| The Descendants of Jacob Tanis of Ouddorp, Zuid Holland (first known Tanis) Ancestors of Paulus Tanis (1793) (Chart) Ancestors of Dirk Maartensen Tanis 1722 (Chart) � � � Ancestors of Krijntje Hendriks Tanis (wife of Dirk) Back To Genealogy Main Page |
| Tanis family Tanis family originally from Ouddorp, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands |
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| I'm looking for my missing Tanis branches. Especially Johanna Longstraat in the US; Klaartje Tanis and son Paulus Glinthorst; and Jannetje Tanis and husband Pieter Breen. |
| The Tanis families goes back to the 1500s in Ouddorp, Zuid Holland. It is believed by some that they were originally from England, where they lived along the Thames River. For information on Ouddorp please see the Ouddorp page. My Tanis line (Paulus Tanis) stayed in Ouddorp until around 1837 when the family moved to the isle of Texel. It appears that at least two more Tanis families also went to Texel as the names of the children born were the same as the family names from Ouddorp. Among them were Paulus' half brother Dirk and his wife Cornelia Nieman. For more information and pictures of Dirk and Cornelia click here. |
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| Paulus Tanis born April 28, 1793, in Ouddorp, was the son of Cornelis Dirksen Tanis and Caatje Tijsdr. Heerschap. Paulus married Johanna Longstraat in Ouddorp on December 7, 1827. Johanna was born June 20, 1806, in Ouddorp. She was the daughter of Pieter Longstras and Claartje Venneman. Johanna and Paulus had four known children in Ouddorp (although there may have been more). They were: Cornelis 1827 (not comfirmed); Kaatje born around 1829; Pieter born 1831; Cornelis born 1835; and Klaartje born about 1837. After Klaartje was born and before 1840 the family moved to the isle of Texel. There they had three more children. They were: Jannitje born 1840; Philip born 1843; and Krijntje born 1846. For deals on date of births click here On February 25, 1862, Paulus, Johanna, and the two youngest children moved to Zijpe, Noord Holland, and to the town of Anna Paulowna. The other children had already married and were already living there. On March 7, 1864, their youngest daughter died and eight months later on November 18, 1864, Paulus died in Anna Paulowna. On April 19, 1870, Johanna Longstraat left Anna Paulowna and immigrated to the United States. |
| The Children For Descendants (outline chart) of Paulus Tanis and Johanna Longstraat go to FTM home page and click on chart at bottom of page |
| Paulus Tanis and Johanna Longstraat |
| PIETER TANIS, 1831, marrried Maria Blom on June 22, 1854, on the isle of Texel. Maria was born about 1831, in Stellendam, Zuid Holland. She was the daughter of Pieter Blom and Tijsje Meeuwis. They had nine known children. � � Paulus 1854, born Texel, died at the age of one year in Zijpe � � Paulus 1856, Zijpe � � Teisje 1858, Zijpe � � Johannes 1860, Zijpe � � Pieter 1862, Zijpe � � Cornelis 1864, Zijpe � � Adrianus 1867, Zijpe � � ?? between 1868 and 1872 in Zijpe � � Pietertje 1873 Illinois Pieter was the first to move to Anna Paulowna, moving about 1854. He served in the National Militia in 1854. At the age of 41, Pieter and family immigrated to the United States in 1872. They settled in Cook County, Illinois, in or near South Holland. For pictures of descendants click here KAATJE TANIS, born about 1829, in Ouddorp, Zuid Holland. I did not find Kaatje until January of 2000, when I found a record of her marriage to Dingeman Tak on a website. Kaatje and Dingeman were married on September 19, 1850, on the isle of Texel. Dingeman was also born in Ouddorp and the son of Lena Tak. I do not know if they had children or if they immigrated to the United States. Maybe she died soon after her marriage and that is why both Cornelis and Philip named their first born girls Kaatje and not Johanna after their mother which was the custom. If you have any information please contact me. |
| CORNELIS TANIS, 1836, married Johanna Tanis, on Ocober 14, 1858. Johanna was born January 11, 1835, in Ouddorp, the daughter of Everet Tanis and Catharina Bettens. Johanna died before July 8, 1864, in Zijpe, Noord Holland. Cornelis and Johanna had four children: Kaatje, Paulus, Kaatje, and Paulus, only second Kaatje lived. On February 18, 1865, in Zijpe, Paulus married Aaltje Glinthorst. Aaltje (Alice) was born October 7, 1837, in Putten, Gelderland. She was the daughter of Rik Ariensen Glinthorst and Aaltje Klaassen Drost. They had five children born in Zijpe, only two live to adulthood. They were Johanna and Hendrikus. (Picture on the left is of Cornelis Tanis and second wife Aaltje Glinthorst). (See Glinthorst family) On April 19, 1870, Cornelis, Alice, children, and Cornelis' mother Johanna Longstraat emigrated. They settled in South Holland and there they had at least one more child, Paulus born in 1872 |
| KLAARTJE TANIS, born around 1837, married Hendrik Glinthorst on August 20, 1864, in Zijpe. Hendrik was born March 18, 1827, in Putten, Gelderland. He was the son of Rik Ariensen Glinthorst and Aaltje Klaassen Drost. The couple had only two known children: Paulus 1865, and Hendrik who died in 1866. Hendrik died in Zijpe on January 17, 1866. A little over two years later, wife Klaartje and their son Paulus, now three, immigrated to the United States. They left Zijpe on April 15, 1868, with Philip Tanis, Klaartje's youngest brother. They were the first to emigrate. I'm sure Klaartje must have remarried in Illionis, but I do not know to who. A possibility is to a van der Berg. JANNETJE TANIS, 1840, married Pieter Breen on the isle of Texel, on February 13, 1862. According to the 1900 census in Cook County, Illinois, Jannetje and Pieter had nine children, but by 1900 only three were living. They were Nellie, Paul, and Cornelis. Nellie and Paul were born in Anna Paulowna. Johanna Longstraat lived with Jannetje and Pieter after Paulus died, and before she emigrated with Cornelis in 1870. By 1880 she was living with Jannetje and Pieter again in Illinois. The Breen family emigrated in 1872, and settled in Cook County, Illinois, in or near South Holland, where Pieter Breen was a railcar oiler. |
| PHILIP TANIS, 1843, was the yountest son and the first to emigrate. He left Anna Paulowna as a single man with his sister and nephew, Klaartje Tanis and Paulus Glinthorst. They left Anna Paulowna on April 15, 1868. (It was the custom in The Netherlands for the women to use her maiden name all her life). Philip married Trijntje de Jong, born September 2, 1850, in Roseland, Illinois. She was the daughter and seventh child of Pieter de Jong and Trijntje Dalenberg. The couple had twelve childern: � �Paulus 1870 � � � Trijntje 1875 � � � � Kaatje 1885 � � Peter 1871 � � � � Trijntje 1878 � � � � Richard 1889 � � Jan 1873 � � � � � Jannetje 1880 � � � Clara Mae 1891 � � Kaatje 1875 � � � Cornelius 1883 � � Jacob William 1891 Picture to the right is Philip Tanis and wife Trijntje de Jong. |
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| Picture courtesy of Ralph and Joanne Tanis |
| I'm interested in all Tanis families even those not from Illinois please e-mail if you are connected to the Tanis family. glinthorst-verizon-net |