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| The Glinthorst Family was orginally from the Province of Gelderland, The Netherlands, in an area called the Veluwe, in the Northern part above the rivers Nederrijn and Ijssel. This family used patronymic names until 1812, when Arien Riksen took the surname of Glinthorst under the rule of Napoleon when it became law that all families must have a proper surname. See certificate The family had been in the area since the 1600s and probably longer, but record only go back to this time. They lived in the towns of Garderen, Ermelo, Putten, Barnelveld, Lunteren, and Nijkerk. |
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| The Rik Glinthorst Family |
| Arien Riksen Glinthorst's son Rik Ariensen Glinthorst lived in Huinen, a suburb of Putten. There he and his spouse, Aaltje Klaassen [Drost] had at least thirteen children. Rik was a casual laborer, sometimes known as a day worker, and the family was very poor. Rik had a crooked leg and out lived many of his children. Rik was born May 2, 1792, in Putten. Aatlje Klaassen was born October 2, 1795, in Putten, the daughter of Klaas Eibertsen and Grietje Hendriks. The children were: Truijtje Ariensen 1817-1896 died in Illinois Grietje Glinthorst 1819-1862 died in Putten Arien Glinthorst 1820-1898 died in Illinois Klaasje Glinthorst 1823-1866 died in Zijpe Annetje Glinthorst 1824-before 1836 died in Putten Hendrik Glinthorst 1825-1826 died in Putten Hendrik Glinthorst 1827-1866 died in Zijpe Jan Glinthrost 1829-bef 1900 died in Illinois Stevetje Glinthorst 1832-1870 died in Putten Aartje Glinthorst 1833-1858 died in Zijpe Annetje Glinthorst 1836-1902 died in Washington Aaltje Glinthorst 1837-1920 died in Illinois Baby Boy Stillborn 1841 Putten For details on births, marriages, and deaths see chart Sometime between 1848 and 1855, the family moved to Zijpe. Daughter Grietje married and stayed in Putten. The oldest daughter Truijtje problably also stayed in the area. Daughter Steventje, married a Putten man in 1862, but did live in Zijpe with her parents for awhile. It was in Zijpe that the Glinthorst family met the Klein and Tanis families. Later the Kroeze family also came to this area, but by then some of the family members had already emigrated. It was in Zijpe the Rik Glinthorst died in 1867 and his wife Aaltje died in 1858. Also, daughters Klaasje and Aartje died in 1866 and 1858. Between 1868 and 1880 all living children (Truijtje, Arien, Jan, Aaltje, and Annetje) emigrated. |
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| The Emigrants |
| Truijtje Ariensen first born and whose birth certificate does not bear the Glinthorst name, married Evert Ey(ij)lander on May 24, 1853, in the city of Ede. Truijtje immigrated, year unknown, to Cook County, Illinois where she died in 1896. She had six children. Arien Glinthorst third born has no records for a marriage and emigrated as a single man in 1873, with his brother Jan. They embarded from Rotterdam on the ship 'Castor' (a steamboat), and arrived in New York on May 9, 1873. Arien died in Illinois in 1898. |
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| Hendrik Glinthorst was seventh born and died in Zijpe, but his widow Klaartje Tanis, and son Paul immigrated in 1868, to South Holland or Roseland, Illinois. This is one of the missing family branches that I'm looking for. Klaartje may have remarried and Paul Glinthorst took an adopted name. |
| Jan Glinthorst eighth child born in 1829. Jan married Klaasje Bak in Zijpe, on October 14, 1865. Klaasje was the daughter of Pieter Bak and Maria Bijl, both deceased at the time of the marriage. Klaasje was born September 14, 1826, Den Helder, Noord Holland. At the time of the marriage Jan was a landman and Klaasje was a servant girl. They had at least three children; Rijk, 1866, died at three and half year; Maria lived and emigrated with family; Aaltje, 1868, died at 9 weeks. Jan emigrated in 1873, and settled in South Holland or Roseland. He died sometime before 1900. Wife Klaasje died in 1901. Daughter Mary married Dirk Aardsma, son of Alle Aardsma and Jetsche de Vries. They had six known children: Allan 1889, John 1892-1957, Walter 1894, Richard 1897, Jessie 1899-1900, Jessie 1901. Jessie married Cornelius van Deursen. This is also a missing family branch and would love to hear from someone in this line. |
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| (Pictured left) Annetje Glinthorst eleventh born 1836, emigrate in 1881. Annetje "Annie" was born March 19, 1836, in Huinen, within the Municiplity of Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands. Annetje married Ruth Klein on October 11, 1863, in Zijpe, Noord Holland. Rut "Ruth" was the son on Otto Klein and Anneke Jacobs born April 3, 1838, in Heteren, Gelderland. Ruth died on December 10, 1875, in Anna Paulowna, Zijpe, Noord Holland. He was the father of all of Annetje's nine childen, born between March 24, 1865, and December 26, 1874. (See Klein Family) |
| On May 10, 1881, Annetje and her sons Rijk, Jan, Andries left Anna Paulowna for the United States. Son Andries died on the ship or soon after arriving in the States. Son Otto stayed in Holland until 1883. All the other children had died before December of 1873. On September 5, 1881, Annetje married Bart Baartman in Cook County, Illinois. Bart died in 1900, Cook County. On July 25, 1902, Annetje married Gerrit Kroeze in Everett, Washington. Annetje died June 15, 1903, in Everett, Washington, and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery. The cemetery has no records of her burial. Annetje and Ruth's son Otto married Eva van der Weitt and Cornelia Wesdorp, son Rijk "Rich" married Lena and Mary Santefort, son Jan "John" married Carrie Kroeze, daugther of Gerrit Kroeze. (See pictures of the Kroeze children) |
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| Aaltje Glinthorsttwelfth born and last born alive. She was born on October 7, 1837, in Huinen, within the Municipality of Putten, Gelderland. Married Cornelis Tanis the widower of Johanna Tanis, on February 18, 1865, in Anna Paulowna, Noord Holland. Cornelis and first wife had four children, but only daughter Kaatje was still alive when he married Aaltje "Alice" Glinthorst. Cornelis and Aatlje had five children in Holland, two died, within a year of birth. On April 19, 1870, Cornelis, Aaltje, children, and Cornelis' mother left Anna Paulowna to emigrate. The children were Kaatje, Johanna, Hendrikus, baby Aaltje. Baby Aaltje died before 1872. They settle in Roseland and South Holland, Illinois. Here they had at least one more child, Paul born June 13, 1872. (See Tanis family) |
| Cornilus and Aaltje both died in South Holland, Illinois. Cornelis died on March 22, 1917, and Aaltje on December 23, 1920. Both are buried in the Oak Ridge also known as the Oak Glen and Oak Lawn Cemetery. Cornelis' daughter Kaatje married Rijk Eylander, son of Aaltje's sister Truijtje. Cornelis and Aaltje' son Hendrikus married Johanna van der Aa. Their daugther Johanna married Henry Pieter de Jong (De Young), and son Paul married Johanna Eenigenburg and Trijntje Hendriks Otter. |
| Back to Genealogy Home Page I have a book on the ancestors of Rik Glinthorst and Aaltje Klaassen please e-mail me for details E-mail glinthorst-gmail.com Also available is the book "Glinthorst Sisters Family Connections" about how the Glinthorst, Klein, Kroeze, Tanis, Otter, and Eylander families are connected and how they connect to the Eenigenburg, van der Aa, Santefort, Braschler, de Jong, etc. families. E-mail for details |