Note: This page is especially interesting for Waayenberg and Weyenberg family members from Iowa, Washington State, Indiana and Australia.
Gerrit Peters
The descendants of Gerrit Peters are mostly called Waijenberg, with a smaller number of Waaijenbergs.
Gerrit Peters had a grandson Peter and a great-grandson: Teunis 'Peters' Waaijenberg. Teunis's sons and their descendants made this one of the larger Waaeijyenberg family trees.
In this family tree you will find branches in the USA (Indiana, and around Yakima, WA) and in Australia..
The family of Gerrit Peters begins to branch-out with his great-great-grandsons:
Peter, Roelof, Christiaan and Gerrit.
Their father was Teunis Peters Waaijenberg, 1753-1827, married to Aaltjen Roelofs.
Gerrit had two unmarried sons and three married daughters. In his branch there are no more Wa(a)ijenbergs.
Peter is the ancestor of two branches. One of them in Indiana, with the name Wajenberg (without the 'i'), the other branch are the Wayenbergs in Washington State (mostly around Yakima).
Roelof has left a significantly larger branch, with a whole lot of sub-branches. A lot of them still in the Netherlands (fanned out all over the country), but also with descendants in Australia.
Christiaan's branch is not one of the biggest and it's 'confined' to the Netherlands.
Gerrit had two unmarried sons and three married daughters. In his branch there are no more Wa(a)ijenbergs.
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).
Deep diving into his descendants
Jan Arend Wajenberg
Jan Arend is a descendant of Gerrit Peters,
he is a great-grandson of Teunis Peters Waijenberg and Aaltjen Roelofs,
and a grandson of Peter Waaijenberg and Johanna Ramaker. His parents were Peter Wajenberg en Willemiena van den Bos.
Marriage and children
Jan Arend and his wife Erke Ida Catharina van der Linden emigrated to the USA in the 1890's.
They had a daughter and a son:
• Peternella Willemina (Nellie) Wajenberg was married to John Edward Dunn
• Henry Wajenberg was married to Hazel L. Johnson.
There is no genealogy about the Van den Bos
There is no genealogy about the Van der Linden family
Willemiena van den Bos's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Erke Ida Catharina van der Linden's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Teunis Waijenberg
Teunis is a descendant of Gerrit Peters,
he is a grandson of Teunis Peters Waijenberg and Aaltjen Roelofs,
and a son of Peter Waaijenberg and Johanna Ramaker.
Marriage and children
Teunis and his wife Gijsje van de Brake emigrated to the USA in the 1860's.
They had 2 married daughters and three married sons:
• Jane was married to Hendrik Mouw
• Peter was married to Alice Smit
• Hendrik was married to Rena Raak
• Johannes was married to Dina Hulshof
• Mensje (Minnie) was married to Teunis Harms Prins
the Van den Brake's genealogy
starting with Gijsje's ancestor Hannes Jansen.
the Mouw's genealogy
starting with Hendrik's ancestor Jan Willemsz Mouw.
the Raak's genealogy
starting with Rena's ancestor Harman Raak .
the Hulshof genealogy
starting with Dina's ancestor Steven Berends Hulshof.
the Prins's genealogy
starting with Teunis's ancestor Claas Jacobs.
Gijsje van den Brake's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Hendrik Mouw's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Rena Raak's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Dina Hulshof's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Teunis Prins's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Gerhardus Waijenberg
Gerhardus is a descendant of Gerrit Peters,
4xgreat-grandson of Teunis Peters Waijenberg and Aaltjen Roelofs,
and son of Teunis Gerrit Waijenberg and Emina Dijs.
Marriage and children
Gerhardus (or Gerald) was born in Marum (Prov. of Groningen in the Netherlands), found his wife Aleida Hermine Tietjens in de Dutch East Indies and emigrated to Australia.
He and his wife had two sons and three daughters (no information on this website, because of privacy considerations).
the Tietjens's genealogy
starting with Aleida's ancestor Sierik Tietjens.
Aleida Hermine Tietjens's pedigree
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)