherlands.
........................................................................................ 9 Marjan Jacqueline BARKHOF b: February 25, 1960 in Vries, Drenthe, The Netherlands
.............................................................................................. +Louwke "Louis" KLOMP b: August 29, 1956 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
................................................................................................... 10 Lennart KLOMP b: June 07, 1986 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands
................................................................................................... 10 Lars KLOMP b: April 10, 1991 in Vries, Drente, The Netherlands
........................................................................................ 9 Arend "André" BARKHOF b: July 29, 1968 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands
.............................................................................................. +Anja Rixt CATS b: January 04, 1972 in Lisse, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
                                                                                                     10 Roan Barkhof  b: November 16, 2002 in Zuidlaren, Drenthe, the Netherlands
                                                                                                      10 Pascal Barkhof   b: March 30, 2006 in Zuidllaren, Drenthe, the Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Sijtse VEENSTRA b: January 18, 1941 in Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, Groningen(prov), The Netherlands
................................................................................... +Frederika Jacoba VORSTENBURG b: December 25, 1942 in Groningen, The Netherlands m: February 14, 1964 in Groningen, The Netherlands
........................................................................................ 9 Juliette Helen VEENSTRA b: May 19, 1972 in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
.............................................................................................. +Stephen Walters b: September 26, 1971 in Harthill, Yorkshire, England
........................................................................................ 9 Linda Gwynne VEENSTRA b: January 17, 1975 in Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, USA
.............................................................................................. +Brian Andrew WEINBERG b: December 25, 1976 in Long Beach, California, USA
................................................................. 7 Derkje SCHNUCK b: April 26, 1913 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands d: October 22, 1965 in Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands
....................................................................... +Harm MAAT b: January 14, 1909 d: May 28, 1986 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Klaas MAAT b: July 08, 1946 in Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands
................................................................................... +Ronnie van DIJK b: March 15, 1951
........................................................................................ 9 Marijke MAAT b: February 23, 1976
........................................................................................ 9 Silvia MAAT b: January 28, 1979
............................................................................ 8 Aly MAAT b: May 28, 1943 in Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands d: April 15, 1986 in Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Bart BOLT b: January 08, 1943 d: July 22, 1989 in Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands
........................................................................................ 9 Debbie BOLT b: January 23, 1968 in Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands
.............................................................................................. +Wubbold VISSER b: August 18, 1965
........................................................................................ 9 Astrid BOLT b: November 19, 1970 in Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................. 7 Hilje SCHNUCK b: October 21, 1915 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands d: August 11, 1995 in Hoogezand, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Eltjo VISSER b: September 27, 1913
............................................................................ 8 Grietje VISSER b: January 26, 1943 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Kornelis JANSEN b: November 06, 1941
........................................................................................ 9 Andrea Hilde JANSEN b: September 29, 1968
........................................................................................ 9 Erica Albertine JANSEN b: November 29, 1970
............................................................................ 8 Klaas VISSER b: September 22, 1946 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Henriette COPPES
........................................................................................ 9 Frouke VISSER b: December 03, 1977
........................................................................................ 9 Eelke VISSER b: November 17, 1979
................................................................. 7 Germ SCHNUCK b: December 31, 1917 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands d: September 09, 1992 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Lucie STENHUIS b: November 11, 1919 in Noordbroek d: November 17, 1979 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Henriëtte Elizabeth SCHNUCK b: February 03, 1957 in Gronigen, Groningen, The Netherlands
................................................................................... +Hendrik KALK b: November 10, 1953 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
........................................................................................ 9 Marieke KALK b: May 26, 1984
........................................................................................ 9 Steven KALK b: July 05, 1986
................................................................. 7 Trijn SCHNUCK b: October 29, 1920 d: July 22, 1977 in Emmen, Drente, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Jan Wolter HARKEMA b: August 02, 1920 d: March 18, 1988 in Hoogezand, the Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Hilko "Koos" HARKEMA b: October 01, 1946 in Sappemeer, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Yvonne KROONSTUIVER b: February 07, 1948
........................................................................................ 9 Karin HARKEMA b: December 04, 1972
........................................................................................ 9 Robin HARKEMA b: December 06, 1975
............................................................................ 8 Louis HARKEMA b: April 04, 1951 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Pia Prins b: April 11, 1952
........................................................................................ 9 Marlous HARKEMA b: July 31, 1980
................................................................. 7 Klaas SCHNUCK b: May 02, 1924 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands d: January 26, 1975 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Heerina Modderman b: May 16, 1923 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, d. March 27, 2006, Groningen, the Netherlands.
............................................................................ 8 Freerk SCHNUCK b: April 07, 1954 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Jeannette Marjanne BOERS b: June 26, 1958 in Mantgum, Friesland, the Netherlands m: September 18, 1986
........................................................................................ 9 Harald SCHNUCK b: February 06, 1987 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands
........................................................................................ 9 Frank SCHNUCK b: February 07, 1989 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands
................................................................. 7 Louise Elizabeth SCHNUCK b: May 02, 1924 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands d: February 29, 1992 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Klaas de WIT b: February 20, 1919 d: October 31, 1966 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Annie Louise "Anneke" de WIT b: July 21, 1951
................................................................................... +Hendrik Smit b: March 20, 1949
........................................................................................ 9 Rebecca Smit b: September 24, 1974
........................................................................................ 9 Arthur Smit b: September 03, 1977
........................................................................................ 9 Oscar Smit b: October 09, 1985
............................................................................ 8 Eddie de WIT b: April 21, 1954 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................................... +Berty MEUTSTEGE b: May 03, 1956
........................................................................................ 9 Jasper de WIT b: April 25, 1984
........................................................................................ 9 Rik de WIT b: February 12, 1987
................................................................. 7 Hielke SCHNUCK b: August 10, 1926 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands d: April 22, 1994 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Annie HARTMAN b: August 06, 1930 d: August 13, 1995 in Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................................................................ 8 Gina SCHNUCK b: January 05, 1957
................................................................................... +Henk JONGEJAN b: March 27, 1958
........................................................................................ 9 Gerrit Hendrik "Gert" JONGEJAN b: October 21, 1988
........................................................................................ 9 Suzanne JONGEJAN b: August 19, 1990
............................................................................ 8 Klaas SCHNUCK b: May 20, 1960 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands
...................................................... 6 Evert SCHNUCK b: January 20, 1891 d: July 07, 1977 in Haren, Groningen, the Netherlands
............................................................ +Harmke WERKMAN d: January 01, 1975
................................................................. 7 H. T. SCHNUCK
....................................................................... +G. WIEGMAN
................................................................. 7 T. H. SCHNUCK
....................................................................... +H. HAGENAUW
................................................................. 7 Simon SCHNUCK b: 1932 in Engelbert, Groningen, the Netherlands
....................................................................... +Grietje VAN DER TUUK
............................................................................ 8 Evert SCHNUCK
...................................................... 6 Bouwe SCHNUCK b: Unknown in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands d: 1957 in Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, the Netherlands
............................................................ +Catrien KONING
................................................................. 7 Hindrik SCHNUCK
....................................................................... +Hinderkien ?
............................................................................ 8 Catrien SCHNUCK
............................................................................ 8 Hindrik SCHNUCK
...................................................... 6 Hindrik SCHNUCK b: 1893 d: September 18, 1974 in Westerbroek, Groningen, the Netherlands
............................................................ +Annechiena Zonderman d: April 22, 1940
................................................................. 7 D. SCHNUCK
....................................................................... +W. D. Veenema
...................................................... 6 Tjaakje SCHNUCK b: Unknown
...................................................... 6 Trijntje SCHNUCK b: Unknown
...................................................... 6 Det "Derkje" SCHNUCK b: Unknown
........................................... 5 Bontje Snuck b: October 25, 1856 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
........................................... 5 Klaas Snuk b: June 22, 1859 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
................................................. +Mattje VAN OOSTEN b: May 07, 1860 in Siddeburen, Groningen, The Netherlands m: May 23, 1891
...................................................... 6 Hinderktje Snuk b: February 22, 1882 in Scharmer, Slochteren, Groningen, The Netherlands
...................................................... 6 Trijntje Snuk b: September 16, 1891 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, The Netherlands
...................................................... 6 Bouwe Snuk b: December 21, 1894 in Slochteren, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands
............................................................ +Janna Luitktje Tepper b: February 20, 1890 in Slochteren, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands m: September 20, 1919 in Slochteren,
                                                                prov. Groningen, the Netherlands
................................................................. 7 Mattje Snuk b: January 04, 1920
................................................................. 7 Geert Snuk b: January 31, 1921
................................................................. 7 Bougien Snuk b: August 12, 1926
........................................... 5 Evert Snuk b: April 25, 1865 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands d: Bef. November 1871
........................................... 5 Annegie SCHNUCK b: May 01, 1870 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands d: August 17, 1877
........................................... 5 Evert SCHNUCK b: April 25, 1865 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands d: Bef. November 10, 1871
............................... 4 Geessien SCHNUCK b: July 29, 1834 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands
............................... 4 Aaltje SCHNUCK b: November 05, 1838 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands

