| Notes |
- To Descendants o~ the OTTO and DEGRAFF Families.
The accompanying family trees probably give you ~zr more info~rmation about your ancestors than you cared to know.. Many of the strangers you see on the streets may be your shirt tail relatives. As with most family trees there must be some sap, and some black misshapen twigs. Fortunately this presentation gives them anonymity. Best leave them that way.
The records contain many g~ps in information. Belle Otto workei on these gaps for several years,and Louis L. Otto has worked on them some. What is presented is the best information presently available. I hope it expands your knowledge of your "roots".
Using Belle's recorded information and my limited memory I have tried to give some personsilty (color, as it is called on TV) to key figures among our direct ~mcest'orS,~o For the present generation -your many cousins -- I will let you gather your own information, you probably know it better than I.
For my generation, I know of only five cousins left: 1 ) Louis
L. Otto, a retired professor living in Brooksville, Fla.; 2) Dr. Bertram B. Otto, a retired dentist from Bayshore, Long Island, living in Da~rtona, Fla.; 3) Julia Otto Wallace, a retired realtor from Bellport, Long Island, living in Brookhaven, Long Island; 4) Betty DeGraff DeRoo, an housewife living in Moorestown, Nevi Jersey; J~nd 5) David DeGraff, a stock br~kers agent living in Bayport, Long Island. There may be a few others living in the Yonkers area of whom I am not aware. Your generation is spread from California to Vermont, and possibly farther.
The Otto ahd DeGraff families are long-lived. Check the records shown. Prepare yourselves for an extended retirement. As a caution, there are two hereditary defects which John Otto Sr. oas seal along to his descendants. He was deaf, and was afflicted with familial palsy. His son John and his daughter Anna were very deaf very early in life. His sons T~s and Louis were partially deaf. In m~ generation Bertram Otto and Herbert Parkhill are partially deaf. Hopei~,lly this trait will die out, but at present it is treatable by hearing aids.
Severe incidence of familial palsy seems to have missed John Ottos children, but showed up in Belle and Louis L. Otto and Herbert Parkhill. Presently the condition is not cureable, and only Inderal (propranolol) and ethyl alcohol are effective drugs against it. Inde~ is also a heart and blood pressure med&cine, and should only be taken tuader medical supervision. Ethyl alcohol is very effective, tho very temporary, but it is addictive, so beware. Hopefully this trait is recessive, and will also disappear.
Unfortunately for the impact of this geneological record my generation is the last one to have lived in the Sayville area, and to have more than an inkling of the mono-ethnic character of West Sayville from the 1850's to the 1950's. One more generation of separation from our roots in Holland makes the connection with the "old country" very tenuous also. For your information, West Ss~wille had only dutchmen (hollanders) in residence, northern East Islip had only Czechs, Waverly Ave. in Patchogue had only italians, Bohemia had only Czechs, Hage~ had only italians. There ~Jere also many other small tootoo-ethnic pockets on Long Island. World war II and its influx of city dwellers ended all this isolation.
There are several typing errors in this (per line that is).
Anyone ~shing to type themselves a perfect copy has m~ permission.
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Family Background in Holland
Dinah DeGraff gave to Betty DeGraff DeRoo loose pages cut from two Dutch Bibles, carrying written records in Dutch. Since the paper was thin, the ink from one side bled through to the other side, and much of the ink has faded. Some of the script is difficult to read in itself, since the letters are in the forms used at that time and not used now.
The older Bible was printed in 1802, its pages are larger than the second Bible. It has not been translated, but with the help of a Dutch dictionary I have gleaned what I could. The smaller Bible pages were translated for me by a friend from Holland.
All the people involved (with the few exceptions noted) lived and died in Bruinisse (apparently an older spelling) or Brunisse (modern spelling), a community on the island of Duiveland in the delta~o~the_Scheldt-Maas river system below Rotterdam.
