THE 'VAN GIJTENBEEK' FAMILY ORIGINATES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND PARTICULARLY FROM THE REGION BETWEEN THE RIVERS IN THE LOCATION OF THE CITIES OF ZOELEN AND LIENDEN.
ORIGINALLY THE NAME WAS SPELLED AS 'VAN GEYTENBEEK' BUT CHANGED AROUND 1800 INTO ITS PRESENT SPELLING. HOWEVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPELLINGS ARE PRESENTLY APPEARING, ALL PROBABLY DUE TO CLERK'S ERRORS.
MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER -ANTONIE- MIGRATED TO THE WEST OF HOLLAND AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND MARRIED MARIA ELISABETH REESER IN DEN HAAG. FROM THERE THE WESTERN BRANCH DEVELOPED FURTHER AND SPREAD OUT.
MY GRANDFATHER MIGRATED TO GERMANY AND MARRIED GERTRUD MARIA WAGNER IN DORTMUND IN 1897.MY FATHER WAS BORN IN DORTMUND AND THE FAMILY RETURNED TO HOLLAND IN 1920. I WAS ONE OUT OF 6 CHILDREN AND WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 14 IN 1937.
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johannes casparus van gijtenbeek
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