Overview of Gerrit Peters's descendants
This family tree is a tall tree. It is also very wide. There are at least 13 generations now from Gerrit Peters in the 17th Century to the present, that is tall.
And through the years a lot of the individual families had 8, 9, 10 or more children.
That's what makes a tree wide.The words above are the same for Gerrit Aelberts and for Gerrit Peters.
But there is a very big difference between the two regarding the names of the descendants.
Where the descendants of Gerrit Aelberts were almost all named Weijenberg or Waaijenberg, in the genealogy of Gerrit Peters the situation is different. The sons of Gerrit were named "Klumpert". In one of the first branches there are great-great-grandchildren with the family name Geurts. In another branch the great-grandchildren were split in a "Kelder"-branch and a "Wa(a)ijenberg"-branch.
Let's take a closer look at the Wa(a)ijenberg-branch.
Teunis Peters Waaijenberg
Gerrit Peters had a grandson named Peter. Peter in turn had a son named Teunis. So the sons full name was Teunis 'Peters' Waaijenberg (Peters being the patronym and Waaijenberg being the new family name).
Teunis had 4 daughters and 6 sons; 2 of his sons died very young as infants. 4 sons got married and had children, they are Peter, Roelof, Christiaan and Gerrit.
Peter
Peter (one of the great-great-grandsons of Gerrit Peters, ) had 10 children, you can see them below.
His first son, Christiaan, had 8 children. None of them reached a mature age; so no grandchildren there.
Peter's surname is spelled different on several occasions; some of his children have birth certificates with the name Waijenberg on it, others are named Weijenberg.
There were only two sons who left behind branches on the family tree: Peter (Junior) and Teunis. Interesting: they both have descendants in the United States.
The descendants of Peter Jr. are named Wajenberg and can be found in Indiana.
The descendants from Teunis are named Wayenberg and live mainly in Washington State (around Yakima).
Roelof
This is one of the largest branches in this genealogy. Roelof had 13 children; there are four sons who had very large branches of their own. They are Peter, Teunis, Marten Arend and Hendrik.
Some descendants of Roelof are now living in Australia.
Christiaan
Christiaan had only one son, and two grandsons: Bartus and Gerrit. There are only some small branches left today.
Gerrit
Gerrit had grandchildren, but only from his three daughters. His two sons didn't marry and didn't have children.
Peter (1787-1832)
x Johanna Geertruida Ramaker
Children
and grandchildren:
- Christiaan (1813-1865)
- Johanna Geertrui
- Harmen
- Hermina
- Petronella
- Johanna Geertruij
- Margrietha Antonia
- Hermina
- Johanna Geertruid
- Arend Jan
- Tonia Alijda
- Jacobes
- Jacoba
- Peter (1822-1873)
- Teunis
- Peter
- Aaltje
- Jan Arend
- Petronella Willemina
- Henry
- Johannes Christiaan
- Johannes
- Aaltjen
- Teunis (1828-1898)
- Jentje
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Teunis A.
- Gerrit (Garrett)
- Gijsje
- Peter Henry
- Eike Martha (Ida)
- Willem (Willie)
- William Henry
- Emma Jannette
- Johannes
- Johannes
- Gijsje (Grace)
- Cornelia
- Peter J.
- Lawrence Henry
- Mensje (Minnie)
- Allie
- Rinnie
- Dina
- nn
- Johanna Annetta
Roelof (1789-1836)
x Catharina Ketel
Children
and grandchildren:
- Christiana
- Christina
- Aaltje
- Peter (1817-1890)
- Hendrika Catharina
- Roelof
- Peter
- Marinus
- Johanna
- Gerritje
- Derkjen
- Teunisje
- Teunis (1823-1909)
- Catharina
- Marten Arend (1827-1907)
- Ernst
- Wilhelm Adolf Alexander Nicolaas
- Cornelia Willemina Theodora Ida
- Frederika Christina Elisabeth Maria
- Wilhelmina Frederika Christina Elisabeth
- Gerardina Ernestina Aletta Elisabeth
- Eli Eduard Boudewijn Gerard
- Paul Boudewijn Rudolf Eduard
- Jacob Theodorus Eduard Ernst
- Roelof Anthony
- Hendrika Catharina
- Roelof Anthony
- Ernst
- Antonie
- Hendrik
- Hendrik (1833-1907)
- Mekka
Christiaan (1792-1812)
x Gerritje Hesselink
Children
and grandchildren:
- Anthony (1811-1847)
- Gerritje
- Bartus (1838-1919)
- Gerrit (1841-1890)
- Antonie
- Aaltje Weintje
- Hendrika
- Gerrit
- Hermanus Marinus
- Aleida Petronella
- Gerrit Pieter
- Hendrikus Johannes
- Maria Johanna
- Gerhard
- Aaltje
- Antonie