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History of the Schnabel-Bredemeyer Family Lily
Schnabel was born in Leeuwarden in 1873 and passed away in Den Haag
in 1957. In the late 1940's she decided to chronicle her family's
history. In her writings, she discloses the origins of her forebears,
who came from The Netherlands and the bordering German states of North Rhine,
Westphalia and Friesland. The main
paternal family names are Schnabel, Heyl, Tjaden and Braken who lived
primarily in the towns Schiedam, Leiden, Meppen, Haren, Lathen, Emden. The maternal families include the names Bredemeyer, Arnold, Frambach
and Claisen. They came from Leeuwarden, Vreden,
Cologne, Elberfeld, Sontheim bei Heilbronn. Lily
Schnabel relates a wealth of information on individual members of her family
and recounts numerous anecdotes relating to professions, characters and
experiences of her diverse progeny. The
handwritten original was passed on to Lily's daughter Agnes Hegge, née
Schnabel, who in turn bequeathed it to her daughter Adriana Van Leeuwen, née
Hegge. In 1999, Addie Van Leeuwen translated the original into English, with
her son Philip Van Leeuwen preparing the printed document. In 2021, minor
corrections and additions were made and the document format was improved. |
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