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The Hengelo family
From Weerselo to Hengelo |
From Bien to KuipersGerardus Joannes Bien, who was born on November 7, 1792 in Deurningen was mentioned at the end of the previous page. He married on October 25, 1815 in Weerselo under that name with Joanna Graven, who, like him, was born in the municipality of Weerselo (Deurningen lay also in that municipality). It is obvious that in the marriage certificate his first and last names were taken from the baptismal book, because an extract from the baptismal register had to be submitted with the banns.It is striking, however, that in the birth certificates of the six children of the couple, who were born in Weerselo in the years 1818 to 1831, the father was not called Gerardus Bien, but Gerrit Kui (j) pers. The name Kuipers must have been taken from the name of the farm in Hasselo where he was born. Probably they had not requested royal approval for the name change, which was necessary after the introduction of the civil registry. Old customs in the area continued for a long time. Janna Graven died in 1845, Gerrit Kuipers in 1864. An incorrect marriage certificateOn September 30, 1824, another Gerardus Joannes Bien (now with ë instead of e, but that is a minor matter) was mentioned in the marriage register of the municipality of Weerselo as the bridegroom. This time the bride was called Gesina Lansink.
The same extract of the baptism of the bridegroom on November 7, 1792 in Deurningen was attached to the marriage certificate. It seemed to be inferred that Gerardus Joannes married for the second time in 1824. However, the groom could not have been the same as in 1815. After all, the bride and groom from 1815 were both still alive in 1824 and after that year they also had children. The conclusion must be that an error was made in the marriage certificate of 1824. The groom was not Gerardus Joannes Biën, but most likely a younger brother of him. This must have to do with the fact that the baptism book of Deurningen contains gaps: from 1795 to 1801 and also from 1804. Willem Bijen and Jenne Steffens probably had one or more children in or after 1795, and the groom from 1824 was a son of them born in 1795 or later. The registrar of civil status must have used accidentally the baptismal certificate from 1792 for the second time when drawing up the marriage certificate. Perhaps the youngest son actually had the first name Joannes or Joannes Gerardus. The difference with Gerardus Joannes will hardly be noticed when reading aloud the marriage certificate. An indication for the name Joannes is that Gesina Lansink's husband was later usually called Jan Bijen. Incidentally, it did not stop at the incorrect mention of the groom's name in this marriage certificate. On the page 'Beijen and Lansink', under the heading The marriage of Joannes and Gesina in 1824 it is stated that for the bride an incorrect extract from the baptismal register has been used as well. Joannes/Jan Bien/Biën/BijenThe 1824 groom, of whom therefore it is unknown when he was born and what his exact name was, was one of the progenitors of the Hengelo family. He is listed as Joannes (3.1) on the overview of the members of that family because he was presumably baptized by that name (and perhaps a second one). His grandfather Joannes (1.1) is in generation 1 and his father Wilhelmus (2.1) in generation 2.Shortly after his marriage Joannes moved to the hamlet of Woolde near Hengelo. He probably moved in with his wife Gesina Lansink, who according to the marriage certificate was a female farmer in the municipality of Hengelo and was also born there. A year later, at the birth declaration of his son Willem, he appeared for the first time in the civil status records of Hengelo. There he was referred to as Johannes Bijen. After Willem, five other children were born in Hengelo, three of whom died young. In all further birth and death certificates, the father was called Jan Bijen. On the following pages more is said about Joannes and his descendants. |
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