Our Dutch heritage
Subtitle: a history of the families of Van Ritbergen, Hendriksen, Van den Ouden, Keesmodel, Vree, and Van der Leij
By: Martina C. van Ritbergen-Vanderley.
Publisher: Genealogy Pub. Service; Book orders may be addressed to M.C. Vanderley [distributor], 10411 Carlyn Ridge Rd.
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Franklin, NC; Damascus, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Van Ritbergen family.; Hendriksen family.; Van den Ouden family.; Vree family.; Netherlands -- Genealogy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii; title: FOREWORD ix; title: THE FAMILY TREE; title: Ancestral Chart - I xi; title: PART I - THE VAN RITBERGEN FAMILY; title: Ancestral Chart - II xiv; title: Genealogy 1; title: The Beginning 7; title: Oldenzaal and Its History 11; title: Their Homestead, Their Lives, and Tribulations 13; title: Hermanus Casper van Ritbergen;; title: My Grandfather (1877-1951) 17; title: Hermanus Kasper van Ritbergen;; title: My Father (1908- ) 25; title: The Early Years 25; title: Growing Up Fast 28; title: His Hopes, His Dreams, and His Trials 31; title: Another Catastrophe 36; title: A Changing World 37; title: A New Beginning 42; title: Going His Own Way 44; title: The Winter of His Life 48; title: His Poems; title: Megaliet 50; title: Megalith (Translation) 51; title: You Are the Same 52; title: PART II - THE HENDRIKSEN FAMILY; title: Ancestral Chart - III 55; title: Genealogy 57; title: The City of Harderwijk 67; title: Gerrit Hendriksen; My Great-Grandfather (1832-1894) 71; title: Letter to Mina 75; title: PART II - continued -; title: Jannetje Maria Hendriksen-van der Burgh;; title: My Great-Grandmother (18441915) 77; title: Martina van Ritbergen-Hendriksen;; title: My Paternal Grandmother (1885-1949) 81; title: PART III - THE VAN DEN OUDEN FAMILY; title: Ancestral Chart - IV 90; title: Genealogy 91; title: Bouke Jan van den Ouden; My Great-Grandfather; title: (1841-1910) 97; title: PART IV - THE KEESMODEL FAMILY; title: Genealogy 103; title: PART V - THE VREE FAMILY; title: Ancestral Chart -V 107; title: Genealogy 109; title: Amsterdam Its History and Its People 115; title: Eugenie Hortense Vree-van den Ouden;; title: My Maternal Grandmother (1887-1984) 123; title: Her Struggles 123; title: The War Years (1940-1945) 130; title: New Beginnings 140; title: A Full House Once Again 140; title: The Golden Years 141; title: My Grandmother's Vanity 143; title: The Trying Times 145; title: The Quiet Years 147; title: Grandmother's Last Valiant Years 152; title: Reports from Jan, Cor and Ab Vree 154; title: PART VI - THE VAN DER LEIJ FAMILY; title: Ancestral Chart - VI 158; title: About Ancestors and Descendants 159; title: "From the Valley"173; title: Adventurers and Colonists 174; title: Johan Fredrick Albert van der Leij (1890-1974) 179; title: Changing Times 181; title: iv; title: PART VI - continued -; title: The Great Depression 184; title: The War and Japanese Occupation 186; title: The Revolution and Independence of a Nation 190; title: A New Life: A New Challenge 192; title: Homecoming 197; title: EPILOGUE 203; title: EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS,; title: SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS 205; title: MAPS; title: The Netherlands 206; title: Germany 207; title: Indonesia 208; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY 209; title: SURNAME INDEX 211.