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Appendix I 

THE VAN ROMONDT FAMILY TREE 

Since this is the closest St. Maarten ever came to having its own nobility, for posterity we are including a family tree of this family. This we obtained many years ago from Mr. Lampe in New York through the intercession of Mrs. Daisy Hoeven of Alberta, Canada, both of whom are directly descended from the van Romondt family. 

ANCESOTROS OF THE VAN ROMONDT FAMILY IN HOLLAND 

HISTORY OF THE VAN ROMONDT FAMILY IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 

DIEDERICK JOHANNES - Born in Amsterdam, Holland on Feb. 16, 1781. Died in St. Maarten on April 19, 1849. Arrived in St. Maarten in 1803. Married in 1804 to Ann Hassell, born in St. Maarten in 1784 and died in 1845. Daughter of John & Susann Westerband. Diederick Johannes served as governor of St. Maarten from 1820 to 1840. 

Children of Diederick Johannes and Ann Hassell 

JOHANNES WILLEM - Born St. Maarten on Aug. 7, 1805. Died in 1849. Governor of St. Maarten from 1840 to 1849. Married in 1826 to Judith Rink Tielenius Kruythoff, (1808-1878) daughter of Adolph Tielenius Kruythoff and Sarah Gumbes. 

Children of Johannes Willem and Judith Rink T. Kruythoff: 

Market day in Marigot

Mainstreet Marigot in what was considered a busy day

DIEDERIK CHRISTIAN - Born in St. Maarten in 1807 and died in 1865. First marriage in 1827 to Susan Petersen, daughter of Peter and Ann Maria Laportere. Born in St. Barthelemy in 1810 and died in St. Maarten in 1848. 

Children of First Marriage: 

Second marriage in 1853 to Clemence Elisa Hedwige de Mery d'Arcy, daughter of Charles and Sophia Wilson of Guadeloupe. Born in Guadeloupe in 1833 and died in North Brookfield, Mass. in 1925. 

Children of Second Marriage: 

(Married St. Maarten 28 July 1891 to Dr. Anne Augustin Jules Lardy, son of Jean Baptiste Jules and Marie Antoinette Dauphin, born in Bellenaves, France, 10 July 1863 and died in New York in 1907,) 

GEORGE ILLIDGE - Born St. Maarten in 1809 and died in 1854. Medical doctor. Married in 1839 to Angelina Petersen (1819-1889). 

Children of George Illidge and Angelina Peterson: 

CHARLES ILLIDGE - Born in St. Maarten in 1841. Dutch consul at Fort de France, Martinique, in 1899. Died in Brussels in 1913. Married in 1875 to Maria Madeleine Blanche Neron de Surgy (1851-1921) in Guadeloupe. 

Children of Charles Illidge and Maria Madeleine Blanche Neron de Surgy: 

WILLEM HENDRIK RINK - Born St. Maarten in 1829 and died in 1897. Married in 1852 to Anne Walton Dalrymple of Barbados. She was born in 1825 and died in 1897. 

Children of Willem Hendrik Rink and Anne Walton Dalrymple: 

(Born in St. Kitts. Married in 1874 to Louis Hoekstra Percival born in 1852, son of Abraham and Catherine Marie Davis, North Brookfield, Mass.) 

JOHN WILLIAM CAMPBELL - Born in St. Maarten on Jan. 6, 1855. Married in Curacao to Elmire van Romondt, daughter of Diederik Christian and Clemence Elise Hedwige de Mery d'Arcy. Emigrated to U.S.A. in 1892. 

Children of John William Campbell and Elmire van Romondt: 

Government schooner “Blue Peter” being driven ashore in gale of 1959	On board the government-owned schooner “Blue Peter” which for many years was the only regular means of transportation between St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius

AUGUST ALEXANDER - Born in St. Maarten on Sept. 3, 1823 and died on Sept. 15, 1900. Plantation owner and local councilor. First marriage in 1844 to Charlotte Romney Barones von Bretton, daughter of Dr. Baron Lucas and Ann Mardenbrough. She was born 1826, died 1874. 

Children of First Marriage: 

(Married in 1864 to Jhr. Ysbrand Geradus de Rotte, Dutch Admiral born 1836, died 1895). 

(married in 1892 to George Anton Reinhard & in 1904 to Granville Otto) 

Second marriage in 1875 to Robertine Maria Eliza Petersen, daughter of Robert and Adrianna Paulina Linclaen du Cloux, born in 1847, died in 1925. 