Descendants of Juergen SCHNUCK - Genealogy Report.

Generation No. 1

1. JUERGEN SCHNUCK was born Abt. 1730, and died Abt. 1796. He married MARIA ELSABEIN BORGSTEDEN November 28, 1754 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany. She was born 1728, and died November 26, 1798 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany.

Notes for JUERGEN SCHNUCK:
Assumption is made at this moment that Juergen Schnuck died in Gehrde,
Osnabrueck, Germany, but no record of his death is recorded there as far as I have been able to find out.

Notes for MARIA ELSABEIN BORGSTEDEN:
Here is the official notification as I received from genealogists J.G.Voortman in Zaandam, the Netherlands (via Piet Schnuck, Enschede, the netherlands):
26-10-1798: Gestorben and der Ruhr den 27sten begraben Maria Elsabein Borgstädten, Witwe
von Jürgen Schnück, alt 70 Jahr.

Children of JUERGEN SCHNUCK and MARIA BORGSTEDEN are:
i. ANNA CATHARINA2 SCHNUCK, b. November 14, 1755.
2. ii. JOHANN EBERHARD SCHNUCK, b. November 04, 1759; d. July 10, 1800, Gehrde, Osnabrueck, Preussen, Germany.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHANN EBERHARD2 SCHNUCK (JUERGEN) was born November 04, 1759, and died July 10, 1800 in Gehrde, Osnabrueck, Preussen, Germany. He married MARIA ADELHEID MEIJERS, daughter of JUERGEN MEIJER and CATHARINA CRAMERS. She died December 21, 1797 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany.

Notes for JOHANN EBERHARD SCHNUCK:
Death record of son Juergen Henrich Schnuck: SLC Film# 235273 (SLC-Salt Lake Latter Day Saint Mormon Archives))

Notes for MARIA ADELHEID MEIJERS:
Death record of son Juergen Henrich Schnuck: SLC # 235273

Child of JOHANN SCHNUCK and MARIA MEIJERS is:
3. i. JUERGEN HENRICH3 SCHNUCK, b. September 04, 1790, Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany; d. June 17, 1875, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Generation No. 3

3. JUERGEN HENRICH SCHNUCK (JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born September 04, 1790 in Gehrde, Osnabrück, Preussen, Germany, and died June 17, 1875 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands. He married BONTJE BAUWES WESTERHUIS April 07, 1821 in Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands, daughter of BAUWE WESTERHUIS and GEESIJN JANS. She was born May 21, 1797 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands, and died September 20, 1874.

Notes for JUERGEN HENRICH SCHNUCK:
Juergen Henrich Schnuck was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church
on 21 April 1805 in Gehrde, Preussen, Osnabrueck, Germany.

In the year 1790, Juergen Schnuck was born. He was orphaned by the age of nine on July 10, 1800 when his father, Johann Eberhard Schnuck, died. His mother, Maria Adelheid Meijers had, already, been dead since December 21, 1797. Before the age of 33 Juergen moved to the Netherlands where he married Bontje Bauwes Westerhuis.

The year 1790 when he was born:

In History and Politics:

• William Pitt refuses to recognize Belgian independence.
• Joseph of Austria died, succeeded by his brother Leopold II (-1792)
• U.S. funding bill introduced by Alexander Hamilton
• Poland cedes Thorn and Danzig to Russia
• Reichenbach Conference between Austria and Prussia (Gehrde where Juergen was born, was part of Prussia at the time)
• British alliance with the Nizam of Hyderabad
• Festival of Champ de Mar; Louis XVI accepts the constitution
• Austrian in Brussels, suppress Belgian revolution
• Benjamin Franklin dies (born: 1707)
• Third Mysore war (-1792)
• Philadelphia become federal capital of the United States.

