Welcome to my genealogy website. I started this website to publish the results of my genealogy research.
I am especially interested in the Dutch families van Kampen (Hilversum) and Pardoen (The Hague). Other
names include Melessen (Groningen), Coppens (Rotterdam), Wiesenekker (Huizen), Houthuijzen/Houthuijs (Hilversum),
Koopman (Texel) and Moerman (Rotterdam).
Not all the information is available in English yet, but if you have any questions, or need anything
translated, don't hesitate to contact me.
Henk van Kampen
Family trees
Lourens van Kampen lived in Hilversum in the early 18th century. Most of his descendants worked in the
weaving-mills of Hilversum.
Paulus Pardoen was a chair-maker who lived in The Hague between 1747 and 1823.
Henk van Kampen was born in 1912 in Hilversum, and died in 1997, also in Hilversum. Most of his ancestors
lived in this area.
Theo Pardoen was born in Utrecht in 1914. He died in Groningen in 1978. His ancestors lived all over the
country.
Albert Melessen was born in Grootegast in 1886, and died in 1965 in Amsterdam. Most of his ancestors lived
in Groningen.
Jo Coppens was born in Rotterdam in 1905. She died in 1949 in Rotterdam. Her ancestors lived in Rotterdam,
Noord-Brabant and Flanders.
Mietje Houthuijzen (1888-1945) was born in Hilversum. She lived in Amsterdam from her marriage in
1913 until her death in 1945. Her ancestors lived in Hilversum.
Currently, only the Dutch pages on this website are indexed. You can use the search option at the
top of this page to search the entire website (Dutch and English pages).
Please take a moment to add your comments, corrections, questions and additions to my
guestbook, or send them to
henk@van-kampen.org.
When a PDF-document is provided, it will contain a shorter English version of the corresponding Dutch webpage. You will
need a recent version Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it.
Ancestors of Albert Melessen