Apart from the names of Seulings that we, as yet, have not been able to connect, we also have pictures with family members from the Busecker Tal, that we could not identify. Someday they hopefully will assume their rightful place in the family book.

“Es ist geschafft.” Having finished the work, it is easy to laugh (1965). Lina Vogel-Lepper and her husband Wilhelm, with little Andrea Seuling and her Tante Marie Vogel-Lepper. We once again do not know which Andrea this is.

On this picture from 1911, renter Wilhelm Seuling poses in the first floor window of the house “Kimmels” at Grüner Rasen 8. Jacob Rau (born 1872) stands in the window facing the street, his spouse Margarethe Vogel (1872) at the garden side. On the street are, from the left, Willi Rau (1907; killed in action 1943 in Russia), his sisters Therese (1899-1915) and Margarethe married Koch (1908).

Celebrating the Tauffeier of the Meyer/Wagenbach family, Schulstraße 2, in 1920 are, top row from the left, Katharine Wagenbach-Seuling (*1886), Heinrich Wagenbach sen. (*1887), Ludwig Meyer (*1885), Heinrich Meyer (Dirigent from Wieseck, 1889), Elise Hofmann-Wagenbach (later Faudringen, 1897) and Minna Meyer (Wieseck). In the middle row one recognizes Katharine Becker, Heinrich Wagenbach jun. (1911), Margarete Meyer-Wagenbach (*1884), midwife Christine Hofmann-Bötz (*1861) with the newly born son of Heinrich Meyer, Elise Wagenbach-Wagner, Margarete Meyer (*1911 in Daubringen, a cousin of Elise Wagenbach-Wagner). In the bottom row are Ludwig Meyer (*1910, killed in action) and Margarete Meyer from Langen.

Around 1910 the stage coach departing from Großen-Busecker Straße 17 provided a daily “one HP” transportation service for mail and people between Gießen and Alten-Buseck. Coachman is Wilhelm Schwalb, who could be a family member.

Fünfhausen 23 in Beuern. In the windows one recognizes the couple Heinrich and Kristine Kumpf-Hahn. On the street are, from the left, Caspar Kumpf II, youngest son Wilhelm and daughter Maria married Seuling.

Finally, the Internet provided us with two of the most remarkable and as yet untraceable photographs of potential family members. The first was through the image of “la Seuling” on a web site named Miami Music Video Production: Jairo Fuentes, on set production pictures. Perhaps, in the course of our further studies, we will also be able to solve this additional mystery.

“Seuling is dreaming of Jairo…” Source: Internet, 1998.

The second is a glorious photograph of the Seuling family grave in a Frankfurt cemetery. No further details are known on the siblings(?) Moritz (1883-1933) and Anna (1886-1961).

Burial place of family Seuling, graveyard Bornheim, Frankfurt a/M – Germany.

Amsterdam Seulings in the 1700s?

(work in progress)

The Amsterdam archives produced a group of Seulings (with a greta number of misspellings of the name) that as yet can not be retraced to the Alten-Buseck nor Zettmannsdorf roots. Quite probably they are descendants of an as yet unknown Seuling tribe. The wedding registrations of the oldest members Jan Hendrik and his brother(?) Joost Hendrik Seuling indicate they originate from Osnabrück and Mellen. Mellen is a village in the Sauerland in the state Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Jan Hendrik Seuling (Soolingh) x Leijsje Andries (1 febr. 1725; hij 25 jaar, afkomstig uit Osnabrück; zij 32 jaar, afkomstig uit Gothenburg)

• Barend Hendrik (doop 18 jan. 1726, getuigen Casper Stegman, Anna Catrina …)
• Catharina (doop 30 september 1732, getuigen Bals Hendriks, Catharina Seuling)

Op 13 mei 1769 vertrekt Jan Hendrik Seuling uit Amsterdam in dienst als jongen bij de VOC-kamer Amsterdam met het schip Lycochton naar Batavia. Op zondag 1 oktober wordt Kaap de Goede Hoop bereikt en op 19 oktober gaat de reis verder. Op 9 januari 1770 wordt aangemeerd in Batavia. Op 7 februari overlijdt Jan Hendrik.

• Is dat dezelfde Jan Hendrik?

Offspring of Jan Hendrik Seuling.

Joost Hendrik Seuling (Seullink, Suling, Zulling) x Elisabeth Boossen (Boijsen) (married 27 april 1730; he 28 years, afkomstig van Mellen; she 22 jaar, from Holstein)

Joost Seuling signs a contract; Amsterdam, July 17, 1766.

• Is this the same Joost?

