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Ships from Amsterdam

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 14 Dec 2013 4:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Sonja, unfortunately, the only records I have found of ships leaving and entering the Marsdiep have been reports in the old newspapers, but they only give the Captain's name and no passengers. They do sometimes give the ports they have arrived from, as well as the destination ports. The only comprehensive ship manifests I have ever seen describing passengers and cargo on ships from Amsterdam have been the Customs Report records of Philadelphia and Baltimore. I've not located such records in The Netherlands. There are a lot of whaling expedition records at the Marine Museum Library in Amsterdam, but they would not be of use to you. One would think that even in the 1700s there would be records of emigrants leaving Amsterdam for foreign ports, but I have yet to find any. The VOC has records on line of ships and passengers bound for Batavia (Indonesia). Again, they would be of little interest to you. Have you performed a search for Hendrick van Essenhoogh in the Dutch genealogical records? I assume you have exhausted any records of English ports listing immigrants? As for Hendrick's surname, my guess is the his ancestors may have been from the village of Essenhoek near Essen and the Dutch-Belgian border. When his ancestor moved to a different town they called him "van Essenhoogh" to differentiate him from others of his new abode who had the same first name. This was a very common practice and gave rise to many of the "van" names in Holland. The "hoogh" part of it may have been an old spelling for Hoek, which means corner, or it was just a phonetic equivalent. Your Hendrick could well have come to England from Antwerpen, or say Rotterdam rather than Amsterdam. I would also search records for Hendrick van Essenhoek as well. Good luck in your searches. Don

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 16 Dec 2013 6:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Don,
Thank you so much for your very full message. I found the Essenhoek suggstion most interesting, and it has given me renewed enthusiasm for my searches for Hendrick's departure/arrival into England. I shall also search port records, if there are any for 1700s, for Antwerpen and Rotterdam. Re. the VOC records, I had previously found a mention on them for a Willjeminte van Essenhoogh, on the event of her seaman husband's death in Batavia, and also their marriage on the Dutch genealogical records, but I cannot connect her to Hendrick - so far. Yes, I have searched for Hendrick van Essenhoogh on the Dutch records, with no result.

Many thanks for your invaluable help, and I will let you know if I have any success.
Sonia

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 4 Jan 2014 3:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello,

I have sent an attachment to you via your email address (I hope that is alright), it is a document which appears to name Hendrik van Essenhoogh as a recipient to a bequest. It is in Dutch, and I wondered if you could possibly translate it for me. I hope I have attached it correctly - I am quite new tothis technology!

Sonia

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 4 Jan 2014 7:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
HI Sonja, yes I got your last message, but I'm having trouble opening the attached document. I'll need to have my son assist me; he's my computer guru. I'll get back to you.
Don

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 7 Jan 2014 3:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Don,

It could well be that I have attached it wrongly - I still struggle with this technology. If that's the case, let me know and I will try again.

Sonia

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 3:57PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Don,
Since contacting you about my ancestor Hendrik van Essenhoogh, I have had a major breakthrough and found his baptism in the Netherlands, in 1723 in Utrecht. I have been able to access the actual images from the parish registers, and found also his parents, grandparents, and cousins. trecht have only recently digitalised their records. You can imagine my total delight at this!

I still have not discovered when he left Netherlands for England, or the place he left from. But my searches are ongoing. Many thanks for your previous help.

Sonia

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 3:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jager
I'm a little new to this so thanks for opening this topic up. I've found some ancestors on a passenger arrival list who arrived in New York on Jun 2, 1881 on a ship named Stella. The port of departure was Amsterdam. I'd like to see if a boarding passenger list exists for this ship even if the records are not indexed. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Jan Jager
Elizabeth Lubbens (Luppens)
Jan (Jr)
Diewerke
Engelbertus
Henry

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 1:08AM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, it exists. I found it in the ships passenger list on ancestry.com. It doesn't give much info except their names, ages, and that they were from Holland. Don

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 5 Jun 2015 7:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
Don, Is there anyone with the given name Samuel on your list? According to his naturalization papers, my gg grandfather sailed from Amsterdam in March of 1817 and arrived in Philadelphia in July or August of 1817. His name is Samuel Kiger, which could also be Geiger, Giger, Keiger, Kygar, etc. He was from Switzerland.

Re: Ships from Amsterdam

Posted: 6 Jun 2015 2:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Lucy, I did not find your Samuel among the passengers on the list complied by my gt-gt-Uncle for the ship Frau Elizabeth. I did find on Ancestry that a Rudoef Kyger with his wife and 1 child (Samuel?) arrived in Philadelphia on or about 28 July 1817 on the Ship John from Amsterdam. The Captain was Guy Richards, Jr. and he made a customs declaration in Baltimore. You may need to find your Samuel among the children of passengers and as such would probably not be named You can see the ship's manifest on Ancestry. Good luck with your quest.
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