Children of Second Marriage: 

(married in 1896 to Adriaan Marie Willem ter Laag) 

(married in 1920 to Othon E.H.A. Waters Gravenhorst Brouwer) 

(married in 1915 to Anthony Brouwer) 

(emigrated to U.S.A.) 

(married Othon E.H.A. Waters Gravenhorst Brouwer. Died in Aruba 1918) 

JOHN LOUIS GEORGE ILLIDGE - Born St. Maarten in 1833 and died 1896. Governor of Bonaire in 1885. Married in 1857 to Anna Paulowna. 

Children of John Louis George Illidge and Anna Paulowna: 

(Married in 1884 to Philippus Jacobus Verschoor, born Hertogenbosch, Holland 1863, son of Johannas Hermanusen and Christina Walradenca Petronella Tegelberg.) 

(Married in 1888 to James Japp, born Lancaster, England in 1854, died 1902. British consul in Martinique.) 

MARIE EOLINE VAN ROMONDT 1881 - 1958 

DIEDERIK JOHANNES VAN ROMONDT 1846 - 1918 

AUGUST-ALEXANDER VAN ROMONDT 1823 - 1900 
CHARLOTTE ROMNEY BARONES VON BRETTON 1826 - 1874 

DIEDERIK JOHANNES VAN ROMONDT 1781 - 1849 
DR. BARON LUCAS VON BRETTON 1795 - 1865 

ANN HASSELL 1784 - 1845 
ANN MARDENBROUGH 1797 - 1866 

(Married 1893 to Wilhelm Frederic Carl Ludwig August Netherwood, born 1869. American vice consul on St. Maarten 1898.) 

(Married in New York 1904 to Inez Lalina.) 

DIEDERICH JOHANNES - Born in St. Maarten on Aug. 25, 1846 and died St. Kitts Aug. 9, 1918. Plantation owner and local councilor. First marriage - Sept. 23, 1874 to Juliette Isabel Antoinette van Romondt, born Aug. 25, 1847, died Sept. 2, 1885. 

Children of First Marriage: 

1. Judith Charlotte Inez - Born on Aug. 9, 1879. Married 18 Oct. 1900 to Joshua Eager Carter, born Anguilla in 1879, son of William Gumbs and Louisa Ann Rebecca Rogers. Emigrated to Alberta, Canada. 
2. Marie Eoline - Born on Jan. 23, 1881. Married 18 Oct. 1900 to William Arthur Carter, born Anguilla, 7 Oct. 1876 and died 26 Oct. 1910, son of William Gumbs and Louisa Ann Rebecca Rogers. 
3. Amabella Leona - Born Oct. 28, 1884, died North Brookfield, Mass. 1953.

Second Marriage - Aug. 24, 1899 to Marion Octavia Carter, daughter of William Gumbs and Louisa Ann Rebecca Rogers, born on Sept. 29, 1869 in Anguilla, died in New York in 1952.

Children of Second Marriage:

1. Irene Robertine Carter - Born in St. Maarten on June 7, 1900.
2. Edith Lillian - Born in St. Maarten on Sept. 27, 1901.
3. Diederich Johannes - Born in St. Maarten on January 23, 1904.

JAN ADOLPHUS - Born in St. Maarten in 1831 and died in 1897. Married in 1873, St. Thomas to Alice Eliza Smothergill. She died in New York 1900.

Children of Jan Adolphus and Alice Eliza Smothergill:

1. Judith Isabel - Born on St. Thomas, Nov. 4, 1875. Emigrated to U.S.A. Died in North Brookfield, Mass. In 1955.
2. Lillian Louisa - Born Dec. 29, 1876. Married in New York July 1910 to Henri Lucas Boissevain, born in Rotterdam on 25th May 1885, son of Prof. Dr. Uraul Philip and Wilhelmina Carolina Momma. 
3. Amory Maria Estella - Born 16 Jan. 1880. Married in 1905 to Alfred Englebert Eberl in New York.
4. Louise Alice - Born 12 May 1882. Married in 1915 to Paul J. Hoernlimann in New York.
5. John Adolphus - Born in St. Maarten on 29 Sept. 1887. Emigrated to U.S.A. Died in North Brookfield, Mass. In 1957.

VINCENT ROGERS - Born St. Maarten in 1843 and died 1899. Married in Curacao 1871 to Jannetje de Haseth. (1846-1920).

