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ancestry of Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs (1976-) (2813 words) |
 | Issue from this marriage, (1) Willem, christened 9-3-1766 Middelharnis, (2) Annetje, christened 22-5-1768 Middelharnis, (3) Cornelis (Leenderts), christened 2-6-1771 Dirksland, died 15-1-1826 Sommelsdijk, married 13-5-1800 Stellendam, Pieternella van Es, christened 19-8-1764 Dirksland, died 1-5-1822 Sommelsdijk, daughter of Francois Leunisz. |
 | Tiggelman, christened 30-11-1783 Dirksland, died 17-4-1837 Dirksland, son of Jan Gerrits Tiggelman and Maria Adrianus Roodzant, (6) Leendert Leendertsz., christened 5-8-1781 Dirksland, died 11-7-1858 Dirksland, married 24-10-1806 Dirksland, Hester Leenderts Knape, christened 11-10-1789 Dirksland, died 17-3-1870 Dirksland, daughter of Leendert Leendertsz. |
 | According to a source that I was unable to track down, the Cornelis Noorman who married Ariaantje Roskam was born 8-10-1746 Dirksland and was not the same as the one who married Tannetje van Dijke. |
| melissant and more tourist information about The Hague and surroundings. (185 words) |
 | After the island Flakkee arose from the sea in the middle ages, Dirksland became the first settlement on the island. |
 | In the 15th century, when the embankmant of the area was started, the village grew by the arrival of the workmen and a church was built. |
 | The municipality Dirksland nowadays exists, apart of Dirksland, of the villages Herkingen and Melissant. |