Abraham died, did he not, he must have done?

[Mutley]

Mutley, it is ofcourse quite possiiblet hat he died overseas, in his work as a seaman.
Have you checked various passenger & crew list for any country to which he may have sailed to or by way of ?

Very possible, I have looked but found nothing conclusive. Perhaps he went back to Holland and died there.

It is Mary that I am really interested in but seeing as she was married to this fellow, even if for a short time and maybe never even lived with him, I would just like to have drawn a line under him, if you know what I mean. ~~sigh~~

[bramsonneveld]

Hello,
Recently I did some research on the Blankhart-family. Soldiers, blacksmiths and sailors whom setteled down in Vlaardingen, a small fishing-town some 10 miles from Rotterdam. A family full of adultery, out-of-wedlock-births, unmarried women having heaps of children, fathers leaving their wive and children, disappearing or peeping up in another part of the Netherlands with another wive (bigamy?). So: an interresting family to research.
"Your" Abraham Blankhart was born in Vlaardingen on the 19th of March 1836 to Dirk Blankhart, sailor, born Vlaardingen 23th March 1816 and his first wife Johanna de Ruiter (born Vlaardingen 7th Jan. 1816, died there 28th Sept. 1868.
I haven't been able to find any trace of Abraham in The Netherlands. The mentioned marriage of an Abraham Blankhart in The Hague in 1910 I am anable to finf because the marriage contracts of the Hague are not yet on the internet.
Neither have I been able to find the parents of Mary Kruger. Of course there are a few George Krugers in that period, but none of them fits into your data. (The Krugers must be of German descent.)
The Frederica Defriez(e) must be of Dutch descent: the original familyname must have been De Vries.

Sorry for not being able to be of more help.
Yours,
Bram Sonneveld

[bramsonneveld]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that Abraham certainly did not die in The Netherlands.
Bram

[Thomasin]

Wow Mutley - a positive herd of black sheep!

[Thomasin]

I mean flock!

[bramsonneveld]

To be honest: the family is more Dalmatian- or zebra-like.

[Mutley]

Well Thomasin, you know about my lot, nothing ordinary about them, be they flocks, herds or painful asses
Never, ever know, what turns up next.

Welcome to the forum Bram, nice to meet you.
Thank you very much for the information, this is not actually my line, more of a sideways step but all contributions are gratefully accepted.

In the 1911 census George and Mary Kruger say they were from Holland and were naturalised in 1862. Their children, living in 1911 were a George and my Mary (widow of Abraham). They say there were seven others, deceased, blowed if I can find them.

However, I am grateful to you for giving me Abraham's beginning and I will continue to search for his ending, at least I now know it was not in the Netherlands.

[Mutley]

Sorry, I also forgot to say that I found a reference to someone in the Eastbourne Family History Society that is researching the names of Kruger, Blankhart and Johnson, as well as others.

I am going to try and connect through the surnames interest section. Will keep you posted.

[bramsonneveld]

Hi Mutley,

Thanks for trying to connect me with others who research the Blankhart family.
As for the Krugers: I understand that they were already married and naturalized in 1861. So their birth is around 1840 or earlier. I see what I can do about them. By the way: you don't have Mary's maidenname?

As for my interest in the Blankhart family: finding this jewel of a family with rather loose family values, living from mouth to hand, was a byproduct (serendipity!) of an inquiery in unmarried women getting a child/children in the 19th century in a small town nearby. There were about 250 of them and one of them belonged to the Blankhart family. She begot twelve children and never married.

[Mutley]

Hi Mutley,

Hello again Bram

Thanks for trying to connect me with others who research the Blankhart family.
As for the Krugers: I understand that they were already married and naturalized in 1861. So their birth is around 1840 or earlier. I see what I can do about them. By the way: you don't have Mary's maidenname?

I hope I will hear from the other researcher and will keep you posted.
I believe from the 1911 census that you are correct regarding the Krugers. They were obviously born in Germany or Holland but I still don't know if they came to the UK as a single or married couple.
Sadly, I don't have Mary's maiden name yet.
I cannot find the birth for their daughter Mary Kruger, that certificate would give me Mary's maiden name.

As for my interest in the Blankhart family: finding this jewel of a family with rather loose family values, living from mouth to hand, was a byproduct (serendipity!) of an inquiery in unmarried women getting a child/children in the 19th century in a small town nearby. There were about 250 of them and one of them belonged to the Blankhart family. She begot twelve children and never married.

Wow!!