This page shows the genealogy, as presently known, of the Knaap family of The Hague beginning with Hendrik Knaap (b.1828).
HENDRIK KNAAP, a smith, (b.21.8.1828 Haarlem, d.Rotterdam?) married GRIETJE DE ZWART (b.2.12.1824 Leiden, d.Rotterdam?)
Children from this marriage:
1. GERRIT KNAAP (b.20.7.1847 Hague, disappeared 1889-1890)
2. MARIA ELISABETH KNAAP (b.3.9.1849 Hague, d.Rotterdam?)
3. HERMIJNTJE DIDERIKA WILHELMINA KNAAP (Mina) (b.23.12.1851 Hague, d.?)
4. JACOBA KNAAP (b.21.5.1854 Hague, d.Rotterdam?)
5. DIDERIKA WILHELMINA KNAAP (Riek) (b.31.12.1856 Hague, d.Rotterdam ?)
6. DANIEL KNAAP (b.28.5.1859 Hague, d.Rotterdam?)
7. WILHELMINA HENDRIKA KNAAP (b.14.6.1861 Hague, d.19.2.1862 Hague)
8. JANNETJE KNAAP (b 4.3.1863 Hague , d.?)
9. HENDRIK KNAAP (b.12.12.1865 Hague, d.13.9.1867 Hague)
GERRIT KNAAP, a shopkeeper?, (b.20.7.1847
Hague, disappeared, perhaps to America, 1889-1890)
First marriage (24.4.1872 Hague) to ANNA ELISABETH SCHOEVERS (b.11.11.1848
Hague, d.2.12.1874 Hague)
Children from this marriage:
1. HENDRIKA MARGARETHA KNAAP (b.2.5.1874 Hague, d.?)
Second marriage (27.12.1878 Hague) to ANNA VAN DER BERG (b.24.4.1852 Hague, d.21.12.1912 Hague)
Children from this marriage:
1. GERRIT HENDRIK DANIEL KNAAP (b.30.10.1879 Hague, d.1.12.1966 Hague)
2. MARGARETHA JOHANNA WILHELMINA KNAAP (Greet) (b.11.12.1880 Hague,
d.25.1.1972 Hague). Greet did not marry.
3. HENDRIK KNAAP (b.7.6.1882 Hague, d.14.11.1884 Hague)
4.JACOBA ANNA HENDRIKA KNAAP (Jacoba) (b.2.2.1884 Hague, d.21.10.1901 Hague).
JACOBA did not marry.5. WILHELMINA ANNA KNAAP (b.26.1.1866 Hague, d.20.10.1866 Hague)
6. HENDRIKA KNAAP (Riek) (b.25.5.1887 Hague d.30.8.1942 Hague). Riek did not marry.
After GERRIT KNAAP'S disappearance (1889-1890), the children were placed in orphanages.
GERRIT HENDRIK DANIEL KNAAP, a bookbinder, (b.30.10.1879 Hague, d.1.12.1966 Hague)
Married (17.5.1905 Hague) BOUKTJE PERDON (b.14.7.1880 on ship in Hogezand, d.5.12.1961.Hague)
Children from this marriage:
1. MEINTINE JOHANNA KNAAP (Tine) (b.21.2.1906 Hague, d.24.12.1999 Hague)
2. GERRIT JOHANNES KNAAP (Ge) (b.14.2.1908 Hague, d.28.12.1999 Gerona,Spain)
3. MARGARETHA HENDRIKA KNAAP (Greet) (b.24.3.1911 Hague)
4. HENDRIKA KNAAP (Trix) (b.12.7.1913 Hague, d.25.9.1986 Hague)
5. JOHANNES KNAAP (Joop) (b.25.1.1920 Hague, d.27.3.1999 Voorburg)
MEINTINE JOHANNA KNAAP (Tine) (b.21.2.1906 Hague, d.24.12.1999 Hague)
Married (15.3.1926 Hague) PHILIP FRANS NIEKERK (b.13.3.1903, d.9.6.1970 Cristina de Aro,Spain)
Children from this marriage:
1. PHILIP FRANS NIEKERK (b.9.12.1927 Hague,)
2. PAUL NIEKERK (b.24.6.1931 Hague)
3. EDDY NIEKERK (b.11.11.1932 Hague, d.27.8.1997 Utrecht)
GERRIT JOHANNES KNAAP (Ge), a petroleum geologist, (b.14.2.1908 Hague, d.28.12.1999 Gerona,Spain)
Married (7.11.1934 Hague) NELLY CORNELIA COENEN (b.13.1.1908 Hague)
Children from this marriage:
1. DONJA GERARDINA CORNELIA KNAAP (b.9.10.1939 Hague)
2. ROBERT JOHN KNAAP (b.2.4.1945 Caracas)
MARGARETHA HENDRIKA KNAAP (Greet) (b.24.3.1911 Hague)
First marriage (17.10.1930 Hague) to JAN KOKKE (b.21.10.1904 Sidoarjo, d.?)
Children from this marriage:
1. JAN ROBBERT KOKKE (b.25.7.1931)
Second marriage (17.9.1949) to PIETER GROOT (Hans) (b.17.5.1913 Weesp, d.?)
There were no children.
HENDRIKA KNAAP (Trix) (b.12.7.1913 Hague, d.25.9.1986 Hague)
First marriage (30.9.1938 Hague) to NICOLAAS DAM (b.8.1.1913 Hague, d.?)
Children from this marriage:
1. ANJA DAM (b.21.7.1940 Hague)
2. EVELINE DAM (b.17.11.1946 Hague)
Second marriage to GERRIT VERSTEEG (b.21.2.1904 Wasenaar, d.?)
There were no children.
JOHANNES KNAAP (Joop) (b.25.1.1920 Hague, d.27.3.1999 Voorburg) )
First marriage (17.8.1949 Hague) to MAUDE GUDE (b.1.9.1926 Batavia)
Children from this marriage:
1. MARIAN BEATRIX KNAAP (b.3.2.1950 Hague)
2. MONIQUE MARIETTA KNAAP (b.18.7.1957 Hague)
Second marriage (31.12.1965 Hague) to TEUNTJE VAN DIJK (Tonny) (b.19.3.1926 Rotterdam)
Children from this marriage:
1. Elsbeth Johanna Knaap (b.19.5.1966 Hague)