~he older Bible
There are three different handwritings, and I wazld judge that they were written by (1)my great-great grandmother Ariejaantje Arijse Borsje *, who kept the records from her marriage in 1816 until her death in 1831, then (2) her husband Pieter de Koning, and finally (3) a third person, possibly
Pieter's second wife.
oaEe 1 AnthS~
Ariejaantje Arijse Borsje, aged 23, and Pieter^de Koning, aged 21, were
married by the law and by the church on December 8, 1815 in Brunisse.
[The child~Pieternella de Koning wrote '~runisse. Pieternella
deKoning" on page 1 and scribbled on page 2.]
page 2 [In a different handwriting]
Johanna ..n.eerhat (?)was born on August 13, 1805 and baptized on August 18~ She married Z ..... (?~ on August 15, 1832.
[My question: Was she the second wife?]
DaEe 3 [In the handwriting of page 1]
Lena de Koning was born on Tuesday morning, February 3, 1818 at Wijk AS. [Apparently Wijk A5 was the home address.]
Anthonij de Koning was born on Wednesday morning, May 26, 1819.
Arij de Koning was born on Friday morning June 16, 1820.
Cornelia de Koning was born on Sunday morning October 21, 1821.
Dina de Koning was born on Friday morning June 13, 1823 at our home.
* There seem to be several spellings of this first name. Ultimately my great aunt, Hannah Verspoor Hiddink, who was named Ariaantje, converted it to Hannah.
Family background in Holland
The older Dutch Bible, continued
page 4 [In the handwriting of page 1]
Pieternella de Koning was born on January 7, 1825 at 10 o'clock on Friday morning.
Anthonija de Koning was born on Thursday morning, July 26, 1827.
Anthonij de Koning was born on December 1, 1828, on Monday afternoon at $ o'clock.
Willemiena de Koning was born on March 3, 1830, Wednesday, and baptized on July 6, 1830.
[At this point the handwriting changes, and I cannot read it. Apparently some one, perhaps named Leendert, died on June 7, 188&, aged 65 years,
7 months and 28 days. ]
page 5 [This page is in the handwriting I presume to be that of Pieterde Koning. ]
My child Anthonij de Koning died Monday, August 21, 1820, and was buried
on Thursday, August 26, 1820.
The child Anthonij de Koning died February 3, 1828
The child Anthonij de Koning died June 7, 1830, aged ....
My wife, Arijaantje Borsje died Monday, August 8, 1831, aged 38 5/12 years
and was buried August 10. Wijk A5.
paKe 6 [This page begins in the same handwriting as page 5, Pieter de Koning's]
'My child Cornelia de Koning died Sunday, FeOruary 11, 1838, aged 16 years
o months, and was buried on February 15. Wijk A5
My child Anthonij de Koning died at 5 o'clock on Monday, May 21, 1838
at three years, buried May 26. Wijk A5
[At this point the third handwriting appears, for the rest o~he page.]
My mother Zena van den Busse died Thursday, ~arch 16, 18d& and was
buried March 18, 18AA.
Sat da
My child Jan de Koning died on~u~t 23, 18A5, aged 8 months, 19 days,
and was buried August 25.
The child Jan de Koning died on November 25, 18A6, aged 7 months, 12 days.
END
Note: After the death of his first wife in 1831, Pieter de Koning married
again. There were apparently at least three children from this second marriage: Anthonij de Koning (1835-1838)
Jan de Koning (Dec. 18AA-Aug. 18~5) Jan de Koning (April 18A6-Nov. 18A6) Was this second wife the Jobanna mentioned earlier on page 2 of this Bible? Was her mother Lena van den Busse (see above for page 6)?
Apparently, if a child died, the first child born after this death was given the same name. There were 5 Anthony's and 2 Jan's.
Family background in Holland
The smaller Dutch Bible
The smaller of these Dutch Bibles belonged to my great-grandmother,
Dina de Koning (Vetspoor), who kept all the records. This material was translated for me by a Dutch woman who did what she could with a poor copy.
pa~e 1
This book belongs to Dina de Koning, born in Brunisse at Thuiswijk A5 on June 13, 1823 on Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
My mother Arieaanje Borsje died Monday, August 8, 1831 at the age of 38~ years and was buried August 10.
