A long-lost shoebox of family photos surfaced in January 2021. It contained many treasured photos taken in the mid to late 1800’s, and there’s nothing quite like seeing the pictures…
Shipbuilder, Entrepreneur, and Church Elder – the first Zee to be born in Holland.
Three sisters to the orphanage after their father dies
Cornelis Pieterszoon Veer was the great-grandfather of Neeltje Veer, who married Pieter Zee. Records suggest he was held as a hostage, or slave, in North Africa in 1722 [>]. Possibly…
Door Meindert J. Prins In de nacht van woensdag 18 augustus op donderdag 19 augustus 1943 stopte een vrachtauto van het Duitse leger met een met legergroen zeildoek bespannen laadbak…
It’s all about Maartje, really. Her lace making wasn’t the usual grandmother embroidery stuff – she had an exceptional talent. Her last piece, made when she was in her 70’s,…
The favourite son Jan Zee was the twelfth, last, and it seems most loved child of Bruin Bruinzoon Zee and Jannetje Tromp. His birth was something of a surprise –…
Lightening strike on a summers morning Klaas Zee was born in Twisk, in 1877, as the first son of Pieter Zee & Geertje Zijp. His younger brother Pieter Zee started…
In the early 1870’s, a discovery was made in the graveyard of Arbergen. A pair of gravestones from the mid 1600’s carried intriguing and unique markings, etched into the stone….
The Belgian Campaign In 1831, Pieter was selected to join the Dutch Army, and joined the cavalry in a regiment called the Ligte Dragonders No. 5. The selection was a…
