Belia Van Galen

Alias Belia / Belijtje / Belietje / Belitie / Belletje / Beletje / van Gaalen.

Belia got married in 1649 and got her first baby in 1650. So she would be at least 18 years old then (usually girls married at the age of 20 years old in the Netherlands back then), so my guess is she was born in Germany (Gahlen in the region Lippe ?) around 1629. I did not find any baptism of Belia in the archives of Amsterdam and also not in the archives of Rotterdam. The name Belia is a name on itself, but sometimes it is also short for Mabelia. The origin from the van Galen family is from Germany, from a place called Gahlen in the region Lippe. [Recia]

• Bronnen / sorces: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Galen_(familie)
• https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/search/objecten?v=list&f=1&p=1&ps=10&... (in the left corner on the portrait of Admiral Jan van Galen, we can spot his family crest, which is the coat of arms of the noble family van Galen from Gahlen, in Lippe, Germany. All people named van Galen / van Gaelen / van Gahlen / van Gaal are possible related to eachother and their ancestors were Original from Gahlen).

Ondertrouw van / notice of marriage of Belia

• inschrijvingsdatum: 11-03-1649
• plaats: Amsterdam
• bruidegom: Dirk Boone (Dirk Boonen)
• bruid: Belia van Galen (Belia van Gale)
• opmerkingen: huwelijksintekeningen van de kerk
• bron/source: DTB Amsterdam 466, p.390 (official archives of the city Amsterdam).

Begraven van / burying of Belia:

• datum begrafenis: 22-9-1672
• overledene: Belitie van Galen
• plaats: Amsterdam
• begraafplaats: Oude Zijds Kapel
• bron/source: DTB Amsterdam 1063, p.136 en p.137 (official archives of the city Amsterdam).

Related to Belia ?

In Amsterdam there was a man named Harmen van Galen, who was a Taylor. He came to Amsterdam in 1639 to live and work there wthin the city gates (poorter), one had to pay money to live in another city back then and that was noted down in the Poorter boeken (books of the people within the gates). This man did come from the city Wesel (in Germany, very near to the Dutch borders right now ? Or did he come from one of the other cities named Wesel / Wezel). My guess is that he could be a close relative to Belia, because his first name was Harmen (Herman in Dutch) and Belia called her first born baby Herman and after that baby died she called another baby Harmen. So to her it was important that a person Harmen/Herman was renamed/named after, perhaps it was her father, grandfather or uncle ? I have to find his will (if he had one) in Amsterdam to know how they were related to eachother and if they were. [Recia]

Wesel of Wezel kan verwijzen naar / Wesel or Wezel can be three different cities:

• https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wezel_(Belgi%C3%AB)
• https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wezel_(Gelderland)
• https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesel_(stad)