Difference between revisions of "Damme, Elysabeth van (17th century)"
| [unchecked revision] | [checked revision] |
GameoAdmin (talk | contribs) (CSV import - 20130816) |
m (Text replace - "date=1955|a1_last=van der Zijpp|a1_first=Nanne" to "date=1955|a1_last=Zijpp|a1_first=Nanne van der") |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Elysabeth van Damme (nee van Blenckvliet) was a member of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] Mennonite congregation of [[Blok, Den (Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|den Blok]] at Haarlem, [[Netherlands|Holland]]. Together with her husband Jaques van Damme she founded the <em>[[Zuiderhofje (Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Zuiderhofje]]</em> (an old people's home) there in 1640, and after the death of her husband contributed liberally to the orphanage of the Flemish congregation here. According to another tradition she was the founder of this (first Dutch Mennonite) orphanage. The remarkable "ordere van 't weeshuys van den Block," signed 15 May 1643, is found in the archives of the Haarlem congregation. | Elysabeth van Damme (nee van Blenckvliet) was a member of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] Mennonite congregation of [[Blok, Den (Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|den Blok]] at Haarlem, [[Netherlands|Holland]]. Together with her husband Jaques van Damme she founded the <em>[[Zuiderhofje (Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Zuiderhofje]]</em> (an old people's home) there in 1640, and after the death of her husband contributed liberally to the orphanage of the Flemish congregation here. According to another tradition she was the founder of this (first Dutch Mennonite) orphanage. The remarkable "ordere van 't weeshuys van den Block," signed 15 May 1643, is found in the archives of the Haarlem congregation. | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
| − | <em class="gameo_bibliography">De Weeshuizen der Doopsgezinden te Haarlem, 1634-1934. </em>Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1934<em class="gameo_bibliography">: </em>11 f., 14. | + | <em class="gameo_bibliography">De Weeshuizen der Doopsgezinden te Haarlem, 1634-1934. </em>Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1934<em class="gameo_bibliography">: </em>11 f., 14. |
| − | + | {{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 2, p. 5|date=1955|a1_last=Zijpp|a1_first=Nanne van der|a2_last= |a2_first= }} | |
| − | |||
| − | {{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 2, p. 5|date=1955|a1_last= | ||
Latest revision as of 19:56, 20 January 2014
Elysabeth van Damme (nee van Blenckvliet) was a member of the Flemish Mennonite congregation of den Blok at Haarlem, Holland. Together with her husband Jaques van Damme she founded the Zuiderhofje (an old people's home) there in 1640, and after the death of her husband contributed liberally to the orphanage of the Flemish congregation here. According to another tradition she was the founder of this (first Dutch Mennonite) orphanage. The remarkable "ordere van 't weeshuys van den Block," signed 15 May 1643, is found in the archives of the Haarlem congregation.
Bibliography
De Weeshuizen der Doopsgezinden te Haarlem, 1634-1934. Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1934: 11 f., 14.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1955 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Damme, Elysabeth van (17th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Damme,_Elysabeth_van_(17th_century)&oldid=110328.
APA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1955). Damme, Elysabeth van (17th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Damme,_Elysabeth_van_(17th_century)&oldid=110328.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 5. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.