Family Archive Klerks - Persoon
Henriëtte Hubertine Persoon
Henriëtte Hubertine Persoon — called 'Dina' in the family — was born on 6 November 1909 in Doverheide, just across the German border, the daughter of Pieter Persoon and Anna Giesen. Her earliest childhood was harrowing. The family lived in Spaarndam, where the children were severely neglected. On 4 June 1913 the family was evicted and the six children — Dina was then three years old — were found in wretched conditions. Shortly afterwards their mother abandoned them, and on 14 June 1913 the Guardianship Board took the children to Haarlem, where they were cared for and placed in foster families. Both parents left for Germany that summer; on 29 September 1913 they were stripped of parental authority by the Haarlem court. Despite that shattered start, Dina built a life of her own: on 27 August 1942 she married Johannes ('Jan') Klerks, with whom she had eight children. Her eldest son Leo would later spend years working to uncover the history of this very Persoon family — and found the court file that records it all. Dina died on 6 December 1988.
Life events
- Generation
- 10
- Name variants
- Hubertine
Notes
Recorded in the Klerks document (S1) as Hubertine; full first names and place of birth according to family sheet 9 (S2).
Parents
- Pieter Leonardus Jacobus Persoon 1878–1951
- Anna Maria Giesen 1882–1943
See family G023.
Family with Johannes Klerks
Johannes Klerks 1914–1990
Marriage: 27 augustus 1942
Children
- 1. Leonardus Klerks 1943–2025
- 2. Francijna Klerks 1944–
- 3. Anna Klerks 1946–
- 4. Lambertus Klerks 1947–
- 5. Arnoldina Klerks 1948–
- 6. Henriëtte Klerks 1949–
- 7. Johannes Klerks 1951–
- 8. Henricus Klerks 1953–
Family page: G012
Photos
Groepsfoto van de deelneemsters aan de huishoudcursus Drunen/Elshout; Dina Persoon (Oma Dina, P0064) zit op de voorste rij, 5e van links. Het gebouw rechts was de meisjescongregatie. Volgens het bijschrift op heusdeninbeeld.nl staan op de foto o.a.: Deken Th. Goossens, Chr. Muskens, M. van Halder, kapelaan Willems, C. van Hulten, J. Klijn, Van Delft, Van Son, Van Rooij, Dina Persoon (voorste rij, 5e van links), Knippels, A. Verhoeven, J. van Spijk, H. van de Wiel, B. van de Hoven, H. Pijnenborg, A. Pijnenborg, A. Brok en D. van de Bosch. Bron: heusdeninbeeld.nl (foto's Drunen personen vroeger).
Foto uit de jaren '30 (waarschijnlijk 't Sempke): dames maakten die dag een fietstocht naar Meerseldreef, een plaatsje aan de Belgische grens, onder begeleiding van enkele heren van De Fellenoord. Dina Persoon (Oma Dina, P0064) is de 3e van links. Volgens het bijschrift op heusdeninbeeld.nl, van links naar rechts: onbekend, Anna van Drunen, Dina Persoon, onbekend, Jans Bergmans, Cato van der Sanden, Marie Smits, Betje van der Sanden en Marie van Loon. Bron: heusdeninbeeld.nl (foto's Drunen personen vroeger).
Documents
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Klaaien Chronicle (family magazine, reunion of the descendants of Jan and Dina) · 2010 · 4 pages · also: Johannes Klerks, Leo Klerks, Francien Klerks, Annie Klerks, Bert Klerks, Ine Klerks, Jet Klerks, Jan Klerks, Henk Klerks
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booklet for the 40th wedding anniversary of Jan and Dina · 1982 · 11 pages · also: Johannes Klerks
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guardianship file, children of Persoon (State Archive Haarlem) · 1913 · 7 pages · also: Pieter Leonardus Jacobus Persoon, Anna Maria Giesen, Anna Judith Maria Persoon, Jozef Heinrich Franz Persoon, Heinrich Peter Persoon, Leo Persoon, Cornelis Persoon
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letter to aunt Anneke about the Persoon family · 1986 · 2 pages · also: Leo Klerks, Leo Persoon, Anneke Persoon
letter to cousin Hubert Persoon about the Persoon family · 1988 · also: Leo Klerks, Leo Persoon, Hubert Persoon
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