Coert Family
Tree (Last
modified: 16 February
2007)
Johannes H. Coert [1878 – 1962]
Mr. Johannes
H. Coert was born in Goedereede on the 16th of June 1878 and died in Rotterdam
on the 17th of December 1962. On the 18th of November 1900 he became a Doctor
in “Science of the law”
in Leiden. In 1901 he moved to Rotterdam. In September 1903 he became an Advocate
and a Public Prosecutor.
On the 16th of July 1903 in Leiden he married Sara Maria Catalijna Jongeneel,
born on the 31st of May 1878. She was the daughter of Ds. Jacob Jongeneel and
Maria Henriette Koopman. Together with mr. Johannes Coert [1906-1971] he helped
the Thyssen family (of the Thyssenbank) to het their capital back from the
Russians, who were at that moment just after the war as allied forces ruling
the east part of Germany. Part of these
valuables belonged to the Queen of The Netherlands. Since it was in fact
illegal to do so because the Russians were not willing to give it back it came
out many years later. This story was published in the Dutch newspaper NRC.
Johannes Coert
[1906 – 1971]
Johannes
was born in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on the 2nd of April 1906 and died in
Hierden the 22nd August 1971. On the 29th of March 1943 he married in
Rotterdam Catherina Cornelia Zijlker. She was born in The Hague on the 1st
of January 1917. They had 4 children: Johan Hendrik, Dietje Jacoba, “Sarah”
Maria Elisabeth and Titia Henriette Cornelia. Johannes was a cavalier and
liaison officer in the Dutch army just after the 2nd World War in
occupied Germany. By order of Prins Bernard he must take the capital of the
Dutch Royal House out of the Russian zone.
Johannes Coert
[1909 – 1943]
He was born in Gorssel (The Netherlands)
on the 25th of November 1909. On the 8th of March 1937 he married Digma
Cornelia Lodder. She was born in Rotterdam on the 12th of February 1911. Digma
was the daughter of Mr Dimmen Lodder and Cornelia Coert. Johannes and Digma
were full nephew and niece. They had no children. Johannes was a serving
Officer in the French
foreign legion. Johannes hold the rank of Sous Lieutenant and
died in Tunesia (during or after a big German attack of the dessert Army of
Field-Marshall Rommel) on the 22nd of January 1943. His name is
written on the Honor wall of the Legion. More information with his photo on www.legionair.org .