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Position:Home>Genealogy> I am looking for black dutch family, last names van Leunen or noonan in CovingtoQuestion: I am looking for black dutch family, last names van Leunen or noonan in Covington, Kentucky?Mary noonan and Peter Van Leunen Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Covington, Kentucky Directories, 1890, 1892 about Peter Leunen Name: Peter Leunen City: Covington State: KY Occupation: grain merchant Year: 1890 Location 2: 711 Greenup By 1930, they left Kentucky for St. Louis MO and were living with their daughter and son-in-law. Mary is something of a child bride, 15 years younger than a very old Peter. 1930 United States Federal Census about Peter Van Leunen Name: Peter Van Leunen Home in 1930: St Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri Age: 84 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Holland Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law Race: White Year of emigration: 1849 Age at first marriage: 34 (Mary was 19...that puts the marriage ca. 1880) Parents' birthplace: Holland (both) Mary's parents were born in England and Ohio Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Thomas M Mayes 42 Marie Mayes 39 John J Mayes 15 Moira Mayes 13 Edward F Mayes 11 Thomas M Mayes 9 Peter Van Leunen 84 Mary Van Leunen 69 After going through all the Dutch to America passenger records, this is literally the only one that seems plausible...unless you think he might have gone through Canada and walked over sometime later. One reason I'm encouraged by this record is that Peter came over as a toddler. He should have shown up on half a dozen censuses between 1860-1920...but he doesn't. There's no marriage record that I've found on him yet. So I think we're looking at an abbreviated spelling of the name from the original. Name: Peter Vanleuwingen Arrival Date: 27 Sep 1849 Port of Arrival: New York Destination: U.S.A. (No Specific Place Stated) Age: 3 Gender: Male Occupation: Children under 14 Relationship to Head of Household: Son Last Residence: Unidentified Dutch Municipality Port of Departure: Rotterdam, Netherlands Ship Name: Leila Microfilm Series: M-237 Microfilm Roll: 84 Others traveling with him: Catharina Vanleuwingen, age 35 Gerardus Vanleuwingen, age 32 Cornelis Vanleuwingen, age 27 Hermanus Vanleuwingen, age 1 ____________________________ 1880 Census of Covington KY Mary Noonan: Name: Mary Noonan Home in 1880: Covington, Kenton, Kentucky Age: 18 Estimated birth year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Kentucky Relation to head-of-household: Daughter Father's name: John Father's birthplace: England Mother's name: Emelia Mother's birthplace: Ohio Occupation: At Home Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Household Members: Name Age John Noonan 52 Emelia Noonan 44 Mary Noonan 18 Kate Noonan 16 Mamie Noonan 12 Mabel Noonan 4 _________________________ 1880 Census, Kenton Co KY Name: Peter Vanleunen Home in 1880: Covington, Kenton, Kentucky Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Holland Relation to head-of-household: Son Father's name: Gerhard Father's birthplace: Holland Mother's name: Maria Mother's birthplace: Holland Occupation: Feed Mill Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Gerhard Vanleunen 64 Maria Vanleunen 66 Peter Vanleunen 34 William Vanleunen 23 Mary Vanleunen 28 Kate Vanleunen 19 ______________________________... 1870 Census, Covington, Kenton, KY VanLeunan (transcriptionist made it Vanleman), Gerard, 52, b Holland, Ret Dry Goods Grocer Katherine M, 54 Peter, 23 WH Notions Harry, 21 WH Grocer Joseph, 19, b Ohio, Feed Store William, 13, b Ohio Mary, 17, b KY Kate, 19, b KY _______________________ 1860 Census of Cincinnati OH Name: Gerard Vanlueven Age in 1860: 43 Birth Year: abt 1817 Birthplace: Holland Home in 1860: Cincinnati Ward 2, Hamilton, Ohio Gender: Male Post Office: Cincinnati Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Gerard Vanlueven 43 Catherine Vanlueven 45 Peter Vanlueven 14 Herman Vanlueven 12 Joseph Vanlueven 9 Willibrordus Vanlueven 3 Mary Stout 19 Mary Larkin 21 Mary Woltring 18 Herman B Groenning 21 **as you'll see later, I'm pretty sure Herman Groenning was born Herman Groeningen and is probably Catharine's brother. There's no relationship listed for him on the census, so I'm willing to make a big bet that's who he is. ______________________________... Here's the marriage record, with home town and parents' names, for Gerardus and Catharina (Peter's parents) Source Civil register - Marriage Archive location Historisch Centrum Overijssel General Number of finding aid: 123 Item number: 123.02703 Municipality: Deventer Type of record: Huwelijksakte Record number: 61 Registration date: 16-06-1845 Groom Gerardus van Leunen Place of birth: Utrecht Bride Catharina Maria van Groeningen Place of birth: Utrecht Father groom Pieter van Leunen Mother groom Maria Henrietta Schneider Father bride Hermanus van Groeningen Mother bride Maria van Rijsen Additional information bruidegom: 28 jaar.; bruid: 31 jaar. Here's the death record on your Peter's grandfather from the Netherlands: Source Civil register - Death Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 1191 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Overlijdensakte Record number: 549 Registration date: 29-03-1847 Deceased Petrus van Leunen Gender: M Date of death: 28-03-1847 Age: 67 Place of death: Utrecht Father Gerrit van Leunen Mother