Heinrich Leonardus Cornelis Persoon
Heinrich Leonardus Cornelis Persoon, called 'Leo' after his second baptismal name, was born on 12 August 1907 in Gladbach (Mönchengladbach, Germany), the son of Pieter Persoon and Anna Giesen.
In the Langstraat
After the family fell apart he was placed as a foster child in Waalwijk: the register records his arrival there on 28 October 1913, coming from Spaarndam. Thus, at the age of six, he ended up in the Langstraat, the same region as the Klerks family, where his sister Dina would later marry Jan Klerks.
Nurse and family
At first he worked as a farmhand in the Langstraat; on 13 February 1929 he left for Noordwijkerhout, where he became a nurse (a psychiatric nurse). On 29 November 1934 he married Anna Lamberdina van Loon in Waalwijk. He died on 12 January 1957 in Haarlem and was buried in Noordwijkerhout.
The American branch
Some of his children emigrated to America, among them Anneke and Hubert, who ended up in Palatine (Illinois). It was to them that his cousin Leo Klerks wrote in 1986 and 1988 to share the family history; Leo Klerks kept a warm memory of his uncle.
Life events
- Generation
- 10
- Occupation
- verpleegkundige (psychiatrisch verpleger); eerder boerenknecht
Notes
Known as Leo (after his second baptismal name Leonardus). Registered as a foster child in Waalwijk on 28 October 1913 (coming from Spaarndam; servants' register Waalwijk, SALHA, sheet 15) - probably the link between the Persoon and Klerks families. Became a nurse (psychiatric nurse) in Noordwijkerhout. Married on 29 November 1934 in Waalwijk to Anna Lamberdina van Loon (1907-2003). Died 12 January 1957 in Haarlem, buried 15 January 1957 in Noordwijkerhout. Some of his children (including Anneke and Hubert) emigrated to the USA (Palatine, Illinois). Source: MyHeritage and the letters of Leo Klerks; still partly to be verified.
Parents
Family with Anna Lamberdina van Loon
Marriage: 29 november 1934 te Waalwijk
Children (6)
Anneke Persoon
1937-
‹privé› Persoon
‹privé› Persoon
1943-
‹privé› Persoon
1945-
Family page: G037
Photos
Groepsfoto van de vijf oudste kinderen van Pieter Persoon (P0121) en Anna Maria Giesen (P0134), omstreeks 1913 te Spaarndam, kort voordat het gezin uiteenviel.
Van links naar rechts: Heinrich (Henk) Peter Persoon (1905-1963), Leo (Heinrich Leonardus Cornelis) Persoon (1907-1957), Henriëtte 'Dina' Persoon (1909-1988), Josef Heinrich Persoon (1903-1933) en Anna Judith 'Judith' Persoon (1902-1991). De jongste, Cornelis (1912), staat niet op de foto.
Aangeleverd door Tinka Persoon (kleindochter van Leo, P0138), 2026. Bijschrift op de originele kaart: 'Kinderen Persoon-Giessen ± 1913 te Spaarndam'.
Documents
huwelijksakte Johannes Klerks en Henriëtte Persoon (Drunen) · 1942 · also: Jan Klerks, Henriëtte Hubertine Persoon, Leonardus Klerks, Francijna Ballier, Pieter Leonardus Jacobus Persoon, Anna Maria Giesen, Arnoldus Josephus Klerks
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guardianship file, children of Persoon (State Archive Haarlem) · 1913 · 7 pages · also: Henriëtte Hubertine Persoon, Pieter Leonardus Jacobus Persoon, Anna Maria Giesen, Anna Judith Maria Persoon, Josef Heinrich Franz Persoon, Henk Persoon, Cornelis Persoon
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letter to aunt Anneke about the Persoon family · 1986 · 2 pages · also: ‹privé› Klerks, Henriëtte Hubertine Persoon, Anneke Persoon
bevolkingsregister Spaarndam huishouden Persoon (blad 42) · 1912 · also: Pieter Leonardus Jacobus Persoon, Anna Maria Giesen, Anna Judith Maria Persoon, Josef Heinrich Franz Persoon, Henk Persoon, Henriëtte Hubertine Persoon, Cornelis Persoon
domestic-servants register Waalwijk (foster child, sheet 15) · 1913
bevolkingsregister Leo Persoon (blad 216) · 1929