In Religion, Philosophy and Learning:

• J.B. Basedow, German pedagogue, dies (born in 1723)
• Edmund Burke: “Reflection on the Revolutions in Franc.”
• André de Chénier: “Avis au peuple français” (advice to the French people).
• Jews in France are granted civil liberties
• Kant: “Kritik der Urteilskraft,” (Criticism on the power of Judgement), philosophy
• The first Roman Catholic bishop consecrated in America: John Carroll of Baltimore/
• Adam Smith (Laissez Faire!), Scottish political economist, dies (born 1723)]
• First session of the Supreme Court of the U.S.

In Music

• Mozart, in Vienna, composes the opera: “Cosi fan tutte.”
• First musical competition in America

Daily Life:

• First steam-powered rolling mill built in England
• Alexander Raditcheff: Journey from St.Petersburg to Moscow,” a plea for the emancipation of serfs.
• Washington, D.C., founded.

death record of J.H.Schnuck: SLC film # 235273.

Notes for BONTJE BAUWES WESTERHUIS:
Death record of her husband Juergen Henrich Schnuck: SLC Film# 235273.

Children of JUERGEN SCHNUCK and BONTJE WESTERHUIS are:
i. EVERT SCHNUCK, b. November 15, 1823, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Notes for EVERT SCHNUCK:
It seems that Evert Schuck died unmarried, because only the marriage
of Bouwe Schnuck is registered in Westerbroek.

ii. BOUWE SCHNUCK, b. December 03, 1825, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; d. June 19, 1827, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.
4. iii. BOUWE SCHNUCK, b. November 09, 1830.
iv. GEESSIEN SCHNUCK, b. July 29, 1834, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.
v. AALTJE SCHNUCK, b. November 05, 1838, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Generation No. 4

4. BOUWE SCHNUCK (JUERGEN HENRICH , JOHANN EBERHARD , JUERGEN ) was born November 09, 1830. He married TRIJNTJE VOS June 02, 1855 in Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands. She was born March 24, 1830 in Foxhol, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Notes for TRIJNTJE VOS:
Trijntje Vos was born an "illegitimate" child as daughter of Annechien
Hermannus Helder, who married Klaas Klaasz. Vos. At that marriage Trijntje Vos
is legitimitized as their daughter.
As a personal note I must add that she was, very likely, the natural daughter
of Hermannus Helder -- it was not uncommon for a woman to get pregnant before
marriage (just to see whether of not she could bear children).

Children of BOUWE SCHNUCK and TRIJNTJE VOS are:
5. i. HINDRIK SCHNUCK, b. March 22, 1855, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.
ii. BONTJE SNUCK, b. October 25, 1856, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Notes for BONTJE SNUCK:
She chose the spelling Snuck, rather than the German spelling Schnuck.

6. iii. KLAAS SNUK, b. June 22, 1859, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.
iv. EVERT SNUK, b. April 25, 1865, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; d. Bef. November 1871.

Notes for EVERT SNUK:
The spelling of the name is different, again, from that of his siblings --
whether that was done on purpose or not, I don't know. Snuk, Schnuck and Snuck
are all pronounced the same in Dutch.
I assume that Evert died before 10 Nov 1871, because then another Evert is born
and that is usually a sing that the first one had passed on.

v. ANNEGIE SCHNUCK, b. May 01, 1870, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; d. August 17, 1877.
vi. EVERT SCHNUCK, b. April 25, 1865, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; d. Bef. November 10, 1871.

Generation No. 5

5. HINDRIK SCHNUCK (BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born March 22, 1855 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands. He married DERKJE KUIPER.

Notes for HINDRIK SCHNUCK:
Hindrik Schnuck is born before the marriage of his parents (not that uncommon
in those part of the world in those days). He is legitimitized at the marriage
of his parents. on 2 June 1855. According to the records they both are his
natural parents.

Children of HINDRIK SCHNUCK and DERKJE KUIPER are:
i. SIMON6 SCHNUCK, b. September 17, 1879, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; m. AALTJE IDEMA.
ii. AALTJE SCHNUCK, b. March 03, 1887, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; m. JACOB WOLTHUIS.

Notes for JACOB WOLTHUIS:
Jacob Wolthuis and Aaltje Schnuck owned a pub in Westerbroek. I did visit
the place once in a while (not for drinking purposes).

7. iii. KLAAS SCHNUCK, b. February 18, 1889, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands; d. June 26, 1946, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, The Netherlands.
8. iv. EVERT SCHNUCK, b. January 20, 1891; d. July 07, 1977, Haren, Groningen, the Netherlands.
9. v. BOUWE SCHNUCK, b. Unknown, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands; d. 1957, Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, the Netherlands.
10. vi. HINDRIK SCHNUCK, b. 1893; d. September 18, 1974, Westerbroek, Groningen, the Netherlands.
vii. TJAAKJE SCHNUCK, b. Unknown.

Notes for TJAAKJE SCHNUCK:
Notes from my sister Loesje :
Tjaakje Schnuck was married to Jan Blaauw and lived on "Woortmansdijk,"
(Waterhuizen had actually two street:
a. Winschoterweg (by the canal -- where we lived)
b. Woortmansdijk (street ran perpendicular to Winschoterweg -- street to Engelbert)
Toward the end of her life great-grandma Derkje Kuiper lived with them
Loesje remembers visiting her (I have no recall).

viii. TRIJNTJE SCHNUCK, b. Unknown.

Notes for TRIJNTJE SCHNUCK:
Lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

ix. DET "DERKJE" SCHNUCK, b. Unknown.

Notes for DET "DERKJE" SCHNUCK:
Lived in Veendam, Groningen, the Netherlands.

6. KLAAS SNUK (BOUWE SCHNUCK, JUERGEN HENRICH , JOHANN EBERHARD , JUERGEN ) was born June 22, 1859 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands. He married MATTJE VAN OOSTEN May 23, 1891, daughter of DERK VAN OOSTEN and HINDRIKTJE KORRINGA. She was born May 07, 1860 in Siddeburen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Notes for KLAAS SNUK:
He chose the spelling Snuk (and not Schnuck; or as his sister did: Snuck.
Either one would be pronounced the same in Dutch.

Children of KLAAS SNUK and MATTJE VAN OOSTEN are:
i. HINDERKTJE SNUK, b. February 22, 1882, Scharmer, Slochteren, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Notes for HINDERKTJE SNUK:
Child is born before marriage and legitimized at the wedding -- not uncommon.

ii. TRIJNTJE SNUK, b. September 16, 1891, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, The Netherlands.
11. iii. BOUWE SNUK, b. December 21, 1894, Slochteren, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands.