Pieter de Koning was born on August 2&, 1795. He died February 20, 185& at the age of 58 years, 6 months.
In the year 1820 on January & Arij de Koning was born. He died June 7, 1859 at the age of 39.
page 2
In the year 1860, on November 27, died Pieternella LaRooi, widow of
Arij de Koning, at the age of 37.
In the year 1830 on March 3, is born Willemina de Koning at home.
Willemina de Koning died March 11, 1868 at age 38 and was buried March lA.
In the year 1871 on June 13 Lena de Koning died at the age of 53 years months, in district A5
page 3
~!n the year 18A3 am I, Leendert Vetspoor, aged 28 years, and Dina De Koning,
aged 19, married before the law on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
[This must have been in the spring.]
In the year 18lA on October 11, is born Leendert Vetspoor.
In the year 1793 on the 5th of May [?] is born Arieaantje B° rsje on Sunday evening.
In the year 1821 on October 21 is born Cornelia de Koning, on Sunday morning at 7 o'clock in Brunisse at home,
Cornelia died on Sunday morning at 6 o'clock on February 11, 1838 in her home at Thuis #5, and was buried on February 15, at age 16 years, A months.
pa~e
My child Marinus Verspoor was born January 8, 18&4, Monday morning at
7 o'clock, at Wijk B86.
In the year 18g5 on February 13 is born Ariaantje Verspoor on Thursday morning at 3 o'clock at Wijk B86.
In the year 18&9 on the 17th of March, Isabella Verspoor is born on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock at Thuiswijk B86.
In the year 1852 on September 25 is born Pieter Vetspoor, Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in Sayville.
My child Pieter Verspoor died July 25, 1853 on Monday morning at 6 o'clock at the age of 10 months.
Family Background in Holland
The smaller Dutch Bible, continued
pa~;e 5
In the year 18~8 on August 23, Marinus Vetspoor at the age of 2~ years
and 7 months was married to Helen F. Blydenberg, aged 21 years and 2 months.
In the year 1877 on August 9, Marinus's wife died at the age of 30 years and 2 months, on Thursday morning at 6 o'clock.
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Family Fo~ears-in Holland
Verspoor If the family followed the Dutch customs in naming children, and they appear to have done so, then the parents of Leendert Verspoor were named Marinus and Isabella.
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De KoninE
Pieter Anthse deKoning (~.2~.1795-220.185~) m~l~riaantje Arijse Borsje( 5.5. 1793-8.8. 1831)
Lena (2.3.1818-6.18.1871)
Anthonij (5.26.1819-8.21.1820)
Arij (6.16.1820-6.7.1859) m. Pieternella LaRooi (1823-11.27.1860)
Cornelia (10.21.182I-2.11.1838)
Dina (6.13.LS23-12.2d.19OT) m.Leendert Vetspoor (see page 8 of DeGraff
Pieternella (1.7.1J25- ?) family tree)
Anthonija (7.26.1827-2.3.1825)
Anthonij (12.1.1828-6.7.1830)
Willemiena (3.3.1830-3.11.1868)
Pieter deKoning married [2~ ..... Anthonij (1835-5.21.1838) jan (1.1~5-~.23.1~5) jan (~.14.18&6-11.26.1~&6)
There may have been other children.
FAMILY BACKGROUND IN AMERICA pEGRAFF FAMILY TREE[,,
Based upon information from Belle Verspoor DeGraff, tombstones in the Sayville Union Cemetery, items in The Suffolk County News, and the faulty recollections of descendants.
This record begins with those who lived in the United States.
: Indicates no children from this marriage.
Qornelius DeGraff, Sr. (2.14.1823-2.4.1894) m. Lucy (Leuntje) VanOverhois
" ' (3.6.1820-3.27.1903)
Hannah m ....... ~ndrews (Michigan) [Note
Orilla m ..... Varnum
others?
