Harmen Berends Waijenberg
The descendants of Harmen Berends Waijenberg are also divided in Waijenbergs and Waaijenbergs.
This family tree has a branch in Australia, in the Wodonga/Albury area, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria.
Harmen Berends Waijenberg (born abt 1781 in Oene) had a son Gerrit, who was born Februari 2nd, 1809. Gerrit's family name was listed as Waaijenberg.
Gerrit was married twice, with three daughters and one son from his first marriage; two of the daughters were married but the son died when he was twelve years old.
From his second marriage Gerrit (Sr.) had two sons, who got married and had offspring, Albert (b. 1852) and Gerrit (Jr.) (b. 1857). Albert's birth certificate lists his family name as "Waijenberg" while Gerrit's birth certificate lists the family name as "Weijenberg".
A more complete overview of Harmen Berends Waijenberg's descendants can be found here: overview of the generations ⧉
and of course there is the complete genealogy at Harmen Berends Waijenberg's genealogy ⧉
The surname was spelled differently several times in official documents. Gerrit (Sr) and his father Harmen were listed as Weijenberg on Gerrit's marriage certificate (the 1st marriage). They were both listed as Waaijenberg on Gerrit's second marriage certificate;
Harmen was listed as Waijenberg on his wifes death certificate.
Deep diving into his descendants
Albertus Cornelis Waijenberg
Albertus Cornelis is a great-great-grandson of Harmen Berends Waijenberg. His mother was Maria Frederika van Laar.
Marriage and children
Albertus Cornelis was born in Apeldoorn (Prov. of Gelderland) and found his wife Geertruida (Trui) Schoolderman ⧉ there.
Their first son Albert was born in Apeldoorn. Then the family emigrated to Australia, where more children were born. (in the 1940's and 1950's, so because of privacy considerations they are not mentioned here)
the Schoolderman's genealogy ⧉
starting with Gijsje's ancestor Jan Bieleman.
the Van Laar's genealogy ⧉
starting with Maria Frederika's ancestor Gerrit van Laar.
Geertruida Schoolderman's pedigree ⧉
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)
Maria Frederika's pedigree ⧉
(ancestors on both father's and mother's side)