Art Lengkeek of Chilliwack, BC , Canada Family History PageUpdated September 5, 2000 | |
| OUR LENGKEEK FAMILY TREE. NAMES: LENGKEEK; LANGCAKE; HAGOORT; HOFSINK; NOPPERS AND OTHERS. Our family tree is quite old and it has grown very large. It is firmly rooted in Europe, particularly in Cumbria in Northern England, near the Scottish border and in the Netherlands. My grandfather, also an Adrianus Cornelis Lengkeek, traced the family history back to the late 1600's in Carlisle, Cumbria. We know that George Langcake, born in Carlisle on April 1681 moved to the Netherlands somewhere between 1700 and 1710. It is believed that George, a physician and surgeon, served with the troops of King William III of England. This William of Orange was also Stadtholder of the Netherlands and died at Kensington Palace in London 1n 1702. After the kings death many of the troops went back home to their own countries across the North Sea. It is believed George Langcake left his country of birth at that time. We know he settled in Brielle, Holland with his wife Mary Clever. Of Mary we know very little other than her marriage date and the names and some of the birthdates of her children. The Langcake family name was changed to Lengkeek in the next generation. In Holland Langcake would phonetically be spelled Lengkeek. With the help of computers, some research in Carlisle, Cumbria and the facilities of the International Genealogical Index (IGI), I have been able to continue the quest for more ancestors in Cumbria. The Langcake and Longcake families (same local pronunciation) were quite plentiful in the north-western part of Cumberland in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today there are Langcake, Longcake, Lengkeek and other families with variations of these names living in England, Ireland, Scotland, Holland, other European countries, Canada, the United States and Australia and who knows where else in the world. If you can help to complete the picture and have some pieces to contribute to the puzzle, I would appreciate an e-mail to <lengar@uniserve.com> Continue for Hagoort, Hofsink and Noppers. THE HAGOORT BRANCH: Art Lengkeek's mother's maiden name was:" Hagoort". Until recently I knew very little about my Hagoort ancestors. Now, thanks to a helpful cousin in the Netherlands with an interest in family history, I have quite a lot of information going back to the beginning of the seventeenth century. I was able to confirm a few things with information on the IGI but there may still be some errors and omissions here and there. THE HOFSINK BRANCH: Art Lengkeek's wife's maiden name is:"Hofsink". Her family comes from the Province of Overijssel in the eastern part of Holland. Some of her relatives with a shared interest in genealogy have contributed their knowledge of the Hofsink family and the names have been added to our family tree. Use the information with caution please. THE NOPPERS BRANCH: Hanna's mother is from the "Noppers" family. They are also from the far eastern part of Holland near the German border. Again some kind relatives helped us out with the results of their research and we added the names and dates to our tree. TO SUM UP: We have done a lot of work but we must admit that we had the benefit of the research and labor that others have done and we owe them a word of thanks. Some of their names we don't even know and we apologize where we could not give proper credit. We are pleased that we could finally submit our work to the World Family Tree project so that others may share it. We don't make any claims that everything is complete and correct. Please don't rely on it without proper verification. If you have any suggestions, corrections, additions or comments, please e-mail me at: <lengar@uniserve.com> |
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Adrianus Cornelis (Art) Lengkeek 9702 Epp Drive Chilliwack, British Columbia V2P 6N6 Canada 604-795-9084 Fax: 604-795-6396 lengar@uniserve.com
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