Family Pieper

My grandparents Raoul Pieper (1919-1988) and Betty Broersma (1924-2009) are born in Dutch East Indies (a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia). The Family-name Pieper is of Dutch, Belgium and German origin. It was long said by family members that our family originated from Prussia in Germany, but little evidence was given as to date. Also, family archives in Dutch Indies got destroyed during and after WW-II. As the Dutch got prosecuted and killed at that time. First by the Japannese in WW-II and later by the Suharto Regime that claimed to free the country from Dutch occupation and slavery.

The marriage certificate states only his mother and no father.
Note: This document was created in 1952 in Dordrecht, after the birth of my Father.

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On the obituary in 1920 placed in the newspaper by her husband. It is to believe that Lodewijk Gerhardus Jerome B�ger is her husband.
She died December 30th, 1920. Only 12 days after her last child was born named Esther Pieper (Also known by her nickname "Ant D�") who later married Heinrich Johann te Boekhorst.

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8 years later also his father died when Raoul was only 9 years old. He and his sisters came under the care of Raoul's ant named Paula Margaretha Francina Pieper, who was married to Frederik Willem Karel Schrieder.

Due to the short lifespan with a couple of generations. The whole family tree was clouded in mists and little was known of our ancestors and more importantly how and when this familyname eventually ended up from Europe into the Dutch Indies.

After finding links to direct family on the website of Richard van Holtz it came the the attention that J.F. Pieper was the grandfather of Raoul, but only his death bed of May 1st 1900 was known within the current research.
All this was found in Delpher pages, but no data of his birth.
On Roosje Roos could be found that Johan Friederich Pieper and Pauline Margeretha Bellaart married on May 13th 1889 in Goeneong Sitoli, Tapanoeli, Nias (source: Regerings Almanakken (RA 1889) van Nederlands-Indi�).

• In 1899 transfered from 17e bataljon to the enforcement troops of "Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden", as second lieutenant infantry, medical staff.
• Sumatra courant of May 4th 1900: "OVERLEDEN: Volgens een alhier ontvangen telegraphisch bericht is de onderluitenant J.F. Pieper, vroeger hier jaren lang in garnizoen geweest, te Meureudoe (Atjeh) ten gevolge van zware koortsen overleden. Hij laat vrouw en vijf kinderen achter. Deze laatsten nog te jong om het verlies te kunnen beseffen."
  _{Translated: According to a telegraphic message received here, the second-lieutenant J.F. Pieper, died at Meureudoe (Aceh) as a result of heavy fevers. He leaves behind wife and five children. The latter are too young to realize the loss.}

In 2016 I continued this research and went to the Dutch National Archive in The Hague for more information. After hours of search within Index Films, his name popped-up in KNIL Militairy Indexes. After writing down his Militairy Number "Stamboeknummer" 15730 and returning to the info desk, I got a ticket to view a historical archived book. It was a handwritten copy of all second officers and militairy personel of the KNIL.

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This revealed the birthdate of Johan Friederich Pieper (February 6th, 1886 Barmen, Prussia, Germany), also to parent names Johannes Pieper and Johanne Dell, along with some physcical information like braun hair and gray eyes. The second page also revealed when and how he passed away. Cause of death a High Fever.

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Although Germany is very good at archiving and preserving history. It was not that easy finding anything online about his parents. So Richard van Holtz who lives in Germany continued the search. He came up with the Birth Certificate (Geburtsurkunde) of Johan Friederich Pieper from Barmen-Wuppertal and the Marriage registration (Heiratsurkunde) of his parents Pieper-Dell.

Pieper Family Tree

1. Johannes Pieper
   Family card
   6x Great-Grandfather

   1. Clara Maria Düerdaut
      Family card
      6x Great-Grandmother

      Spouse ( 1 Child )

      1. Johann Christian Pieper
         26 SEP 1769, Bühne, Germany
         20 JUL 1814, Bühne, Kreis Höxter
         Family card
         5x Great-Grandfather

         1. Maria Theresia Deventer
            27 AUG 1773, Bühne, Germany
            29 AUG 1773, St. Vitus Cath., Buhne, Westphalia, Germany
            2 JAN 1830, Bühne, Höxter
            Family card
            5x Great-Grandmother

            Married: 13 NOV 1796, St. Vitus Bühne ( 7 Children )

            1. Johannus Wilhelmus Antonius Pieper
               14 NOV 1794, Bühne, Warburg, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
               11 SEP 1797, St. Vitus Cath., Buhne, Westphalia, Germany
               Family card
               4x Great-Grandfather

               1. Anna Maria Elisabeth Götte
                  22 JAN 1799, Bühne, Borgentreich, Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
                  Family card
                  4x Great-Grandmother

                  Married: 18 FEB 1829, Bühne, Minden, Germany ( 5 Children )

                  1. Johannes Wilhelmus Pieper
                     8 APR 1835, Bühne, Borgentreich, Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
                     15 APR 1835, Katholisch, Buehne, Westfalen, Prussia
                     Family card
                     3x Great-Grandfather

                     1. Johanne Dell
                        15 SEP 1833, Dönberg, Neviges, Hardenberg, Germany
                        Family card
                        3x Great-Grandmother

                        Married: 22 DEC 1863, Barmen, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ( 1 Child )

                        1. Johann Friederich Pieper
                           6 FEB 1865, Barmen, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
                           1 MAY 1900, Meureudoe, Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, Indonesia
                           Family card
                           2x Great-Grandfather

                           1. Pauline Margaretha Bellaart
                              1873, Pariaman, Pariaman City, West Sumatra, Indonesia
                              16 NOV 1918, Tanjungkarang, Bandar Lampung, Lampung, Indonesia
                              Family card
                              2x Great-Grandmother

                              Married: 13 MAY 1889, Gunungsitoli, Nias, West Sumatra, Indonesia ( 5 Children )

                              1. Maria Johanna Bertha Pieper
                                 17 FEB 1890, Nias, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
                                 30 DEC 1920, Batavia, West-Java, Nederlandsch-Indië
                                 Family card
                                 Great-Grandmother

                                 1. Lodewijk Gerhardus Jerome Böger
                                    16 DEC 1869, Padangsche Bovenlanden, Sumatra, Nederlandsch-Indië
                                    6 JUN 1928, Bandung, Java, Ned. Indië
                                    Family card
                                    Great-Grandfather

                                    Spouse ( 4 Children )

                                    1. Raoul Pieper
                                       7 NOV 1919, Batavia, West-Java, Nederlandsch-Indië
                                       17 DEC 1988, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
                                       Family card
                                       Grandfather

                                       1. Betty Bettie Broersma
                                          14 FEB 1924, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia
                                          17 APR 2009, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
                                          Family card
                                          Grandmother

                                          Married: 21 MAR 1946 ( 10 Children )

                                          1. [PRIVATE]
                                             Father

                                             1. [PRIVATE]
                                                Mother

                                                Spouse ( 1 Child )

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