Hemkede Lange

This tree is, in first instance, based on a Jacobus JosephusNaessens of 1729, born in (Bevere bij) Oudenaarde. He moved toRotterdam, married a local girl and started a family in Maassluis,which eventually led to a relatively small Dutch Naessens groupwhich is represented in The Netherlands to this day. I have foundfairly extensive records of his parents, brothers and sisters etcand this search also uncovered other relatives and earliergenerations. As was to be expected, my family tree has ended uphaving a strong Belgian bias, particularly following the discoveryof a whole tribe of Naessens relatives descended from an olderbrother of "my" Jacobus Josephus.

There is an "oral tradition" in my family that we originallycome from the Lille (Rijssel) area and while I believe that isentirely possible, I have found no concrete evidence of that sofar. As to myself, I guess I founded an entirely new branch - in Australia/New Zealand where my three children were born. Inow also have three grandchildren so this new line continues,albeit somewhat tenuously at this point!