Catharina van Haaf Partner Maria Henriette Schneider Relationship: echtgenoot van Here's the death record for Catharina's father: Source Civil register - Death Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 432 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Overlijdensakte Record number: 641 Registration date: 24-07-1819 Deceased Hermanus van Groeningen Gender: M Date of death: 22-07-1819 Age: 53 Place of death: Utrecht Father N.N. Mother N.N. Partner Maria van Reijsen Relationship: gehuwd aan Here's the "Death Duties" (estate tax) record for Hermanus: Source Death duties files Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 337-7 Item number: 7 Registration office: Utrecht Death duties file number: 20 Registration date: 29-01-1820 Deceased Hermanus van Groeningen Place of death: Utrecht Date of death: 22-07-1819 Additional information nummer op film 1767. I think this is the death record for Maria Reijsen, but not sure because the "partner" field is empty. Source Civil register - Death Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 444 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Overlijdensakte Record number: 1617 Registration date: 16-12-1865 Deceased Maria Adriana van Reijsen Gender: V Date of death: 14-12-1865 Age: 78 Place of death: Utrecht Father Gerardus van Reijsen Mother Cornelia Blommestijn Gerardus' birth record: Source Civil register - Birth Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 96 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Geboorteakte Record number: 843 Registration date: 14-10-1816 Child Gerardus van Leunen Gender: M Date of birth: 13-10-1816 Place of birth: Utrecht Father Pieter van Leunen Mother Maria Henrietta Schneider Gerardus/Gerrit's brother's birth record: Source Civil register - Birth Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 94 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Geboorteakte Record number: 361 Registration date: 04-05-1813 Child Johannes Gerardus van Leunen Gender: M Date of birth: 02-05-1813 Place of birth: Utrecht Father Pieter van Leunen Mother Maria Henrietta Schneider Peter's mother's birth record: Source Civil register - Birth Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 94 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Geboorteakte Record number: 681 Registration date: 25-08-1813 Child Catharina Maria van Groeningen Gender: V Date of birth: 23-08-1813 Place of birth: Utrecht Father Hermanus van Groeningen Mother Maria van Rijsen Source Civil register - Death Archive location Het Utrechts Archief General Number of finding aid: 481 Item number: 1181 Municipality: Utrecht Type of record: Overlijdensakte Record number: 1153 Registration date: 26-09-1833 Deceased Maria van Rijsen Gender: V Date of death: 25-09-1833 Age: 58 Place of death: Utrecht Father Jan van Rijsen Mother Maria Lieshout Partner Hermanus van Groeningen Relationship: weduwe van Maria's brother's marriage: Source Civil register - Marriage Archive location Noord-Hollands Archief General Number of finding aid: 358 Item number: 358.127 Municipality: Velsen Type of record: Huwelijksakte Record number: 8 Registration date: 10-08-1823 Groom Jacobus Johannes van Groeningen Age: 27 Place of birth: Utrecht Bride Johanna Maria Nijssen Age: 28 Place of birth: Budel Father groom Hermanus van Groeningen Mother groom Maria van Rijsen Father bride Simon Nijssen Mother bride Catharina van den Hout Additional information beroep Bg.: blauwselmakersknecht; Erk. 1 kind OK, we're at the beginning of the Civil Registers for Utrecht. The marriages of Maria/Hermanus and Pieter/Maria Henrietta predate the civil registers. There are other avenues to take to track them down, but it can't be done in a few hours on the internet. But the records do exist, particularly land records and wills. The Utrecht Archives is a wonderful place to research. Here's a link that will help get you started: http://www.genlias.nl/en/page2207.jsp... You'll also have to figure out at this point if they were Catholic or Protestant. If they were Protestant, this is the place to start: http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/archive.... If they were Catholic, you'll have to first try the LDS to see if they have parish records for Utrecht, and if not, you'll have to contact the parishes in that town (as opposed to the province) to request baptismal, marriage and sepulchre (death) records. Unlike the US, the Dutch didn't get married in churches, always in a civil ceremony. But then they went for a blessing of the marriage. So dates will be off a little in most cases, but you're in the ballpark. **Re: Pieter van Leunen and Maria Henrietta Schneider... Lack of other children for this couple makes me wonder if one or the other didn't die young. But I haven't found a death record for them. ***BTW, they weren't "Black Dutch"...just plain old Dutch with fair skin and pretty eyes from Utrecht, the center of the country. They might have been Catholic or might have been Dutch Reformed...you'll be able to figure that out quickly when you find baptismal records for the kids born in the US and the burial plots for Gerard and Catharine. Here's a bit from the Kenton Co GenWeb project. I'm not 100% sure this is Mary's parents, but pull the marriage license and see... John P. Noonan to Emily Mosset http://www.rootsweb.com/~kykenton/marria... Death Records Kenton County, Kentucky 1909-10 http://www.rootsweb.com/~kykenton/deaths... January 1910 John Noonan, 83 |