Generation No. 6

7. KLAAS SCHNUCK (HINDRIK , BOUWE , JUERGEN HENRICH , JOHANN EBERHARD , JUERGEN) was born February 18, 1889 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands, and died June 26, 1946 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, The Netherlands. He married LOUISA ELIZABETH HAAKMAN, daughter of HENDRICK HAAKMAN and JANTINA VAN DEN BERG. She was born April 26, 1888 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands, and died July 20, 1967 in Westerbroek, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Notes for KLAAS SCHNUCK:

This is my grandfather on my mother's side. A very nice and gentle
man, who died when he was still rather young at the age of 57.
He died of a "bleeding ulcer" probably made worse by his smoking and
drinking.
Professionally he was a small time contractor/carpenter -- quite a craftsman as I have been told.
When he died my mother and I were visiting him and my grandmother.
I remember that I spent many hours with him when I was little; and I did, especially, enjoy his garden in the back of the house (where I liked to eat the berries that grew there). Another thing I remember is that he made a beautiful wooden sled for me which I used during the winter months. Later, my father gave it away to my cousin Koos (Hilko) Harkema for a reason that up to this time is not known to me.
Grandfather Klaas Schnuck died on a sunny afternoon on July 26, 1946. I was
there. He went to the bathroom, came back, went to bed and died without saying anything. He was buried in the cemetery in Westerbroek, behind the white church there.

Notes for LOUISA ELIZABETH HAAKMAN:
Louisa Elizabeth Haakman, born April 26, 1888
Cremated in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Children of KLAAS SCHNUCK and LOUISA HAAKMAN are:
12. i. HINDRIK SCHNUCK, b. November 02, 1909, Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands; d. October 30, 1974, Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
13. ii. JANTINA MARIA SCHNUCK, b. August 26, 1911, Borgweg, Hoogezand, The Netherlands; d. October 10, 1981, Groningen, The Netherlands.
14. iii. DERKJE SCHNUCK, b. April 26, 1913, Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands; d. October 22, 1965, Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands.
15. iv. HILJE SCHNUCK, b. October 21, 1915, Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands; d. August 11, 1995, Hoogezand, the Netherlands.
16. v. GERM SCHNUCK, b. December 31, 1917, Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands; d. September 09, 1992, Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
17. vi. TRIJN SCHNUCK, b. October 29, 1920; d. July 22, 1977, Emmen, Drente, the Netherlands.
18. vii. KLAAS SCHNUCK, b. May 02, 1924, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands; d. January 26, 1975, Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands.
19. viii. LOUISE ELIZABETH SCHNUCK, b. May 02, 1924, Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands; d. February 29, 1992, Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands.
20. ix. HIELKE SCHNUCK, b. August 10, 1926, Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands; d. April 22, 1994, Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands.

8. EVERT SCHNUCK (HINDRIK5, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born January 20, 1891, and died July 07, 1977 in Haren, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married HARMKE WERKMAN. She died January 01, 1975.

Notes for EVERT SCHNUCK:
Evert Schnuck lived on what was called "Hesselinkslaan." This was an unpaved lane that went from Waterhuizen (where the river Hunze meets the place) to Westerbroek. It was, actually, forbidden to use this lane, because it was at one time private and later it became a nature restort.
But we did go there off and on and no one ever bothered us as long as we respected
the sanctity of nature.
Which we did. (See my biography - Waterhuizen)

Children of EVERT SCHNUCK and HARMKE WERKMAN are:
i. H. T. SCHNUCK, m. G. WIEGMAN.
ii. T. H. SCHNUCK, m. H. HAGENAUW.
21. iii. SIMON SCHNUCK, b. 1932, Engelbert, Groningen, the Netherlands.

9. BOUWE SCHNUCK (HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born Unknown in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands, and died 1957 in Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, the Netherlands. He married CATRIEN KONING.

Notes for BOUWE SCHNUCK:
Oom (uncle) Bouwe lived, also, in Waterhuizen -- four houses away from where I lived.
He and tante (aunt) Catrien didn't care too much for housekeeping and were not the cleanest
people in the place. Tante Catrien never went outside, but oom Bouwe was there all the time.
He was retired (Dutch Soc. Security) and always was outside in the street trying to talk to someone.
While talking he'd stand with hands in his pocket (always the same browm corduroy pants), legs somewhat spread apart and lower lip protruded. Another interesting fact was that uncle Bouwe had a hernia in the pelvic area which they didn't operate on in those days. Instead, to alleveate the problem, he wore a sort of brace under his pants which gave the appearance of a perpetual erection.
But we grew up with it and paid no attention to it.
Once in a while my grandma, who lived two houses away from us (Rijfiena Veenstra, née Mulder)
would visit tante Catrien; so it was on a hot, humid August day that grandma was sitting at the table across from tante Catrien, who was about to make some tea for both of them.
The room was full of buzzing flies, and from the ceiling hung a few of those tacky fliestrips.
One big black/green bug got onto the windows sill and tante Catrien whacked it hard with the wet dish cloth. Then went on to wipe out the two cups with the same cloth and poured the tea for both of them.
Grandma never did drink the tea (see my biography: Waterhuizen)

Child of BOUWE SCHNUCK and CATRIEN KONING is:
22. i. HINDRIK7 SCHNUCK.

10. HINDRIK SCHNUCK (HINDRIK BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH3, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born 1893, and died September 18, 1974 in Westerbroek, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married ANNECHIENA ZONDERMAN. She died April 22, 1940.

Notes for HINDRIK SCHNUCK:
Two houses from where I was born and raised in Watherhuizen, was our local grocery store.
Nothing big, just one small room. It was owned by the widow Zonderman.
According to my sister, Loesje, Henny Schnuck visited them quite often and she says
that Henny was the widow's brother-in-law.

Child of HINDRIK SCHNUCK and ANNECHIENA ZONDERMAN is:
i. D.7 SCHNUCK, m. W. D. VEENEMA.

11. BOUWE SNUK (KLAAS, BOUWE SCHNUCK, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born December 21, 1894 in Slochteren, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands. He married JANNA LUITKTJE TEPPER September 20, 1919 in Slochteren, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands. She was born February 20, 1890 in Slochteren, prov. Groningen, the Netherlands.

Children of BOUWE SNUK and JANNA TEPPER are:
i. MATTJE SNUK, b. January 04, 1920.
ii. GEERT SNUK, b. January 31, 1921.
iii. BOUGIEN SNUK, b. August 12, 1926.

Generation No. 7

12. HINDRIK SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born November 02, 1909 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands, and died October 30, 1974 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married JANTJE RUTGERS. She was born February 06, 1912, and died February 02, 1999 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Children of HINDRIK SCHNUCK and JANTJE RUTGERS are:
23. i. LOUISE WILLEMINA8 SCHNUCK, b. May 03, 1934, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands.
ii. WILLEMINA LOUISA SCHNUCK, b. March 28, 1939, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands; d. February 15, 1990, Westerbork, Drente, the Netherlands; m. WAM BRUNSTING; b. May 27, 1932.
24. iii. KLAAS SCHNUCK, b. April 14, 1947, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands.

