The Boezel-Bogaerts and de Frel Families
Research Note by Wesley Johnston - begun 2 Jan 2021, last updated 4 Jan 2021
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Context
The 25 July 1856 list of new members of the First Reformed Church of Holland, Michigan is online at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60766/images/43105_3421606187_0103-00030
Two clusters place dE FREL family members with Boezel-Bogaerts family members. The aterisked ones are my known relatives, with all of the BOEZELs as direct ancestors.
Cluster 1
* Pieternella BOGAERTS - from Zevenbergen Nederland 1854
Teunis dE FREL - from Klundert N:Brabant Nederland 1854
Adriana dE FREL geb. SULKERS - from Klundert N:Brabant Nederland 1854
* Sijntje BOGAARTS - from Zevenbergen Nederland 1854
Cluster 2
* Albert BOEZEL - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
* Geredina BOEZEL, geb BOGAERTS - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
* Jan BOEZEL - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
Jakob dE FREL - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
Alida dE FREL - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
Cornelis dE FREL - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
Johanna dE FREL geb PLOEG - from Klundert Noordbrabant 1854
So, the question is:
How is the de Frel family was connected to our family, since I have never heard of the de Frel family, even though they were from the same place (Klundert) and apparently made the same voyage to America with and joined the same church in Holland, Michigan, as our family?
Netherlands Records
The 1850-1862 Bevolkingsregister (Population Register) for house 187b Oostervoorstraat in Klundert is on the West Brabant Archive as Klundert "Bevolkingsregister 1850-1862 - 01 Wijk A, Wijk B, Wijk C, Wijk D" with inventory number 3129 as image 84 of 384. It shows five people, all crossed out, but numbered in two separate groups. The first group is the Boezel family. The second group has the same two surnames as the maiden names of the de Frel wives in the Holland First Reformed Chuch member list. So there is a definite overlap in Klundert, just as there is in Holland, Michigan.
1* - BOEZEL, Albert - born 1806 IJselmonde, Zuid-Holland - married - religion Christelijk Afgescheiden (Christian Separated) - occupation Winkelier (Shop Keeper) - left for New Holland, Michigan, North America 12 April 1854
2* - BOGAERTS, Gerdina - born 1802 Zevenbergen, Noord Brabant - married - religion Christelijk Afgescheiden (Christian Separated) - ooccupation Geen (None) - left for New Holland, Michigan, North America 12 April 1854
3* - BOEZEL, Jan - born 1841 Klundert, Noord-Brabant - unmarried - religion Christelijk Afgescheiden (Christian Separated) - occupation 0 - left for New Holland, Michigan, North America 12 April 1854
1 - PLOEG, Johannes Jacobus - born 1833 Klundert, Noordbrabant - married - religion Ned Hervormde (Dutch Reformed) - occupation Laborer
2 - SULKERS, Pieternella - born 1829 Klundert, Noordbrabant - married - religion Ned Hervormde (Dutch Reformed) - occupation Laborer
Johnnes Jacobus Ploeg - Pieternella Sulkers
It is not clear just what the status of the PLOEG-SULKERS couple was. Normally, their presence with new numbers would mean that they occupied the house after the prior family had left, as opposed to living there at the same time. While all five are crossed out, there is no mention of the PLOEG-SULKERS couple in the death/departure column so that it is not clear why they are crossed out.
Michigan Records
The PLOEG-SULERS couple do not appear in the Holland First Reformed Church records. As noted above, Johanna PLOEG was the wife of Cornelis dE FREL, and Adriana SULKERS was the wife of Teunis dE FREL. There are no other SULKERS families in the Holland First Reformed Church records, but there are several families with PLOEG members:
From the transcribed membership list not yet found in original records
http://www.calvin.edu/hh/family_history_resources/Pillar%20Families.pdf
Benjamin Hieronimus PLOEG & Huibertje LITTOOI - From: Klundert, the Netherlands with children Sijke PLOEG and Hendrika PLOEG
H. vANDER PLOEG - From: Calumet, IL
From the original records
1860-Aug-11 - baptism of Adriaan BAX born 3 Jun 1890 at Holland to Gerrit BAX and Sijke PLOEG: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60766/images/43105_3421606187_0102-00038 (image 36 of 99)
1861-Apr-14 - baptism of Benjamin Hieronimus KAMFERBEEK born 31 Jan 1861 at Holland to Frederik KAMFERBEEK and Hendrika PLOEG (one of five of their children): https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60766/images/43105_3421606187_0102-00039
Back to the Netherlands Records
Teunis dE FREL and Adriana SULKERS
The 1850-1862 Bevolkingsregister (Population Register) for house 154 Oosterachterstraat in Klundert is on the West Brabant Archive as Klundert "Bevolkingsregister 1850-1862 - 01 Wijk A, Wijk B, Wijk C, Wijk D" with inventory number 3129 as image 26 of 384 (https://images.memorix.nl/wba/download/large/3a9d6de5-d982-e4db-b8f9-8d28b5323641.jpg). It shows the family of 8 all (except for married son Cornelis dE FREL) leaving for Holland, Michigan 12 April 1854 -- the same day as the BOEZEL-BOGAERTS departure. They are all shown as Christelijk Afgescheiden (Christian Separated) in religion.
They are Teunis dE FREL (born 1791 at Standdaabuit), his wife Adriana SULKERS (1793 Klundert) and their children Cornelis dE FREL (1821 Zevenbergen, married 2 May 1851 and moving elsewhere in the community), Jacob dE FREL (1825 Zevenbergen), Adriaan dE FREL (1829 Zevenbergen), Maria dE FREL (1832 Zevenbergen), Neeltje dE FREL (1834 Zevenbergen), Adriana dE FREL (1836 Zevenbergen).
Note that the some but not all of the children are on the 25 Jul 1856 Holland First Reformed Church membership list above.
Benjamin Hieronimus PLOEG and Huibertje LITTOOI
The 1850-1862 Bevolkingsregister (Population Register) for house 107 Oostervoorstraat in Klundert is on the West Brabant Archive as Klundert "Bevolkingsregister 1850-1862 - 01 Wijk A, Wijk B, Wijk C, Wijk D" with inventory number 3129 as image 350 of 384 (https://images.memorix.nl/wba/download/large/a0d87c13-9f17-596d-2075-4a509332cf6c.jpg). It shows the family of 7 all leaving for Holland, Michigan 13 April 1855 -- a year after the BOEZEL-BOGAERTS departure. They are all shown as Christelijk Afgescheiden (Christian Separated) in religion.