Descendants of Cornelis Colijn

First Generation

1. Cornelis Colijn [scrapbook] was born on 23 Feb 1849 in Noordwijk. He died on 28 Feb 1926 in Voorhout,begraafplaats bij de Hervormde Kerk. He was buried in Voorhout.

Uit de Leidsche Courant van 29 november 1926

In den nacht van Zaterdag op Zondag overleed in den ouderdom van 77 jaren de Heer C.Colijn.
Met dezen man is heengegaan een stoer maatschappelijk werker. Gesproten uit een eenvoudig arbeidersgezin, heeft hij zich door noeste vlijt opgewerkt en de bekende bloembollenfirma C.Colijn en Zonen gesticht. Ook voor het opebare leven gaf de overledene steeds zijn krachten. Sinds September 1905, dus meer dan 21 jaren, was hij het A-R-raadslid dezer gemeente, in welk tijdvak van Juli 1917 tot September 1919 wethouder dezer gemeente was. De Heer Colijn had zitting in verschillende colleges. Zijn adviezen waren steeds weldoordacht en werden op hoogen prijs gesteld. Met dezen man, die tot het laatst van zijn leven steeds een werkzaam aandeel in het Voorhoutse openbare leven had, is een degelijk burger heengegaan.

Uit de Leidsche Courant van 2 december 1926

Onder groote belangstelling is gisteren de Heer C.Colijn, in leven lid van den Raad dezer gemeente, op de algemeene begraafplaats ter aarde besteld.Onder de volgrijtuigen waren ook die waarin burgemeester en wethouders en de gemeentesecretaris gezeten waren, alsmede die van het bestuur en van den raad van toezicht van de Raffeisen. Nadat de predikant, de Weleerw.heer Boeyinga uit Sassenheim tot de familie gesproken had, voerde de heer Bulten, burgemeester der gemeente het woord, waarin hij de Heer Colijn herdacht als den man die de gemeenschap naar zijn overtuiging als Christelijk man diende met groote kracht. De weleerw. heer Nicolai, voorzitter van het Christelijk Schoolbestuur, herdacht den overledene als bestuurslid voor het Christelijk onderwijs in deze gemeente. De heer A.Colijn, oudste zoon van den overledene, dankte voor de belangstelling bij de begrafenis van zijn vader betoont.

Cornelis married (1) Jansje Klinkenberg daughter of Leuntje Klinkenberg on 23 Jun 1870 in Voorhout. Jansje was born on 6 Oct 1848 in Noordwijk. She died on 3 Oct 1905 in Voorhout.

They had the following children:

+	2	M	i	Anthonie Colijn was born on 29 Aug 1870. He died on 5 Feb 1953.
+	3	M	ii	Johannes Colijn was born on 8 Sep 1872. He died on 30 Nov 1947.
	4	F	iii	Johanna Colijn was born on 10 Nov 1873 in Kethel en Spaland.
				Johanna married Pieter van Zuylen.
	5	M	iv	Leendert Gerardus Colyn was born on 2 Aug 1875 in Kethel en Spaland. He died on 30 Jan 1938 in Sumner, Washington, U.S.A.. He was buried on 2 Feb 1938 in Orting cementry. Uit de Tacoma News Tribune van 1 februari 1938COLYN SERVICES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR WEDNESDAY Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Methodist church her for Leendert G.Colyn, 62, president of the Van Zonneveld compagny of Washington, one of the leading bulb growers in the United States, who died Sunday after a brief illness.The Orting Masonic lodge will officiate.Born in Holland, Mr. Colyn was prominent in the bulb busness there before coming to the United States in 1908.He came to Orting in 1927 to conduct the affairs of the Van Zonneveld Compagny, largest narcissus compagny in the world.Mr. Colyn was past master of the Valley lodge of Masons and past patron of Eastern Star, a charter member of the Orting Lions Club and prominent in the Valley Bulb Growers association. He is survived by his wife and 6 brothers, John of Orting, Jan of Everett,Anthony, Willem, Jacob and Cornelis of Holland, and two sisters in Holland. The Orting Funeral home will have direction of the funeral and interment will be at Orting cemetery.
				Leendert married Netty van Cuijlenburgh daughter of Dirk Johannes van Cuijlenbburgh and Wilhelmina Christina Dorothea Beerhorst before 1911 in Netherlands. Netty was born in 1876 in Netherlands. She died on 8 Oct 1946 in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.. She was buried on 11 Oct 1946 in Sumner cemetery. Uit de Tacoma News Tribune van donderdag 10 october 1946 MRS. NETTIE COLYN Mrs. Nettie Colyn, 70, of 210 North Tacoma Avenue, died Tuesday in a valley hospital. A native from Holland, she came with her late husband Leendert, in 1911, going first to Onalaska and than later, in 1927, to Orting, where she was interested in the Van Zonneveld bulb farm. She moved to Tacoma eight years ago. Mrs. Colyn was a past matron of the Eastern Star at Orting. Surviving are a sister in Holland and a nephew, Richard Colyn, Seattle. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Wrigley and Clements chapel, Puyallup, with Orting Eastern Star chapter in charge. Burial will be in the Sumner cemetery.
+	6	F	v	Leuntje Cornelia Colijn was born on 21 Mar 1877. She died on 20 Aug 1965.
+	7	M	vi	Willem Colijn was born on 29 Apr 1879. He died in 1959.
	8	F	vii	Maria Johanna Colijn was born on 8 Mar 1881 in Voorhout. She died on 28 Aug 1884 in Voorhout.
	9	M	viii	Cornelis Colijn was born on 8 Jan 1883 in Voorhout. He died on 26 Aug 1884 in Voorhout.
	10	M	ix	Cornelis Colijn was born on 18 Nov 1884 in Voorhout. He died on 11 Jun 1890 in Voorhout.
	11	M	x	Johan Colijn [scrapbook] was born on 11 May 1886 in Voorhout. He died on 8 Feb 1963 in Sante Barbara U.S.A.. Santa Barbara News-Press February 10, 1963 John Colyn John Colyn, of 329 W. Anapamu Street, a retired horticulturist, died Friday at his home. He was 76. A native of The Netherlands, Mr. Colyn operated a 1,000-acre flower bulb farm in Orting, Wash, for 20 years, and an Easter lily farm in Arcata, Calif., from 1950 to 1955 when he moved to Santa Barbara. He was a member of numerous horticultural organizations and the Uptown Lions Club. Surviving are his wife, Ruth, and three brothers and a sister in The Netherlands. Private services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Welch-Ryce drawing room chapel with the Rev. William W. Helmbold, pastor of Unity Church, officiating. Burial will be in Santa Barbara Cemetery.
				Johan married Ruth Younkin in 1932 in Spokane County,Washington State. Ruth was born on 15 Oct 1901 in Washington U.S.A.. She died on 8 Aug 1973 in Orange, U.S.A.
+	12	M	xi	Jacobus Colijn was born on 14 Sep 1888. He died on 22 May 1969.
+	13	F	xii	Maria Colijn was born on 14 Sep 1888. She died on 24 Jul 1971.
+	14	M	xiii	Cornelis Colijn was born on 5 Dec 1890. He died on 11 Sep 1971.

Cornelis married (2) Neeltje Duivestein daughter of Jacob Duivestein and Niesje van Staveren on 30 May 1907 in Voorhout?. Neeltje was born on 13 Nov 1861 in Kralingen. She died on 30 Jan 1923 in Voorhout.

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