13. JANTINA MARIA SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD2, JUERGEN) was born August 26, 1911 in Borgweg, Hoogezand, The Netherlands, and died October 10, 1981 in Groningen, The Netherlands. She married JACOB VEENSTRA November 07, 1936 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands, son of SIJTSE VEENSTRA and RIJFIENA MULDER. He was born March 08, 1911 in Borgweg, Slochteren, The Netherlands, and died September 26, 1987 in Hoogezand, The Netherlands.

Notes for JANTINA MARIA SCHNUCK and for JACOB VEENSTRA: see biography Waterhuizen

Children of JANTINA SCHNUCK and JACOB VEENSTRA are:
25. i. LOUISE ELISABETH8VEENSTRA, b. January 31, 1938, Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, Groningen(prov), The Netherlands.
26. ii. SIJTSE VEENSTRA, b. January 18, 1941, Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, Groningen(prov), The Netherlands.

14. DERKJE7 SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born April 26, 1913 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands, and died October 22, 1965 in Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands. She married HARM MAAT. He was born January 14, 1909, and died May 28, 1986 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Notes for DERKJE SCHNUCK:
This was my mother's second sister and we always called her "tante Zus",
which means "aunt sister." To have the nickname "Zus" (sister) is not
that uncommen in the Netherlands. I do know for a fact that she did not
like the name "Derkje" and that's the reason we all called her tante "Zus."
She and her family lived in a place near the town of Groningen, called
Ruischerbrug (incidentially, that's where the Bouwmans also lived).
On one cold, winterday she came in from the outside and once inside she passed
out. Her husband (uncle Harm Maat) found her there soon after and called the
docter, who came over about fifteen minutes later (they made houscalls then).
He told him not to worry and to put her in bed. Uncle did so, but after a few
hours she had not come to and he began to worry and called the docter again.
When the docter arrived he found out his mistake. My aunt had had a massive
stroke (and had not simply passed out). She was dead.

Children of DERKJE SCHNUCK and HARM MAAT are:
27. i. KLAAS8 MAAT, b. July 08, 1946, Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands.
28. ii. ALY MAAT, b. May 28, 1943, Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands; d. April 15, 1986, Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands.

15. HILJE SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born October 21, 1915 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands, and died August 11, 1995 in Hoogezand, the Netherlands. She married ELTJO VISSER. He was born September 27, 1913.

Children of HILJE SCHNUCK and ELTJO VISSER are:
29. i. GRIETJE VISSER, b. January 26, 1943, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands.
30. ii. KLAAS VISSER, b. September 22, 1946, Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands.

16. GERM SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born December 31, 1917 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands, and died September 09, 1992 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married LUCIE STENHUIS. She was born November 11, 1919 in Noordbroek, and died November 17, 1979 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Child of GERM SCHNUCK and LUCIE STENHUIS is:
31. i. HENRIËTTE ELIZABETH8 SCHNUCK, b. February 03, 1957, Gronigen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

17. TRIJN SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born October 29, 1920, and died July 22, 1977 in Emmen, Drente, the Netherlands. She married JAN WOLTER HARKEMA. He was born August 02, 1920, and died March 18, 1988 in Hoogezand, the Netherlands.

Notes for TRIJN SCHNUCK:
I used to spent many a vacation with this aunt and uncle in the town
of Emmen in the province Drenthe. They have two sons Koos and Louis
who are about my age (about 5-7 years younger).

Children of TRIJN SCHNUCK and JAN HARKEMA are:
32. i. HILKO "KOOS" HARKEMA, b. November 01, 1946, Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
33. ii. LOUIS HARKEMA, b. April 04, 1951, Sappemeer, Groningen, the Netherlands.

18. KLAAS SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born May 02, 1924 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands, and died January 26, 1975 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands. He married HEERINA MODDERMAN. She was born May 16, 1923 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Child of KLAAS SCHNUCK and HEERINA MODDERMAN is:
34. i. FREERK SCHNUCK, b. April 07, 1954, Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

19. LOUISE ELIZABETH SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born May 02, 1924 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands, and died February 29, 1992 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands. She married KLAAS DE WIT. He was born February 20, 1919, and died October 31, 1966 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Notes for KLAAS DE WIT:
The first name "Klaas" is pure coincidence and no relation to the
the other family memebers by that first name.

Children of LOUISE SCHNUCK and KLAAS DE WIT are:
35. i. ANNIE LOUISE "ANNEKE" DE WIT, b. July 21, 1951.
36. ii. EDDIE DE WIT, b. April 21, 1954, Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands.

20. HIELKE SCHNUCK (KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born August 10, 1926 in Borgweg, Slochteren, the Netherlands, and died April 22, 1994 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married ANNIE HARTMAN. She was born August 06, 1930, and died August 13, 1995 in Hoogezand, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Children of HIELKE SCHNUCK and ANNIE HARTMAN are:
37. i. GINA SCHNUCK, b. January 05, 1957.
ii. KLAAS SCHNUCK, b. May 20, 1960, Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands.

21. SIMON SCHNUCK (EVERT, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born 1932 in Engelbert, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married GRIETJE VAN DER TUUK.

Child of SIMON SCHNUCK and GRIETJE VAN DER TUUK is:
i. EVER SCHNUCK.

22. HINDRIK SCHNUCK (BOUWE, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) He married HINDERKIEN ?.

Children of HINDRIK SCHNUCK and HINDERKIEN ? are:
i. CATRIEN SCHNUCK.
ii. HINDRIK SCHNUCK.

Generation No. 8

23. LOUISE WILLEMINA SCHNUCK (HINDRIK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born May 03, 1934 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands. She married JAN RASPE. He was born May 13, 1931.

Children of LOUISE SCHNUCK and JAN RASPE are:
i. JANNY RASPE, b. January 29, 1955.
ii. SASKIA RASPE, b. October 19, 1956.
iii. AUGUSTINUS RASPE, b. July 09, 1959.
iv. HINDRIK (ERIC) RASPE, b. February 03, 1969.

24. KLAAS SCHNUCK (HINDRIK, KLAAS6, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born April 14, 1947 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands. He married HENDERIKA NIEMEIJER. She was born March 11, 1947.

