On the
following pages you'll find some genealogical
information about one of the approximately six Simonis families in Holland. This
information has been gathered by me over the years in all kinds of archives in
Holland, on the Internet, but also through phone calls and correspondence (by letter or by
e-mail) with people in Holland, Germany, Great Britain, France, South Africa, Australia
and the United States of America. The purpose of this site is, of course, to
get even more information, because about some families in my family tree I don't
know very much.
As you no
doubt want to know who you are dealing with, I give you the following details
about myself: my name is Hans Simonis, I was born in The Hague (Holland) on June
11, 1938, for fourty-one years I was married to Tineke Schuringa (she died in
May 2006, alas) and together we have three children: Michaël,
Gabriëlle and Miriam. Through them we have three grandsons and one granddaughter,
of which only one grandson bears the name Simonis. But as a
proud grandfather I mention them all of course ! Up till 1998 I was a producer/presenter in the
Classical Music Department of AVRO, one of the biggest and most important independent
radio
channels in Holland.
On the page The name I'll tell something
about the origin and distribution of the name Simonis. Not too much
- I don't know very much about it myself ! Under the heading
Founder you can read about the oldest Simonis I have found
so far, the chirurgeon Matthijs Simonis and the connection of one
of his grandsons with the Orange-Nassau's (the Dutch royal family). On the page Male line you'll find the
direct line from our grandson Christiaan to this Matthijs. The
Ancestors page gives a lot of details (eleven
generations on seven pages) about our children's ancestors,
both from my side as well as my wife's. On the Pictures page
are some pictures of Simonisses, some of them my direct ancestors and
offspring
(great-grandparents/grandparents/parents/children/grandchildren), but also some of
more distant relatives.Maybe you see somebody you recognize ! Sourcesshows acknowledgements
to people who sent me information and to those from who's website I 'borrowed'. The Indexpage
contains (almost) all the names on this site and is - partly - clickable.