Name Occupation Date of Birth Birthplace Date of Death Notes
Arnold Schoolteacher Jul 17, 1804 Hoofdplaat Oct 13, 1864 Buried in the "public grounds"
Westveer Netherlands Mt Hope Cemetery, Rochester NY
Maatje Housekeeper Jan 1, 1802 West-Souburg Feb 16, 1833
De Rijcke Netherlands
Maatje Daughter Dec 22, 1824 The Netherlands
Cea Daughter Jun 25, 1828 Veere Married to Abraham De Bruijne on Feb 9, 1853.
Jacobus Son Oct 6, 1830 Veere
Kornelis Netherlands
Maria Daughter Nov 22, 1831 Veere Aug 7, 1833
Elizabeth Netherlands
Levenloos Daughter Feb 16, 1833 Veere Feb 16, 1833
Catharina Netherlands
2nd wife
Jacoba Housekeeper 1813 Veere May 22, 1838 Arnold and Jacoba were married
Brieve Netherlands on Jul 7, 1833.
Lein Son Mar 5, 1834 Veere May 21, 1834
Lein Son Jun 4, 1835 Veere Jun 25, 1835
Elizabeth Daughter Apr 11, 1836 Veere 1892 Married to Adriaan Van Doorn
Catharine Netherlands
Leintje Daughter Jun 5, 1837 Veere
(Helena ?) Netherlands
Levenloos Son May 21, 1838 Veere May 21, 1838
Pieter Netherlands
3rd wife
Elizabeth Housekeeper Aug 1814 Middleburg Aug 4, 1881 Arnold and Elizabeth were married
Willemse Netherlands on Feb 22, 1839.
Elizabeth is buried in Fulton Street Cemetery in Grand Rapids, MI
Willem Son Oct 8, 1839 Veere Married to Yeptje Terijger on Feb 17, 1864.
Lein Son Oct 24, 1840 Veere Married to Kate Schillman
(Leonard) Netherlands
Maria Daughter Dec 23, 1841 Veere Aug 6, 1893 Married to John C Claver
Louvina Netherlands
Magdalena Daughter Jan 10, 1843 Veere Married to Jacob Hein
(Martha) Netherlands
Johanna Daughter Feb 12, 1844 Veere Apr 5, 1844
Neeltje Daughter May 7, 1845 Veere Mar 28, 1846
Neeltje Daughter Apr 30, 1846 Veere Married to Albert Claver
Johanna Netherlands
Levenloos Son Oct 2, 1848 Veere Oct 2, 1848
Suzanna Daughter Feb 11, 1850 Veere Feb 11, 1850
Suzanna Daughter Jan 20, 1851 Veere Feb 11, 1851
Paulina Daughter Jan 20, 1851 Veere Jan 27, 1851
Cornelis Son Feb 3, 1852 Veere Jul 1, 1853
Jacobus Netherlands
?????????? Son Nov 10, 1853 Veere Nov 10, 1853
Cornelis Son Mar 5, 1854 Veere Mar 14, 1854
Jacobus Netherlands
?????????? Daughter May 7, 1855 Rochester, NY May 7, 1855
Cornelis Son Oct 3, 1858 Rochester, NY October 1858
Jacobus
Cornelis Son April 1859 Rochester, NY April 1859
Arnoud (Arnold) Westveer emigrated with his wife and children from the village of Veere, Zeeland in The Netherlands to the United States in 1854. Arnold was a schoolteacher and categorized himself as “less-than-well-to-do” or in the middle class. He listed his church as Christejijk Afgescheiden or Christian Reformed, meaning Arnold considered himself a “seceder.”
Arnold had three wives and numerous children. He lost his first two wives to complications from childbirth.
Many of his children also died at an early age.
It was Arnold's daughter, Elizabeth Catharine, with his 2nd wife, Jacoba, that married Adriaan Van Doorn.
Immigration records indicate that Arnold came to this country with his wife Elizabeth and seven children. I believe these children included Elizabeth, Leintje (also known as Helena), Willem, Lein (Leonard), Magdalena (Martha), Maria Louvina, and Neeltja Johanna (Nellie).
In 1860, Elizabeth Catharine Westveer, Arnold’s daughter by his second wife Jacoba, was working as a domestic servant in the home of Lansing Seymour, a railroad agent, in Buffalo, New York. Lansing and his wife Lucy had five children between the ages of 11 and 1 year old. Elizabeth would later marry Adriaan Van Doorn.
Arnold Westveer died on October 13, 1864 and is buried in the “Public Grounds” section of Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
The 1866 Rochester City Directory shows that Elizabeth Westveer, third wife of Arnold Westveer, was widowed and that she lived at 23 Tappan St. This was just down the street from the Van Doorns. In 1870, she was living with Nelly Claver (age 24) and Henry Claver (age 9). Nelly was her youngest daughter.
Nelly Westveer eventually married Albert Claver and is known to have had the following children: Arnold (1873), Elizabeth (1875), Lubarta (1877) and Mary (1879). The Albert Claver family, including Elizabeth Westveer and Dina Van Doorn, moved from Rochester, New York to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1879 where they became members of Third Reformed Church. Albert worked in a furniture factory.
Maria Louvina Westveer married John C. Claver and is thought to have had the following children: Frank, Lubarta, Lina, Bertha, and Jennie. The John C. Claver family moved from Rochester to Grand Rapids sometime around 1880. J.C. Claver was a tailor. This family is buried in the Fulton Street Cemetery in Grand Rapids.
Magdalena (Martha) Westveer married Jacob Hein and is known to have had the following children: Jennie (1870), Arnold (1871), Nellie (1873), Peter (1875), and Elizabeth (1876). The Hein family moved from Rochester to Grand Rapids in 1881 where they became members of Third Reformed Church. Jacob was a carpenter.
Lein (Leonard) Westveer married Kate Schillman and had two children: Mary and Arnold. They remained in Rochester, New York. Leonard was a painter.
Westveer sisters - cousins of the Van Doorns
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