Joost had an extensive offspring. However, apart from the relevant years, we know very lttle as yet.

Offspring of Joost Hendrik Seuling.

• Thomas (doop 13 maart 1731, getuigen Thomas Boijsen, Lena Boijsen)
• Christina (Stijntje) Elisabeth Seulink (doop 17 febr. 1736)

        x Lucas Berck (huw. 2 mei 1755; hij hertrouwt Catrina Knegtjes, 15 juli 1768)

• Dirk (doop 11 aug. 1737, getuigen Dirk Rijnders, Lijsbeth Rijnders)
• Elisabeth Hendrikse (doop 10 maart 1745, getuigen Abraham de Groot, Lena Schram)

        x Jan van Egmond (huw. 20 sept. 1773)

We are not 100 % certain but quite likely Joost Hendrik and Leijsje had a further son Josua, also known as Joost Hendrik who married Antie Terwis (ter Wis, Derwits, der Wils, der Wiest) (married 25 april 1755). They were the parents of:

• Jan Hendrik (doop 29 febr. 1756, getuigen Jan van Rijn, Sijtje Scholten)
• Susanna Elizabeth (doop 21 aug. 1757, getuigen Paulus van Dijk, Elizabet Versteeg)

        x Gerrit Kersten (huw. 26 juli 1782)

Weddingcertificate of Gerrit Kerstens and Susanna Liesabet Seuling; Amsterdam, July 26, 1782. She then lives on the Reguliersdwarsstraat.

• Gerrit Jan Kersten (doop 27 juni 1783, getuigen Joost Hendrik Seuling, Antje de Wit)

x Mariana Berrendina Cappé. The couple had daughter Catrina Johanna Kersten (geboorte 27 augustus 1806, doop 7 september 1806, getuigen Antonie Cappé, Gerrit Stevens, Catrina Seuling, Johanna Jansen)

• Antje (doop 28 maart 1785 2e Paasdag, getuigen Joost Hendrik Seuling, Antje Verwis).
• Jan (doop 22 februari 1787, getuigen Luckas Berrik (echtgenoot van Christina Seuling), Katie Kneggies)
• Hendrik (doop 16 augustus 1789, getuigen Jan ten Kinderen, Jakoba ten Kinderen)
  • Huwt in 1833 in Amsterdam met schippersdochter Gerrittje Lieverst uit Baambrugge. Hij is dan wafelbakker van beroep.
• Rijnderttie (doop 8 januari 1792)
• Krissie (doop 12 mei 1793, getuigen Jan Kersten, Rijnderttie van Laar)

   Susanna Elizabeth married a second time in 1798 with Jacob Burbach; he was the widower of Pietertje van den Broek.Jacob Burbach (huw. 27 juli 1798; hij weduwnaar van Pietertje van den Broek)

• Josua (doop 18 okt. 1758, getuigen Paulus van Dijk, Johanna Derwits) (overleden voor 18 okt. 1762)
• Josua (doop 24 juni 1761; getuigen Dirk Smagge, Sijtie Terwis)
• Catharina (Trijntje) (ca. 1764) huwt Gerrit Stevens (huw. 8 okt. 1790)
  • Antje (ca. 1793 Amsterdam) huwt in 1821 in Amsterdam met Johannes Roeting. Haat vader is dan al overleden, haar moeder is wafelbakster van beroep. Antje is dan al weduwe van Johannnes Bernardus van Loon
  • Jan Caspar (RK doop in Mozes- en Aaronkerk 19 juli 1796, getuigen Pieter Straatman, Elizabeth Stevens)
  • Albertus Adam (RK doop 30 juni 1799, getuigen Albertus Stevens, Cornelia van Lent)
  • Franciscus Jacobus (RK doop 26 februari 1802, getuigen Franciscus Jacobus Dudemeier, Maria Dudemeier)
• Angenita (doop 29 apr. 1764, getuigen Lucas Berk, Sijtje Scholte)
• Joost Hendrik (doop 9 maart 1766, getuigen Paulus van Dijk, Sijtje Derwis)
• Sijtje (doop 23 april 1769; getuigen Paulus van Dijk, Sijtje Scholte)
• Josua Hendrik (doop3 april 1771, getuigen Paulus van Dijk, Sijtje Scholte)
• Engeltje (doop 13 jan. 1773, getuigen Pieter Smaggen, Engeltje Smaggen)
• Hendrik (doop 24 april 1774, getuigen Lukas Berk, Eilsabet Zulling)

Trouwakte Gerrit Stevens en Catharina Seuling, van Amsterdam, oud 26 jaar, wonend in de Reguliersdwarsstraat, geassisteerd door haar moeder Antje de Wiet (?); Amsterdam, 8 oktober 1790.

