Barend J. (Bert) Jansen (Johnson)

aka Ben, Benjamin, Bert Jansen

http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=uelsen&ID=26956&nachname=JANSEN&modus=&lang=en

http://www.familytreeseeker.com/search.php?l=en&fn=Barend&sn=Jansen&m=1&bd1=0&bd2=2010&bp=&t=1&submit=Search

Parents’ names

• On Berend’s baptism they appear as Harmen Jansen & Diena Meijer (van Lage).

• On Berend’s marriage they appear as Harmen Jansen & Stiena Alberdina Masseling (van Lage).

• Mother’s name is also seen as Dina, which comes from her middle name, “Alberdina”.

• Mother’s name is also seen as Diena, which could be a misread of Stiena or another spelling of Dina.

• Meijer vs. Masselink: The names may have come from the farms where the family lived/worked; when they moved, their (apparent) name changed (typical of those days). It’s also possible that an error was made when son Berend’s baptism info was digitalized—or the registrar made a mistake way back in 1836!

• Harmen and Stiena lived in Lage when Berend was born and married, so van Lage (= from Lage) is tacked onto the end of their names but is not a surname.