Zee, Zeekamp, Seekamp, which is it? Today, we know our surname is Zee. That’s pretty easy. Three letters, no confusion. But how did our first Zee, Bruno Zee, get the name? He…
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Part II: Into the Open Ocean Passing Prinsen Island, the Schonenberg is now heading for open water. You have never truly seen a ship until you have seen it at…
Our first ancestor, Bruno Zee, was a member of the crew of the 800-ton VOC retourschip Schoonenberg, which left Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) on Friday, September 25th, 1722 with destination…
Door Meindert J. Prins Vrijdag 4 januari 1935 was een vorstvrije, bewolkte dag met een zwakke wind uit het noordwesten en weinig kans op regen. De 41 jarige Andijker tuinder…
Willem Zee & Geertje Bakker Willem Zee was born in 1820 in Venhuizen, the first Zee with this christian name, which was taken from his mother’s father Willem Davidzon. He…
Wöltje Seekamp was the great-grandfather of Bruno Zee. He was born in 1604, likely in Bierden, and died there sometime between 1647-1655. For our Zee family, he is a direct…
Dutch version follows, English version further down. Zee Familieboek – Tweede Editie In de zomer van 1993 stelde ik een klein boek samen over de geschiedenis van de familie Zee…
Bruijn Zee & Neeltje Zijp Bruijn Zee, b. 1765, son of Bruin Bruinszoon Zee, married Neeltje Zijp in 1788. She was from Hoogwoud, b. 1767, daughter of Louwris Zijp (1740-1801)…
