* Certifcates of birth, death, marriage in the Dutch Indies are in Indonesia
* It was common (though christian moral did not approve) to marry after the birth of the children in the Dutch Indies
* mysterie is solved:
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2. Hendrikus ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.7 October 1863, d.????
m. Johanna Christina Oceana BERGSMA, b.20 September 1861 on board the ?Zaanstroom?, South Africa. Date and place of marriage unknown
1. Theodoor ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.8 December 1887,Malang, d.????
m. Anna Jacoba Mathilda HIEMSTRA, date and place unknown. No information on children.
2. Cornelie Wilhelmina ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.25 February 1894,Malang, d.19 January 1965, Zeist.
m. Anton Reinhard Clifford Kocq van BREUGEL, date and place unknown. No information on children.
http://captainwilliamtownsend.blogspot.com/2010/04/william-townsends-first-family.html
and this at the same page:
5. Gerrit ELINK-SCHUURMAN b. 5-9-1867, Padang, d.27-12-1921, Malang, East Java.
m. Helene Mathilde VOGLER (his first cousin, daughter of Louise Cecilia Townsend) on 4 February 1891 in Malang
1. Theodoor ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.30 December 1892, d. 1 April 1968.
m. Elizabeth Johanna van MIERLO, date and place unknown.
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Hendrikus and Gerrit were sons of Elink Schuurman-Townsend