English webpage of the familyfoundation “Het Geslacht
Van Rhijn”
Welcome on the English summarised version of the
website from the familyfoundation “Het Geslacht Van Rhijn”.
This website is to inform you about the aims and activities of the foundation,
for the family Van Rhijn. For more specific subjects this site is linked to the
Dutch version. If you want to return to the English version, please click on
the link on our homepage.
If you have suggestions to improve this website,
please contact our webmaster G.J. van Rhijn E-mail. Thanks for your reaction! If
you are a familymember and have plans to stay for a
while in
A.van Rhijn, chairman. Up
The aims and means are described in the statutes of the
foundation “Het Geslacht Van Rhijn”.
These are to:
·
collect facts and things worth knowing
related to the descendants of Arent Michielsz, born approximately
·
promote the knowledge of the Van Rhijnfamilyhistory;
·
undertake activities to commemorate the
deceased members of the family;
·
facilitate the bonding between familymembers;
·
give public and scientific research access
to the collection;
·
lend under conditions parts of the
collection out to musea or other institutes.
Therefore the foundation will:
·
Try to collect books, records, and other materials
(pictures, paintings, voices, film and
video) which are important familyhistory.
·
Take care of these records, restore them en do
maintenance on them.
·
Explore the history of the family and publish about
it.
·
To organise reunions and other sorts of meetings.
·
Organise exhibitions, give a lecture eventually in
co-operation with musea or other institutes.
·
provide information to the Central Administration for Genealogy in
·
Make publications about their investigations
You can ask the
register number S
At the moment the board consists of the following
seven members:
Chairman: A. (Aat) van Rhijn, XIy.1
Secretary: G.J. (Gert Jan) van
Rhijn, XI v1, E-mail
Treasurer: W.T.B (Wopke) van Rhijn, XIIIh
Member: T.(Theo) van Rhijn, XIIu.
Note: the code behind the names refers to the codes
in “
(78th volume, edition 1994), published by “Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie”
in The Hague the
Picture of the board Februari
2018 from left to right: Wopke, Aat,
Theo en Gert Jan
Familytree
The eldest known familymember
is:
Arent Michielsz., born
approximately
His first marriage was with Commertgen
Cornelisdr and his second marriage was on 27 January
1582 with Aeffgen (Aechte) Jacobsdr [de Haes], from
Weddingdocument from Aernt Michielsz and Aefgen Jacobsdr in the year 1582,
(in red the readable text in Dutch)
The
complete familytree as a book you can find in the “
Almost all big
libraries in the
Heraldry
Van Rhijn coat of arms: In gold a red
lion.
Crest: The
lion comes out of the escutcheon
Covers: Red,
with a lining of gold
The ten meters long family-records can be found in the
municipality archives of
This catalogue is (also
in Dutch) available on this website
A
small exhibition in
Foreign family
Standing from left to right:
Linnis van der Linden, Clasina Eleonora ("Nora") van der Linden-van Rhijn,
Michiel Christoffel Willem ("Willem") van Rhijn, Elisabeth Magdalena
("Betsy") van Rhijn, Frederik Adriaan ("Fred") van Rhijn,
Joannes Arthur ("Jan") van Rhijn
Sitting from left to right:
Robert Lodewicus van Rhijn,
Catherina Antoinette ("Kate") Leppan-van
Rhijn, Hilda Alida Havemann-van
Rhijn, Bert Havemann, Alida
Aletta ("Maria") van Rhijn-van der Merwe, Frieda Paulina Kemp-van
Rhijn, Albertus Hendrik ("Berty") van Rhijn
Sitting on the floor from left to right:
Barbara MacDonald, Len van der Linden
The only person from the family of Joannes
who is not on the picture is Joannes himself, because
he died (approximately 1925).
On
this part of the website you can‘t find actual activities. When you are a donator
you ‘ll find these activities in the familynewsletter.
Familynewsletter “Het Geslacht van Rhijn”
In
the newsletter you can read articles about members and events of the Van
Rhijn-family. This newsletter is sent to the donators once or twice a year and
is written in Dutch.
Once
every two to three years we organise a familyreunion.
picture august 2004 familyreunion in Doesburg
Canadian Van Rhijns meet members of the board of the familyfoundation
in Ermelo July 2004
Documentation
Donators can receive the following documents in a
digital version:
·
Coloured Van Rhijn coat of arms (JPEG-format)
·
Letterpaper with the coloured Van Rhijn coat of arms (Word-format)
·
Regulations of the familyfoundation
(Word-format).
If
you want to become a donator please send the secretary an e-mail: G.J. van Rhijn E-mail. Up
6 Links
On this page you can
find several links to other related websites.
Websites for familytree-research
Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie |
|
Gens
Nostra |
|
Genealogiepagina |
|
Regionaal Archief |
|
Stad Leiden |
|
Nederlands Repertorium van
familienamen |
|
Cyndi's
List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet |
|
Familysearch van The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (het complete on-line bestand van de Mormonen uit |
|
Ancestry.com,
the No. 1 Source for Family History Online |
|
Family
Finder, The Genealogy Home
Page |
|
Archieven
in Nederland |
|
Genlias
(gegevens vanaf 1811-1920) |
|
Genver
(akten vanaf 1811-1920) |
|
Oude
kaarten en topografie |
|
Nationaal
archief |
Over
molens waarin familieleden geleefd hebben
Molenstichting De Roos te |
http://www.delft.nl/Toeristen/Ontdek_Delft/Te_zien/Architectuur/Monumenten/Molen_De_Roos
|
Molenmuseum |
|
Windmolen Windlust in Wateringen |
Windmill
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