Note: This page is especially interesting for Waayenberg and Weyenberg family members from Michigan and Alberta.
Gerrit Aelberts
The descendants of Gerrit Aelberts are divided in Waaijenbergs and Weijenbergs. This is the family tree with two different branches in Michigan (Grand Rapids area and the Kalamazoo area) and another branch in Alberta.
Gerrit Aelberts (born abt 1626) had a great-grandson Peter Harms Waaijenberg, and two great-great-grandsons: Willem and Harmen.
There is not much known about the first 4 generations (Gerrit to Peter), but it starts getting interesting with the families of his great-great grandsons (the fifth generation).
Harmen's branch has practically died out; there were daughters and granddaughters with extensive families but they (of course) are not named Waaeijyenberg, so for the time being, they won't get much attention on this website (maybe later).
Willem's branch on the other hand has bloomed and blossomed; in this specific family tree there were at least 500 people born since the 1940's who were named either Waa(ij)(y)enberg or We(ij)(y)enberg (counting both Dutch and North-American offspring)
Note: in the above illustration, I left out a lot of sub-branches and siblings.
E.g. Sander and Jacob both had 11 children; Nelis Anthonie had 8 siblings and Marinus Anthonie had 9 siblings.
A more complete overview of Willem's sons, their children and grandchildrne, can be found here: overview of the generations
and of course there is the complete genealogy at Gerrit Aelberts's genealogy
Deep diving into his descendants
Gerrit Waaijenberg
Gerrit is a descendant of Gerrit Aelberts, a great-grandson of Sander Waaijenberg and Aaltjen Slangenwal, and a grandson of Willem Waaijenberg and Evertje van Voorst.
Marriage and children
Gerrit married Jennigje (Jane) Molenaar.
With three young sons they emigrated in the 1950's from The Netherlands to Alberta. More children were born in Canada.
the Molenaar's genealogy
starting with Jane's ancestor Willem Aalbrechtsz Molenaar.
Jennigje (Jane) Molenaar's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Marinus Anthonie Waaijenberg
Marinus Anthonie is a descendant of Gerrit Aelberts, he is a grandson of Sander Waaijenberg and Aaltjen Slangenwal, and son of Johan Waaijenberg and Mina Johanna Hietveld.
Marriage and children
Marinus married Everdina Elbertsen.
They had one son (Johan, 1912) before emigrating to the USA. There two more sons were born, Marinus and Sander Albert (Sam).
In the next column are the families of Everdina and of her daughters-in-law:
• Anna Laninga,
• Christine Wilma Reinders and
• Jewell Hoppe.
the Elbertsen's genealogy
starting with Jane's ancestor Willem Aalbrechtsz Molenaar.
the Laninga's genealogy
starting with Anne's ancestor Aldert Jans van der Laan
the Reinders's genealogy
starting with Christine's ancestor Jan Reinders
the Wieringa's genealogy
starting with Jewell's ancestor Wobbe Wieringa
Everdina Elbertsen's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Anne Laninga's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Christina Reinders's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Jewell Hoppe's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side; the Dutch ones anyway)
Theodorus Weijenberg
Theodore is a descendant of Gerrit Aelberts, grandson of Jacob Weijenberg and Theodora Eskes, and son of Hendrik Weijenberg and Jantje (Jessie) Bresser.
Marriage and children
Theodorus (or Theodore) was married to Wilhelmina Christiaans.
There were at least 4 children born in Michigan (Grand Rapids ?): Henry (1909-2001), Mary (b. 1916), Wilhelmina (Wilma) (b. 1919) and Dorothy (b. around 1925).
• Son Henry was married to Genevieve van Houtum.
• Daughter Wilhelmina was married twice, to Arnold Deters and to Louis Overkamp.
• Daughter Dorothy was married to John Frederick Nienhuis.
the Christiaans genealogy
starting with Wilhelmina's ancestor Matthijs Christiaans.
the Van Houtum genealogy
starting with Genevieve's ancestor Johannes van Houtum.
there is no Deters genealogy (yet)
there is no Overkamp genealogy (yet)
the Nienhuis genealogy
starting with John's ancestor Markus Eilderts.
Wilhelmina Christiaans's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Genevieve Dorothy van Houtum's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
there is no Deters pedigree for Arnold Deters (yet)
there is no pedigree for Louis Overkamp (yet)
John Frederick Nienhuis's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Jacob (John) Weijenberg
Jacob is a descendant of Gerrit Aelberts, grandson of Jacob Weijenberg and Theodora Eskes, and son of Hendrik Weijenberg and Jantje (Jessie) Bresser.
Marriage and children
Jacob (or John) emigrated to the USA, where he married Harriet Garnaat from Muskegon.
They had 5 sons and 2 daughters:
• Henry was married to Henrietta Fanny Penning
• Theodore was married to Maxine Muriel Derhammer
• Peter was married to Frances Marie Morren
• Jane was married to Johannes (Joe) Gruizenga
• Martin Andrew was married to Evelyn Rena Gruizinga
• Jacob (Jake) was married to Ruthie Krull.
There was also Sarah, she died 14 months old.
the Garnaat's genealogy
starting with Hattie's ancestor Berend Balthazars.
there is no Penning's genealogy (yet)
there is no Derhammers's genealogy (yet)
the Morren's genealogy
starting with Frances Marie's ancestor Kornelis Morren.
the Gruizenga's genealogy
starting with Jakob Willlems Gruisinga, the ancestor that both Joe Gruizenga and Evelyn Gruizinga hhads in common.
there is no Krull's genealogy (yet)
Hattie Garnaat's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Henrietta Fanny Penning's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Maxine Muriel Derhammer's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Frances Marie Morren's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Johannes (Joe) Gruizenga's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Evelyn Rena Gruizinga's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)