van der Straaten in Batavia ,after 1798
I have relatives who left Ceylon in 1798 after the British took control ,thesemembers went to Batavia to work for the Dutch in Indonesia ,
Would any one members of this van der Straaten or Van Dort in Indonesia like to make up dates with me I would be very happy to addyourfamilyup dates in our ancestry .
Some of the van der Straatenswho livesCeylon never went back to Ceylon and proberly went back to Holland , I have a few names that I shall put in for your reference
Also I know thatthere are a few Van der Straatensfrom Indonesia , who do not know if they belong to our line of the van der straaten family .I have a family emblem that you can compare your item with mine to see if you belong to my Branch .
My ancestor came / was Bornin Singen in Baden GERMANY ,
He was Born in Germanybut was of Dutch Origin,His mother was a German ,in the family emblemthe van der Straaten family have Duckson it ,
His motherhas a German nameeg von Hanen ? We are not sure at all if this is correct .this was just passed down to us .
The new version in ( ca .1700 ) ofthe van der Straaten family in Germanywere2 halves;-
Dividedby4Quarters
with colours of
(i)Baroque Pink & Gold ,and
(ii)Baroque PaleBlue & Gold and a bar ofblankcolour ,with 3 Ducks .
the whole emblem isFlankedby / withLeaves,In the centre top is a Large Birdor Swan? Bottom;-
the Motto of the emblem is , Virtusin Ohnia via Dux.
AlsoTo distinguish our van der Straaten family ,From their Holland Members
The name is of Dutch Origin but they seems to haveLived or Workedin Germanyand have intermarriedthere.
,I presume the Colours of Blue , Pink andGoldbelonged tothe maternal parent of Engelbertus van der Straaten
who came to Ceylon .in 1742,he married in Ceylon to Susanna Thysz on the 7th of November1742 .
Engelbertus van der Straaten was a Corporalin the VOC army.
thanksNina.