Sweere Progress

I received an email this month from Hans Sweere, who is the grandson of Gerardus Sweere, b. 1870 and Hendrica de Groot. This is an exciting event because Gerardus is the oldest brother of our founding American patriarchs, Theodorus and Hendrickus Sweere by their father’s first marriage to Henrika Arts.

In the information I received from Hans, he suggests that our earliest proven Sweere, Hermannus Sweere, was married twice, first to Anna Maria Nabben and second to Henrica Creemers.

I had been aware of these marriages of Hermannus Sweere recorded in Boxmeer, but had no proof that the Hermannus is question is the same man.

The marriage records of Gerardus Johannes Sweeren, b. 1797 in Boxmeer, married 1827 to Jacoba Vermaeten states that Hermannus and Anna Maria Nabben’s are his parents.

However, I have no marriage records for Hermannus and Anna Maria to tell me who Hermannus’ parents are.

Later, I have a marriage record for Hermannus Sweere and Henrica Creemers, which states that the parents of Hermannus are Cornelis Sweere and Dorothea Verhaert. If Hans is correct and the Hermannus of both marriages are one and the same, then we have moved back a generation and now the task will be to figure out who the father of this Cornelis Sweere is.

I suspect this Cornelis is the oldest son of Adrianus Corneliszn Sweere and Anna Antonisse Anemaat but I need proof.

The digging continues.

-ex animo ~J

Late afternoon update:

I received another email from Hans stating that my suspicion is correct. His records show that the grandfather of our Hermannus, is in fact, Adrianus Corneliszn Sweere, b. 1715 Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. This break through effectively takes our Sweere line to the mid-1600′s.

Cees..we’re related!

~J