Papenhuijzen Family Tree

The Papenhuijzen Family Tree
Introduction
The Papenhuijzen Family Tree has been compiled by John C. Papenhuyzen from details and help received from different sources. Assumptions had to be made and therefore some of the relationships may not be correct. The fact that our ancestors kept using the same Christian names for their offspring did not help at all! John has also assumed that the way Papenhuijzen is spelled is of no consequence. As a matter of fact we use Papenhuyzen instead of Papenhuijzen as the more convenient way of identifying ourselves. The surname Papenhuijzen was found in various records as Papenhuyzen, Papenhuysen, Papenhuizen and Papenhuisen. John has made the effort to make the Family Tree as true as is practicable and went back in history as far as possible. So far he has found branches as far back as 1640. The most comprehensive branch starting with Jacob Aelbrecht van Papenhuijsen in Bremen (Oost Friesland). There are a few aspects that make the Papenhuijzen Family unique. Firstly the name, there is only one Papenhuijzen Family! Secondly, and we must trust John's grandfather Ebbe Cornelis (Kees) for the story to be true, our branch of the family came originally from France where they had been persecuted as Huguenots. According to Ebbe they moved to Friesland where they settled down. Finding the evidence of Jacob Aelbrecht van Papenhuijsen could support that story... Three of Ebbe's brothers: Manus, Mijndert and Piet and Ebbe himself were windmill builders and repairers. They lived in and worked from Hoog Blokland. As young man they travelled around the district to build and repair windmills, carrying their tools and equipment on a hand cart with them. As more and more steam pump stations and steammills were being built the need for windmills diminished and the four brothers had tot seek alternative work. Somehow they all managed to work with timber again as carpenters or builders. Another brother, Aart Papenhuijzen, lived in Hardinxveld, Leerdam and Hoog Blokland. John's aunt Janske (Johanna Noordenbos) told him that this uncle was the black sheep of the family, not like the others. He went to sea, had his own sailing ship built in Lekkerkerk. He was shipwrecked and went down with his ship near the Island of Cyprus. He lies buried on the island - that's a fact! The wooden cross on his grave in this cemetery is damaged and has only half the name Papenh...(uijzen) written on it. One of the lifeboats salvaged from his ship is still being used by a local fisherman. Unfortunately, from new information received it may not have been Aart Papenhuijzen but some other Papenhuijzen whose details we don't have, It would be nice if we could get more stories together to tell our children. From John's experience in Australia we know that one's children will ask questions about their roots and love to hear what happened in the old days.
The Family Tree
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