Children of Vincent Rogers and Jannetje de Haseth:

1. Philip Frederik Willem - Born Curacao in 1873. Commander of Curacao garrison, General Staff.
2. Anthon George Henri - Born Curacao in 1874. Died Holland 1911.
3. John Vincent Rogers - Born in Curacao 1876. Studied medicine. Died in Holland 1909

LOUIS ALEXANDER - Born St. Maarten 29 July 1849, died 30 Aug. 1918. Married in 1875 to Ida Leontine.

Children of Louis Alexander and Ida Leontine:

1. Alice - Born in Guadeloupe 1879. Married in 1901 to Johan Adolphe Gravesteijn, born 1873.
2. Lewis August - Born St. Maarten in 1879. Married in 1919 to Henriette Oceana Ulrica Veronique Clementia Brouwer, daughter of Governor A.J.C. Brouwer, born in 1894.
3. Otto Lionel - Born St. Maarten in 1888. 

CHARLES CLEMENT JULES - Born St. Maarten in 1856. Secretary to governor of Curacao. Died Holland 1917. Married in Curacao in 1885 to Henriette Julie Honorine van den Bossche, born Aruba in 1865.

Children of Charles Clement Jules and Henriette Julie Honorine van den Bossche:

1. Charles August - Born Curacao in 1887. Married in 1911 to Geertruida Helena Schoenmaker, born Java, 1892.

2. Eduard Frederik Ferdinand - Born in Curacao in 1890. Married in 1916 to Maria Jeannette de Veer.

3. Henriette Clemence Marie - born in Curacao in 1893.

ANTHON GEORGE HENRY - Born Curacao in 1874. Died Utrecht, Holland in 1911. Married in 1902 to Elisabeth Fillippine ten Bosch, born Utrecht in 1873.

Children of Anthon George Henry and Elisabeth Fillippine ten Bosch:

WILLEM PETER LAPORTERE - Born in St. Maarten 1829, died in 1897. Married 1853 to Charlotte Juliet Rey (1833-1853.) Married 1857 to Susan Elizabeth.

Children of Willem Peter Laportere and Susann Elizabeth:

(Married in 1885 to Hannah Eveline Pereira, born Santo Domingo 1865. Dutch consul on St. Thomas 1889.) 

DIEDERIC CHARLES - Born St. Maarten in 1835, died 1904. Married 1856 to Ann Mary du Cloux (1834-1893). Acting Governor of St. Maarten in 1874-77, 1883, 1893 and 1900-1902. 

Children of Diederic Charles and Ann Mary du Cloux: 

(King of the Isle of Tintamarre 1910 to 1932.) 

ERNEST GERALD - Born St. Maarten 1859. Married 1891 in Curacao to Inez Josephine Scopean, born St. Barthelemy in 1866. 

Children of Ernest Gerald and Inez Josephine Scopean: 

EVERHARDUS ALEXANDER - born St. Maarten 1841, died Curacao 1896. Married 1874 in Paramaribo to Emma Amalia Knoch, born Surinam 1850. Commander of Curacao garrison in 1885. 

Children of Everhardus Alexander and Emma Amalia Knoch: 

(Married 1906 to Anna Maria Visser.) 

(Married 1907 to Helena Catharina Contrasts van den Berge in Curacao. daughter of Jacobus Johannus and Louisa Carolina Statius Muller.)

DANIEL ARISTIDES - Born St. Maarten 1866, died New York 1936. Married 1896 to Aline Julie Alex Devers, daughter of Alexander Charles Lambert and Louise Stephanie Emilie Munier, born French St. Martin 1870, died New York 1938.

Children of Daniel Aristides and Aline Julie Alex Devers:

WILFRED ELBERT - Born St. Maarten 1876. Married Curacao 1904 to Maria Eliza Moller, born 1878.

Children of Wilfred Elbert and Maria Eliza Moller:

CHARLES ALBERT - Born St. Maarten 1881. Married 1905 to Cleore Graeve, born 1881. Dutch consul in Martinique.

Children of Charles Albert and Cleore Graeve:

EVERHARDUS JACOBUS - Born in Curacao 1908. Married to Olga van Romondt in 1940.

Children of Everhardus Jacobus and Olga van Romondt:

AUGUST JOSEPH - Born St. Maarten 1907. Married Curacao 1933 to Ira Alcina Evertsz, born Curacao 1913, daughter of Jan Frederik and Jeannette Clarissa Moller.

Children of August Joseph and Ira Alcina Evertsz:

View of Great Bay and the surrounding hills

The Old Convent and Convent Boarding School

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