Matthew (~.11.18k8-9.19.1919) m. Belle Verspoor (3.17,1848-~.12.192S~ [See listing below on pa~e 8 ]
Cornelius, Jr. ( ) m. Fannie Smith : [Note 2
tGarr~% (10.9.1851-12.13.1937) m. Rebekah Rudolph (3.19.1858-8.25.19&1)
IWilliam C. (10.2o.1880-t ) m. [1~ Hanna C. Koerwer (1887-1918)
Muriel m.
m.[2] Consuela Ayres
Christine (1884-1978) m. George E. Pell
Doris P. m ..... Evans
George
Gladys m .... Winters
Richard
Josephine m. Benjamin Adams
Evelyn m... , . McKenna
Garrett
~John
m. Gussie
~eil m. Caroline Fiala
Nell :
Gilbert m. Albertine Kryser
David
Carol (died young) :
ules :
Laura m ..... Brandt
Nelly m. Olaf VonBommel Barbara m. Kenneth Nocar Robin
DeGraff family tree
i(Children of John and Gussie DeGraff, continued)
!
Anna m. Milton Haas Milton Robert Betty
Robert m . . .
Jacob~ ("Coby") m. [1] . . . VanDyke
"Harm" m. jenny Stark Albert ( a minister) Donald m. Gertrude . . · Virginia m ....
8 children
Henry M. m ....
Cornelius )"Kale") m ....
later m. [2]
2 children
Lerna (18..-1955) m. B. F. Stout :
Matthew
(5.12.1861-11.3.1899) m. Cornelia VanVessem (1865-1952)
Cornelius ("Taffy")(1888-1959) m .... James Warren Peter Garret
Matthew (1893-1963) m. Minnie WesterbekeDorothy
Richard m. Marjorie Egner
Barry
Bruce m. Margaret Mensching
Donald
Cornelia ( -19 ) m. Walter VanPopering
Walter
Ruth m .... DePree
Jean m .... Manion
Jarret E. (10.28.1895-10.2.1925) m. Adrianna Saunders (a widow) Edgar
Myra m. Walter Rowland
June m .... Miller
Neltje (1898-1975) :
Adrianna (1900- ) m. Kenneth Campbell
Derry (adopted)
[Note %
[NoteT
(She lives in Washington, D.C.)
DeGraff Family Tree
(Children of Cornelius and Lucy DeGraff, continued)
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Matthew (~.11.1848-9.19.1919) m. (~.2~.1868) Belle Verspoor (3.17.1848-3.12.1926)
(carried from page 6) (for her forebears, see page 1-5, 10)
Lena (10.21.1871-3.25.1879) : [Note
Dinah (4.25.1873-12.31.1955) : [Note 5
3ornelius (9.5.1874-12.2..19311 m. (ll.12.0D) [1] Mary Jane P~odes [Note 6
George Thomas ("Som") (&.12.02-1.14.63)
(187 -8.31.1912)
m. Mattie Zegel Hall :
iBurton Lester (1907-1969) m. Rachel Brown :
Co=elius) m. [2] (12.22.22) Dorothy Lay Archer (1890-11.21.28) [Note 7
iElizabeth Elliott (11.2.25Peter David (8.14.49Christine Lay (3.12.52Janet Claire (2.26.55Elizabeth Teale (3.3.60-
) m. (10.23.48) Robert Lester DeRoo
) m. (1..77) Lindls° n of Harry & Elsie DeRo
( .25.
f m.4~mas J. Jackson
iDavid Lay (3.12.28- ) m. (9.13.58) Gloria Kamna
I
Carol Ann (7.1.60- )
David Peter (11.26.6&- )
Judith Marie (12.30.65- )
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Belle (Lena Isabelle) 8.18.1876-9.27.1937) m. (12.3.0~) Louis Alfred Otto
(6.5.75-11.15.3o)
[Note 8
Lucy Belle (1.1.05-~ m. (7.25.64) Samuel Armstrong Talbot : (4.19.03-2.20.67) [Note 9
L~uis Leslie <10.25.10- ) m (7.16.38) Dorothy Elaine Hiller
--- (7.3.15- ) ~Note 10
Carol Louise (lO.2.&l- )(~i.~5' bi 'am Craig Moody (lO.25.&l-
Christopher Edward (11.15.682)
Ian Craig (8.23.72-)
Elaine Frances (3.27.44- ) m. (6.29.77) Thomas Sigardson, Jr.
