Family Deen
You may have noticed, Ronald and Blue are slight history freaks. This includes family history. Blue climbed into the familytree. For her own family this meant serious research but Ronalds familytree was pretty much known, thanks to members of his family. We thankfully used the fruits of there labour and we like to share. For privacy reasons we start this familytree with our greatgrandparents. On this page you can find the familytree of the Deen family, starting with Blue's greatgrandfather Lambert Deen.
Lambert Deen and his wife Hilligje Kamps at their 50th weddingday.
Generation 4
1. Lambert Deen, born 20-08-1874 in Emmen.
He married 20-11-1895 in Assen with Geesje Beijer, born in 1869 in Assen but they divorced 26-04-1898.
He remarried 08-09-1899:
Hilligje Kamps, born in 1879 in Sleen, daughter of Johannes (Jan) Kamps and Albertien (Jantje?) Uiterwijk.
This picture of Lambert Deen and Hilligje Kamps most have been taken in the summer of 1901.
In the spring of 1901 their first child was born, daughter Alberdina, here as a little baby on her mothers knee.
Hilligje is wearing the silver headdress which is probably her mothers Jantje Uiterwijk. (see page on the family Kamps)
More children followed. In this picture taken around 1912 there are 5 kids, the couple would have 8 children in total.
Generation 5
2 Elzo Deen born 22-02-1830 in Vries. He died 23-12-1907 in Emmen.
In 23-01-1873 he married:
Alberdina Struik, born 05-03-1848 in Emmen. She died 07-01-1943 in Emmen.
Owner of Cafe Deen:In 1860 Geert Hovenkamp logementhouder (he owns an hotel) in Emmen genoemd. Also mentioned is the fact that he ownes the buildings to either side of the hotel.
Elzo Deen lives in one of them.
The sandroad is very wide. That is becouse it used to be "de drift". Along this road the livestock was taken to the markets. The fences on either side of Cafe Deen were the marketfences. Here the sheep were locked in untill they could be sold on the market the next day. The café was very populair with the locals.
It is known that Elzo Deen was blind as an older man as the picture above clearly shows, but this did not stop him from taking daily walks. It made a well known figure in the neighbourhood.
Besides cafékeeper Elzo Deen also traded in sheep and pigs.
He married 29-05-1856 with Margaretha Philippina van Wiebel, born 16-09-1829 in Middelburg but she died in 22-05-1871.
Many people with the last name Deen from Odoorn and Oosterhesselen are desendents from Elzo's children from this first marriage.
The building on the left is cafe Deen. In front of the house (dressed in black) stands a elderly Elzo Deen.
Generation 6
4 Gerrit Deen, born 18-10-1801 in Dunderen. He was baptized 14-10-1802 in Vries. He died 25-07-1874 in Borger.
Note: inlands merchant
He married 16-11-1822:
5 Arendina/Dina Elties Oomkes Kruisinga, born 09-04-1802 in Hoogezand. Baptized 17-04-1803 in Westerbroek. She died 15-02-1897 in Borger.
Generation 7
8 Albert Gerrits Deen, born in Donderen. baptized 21-08-1768 in Vries. He died 17-05-1854 in Vries.
He married 19-05-1795:
9 Metje (Mettien Roelefs) Kramer, born 04-05-1766 in Donderen. She died 13-03-1844 in Donderen.
Generation 8
16 Gerrit Alberts, born in Bunne. Baprized 22-11-1733 in Vries. He died before 1759.
Note:Geert Alberts (Gerrit's brother) of Donderen is in 1759 co-gardian of the children of the late Gerrit Alberts and Trijntje Christiaans.
He married:
17 Trijntje Kristiaans. She died before 1759.
Generation 9
32 Albert Gerrits, born about 1700.
Note: He has several children who are born in the villages Yde, Bunne en Donderen. Maybe Albert was a worker who traveled from village to village to find work at the local farms. It is very well possible that he came from North-Drenthe, but it is not unlikely that he came from Groningen. In the province ofGroningen there used to be a small community named Denenkamp. The exact origin of the name Deen is not known.
A relation to other families with the same last name (Limburg, Amsterdam) has not been found and is very unlikely.
He married:
33 Aaltje Jans?