Children of KLAAS SCHNUCK and HENDERIKA NIEMEIJER are:
i. HINDRIK SCHNUCK, b. June 26, 1974.
ii. ANDRE SCHNUCK, b. September 06, 1977.

25. LOUISE ELISABETH VEENSTRA (JANTINA MARIA SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born January 31, 1938 in Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, Groningen(prov), The Netherlands. She married ROELOF BARKHOF September 05, 1959 in Ruischerbrug, NOORDDIJK(MUN), Groningen(prov), The Netherlands. He was born May 23, 1934 in Vries, Drente, The Netherlands.

Children of LOUISE VEENSTRA and ROELOF BARKHOF are:
38. i. MARJAN JACQUELINE BARKHOF, b. February 25, 1960, Vries, Drenthe, The Netherlands.
ii. AREND "ANDRÉ" BARKHOF, b. July 29, 1968, Hoogezand, The Netherlands; m. ANJA RIXT CATS; b. January 04, 1972, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.

26. SIJTSE VEENSTRA (JANTINA MARIA SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born January 18, 1941 in Waterhuizen, Noorddijk, Groningen(prov), The Netherlands. He married FREDERIKA JACOBA VORSTENBURG February 14, 1964 in Groningen, The Netherlands, daughter of JACOB VORSTENBURG and ANNA BOUWMAN. She was born December 25, 1942 in Groningen, The Netherlands.

Notes for SIJTSE VEENSTRA:
See Biography: Waterhuizen

Notes for FREDERIKA JACOBA VORSTENBURG:
Upon naturalization in the USA (Santa Ana, province of Orange on
Jan 7, 1971), she changed the name Frederika to: Fredricka

Children of SIJTSE VEENSTRA and FREDERIKA VORSTENBURG are:
i. JULIETTE HELEN VEENSTRA, b. May 19, 1972, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA; m. STEPHEN WALTERS; b. September 26, 1971, Harthill, Yorkshire, England.

Notes for JULIETTE HELEN VEENSTRA:
On May 19, 1972 at 10:45 I was busily working during my prep period. This was
period 4. Period 5 was my French 1 class. I had just put the typed ditto
into the copying machine when Mrs. Phyllis Dietz stormed into the office (by
coincidence, it was Phyllis's birthday). She told me that everyone had been
looking for me, and that she was glad that someone finally had found me. "Your
wife's water broke" she said. And I asked her what that meant. Being a very
able and learned science teacher she gave me the explanation with the result
that I left everything as it was and asked her to get me a substitute teacher
for the remainder of the day.
I arrived home, in Santa Ana, 908 S.Parton S.Street in about 20 minutes. Not
that I drove like an idiot, as one sees on those cartoons; Santa Ana was simply
not all that far away. And as I arrived I noticed that everything was already
well organized in a typical mom's manner. So, no panic, no rush, no headaches.
Just something that had te be done.
We went to Hoag hospital in Newport Beach. The same place where a few years
later John Wayne would spent his last breath (but before he died, he quickly
turned Catholic--just te be on the safe side). Hoag hospital is (maybe when
you read this "was") in Newport Beach. A place full of hoity-toidy nouveau
riches, who'd dress up in tuxedo for a late afternoon barbeque. A good place
to be born and a good place to get the hell out of.
We parked our little orange Datsun in the hospital parking lot and went to the,
I think, second floor where all babies were born -- maternity ward it's called.
Mom was checked, in and I was allowed to go in with her. I was even allowed to
go into the delivery room if, and when, that time would come. We had taken
those "huff-and-puff" classes and had seen all about that great event called
"birth" (it ain't no sunset, believe me). In any case that got me a green-blue
gown, a pair of delivery room loafers and a face mask. That and a free ticket
to the show.
Since her water had "broken", things just didn't go normal. They induced labor
and soon after that the labor(pains) set in. It is not fair for me to describe
these pains, since this is a woman's domain and it is, justly, their right to
proudly belabor (no pun here) the "immense" suffering that goes along with
giving birth to the critter. So ask her.
I soon noticed, however, that things were going faster than they should have.
We had been promised by everyone a long and tortuous road of a minumum of
eight hours. Some women, with great distaste for their offspring in question,
might claim that the little bastard made her whince and whine and scream for
days. We were, therefore, prepared. Just that mom skipped all the preliminary
symptons and went immediately into a stage that promised that the suffering we
had so much been looking forward to, was shortened to a disappointing 15
minutes. I did point this out to the nurse on the floor. Well she was
experienced and let me know that I overreacted. Well, she was a woman and she
was in this business and I knew nothing, so she was probably right.
Then the medicman came in, the one that would do the work in the delivery room,
and he took a peek under the blankets and noticed that the whole kaboodel was
about to pop and figured that it was time to wheel the lady into the delivery
room. Now, I learned in those classes earlier that you got to put on the
sterile garb and I did so in a hurry. The moment I got into the delivery room,
the knowledgable nurse was there next to the stirrups, the doc at the footend
and Fredricka properly under a blanket. All smiles. Figured that this damned
thing'd be over soon. I was astonished and slightly pissed. All that time and
energy spent going to those classes, learning to inhale and exhale. Learning
to understand those moods women go through during labor. All for nought!!
Here she was, smiling away, thinking that that son-of-a-bitch is not going to
see me suffer. Not long after, a few grunts and a big push and the little crown
appeard in the mirror across from me. Followed by a purple kid.
Wich gave one loud scream and was put on mom's belly. The doc told me that it
was a girl and I was thrilled by his comptence to observe that.
Fingers, toes, everything was there, but the color was WOW!! He told me that
that would go away and it made me feel a little better, because white people
don't look like that!
It did go away.
See for yourself.
Julie and her mom stayed in Hoag hospital for five days. Somehow she was the
first born and people, by that time, don't know that those little things are
very tough and strong. So she stayed their the maximum time the insurance
would allow.
She came home the following Wednesday to the house on Ross Street in Santa Ana.
We had, a while back bought a new house which was still under construction and after
six weeks we moved in our new and own place on Marylin Drive in Huntington Beach, California.
Where Juliette continued to grow up for the first two and a half years, playing in her sandbox,
going with Mom to Murdy park. One time on the way back from Murdy Park she had lost her
yellow ducky, but luckely I found it
again. At night she went to bed with Sealy, the blue seal. One night it was
a full moon and it was extremely big, so I showed her the moon and she was
awfully impressed by it. Then, later, came the dog Pogo. He stayed with us
for a little while, but I had to send him back to the pound. He was a terrible
digger. Somehow it did't bother Juliette.
In 1973, in July/August, grandma and granda Veenstra came over from the
Netherlands and stayed with us for about five weeks. They had a great time and
were very fond of their little granddaughter.
In 1974 Juliette asked her mom once in November whether mom could took take off
the lid of her (mom's) belly. She knew that there was a new baby inside and
she wanted to see it.
We moved January 1, 1975 to a bigger house, to Buckeye Circle in Fountain
Valley. California, where we are still living now, August 30, 1997.
And -- Juliette lives now in San Diego.
On January 17, 1975 "the lid came off" and Linda was born.

ii. LINDA GWYNNE VEENSTRA, b. January 17, 1975, Fountain Valley, Orange County, California, USA; m. BRIAN ANDREW WEINBERG; b. December 25, 1976, Long Beach, California, USA.