Robert Louis (12.31.45- ) m. (8.19.67) Judith Hahn
Sean Robert (7.27.70-)
Matthew Louis (7.31.73-)
~harles Raymond (10.15.1~-5.1.60) m. (6.25.37) Johanna Gertrude Huson
! (5.23.1~-2.22.63)
F~+.~ 11
IJan Charles Huson (4.21.38- ) m. (9.12.59) SusanLGore
(daughter of Wilbert & Vene Gore~
Jan Peter (9.14.60-) m. 2(6.2G. 62) Glenda Carol Johnson{ 9~
Joel Christopher (6.14.62-)
Nathan Charles (A.14.65-)
Joann Carolyn DeGraff (2.20.&0-) m. (8.20.60)(son of Robt.R° bert& ThomasK,burg)K'burg
DeGraff Family Tree
(children of Charles Raymond Otto continued)
Jason Lewis (12.8.AA-) m. Susan Moon (1. .48)
Jennifer Lynn (11.15.58-)
Jason Christopher (8.17.71-)
Kristin Belle (9.21.~6-) m. (6.22.68) Tunis Coale Foltz, Jr.
Beth Joann (8.27.72) (6.29.~3-
Son of T.C.Sr. &
Jason Tunis (3.22.76)
Nell Frederick (12.31.d9-) m. (9.13.69) Linda Gottardi Eric Peter (9.27.51-)
/0
Foltz)
Leonard 5.&.1878-12.26.1953) m. Sarah E. Newton (1881-1950) : rNote 12 Lucy (6.18.8&-5.15.1937~ : rN° te !~
~eGraff Family Tree - Verspoor Section
Leendert Verspoor (10.11.18L~-6.1.1884) m. Dirsde Koning (6.13.1823-12.24.190~ [For their forebears, see pages 1-5] ~Note 1~
· · n Blyd~n~urgh (1~yr~S77) .
Marlnus (1844-1923) m~28.23.$.8o8)_El.le F.
hz] Ange~lne uraln : L3] aggie ,~l~lamSNole[ ~
L
IIda m. Sylvanus James
Frederick ( -64) m. Edith
Edith m. Stuart Ball
Stuart M., Jr.
Barbara Ashley (1950-)
Ethel m. Kenneth Milburn Susan Denise (1951-) Cynthia Ashley (1953- ) Andrew (1983- )
Helen m. George Corwin : [They lived in Southhampton, N.Y.]
Irene :
Sylvia m. Orlie Ray Burger
Frederick (1922-1957) m.
Linda
Alan
Marcia m. Cr~pps
~eonard, m. Grace · · ·
Elsie m. John Edwards
Clarence m .... Euzicka
Kenneth
Roy
Ethel (died young)
Hannah (2.13.1845-7.18.1937) m. John Hiddink (9.21.1839-3.28.1903):[Note 18
(Hannah was christened Ariaantje)
Belle (Isabelle) (3.17.1848-3.12.1926) m. Matthew DeGraff (!848-%q19]
For their descendants see pages 8,9)
Pieter (9.25. 1852-7.25. 1853)
His grave beside his parents is marked '~aby".
Hiddink Family
(came to Sayville in 1852' )
Hendrik Jan Hiddink (1802-73) m. Henrietta Florida van Holten (1803-69) Adolphus (1828-75)
Bernard (1834-94) m. Lorena (1843-1927) John H. (1865-72) Marinus (1866-1914) John A. (1874-1931 )
John (1839-1903) m. Hannah ~ersp,Qr { 1845-1937 )
(Great Aunt Hannah)
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1795 - 1854 (59 years)
