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Willem Distelhuijsen

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Personal Information

  • Names: Willem
  • Surname: Distelhuijsen
  • City of Origin: Delfshaven
  • Remarks:
  • Schotland

Employment Information

  • Date Employed: 1740-10-27
  • Occupation: Ship's boy (jongen)
  • Description:
  • (Dutch: jongen) younger than 17 years, various odd jobs onboard
  • Date Terminated: 1742-00-00
  • Place Terminated: amsterdam
  • Reason Terminated:
  • Shipwrecked
  • Remarks:
  • This is only noted when the ship has sunk and the seafarer has drowned. It applies only to ships that were part of Dutch Asiatic Shipping. If the seafarer had been rescued while the ship was lost a different end of tenure is recorded. Example 1: The ship

Departure Information

  • Ship Name: Amsterdam

Return Ship Information

  • Returning To: Amsterdam
  • Ship Name: AMSTERDAM
  • Departure Date: 1741-11-07
  • Arrival at Cape: 1742-01-25
  • Depart Cape: 1742-03-15
  • Arrive at Destination:
  • Remarks:
  • The 22 passengers aboard the AMSTERDAM included admi-raal Adriaan Valkenier with 5 servants and 13 lijfschutten (bodyguards). At the Cape this former Gouverneur-Generaal was arrested; he was accused by the future G.-G. Van Imhoff of being responsible for
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Family Information

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