Notes for LINDA GWYNNE VEENSTRA:
On this 16th of January 1975 it is terribly cold. I am sitting in the living
room of the house we've just bought and Fredricka is walking aimlessly around
the kitchen and the way she acts is as if she's got some sort of nesting urge
which doesn't allow her to park her 8 ½ month pregnant body down for a moment.
Someone rings the doorbell and I'm glad, maybe there'll be a person at the door
who can get her mind away from whatever it is she pondering. As bad luck will
have it, it's the gossiping neighbor woman from two houses down. We haven't talked to
her yet (we've just moved into our new house two weeks ago), but from what I have heard
from other people in the street that was not a big loss. Before you know it, she'll be at your
door and ask you a million questions, which are none of her damned business. She's here.
I get up to properly introduce myself and meet her at the door,
which Fredricka already opened. We ask her in, but she prefers to stay in the
open, drafty and cold doorway and talk. That there's a pregnant woman leaning
against the doorpost is something she does not seem to notice. She fires her
questions as if she were from the IRS and was suspecting us of taxfraud.
She was a small ugly little bitch who claims that she is of German ancestry --
matter of fact her father is German, she says. Poor gossip doesn't know,
seemingly, that being a German doesn't score well with any Dutch, but we let it
go. She rambles and questions on. Fredricka is beginning to pale somewhat,
the temperature on this January evening does attest to the fact that the
weatherman was right when he said that we are having a cold spell--- damned
freezing spell would be better.
The Nazi-offspring gives up after a solid half hour.
Either ran out of questions or out of braincapacity to store the newly gained
information. She gives up being interested and says goodbye. As far as we're
concerned "good riddance." And when the door is closed we both realize that
it's time for the three of us to go out for dinner. The third one is, of
course, the two and a half year old Juliette who has during the Maggie ordeal
shown definitely no interest in the woman and played in her bedroom.

There was an Italian restaurant, on the corner of Beach and Slater in Fountain
Valley in those days. It's still there at the present, but the name changed
several times. It was lousy then and has not improved over the years. We
decided to go over there and have a bite to eat. It was alright. Never been too much
in love with Dego chow, but what the hell, noodles, pasta, whatever. Boil it,
sauce it and serve it. Some idiot will like eventually. Well, I didn't like
it. Juliette seemed to enjoy it well enough, but her mom got kind of nervous
during the meal. And then I got nervous. And then it struck us. That kid was
going to be born two weeks early and it was going to happen tonight!!

After the meal I went into the cold, cold garage (have to rub it in) and put
the finishing touches on the crib, which had belonged to Juliette, but was now
going to be the new baby's. Final touches of yellow paint; we figured that if
we'd paint it another color Juliette would never know this had been hers (so,
we were inexperienced, and naïve!). Finally, at ten I went to bed. Forgotten
about that little nervous forboding in the restaurant. Just thought about that
Kraut neighbor who kept mom standing in the cold doorway and refused to come
in.

Sleep ought to be restful. But at two o'clock the sound in the bathroom wakes
me. Well, when they're that pregnant they have to pee a lot. What else is
new.
"I think my water broke again."
"Again" is the key word here. Same happened with the first one.
But then it happened during the day. Now everyone is asleep and we're new in
this neighborhood, don't know anyone well enough to wake them and ask them to
babysit the firstborn. However, we do have a brother-in-law who is married to a
a sister-in-law who loves Jesus -- they live in Orange and told us to call when
the "time is there." It looked to me that the time was there and for the next
hour I tried to call them out of bed, but no one answered. Finally, out of
desparation I called one of their sons, named Frankie and he and his wife came
over and babysat. Lateron they would take Julie to his sister, where she
stayed for two days, till Sunday, because it was then that mom and the new one
came home. But I'm jumping ahead.
By about 2:30 a.m. the water had broken and by about 4:30 that same a.m. we
were on the way to Fountain Valley Community Hosptial. Where I had taken
classe in breathing, in understanding a laboring woman's suffering, the
huffing, puffing, sweating, coping with those sudden mood changes, learned
about birht and after-birth. Learned how to put on a gown. And learned not
to crack up when you're surrounded by twenty preggies with all sorts of huge
protruding fronts.
And, as with Juliette, all for nothing again!
We entered ten minutes later (lived close to the hospital) and Fredricka was
admitted. She had no labor pain, so we just stayed in her room and talked.
At seven we were still talking. Her adrenaline had put her into an eternal
state of being awake, but I needed some sustance and we mutually agreed that I
should have some breakfast. So I went to the cafeteria, sat there, ate something
unimportant and had some coffee. Back to the room. There I was told that
it might be better were I to come back around nine (testing needed to be done
and all other thing that had nothing to do with huffing and puffing).
So I went to school and saw to my chagrin that my substitue teacher was that
mean red bitch who, also,shall remain nameless.. I hated her, and my students despised
her. Rather than having to confront her, I went to the faculty lounge
instead and talked with my friends and collegeas. Till nine o'clock. By now I
assumed that the medical staff had had enough time with
the-close-to-giving-birth-mohter and that the real expert should be needed.
And I went to the hospital again in my orange Datsun (yes, still the same
Datsun I had when her water broke the first time 2½ years ago). Entering the hosptal I
noticed some familiar faces and then I realize that my Linguistics class,
without an exception was there. Big mouth Marci McHugh told me that there was
no way they were going to take any more insults from the substitute teacherr, that they heard
that I was here with my wife, who was going to have a baby (she had that
right!) and that they (the students) were there to offer me their moral
support.
I thanked them hartlily and told them that I would have to check things out
first and see how things were going.
Things were going fine. Labor had already been induced and the nurse told me
that everything looked fine. She had an air of confidence about her, and I
began to understand why. She had been a midwife in Brittain and was quite well
aware how to handle all kinds of situation that were birth related. Our doctor
was not there today (most likely had someting extremely important
planned between the first and the eighteenth hole on the golf course) and the
doctor in charge of OB was going to assist in the delivery. That sounded good
to me. I was told that I wasn't needed, and I went back to the cafeteria to spend some more
time with my class, which was sitting at a
little white, sterile table drinking pops and eating all kinds of garbage that
ensures all healthy tissue an early destruction.
Just as I had parked myself I was paged and told to go to the room where mom
was still on the inducing bottle. But not anymore. I was told to put on my
garb and go into the delivery room, where she and the midwife-nurse and the
docter were all ready to go. And "go" it did! One push and a crown appeared,
followed by shoulders and the rest. A nice, healthy girl who gave one loud
scream and shut up from that point on. She was cleaned and put on the counter,
later to be wheeled in the nursery. In front of the window, where my
linguistics class all admired her. And she slept through content
with the new environment. Which reminds me of those people who say that birth
is rather traumatic. Not by looking at this birth! Kid came out, wailed once,
looked pissed off, closed her eyes and slept very contently for quite a while.
Well, I had the rest of the day off.
And so it was, January 17, 1975.
Linda Gwynne came home two days later. Came to her yellow room and her yellow
crib on 16768 Buckeye Cricle in Fountain Valley, CA 92708. We put her in her
little crib right after we had come home and had some coffee while she slept
contently.
First impressions I had of her was that she was excactly like my gandmother
Rijfiena Filipstina Veenstra-Mulder. I had this impression right in the
delivery room after I saw her for the first time. Rijfiena was my
grandmother on my father's side. She lived two houses from us when I still
lived in Waterhuizen, the Netherlands. When Linda was born, grandmother had
already died.
.

