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Koolman,Coolman,
ten Cate van Coolman and
ten Doornkaat Koolman
The
genealogy study into the
families, Koolman, ten Doornkaat Koolman, Coolman, ten Cate van
Coolman, Hoving, Zomering and Schelts van Kloosterhuis has been done by
Walter Koolman. These families have all the same ancestor, called
Meerten Ebels. The
birth and the year of dead of Meerten Ebels are so far unknown.
Supposedly his birth has been
around 1570. The
house or exact spot of Meerten Ebels living place seems to be found at
a place called Meeden. The family belonged to the
religion, baptism/ Mennonite. The Offspring of Meerten Eebels
has taken several family names in the course of time to. The original
family name
"Koolman" out the line of Foppo Mertens (son of Meerten Eebels) emerged
in the old marriage settlement of 1788 between Hendrik Olfert (Koolman)
and Abeltje Jacobs van Calcar. Also in the baptism-disposed
baptism books from a place called Leermens of the year 1756, the name
Koolman was already used by the families who writes now the name with a
C. Also
writing Mr. J. Huizinga (writer of line register of the family
genealogy, produced in 1887, of the Koolman/Coolman etc.) on what
the line name already becomes for 1780 written. He refers to a painted
portrait
of Uko Fiepkes, born in 1722, below on the painted portrait written the
name carried Uke Fiepkes Coolman, according to insurance of his
granddaughter. Most
of the offspring of Foppo Mertens has the family names Koolman or
Coolman as a family name. What the name concerns origin,
loudly a commonly forgotten tale from the eighteenth century that by
derision surround: When they were looking for people , on the country
to
press them to military, drawer or other public services, so the head of
the family did not want to cooperate with that. So he thought he had
found a temporarily shelter in its court, among its cabbage
or kale
(Dutch = Boerenkool). when he thougt the danger of discovery was
ended, he raised his
head. But
he was seen, and with massive releve and joy was shouted : we have the
cabbage man! (Kool man). A name which kept following him
initially in popular of the conversations, and so that name became
related to them and
the family. Later
this as humiliation it was no longer seen, so that the name Koolman or
Coolman was also gladly taken as family name by the offspring. Where
this has taken place or in
which place is not known. The tale indicates to a
turbulent area in time. Truh or not, it remains a nice tale that
from
generation to generation was passed on, until it in forgetting ended
up. The
families are very well-being before 1800 and were notorious by their
controversial call conceptions, to speak about a couple names: Uke
Walles and Fiepke Olferts (Koolman). Also the family has been known by
their family company such as Dutch gin-distillery (Koolman
company) which later continued in Germany by the family ten
Doornkaat Koolman. Also the family was richly represents as a farmer at
the country of province of Groninger (Netherlands). During the search
for my family
I have been in contact with distant relations several times wich
carried as there last name, Koolman and Coolman in the Netherlands.
Some information also came from
Germany
and the USA, of both family’s, ten Doornkaat Koolman and the
family Koolman. I
have to thank the living families from the Netherlands, Germany and the
USA, because without the help of so many people throug these many
diverend ways this
certainly had not come about. I will not reveal the complete
pedigree by means of Internet on my web site, but only a small part of
my direct family line. The rest is on application
available, and for free receive. For
this you can provide me of
your family information back to the year 1900.
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