The Van Gilse Family

from

Baarle Hertog(Belgium) , Roosendaal (The Netherlands)

and Global .

Jules Marie van Gilse.

24 Sept 1901 – 2 May 1996

Main Contributor of information used.

Names E-Mail Jan (The Netherlands)

(Jan P.M.van Gilse)

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Nicole’s start pagina E-mail Harry (New Zealand)

(Baarle Hertog (Henri F.E.M. van Gilse)

Family history

The family name Van Gilse was first found in a declaration dated the 21^st of September 1213 in which Willem , Count of Holland declared that Geertruidenberg could be named a city.

Two of the witnesses came from Baarle and were named , according to the in Latin written document “Godefriedus advocatus de Barle” and “ Johannes van Gilze” , in the accompanying translation of that time: Jan van Gilze.

In notarial records of the 1^st of October 1400 and consequent years , also in 1457 , a Jan van Ghilse is mentioned as Alderman of the village of Gilze.

Often in these documents his alderman seal is found representing a deer which from old appears in the Coat of Arms of the Van Gilse Family.

Dozens of documents out of the 15^th century have been kept in St. Catharinadal of Alderman in Gilze with the same family name (in those days often written as : Van Ghilse or Van Gilze and sometimes also as Van Ghiels or Van Ghielse.)

That our Jan Jansz is a direct descendant of the above mentioned witness Johannes van Gilze or the Alderman Jan van Ghilse can not be proven , it is however remarkable that the Alderman all had the following Christian names:Jan , Pieter , Adriaan , Gerard and Hendrick .

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