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THE FAMILY of   OTTO SCHAAP

THE IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR

The Schaap we consider as the main immigrant ancestor is Otto Schaap. He was born on 24 October 1792 in Dordrecht, Province South Holland, Netherlands. He married Lysje De Jong on 20 April 1815 in Dordrecht. She was born in the month of August 1797 in Zyndreght, Province South Holland, Netherlands. They had eleven children.

I. Willemina Schaap; b. 5 Nov 1815 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. 29 Dec 1897 Holland, MI, m. Peter Boot, b. 3 Feb 1811 van Zevenbergen, Neth, d. 20 Sep 1881 Holland, MI. They had seven children: Gertrude, Otto, Anna, Pieter, Willemina, Arie and Teunis.

II. Cornelia Schaap; b. 14 Oct 1816 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. 7 Feb 1880 Holland, MI, m. Hermanus Doesburg, b. 19 Jan 1809 Neth, d. 12 Nov 1893 Holland, MI. They had six children Jacob O., Otto J., Teuntje, Gerrit S., Cornelius H., Ottilia.

III. Arie Schaap; b. 17 Oct 1817 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. 17 Nov 1874 Winkel, Province North Holland, Neth, m. Gertje Berger, b. 19 Mar 1826 Wervershoof, Province North Holland, Neth, d. 31 Dec 1911 Winkel, Neth. They had ten children: Otto, Pieter, Gerrit, Anna, Anna, Lyzia, Jan Otto, Wilhelmina, Arie Jacob, Elizabeth.

IV. Jan Schaap; b. 10 Mar 1819 Wieldrecht, Neth, m. Hermina Bloemers, b. 1824, Neth. They had nine children: Otto, Jan Albert, Johanna, Lizzie, George, John H., Hendrick R., Benjamin, Mina G.

V. Ottilia Elizabeth Schaap; b. 11 Jun 1820 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. before 1848, m. Gerrit van Schelven.

VI. Jacob Schaap; b. 13 Nov 1821 Weildrecht, Neth, d. 19 Dec 1887 Holland, MI, m. Elisabeth L. Oldendorp, b. 12 Nov 1820 Amsterdam, Neth, d. 29 May 1906. They had five children: Lysje, Johannes Otto, Otto Jacob, Jacob Gerrit, Teuntje.

VII.Gerrit Schaap; b. 17 Apr 1823 Wieldrecht, d. before 1848.

VIII.Maayke Schaap; b. 11 Mar 1825 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. 1864, m. John Paules, b. 1819, d. 1914. They had six children: Arie Otto, Otto Jan, Lysje, Antonie, Gerrit Antonie, Maayke Elizabet.

IX. Heiltje Schaap; b. 8 Jun 1826 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. 1890, Holland, MI, m. Aldert Otto Plugger. They had six children: Elizabeth, Wilhelmina, Cornelia, Maaike, Aldert, Otto.

X. Cornelis Schaap; b. 2 Apr 1828 Wieldrecht, Neth, d. 28 Nov 1906, m Jannetje Romein (Romeyn), b. 8 Apr 1833, d. 20 May 1901 Holland, MI. They had eleven children: Pieter, Lysje, Jannetje, Otto, Maria, Arie, Mina Cornelia, Mina Cornelia, Lygje (Kate), Heiltje, Jan Cornelius.

XI. Teuntje Schaap; b 19 MAR 1830 Wieldrecht, Province South Holland, Netherlands; dird before 1848 at the Netherlands.

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