Hello Mark !
I searched some sources in Oldenburg. The one which returned a "positive
signal" was Dr. Walter SCHAUB "B�rgeraufnahmen der Stadt Oldenburg
1607-1740 (August LAX-Verlagsbuchhandlung Hildesheim 1974)". ( There is a
further compiled book by Dr. Schaub titled "B�rgerverzeichnis".)
Even if you will not find an entry in the church records there should be
enough other sources to verify the link of a family named Jansen ( Janssen,
Jannssen, Janzen, etc.) between Oldenburg and Amsterdam but it should be a
hard work.
1633
1631 g. (5.12.) Anna Jansen, von Amsterdam, Frau von Johan Stevelmacher.
BG: 5 RT
...
1650
1650 p. 16.11. Gerdt Jansen, Hutmacher, von der Kloppenborg. BG: 3 RT
There are more JANSEN (also Janssen but not a Janzen ) but no one with an
obvious relationship to the name of GERRIT JANSEN.
Grretings from the country of Oldenburg.
Hans-H.B�sselmann
From: Paul Rowold <prowold@euronet.nl>
To: <oldenburg-l@genealogy.net>; <blubry@cox.net>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OL]Advice re van Oldenburg ancestorMark
Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg sound very dutch although his origional
ancestors could come from Oldenburg.
Mine came from Oldenburg around 1750 and stayed in Amsterdam until now.
Both
worlds available. Maybe I can be any help when I'm in the Amsterdam
Municipal Archives to take a quick look. Gerrit must be one of the first
immigrants to New York (New Amsterdam). About those first settlers is some
litterature available and I saw a map with all the properties of
Manhattan.
From: "Mark Garrison" <blubry@cox.net>
To: <Oldenburg-L@genealogy.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 2:53 PM
Subject: [OL]Advice re van Oldenburg ancestorHello list,
I would appreciate any advice/help re my ancestor, Gerrit Jansen van
Oldenburg, whose antedents and place of birth are unknown. The first
evidence of him in the New World (or anywhere) is a document signed in
1632
by Peter Minuet instructing that Gerrit, his farm manager in New
Amsterdam,
should convey certain property to Killian van Rensselaer. The genealogist
who made the documentary link to my line of Garrisons speculates that
Gerrit
was of German descent in view of the van Oldenburg appelation, citing the
fact that Oldenburg is near the Dutch border. However, Gerrit seems to
have
been closely connected to the Dutch community in New Amsterdam--his
children
were all baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church--so I question whether he
might not have been Dutch rather than German. Any advice or comments
about