Huwelijk van Johannes Roeting en Antje Stevens, oud 28 jaar, weduwe van Johannes Bernardus van Loon, dochter van wijlen Gerrit Stevens en Trijntje Seuling, wafelbakster; Amsterdam, 25 april 1821.

Overlijden Joost Seuling uit de Reguliersdwarsstraat. Amsterdam, 12 juli 1761.

Overlijden Angenietje Seuling, dochter van Joost Seuling in de Reguliersdwarsstraat, 15 september 1773.

A great many Seulings that we can tentatively connect. However, the archives provide evidence of further Seulings tah as yet are “loose ends”.

Catharina Seuling x Gerrit Stevens (huw. 8 okt. 1790)

• Jan Caspar (RK doop 19 juli 1796, getuigen Pieter Straatman, Elizabeth Stevens)
• Albertus Adam (RK doop 30 juni 1799, getuigen Albertus Stevens, Cornelia van Lent)
• Franciscus Jacobus (RK doop 26 februari 1802, getuigen Franciscus Jacobus Dudemeier, Maria Dudemeier)

Christiaan Seuling x Christina Claassen

• Elsie (geboorte 8 november 1794, doop 10 november 1794, getuigen Isaack Jong, Elsie Bosch)

• Op 17 juni 1889 werd de timmerman Philip Seuling gevangen gezet om … staat er vernieling? Op 28 juni werd hij alweer uitgeleid naar een vooralsnog wat onduidelijke plaats.

            Philip Seuling emprisoned; June 17, 1789.

Seulingen als getuigen:

Caspar Nicolaas Dijkman x Christina Elisabeth Linkenbag

• Anna Catharina (doop 21 december 1780, getuigen Barend Dijkman, Anna Catharina Seuling, Johannes Philippus Linkenbag, Elsje van den Berg)
• Clasina Elisabeth (doop 21 december 1780, getuigen Barend Dijkman, Anna Catharina Seuling, Johannes Philippus Linkenbag, Elsje van den Berg)

Pieter van Beveren x Imetje Stam

• Pieter (doop 1 maart 1758, getuigen Lukas Berk, Kristina Henderik Suling)

Verwante spellingen:

Elisabeth Seullijn x Philippus Switser (14 okt. 1718; zij 31 jaar)

Dionysius Seullijn x Maria Staals (1 maart 1726)

Geertruy Elisabeth Seullijn x Mattheus Merkman (2 apr. 1728)

                                                       xx Jacob Wiel (wednr. van Lambarta Smet) (18 juni 1746)

Maria Jacoba Sullijn x Jan Dirks Druypsteen (17 nov. 1769)

Betje Sullig x Jan Wallis (20 juni 1766)

Jan Seullijn x Janneton Wellinge (18 mei 1798)

Nicolaas Seuljen x Wijnanda van Kampen (9 apr. 1802)

Jacob Sullijn

Mattheus Seullijn x Geertruid Phoonsen

Jaccomina Seullijn x Pieter Tinnekens (16 okt. 1721)

Jan Seullijn x Sara Seullijn (15 febr. 1704)

      xx Margaretha van Smirna (18 nov. 1735)

• Jan Seullijn Junior x Anna Clermont (22 maart 1743)

The family crest

Similar to all other self-respecting families the Dutch Suijling branch has a family crest, the origin and meaning of which currently escapes us. According to researcher Hanno de Iongh, who also studied this sensitive subject, some prudence appears advisable. It is not entirely inconceivable that the crest is the product of well intended but heraldically not fully responsible art work. Still, it is a thing of obvious beauty.

Family crest of the Dutch Suijling branch.

True to form, the collection of family crests is not limited to a single one. With numerous commercial enterprises active in the field, the number of viable proposals rapidly increases. We are the lucky recipients of a beautiful family crest, with accompanying certificate explaining some possible backgrounds of the family name put together by The Historical Research Center, that one of our distant cousins from Bamberg picked up in the United States. The research done for this purpose is not very deep. Still it is interesting to note that the certificate refers to Johannes Andreas Seuling who as early as 1767 is found in the archives of Philadelphia. Moreover, the text refers to a Conrad Seuling who, as a 25-year old farmer from Baden (probably: Badenburg), traveled aboard the ship Leila from Rotterdam to New York where it arrived in July 1850.

Family crest of the Seulings and certificate explaining possible origins of the family name, according to The Historical Research Center in the U.S.A.