Witnesses at Dirk's birth: Johannes Wilhelmus Huijse, 55 years old, unemployed, living in Amsterdam &
Johannes Wilhelmus Huijse, 28 years old, onderwijzer (teacher), living in Amsterdam
Witnesses at Gesina's birth: Johan Otto Kolkmeijer, kantoorbediende (office worker), 35 years old, living in Amsterdam &
Frederik Hendrik Kolkmeijer, onderwijzer (teacher), 24 years old, living in Amsterdam
Witnesses at the wedding: Willem Leepel, 78 years old, deurwaarder (county court bailiff), living in Amsterdam, uncle of Dirk &
Frederik Hendrik Huijse, 41 years old, stucadeur, living in Amsterdam, uncle of Dirk &
Frederik Hendrik Kolkmeijer, 45 years old, onderwijzer (teacher), living in Amsterdam, uncle of Gesina &
Cornelis Johannes Klumper, 46 years old, monteur, living in Amsterdam, uncle of Gesina
Witnesses at Dirk Jacobus's death: Jean Thomasse, aanspreker, 45 years old, living in Amsterdam &
Antoni Korf, aanspreker, 23 years old, living in Amsterdam
Dirk Jacobus (and family) travelled very often over the course of his life. He was assigned to many parishes in both the Netherlands and Indonesia:
23 May 1898 Probolinggo, East Java
19 Aug 1901 Ambon, Maluku
6 Jun 1904 Batavia
3 Jan 1905 the Netherlands for 2 years of leave
31 Jan 1907 Fort de Kock (Bukittinggi, Sumatra)
1909 Surabaya, East Java
1910 Salatiga, Central Java
1 Sep 1911 Culemborg, Netherlands
21 Feb 1912 Surabaya, East Java
1 Oct 1919 Semarang, Central Java
21 Apr 1920 Batavia
19 Aug 1922 the Netherlands for 1 year of leave
20 Sep 1923 Kediri, East Java
11 Nov 1924 Djokdjakarta
10 Aug 1926 Malang, East Java
9 Oct 1928 Amsterdam, officially retired (although he visits many churches in the Netherlands afterwards to give sermons)
While in Culemborg the family was registered: [3]
Gesina was imprisoned in Halmaheira prison camp during World War II. Her daughter and
granddaughters were imprisoned in Lampersari prison camp. Her son Frederik Hendrik was also imprisoned.
Someone drives by in a car and forces Dirk to ride his bike into the side of the road 12 Dec 1912:
An exciting story about robbers entering the house of the couple on 5 May 1913, and how Gesina managed to alert her husband and
saved the day:
A swindler manages to get money from the church funds from Dirk in 16 Jun 1916:
A man throws a bike and curses at Dirk on 23 Sep 1921:
Lightning hits the roof of Dirk's house in Malang and manages to break all the windows on 13 Apr 1927:
Dirk Jacobus's necrology: &
Picture of the family, FLTR: Frederik Hendrik Leepel, Gesina Kolkmeijer, Adrianus Cornelis van Pernis, Adrianus Cornelis van Pernis, Johanna Christina Leepel, Nicolaas Hendrik Leepel, Ds. Dirk Jacobus Leepel, Dirk Jacobus Leepel.
Picture of Dirk and Gesina: , picture of Dirk with girls who did confession
Sources:
"Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem (Noord-Hollands Archives, Haarlem).