27. KLAAS MAAT (DERKJE SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD2, JUERGEN) was born July 08, 1946 in Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands. He married RONNIE VAN DIJK. She was born March 15, 1951.

Children of KLAAS MAAT and RONNIE VAN DIJK are:
i. MARIJKE MAAT, b. February 23, 1976.
ii. SILVIA MAAT, b. January 28, 1979.

28. ALY MAAT (DERKJE SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born May 28, 1943 in Ruischerbrug, Noorddijk, The Netherlands, and died April 15, 1986 in Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands. She married BART BOLT. He was born January 08, 1943, and died July 22, 1989 in Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Children of ALY MAAT and BART BOLT are:
i. DEBBIE BOLT, b. January 23, 1968, Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands; m. WUBBOLD VISSER; b. August 18, 1965.
ii. ASTRID BOLT, b. November 19, 1970, Delfzijl, Groningen, the Netherlands.

29. GRIETJE8 VISSER (HILJE SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born January 26, 1943 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands. She married KORNELIS JANSEN. He was born November 06, 1941.

Children of GRIETJE VISSER and KORNELIS JANSEN are:
i. ANDREA HILDE JANSEN, b. September 29, 1968.
ii. ERICA ALBERTINE JANSEN, b. November 29, 1970.

30. KLAAS VISSER (HILJE SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born September 22, 1946 in Westerbroek, Hoogezand, the Netherlands. He married HENRIETTE COPPES.

Children of KLAAS VISSER and HENRIETTE COPPES are:
i. FROUKE VISSER, b. December 03, 1977.
ii. EELKE VISSER, b. November 17, 1979.

31. HENRIËTTE ELIZABETH SCHNUCK (GERM, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born February 03, 1957 in Gronigen, Groningen, The Netherlands. She married HENDRIK KALK, son of HENDRIK KALK and GEESSIEN FLEDDERMAN. He was born November 10, 1953 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Children of HENRIËTTE SCHNUCK and HENDRIK KALK are:
i. MARIEKE KALK, b. May 26, 1984.
ii. STEVEN KALK, b. July 05, 1986.

32. HILKO "KOOS"8 HARKEMA (TRIJN SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born November 01, 1946 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married YVONNE KROONSTUIVER. She was born February 07, 1948.

Children of HILKO HARKEMA and YVONNE KROONSTUIVER are:
i. KARIN HARKEMA, b. December 04, 1972.
ii. ROBIN HARKEMA, b. December 06, 1975.

33. LOUIS HARKEMA (TRIJN SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born April 04, 1951 in Sappemeer, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married PIA PRINS. She was born April 11, 1952.

Child of LOUIS HARKEMA and PIA PRINS is:
i. MARLOUS HARKEMA, b. July 31, 1980.

34. FREERK SCHNUCK (KLAAS, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born April 07, 1954 in Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married JEANNETTE MARJANNE BOERS September 18, 1986. She was born June 26, 1958 in Mantgum, Friesland, the Netherlands.

Children of FREERK SCHNUCK and JEANNETTE BOERS are:
i. HARALD SCHNUCK, b. February 06, 1987, Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands.
ii. FRANK SCHNUCK, b. February 07, 1989, Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands.

35. ANNIE LOUISE "ANNEKE" DE WIT (LOUISE ELIZABETH SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born July 21, 1951. She married HENDRIK SMIT. He was born March 20, 1949.

Children of ANNIE DE WIT and HENDRIK SMIT are:
i. REBECCA SMIT, b. September 24, 1974.
ii. ARTHUR SMIT, b. September 03, 1977.
iii. OSCAR SMIT, b. October 09, 1985.

36. EDDIE DE WIT (LOUISE ELIZABETH SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born April 21, 1954 in Hoogezand, Groningen, the Netherlands. He married BERTY MEUTSTEGE. She was born May 03, 1956.

Children of EDDIE DE WIT and BERTY MEUTSTEGE are:
i. JASPER DE WIT, b. April 25, 1984.
ii. RIK DE WIT, b. February 12, 1987.

37. GINA SCHNUCK (HIELKE, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born January 05, 1957. She married HENK JONGEJAN. He was born March 27, 1958.

Children of GINA SCHNUCK and HENK JONGEJAN are:
i. GERRIT HENDRIK "GERT" JONGEJAN, b. October 21, 1988.
ii. SUZANNE JONGEJAN, b. August 19, 1990.

Generation No. 9

38. MARJAN JACQUELINE BARKHOF (LOUISE ELISABETH VEENSTRA, JANTINA MARIA SCHNUCK, KLAAS, HINDRIK, BOUWE, JUERGEN HENRICH, JOHANN EBERHARD, JUERGEN) was born February 25, 1960 in Vries, Drenthe, The Netherlands. She married LOUWKE "LOUIS" KLOMP. He was born August 29, 1956 in Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Children of MARJAN BARKHOF and LOUWKE KLOMP are:
i. LENNART KLOMP, b. June 07, 1986, Hoogezand, The Netherlands.
ii. LARS KLOMP, b. April 10, 1991, Vries, Drente, The Netherlands.