Kunst in Holland

Andries Kunst  “Andrew” and Geertje Paasje   “Gertrude”

Sailed October 2. 1769 from Batavia to Bommec, India arriving May 27, 1770 via Netherlands, Dutch West India Company

Son: Lambertus Henricus Kunst
Christened: September 28, 1776 Zaltbommel Gelderland
Died: March 2,1831 West Barendrecht, Zuid Holland

Lambertus Henricus Kunst  “Lambert” and Adiaantje Steehouwer  “Jane”

Married: October 12, 1804 West Barendrecht, Zuid
Wife Jane Born: 1769  Hendrik-ido-Ambacht, Zuid Holland
Died: January 17, 1846  Strijen, Zuid Holland

Daughter: Geertrui Kunst
  Born: July 20, 1805 Barendrecht, Zuid Holland
Christened: July 28, 1805 Barendrecht, Zuid Holland
Died: Unknown

Son: Cornelis Kunst
Born: April 21, 1808 Barendrecht, Zuid Holland
Christened: April 24, 1808
Died: September 16, 1847 Strijen, Zuid Holland

Son: Gerrit Kunst
Born: February 8, 1812 Barendrecht, Zuid Holland
Christened: February 18, 1812 Barendrecht, Zuid Holland
Died: April 14,1867 Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
Married: Jaapje Piek

Son: Pieter Kunst
Born: April 10, 1814 Barendrecht, Zuid Holland
Died: Unknown 

Cornelis Kunst and Adiaantje  Van Driel ”Jane”

Married: March 25, 1835 Grotte Lindt Holland
Wife Jane born: February 6, 1810 Grootelindt, Zwindresht, Zuid Holland
Immigrates to U.S. in 1864
Living with son Lambertus and his wife Alice in Hyde Park, Ill 1870

 Son: Leendert Kunst|
Born: January 13, 1837 Groote Lindt, Zuid Holland, Died: June 20, 1837 Groote, Zuid Holland

Son: Lambertus Hendrikus Kunst
Born: February 22, 1838 Grootelindt, Zuid Holland
Christened: 1841
Died: about 1875

Son: Leendert Kunst
Born: August 30, 1843 Strijen, Zuid Holland, Died: November 1, 1843 Strijen, Zuid Holland

Son: Leendert Kunst
Born:November 24, 1845 Strijen, Zuid Holland, Died: Unknown

Dau. Cornelia Kunst
Born: September 27, 1847 Strijen, Zuid Holland, Died: October 1, 1847 Strijen, Zuid Holland

Lambertus Hendrikus Kunst  “Lambert”

His father dies in 1847 when he was nine years old. Immigrates to the U.S. sometime in late 1850’s
By 1861 he is in Illinois and enlisted in the Union Army on November 20 1861

His mother Jane and possibly his young brother Leendert join him in the U.S. in 1864