Hello fellow researchers,

I’m trying to locate the parents of Lubbert Hendrickse Storck, a Roman Catholic who lived in Weesp (North Holland) in the late 17th/early 18th century.

He is said to have been born ca. 1673 in Alfhausen, Hannover, Prussia (Germany), but I have no baptism record or parental names. Migration from Germany to Holland? Possible, but unproven.Below is my current family reconstruction, based on Weesp Roman Catholic parish records (via FamilySearch, WieWasWie, OpenArchiv).

Any corrections, additions, or leads – especially on the Alfhausen connection – are very welcome!

Below is my current family reconstruction, based on Weesp Roman Catholic parish records (via FamilySearch, WieWasWie, OpenArchiv). Any corrections, additions, or leads – especially on the Alfhausen connection – are very welcome!

Lubbert Hendrickse Storck
Birth: ca. 1673
Place: Alfhausen, Hannover, Preußen, Germany (mentioned in marriage record)
Burial: 13 Jan 1719
Place: Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marriage: 12 Nov 1702
Place: Weesp 

Spouse: Margareta (Grietje) Jans Huttingh
Baptism: 27 Feb 1685
Place: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Death: 5 Mar 1743
Place: Weesp
Burial: 6 Mar 1743
Place: Weesp
Note: Could sign her name
Religion: Roman Catholic
Father: Jan Hendrickse Huttingh (ca. 1657 – ?)
Mother: Sibilla Albers Heusman (ca. 1661 – ?)
  → Frequent baptismal witness for her grandchildren:
  21 Aug 1710 – Cunera Storck (as Sibilla Albers)
  8 Sep 1712 – Jan Storck (as Sibilla Albers)
  19 Sep 1714 – Sybilla Storck (as Sybilla Aelbers)
  28 Nov 1715 – Hendricus Storck (as Sibilla Huysmans) 

Children (all bapt. Roman Catholic in Weesp):

1. Gertrudis Stork (F)
   Bapt. 21 Jul 1706, Weesp
   Bur. 20 Jul 1789, Weesp
   Could sign name
   Married Gerrit van Wamel, 11 Jul 1734, Weesp
2. Cunera Storck (F)
   Bapt. 21 Aug 1710, Weesp
   Witnesses: Sibilla Albers & Catharina Harmes
3. Jan Storck (M)
   Bapt. 8 Sep 1712, Weesp
   Witnesses: Sibilla Albers & Hilletie Jans
4. Sybilla Storck (F)
   Bapt. 19 Sep 1714, Weesp
   Witness: Sybilla Aelbers
5. Hendricus Storck (M)
   Bapt. 28 Nov 1715, Weesp
   Witness: Sibilla Huysmans

Questions / Leads I’m hoping for:  Any baptism record for Lubbert in Alfhausen (or nearby parishes) around 1673? 

1. Are there Storck families in Hannover/Osnabrück records that match
2. Could he be linked to German Catholic migrants in Holland?
3. In addition to marriage record, any notarial or tax records in Weesp mentioning his origin?

Thanks in advance for any tips, scans, or suggestions! Happy to share sources or collaborate.

Regards,

Steve

the r.c. baptism records of Alfhausen seem to start in 1679... [here], but the name Stork does appear in later registers

This story of travel and migration may (or may not) apply to Lubbert. Do you know anything about his occupation?

Hi Bart:

Great to chat with you again.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any insight into Lubbert's occupation.  However, and I apologize for not posting, but Lubbert signed his marriage record with an X.  Also in this document, he provided his age as 29 and where I believe it was his birthplace (last place of residence).  

Scan 29 - left side:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QK-MV88?cat=koha%3A51801&i=55&lang=en

P.S.  I just looked read your posting from Wikipedia.  It's certainly a possibility. At a minimum, it provides an insight into the migration patterns of the era.  Thanks.
 

About 6 years before he got married, I found one document, dated 27 May 1696, where Lubbert appeared as witness.  Unfortunately, there' doesn't appear to be mention of his occupation. However, Lubbert signed the document with an X.

Scan 112:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3VW-N6KM?cat=koha%3A35520&i=111&lang=en

Hello Steve,

There seems to be a strong connection between Alfhausen (Bersenbrück), Osnabrück Nedersaksen Duitsland and Weesp. At least six of my ancestors who lived in Weesp were born in Alfhausen. This is obviously a case of chain migration and seizonal workers who after a few years did not return to their home village but stayed in Weesp. It is to be expected that some of the people in Weesp who only listed Osnabrück as home town also came from Alfhausen or neighbouring villages.

Surnames in my ancestry are Volkamp and Sweerman(n) and three guys who used patronimics. Birth years vary between 1672 and 1701.
All of them Roman Catholics. I haven't researched them in Alfhausen yet.

Michaël

BTW higher quality scans for Weesp can be found at the Stadsarchief Amsterdam (Weesp is now part of Amsterdam)
SAA: Toegang GAW135 for BMD records. SAA: Toegang GAW135 gaardersarchief. SAA: Toegang GAW138; Archief van de Notarissen te Weesp (not all protocols have been scanned yet, but most of them have). These protocols cannot yet be searched with Transkribus, but I am sure that will be possible sometime soon.

Michaël

Possibly at least related to the *1673 generation? 
 

Source: https://gedbas.genealogy.net/person/show/1438628622 

It seems very advisable for you to contact the fellow genealogist / family researcher mentioned on the bottom of the page, the supplier of these data (Ms. Elfi Eckelmann, E-mail: post @ eeckelmann.de ) who contributed them to the website: presumably plenty of local family-history knowhow. 
Lots of success! 

Hi Frank:  Thanks for your post and suggestion.  This Lubbert that you posted possibly could be an uncle to my Lubbert Storck (or possible brother to Lubbert's father).  Given my ancestor's patronymic, I guess I would need to find a Hendrick Storck.

Regards,

Steve

Yes indeed, Mr. Barnhoorn. The way this full name was composed, “Lubbert Hendrickse Storck“, in a given name / patronym (father’s name) / actual family name format, is a lot like the case was in Friesland province, or early-modern Scandinavian countries (e.g. Björn Karlsson Knausgard). 

One should be aware, though, that “Hendrick” (Henry) is just a Dutch-language corruption of the original, German given name Heinrich — which could also appear in old Catholic church books (baptisms / marriages / burials) in its Latin from of Henricus / Hendricus. So when one is looking online in actual German sources, it’s wise to look for these name-variants as well… 

I can add to this interesting thread that I also have ancestors who came from Alfhausen and ended up in Weesp, certainly Coenraet Kijser who was born there around 1680 (probably just before the baptism records start) and probably others. Weesp was a center of the gin industry so there was plenty of work through the years.

Not an answer to your most important question, yet, apparently the following fact is unknown to you. Source: https://archiefgooienvechtstreek.nl/ (need an account, but that is free, and immediately useable.)

Detail Index-item
ID SSAN137.6.7432
Plaats Muiden
soort Doop
Datum document 4/9/1718
folionummer 64

Archieftitel Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Muiden en Muiderberg (DTB's)
Datering 1658-1807
Rubriek 2 Rooms-Katholieke statie St. Nicolaas te Muiden

Perso(o)n(en) in deze akte:
Stork, Lubbert, Man, Vader
Janse, Margrietha, Vrouw, moeder
Lubberts, Sijbila, Onbekend, Dopeling
Alberts, Sijbilla, Onbekend, Getuige

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QK-MFJ7?cat=koha%3A354238&i=457&lang=nl 

Topo:

Hi Bart:

You're correct; I was unaware of this find.

Thanks.

Steve

Looking through my notes again I found there is a DVD-ROM made by Siegfried Smid with both scans of the originals and transcriptions of all BMD books of Alfhausen. Unfortunately I have never been able to find this DVD. See http://www.sjsmid.nl/Nederlandse%20Pagina.htm 

I sent an e-mail in 2023 to the listed address on the website but I never received an answer.
If anybody else knows how to contact this source or has a copy of this DVD, I would be very much interested.

Michaël

@Bart: If I may take a slight detour: In regards to Sibilla Albers Heusman (ca. 1661 – ?) [mother-in-law of Lubbert], it would appear a begraven record for her, at in Weesp, has not been found.  Same applies to her husband, Jan Hendrickse Huttingh.  As a placeholder, it would appear she was last living on 4 September 1718 as a baptismal witness for her granddaughter, her namesake, Sijbilla.  It would appear Jan and Sijbilla moved around in those days.

I don't know about moving around. Funny thing is that I have found a second baptism record for Hendricus 1715, also in Muiden, one day before the record you have:  27/11/1715. Witness is Sibilla Alberts.

[Edit:] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QK-MXX9?cat=koha%3A354238&i=31&lang=nl 

No burial records in Muiden either for both Sibilla and Jan as far as I have been able to find

Hi Bart: I wonder why the double baptisms.  Interesting.  I looked through the register and found about 3 Jan Hendricksz, so they could be anyone.  No Sijbilla Aelbert either.

Hi Steve,

As to the double baptisms. Have been thinking about that but I do not have an elegant explanation. The simplest I guess would be an over-zealous deacon responsible for registering baptisms who got the date wrong, on either side. Which would result in a single baptism with a double registration. But a real double baptism? The explanation I can think of would be superstition to the effect of the more baptisms the better. But never heard of such a thing really being established to exist one way or another.