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[Last update: 14.02.2007]

§         A new Dutch tree called the “Ouddorp tree” has been added. See for more information Jacob Coert (1610 - ????).

§         New information (many thanks to Mildred Fortuin) has been added to the South African trees of Renatus Coert and Ephriam Coert.

§         Paul Lambers gave us information about Johan.C.W.G. Coert (1875 – 1920).

§         Thanks to Herbert F. Coert and Karel H. Goudswaard new information has been added to the Charles A. Coert (1845 – 1918) tree.

§         A picture of Guido Coert (born 1914) has been added in the Photos section.

§         From Sarah Gantzert (Elisabeth Coert) we received information and a photo of Johannes Coert (1829 – 1882).

§         Jaap Plaisier sent us information about the “Ridderkerk” tree and also a photo of the Bakery of C. Coert in Ridderkerk (1900).

§         We received information about the Hendrik Jan Coert (1842 – 1901) tree from Arthur Coert (lives in Australia).

§         News information has been added to the Mattheus H. Coert (1804 – 1889) tree.

§         In the Indonesia section we added an interesting article about three “Indo” generations. The writer of this document is Jan Krancher.

§         Thanks to Sabine Silvana Coert a new small “Indonesian” tree has been added under Frederik Charles Coert (± 1930 - ....).

§         We received information from Torsten Ostriga about the German Tree of Dietrich Heinrich Coert (± 1800 - ....).

 

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[Last update: 20.09.2006]

§          From Glenn Edwin Coert we received more information about the Karel N. Coert – Indonesian tree [1896 – 1931].

§          Diederick Kortlang (Indonesia) supplied us with information about the Johannes (Jan) Coert – Indonesian tree [1737 – 1801].

§          Out of South Africa we received more information from Shaun Coert about the Charls Coert – South Africa tree [1881 – 1957].

§          From the USA Annie Reeder-Brevoord added information about the Johann Heinrich Coert (Jan Hendrik) [1761 - 1801] and Jacob Hendrik Coert [1794 – 1843] – Indonesian tree.

§          From Lily Maureen Coert we received more information about the Wijnand Johannes Coert [1847-1904] tree.

§          New information added in the South African Tree of Ephraim Coert. A separate page [Renatus Coert 1792 - ????] has been added with information about his parents, brothers and sisters.

§          A new page has been added to the site called “No Match” (Confirmation button), where you can find several Coert’s we can’t match to any of the Trees. We hope you can help.

§          The first USA-Tree has been added [Barent Coert 16.. - ….]. We now know that this tree started somewhere in 1600.

§          Hade Mugie gave us at lot of information about the Johann Heinrich tree [1761-1801].

§          Information has been added to the tree of Johan Hendrik Coert [1812-1891].

§          We have at least two persons in the Family history who are playing in a band. Merijn Coert is member of a instrumental-surf-rockbank. For more information www.biarritzboys.tk or www.myspace/biarritzboys. Eric van Drunen Little is very happy with his first solo cd. Please check www.rallehond.nl/cd54.html.

 

[Last update: 06.01.2006]

§          From Finland we received information from Kevin Coert from the Wijnand J. Coert – Indonesian tree.

§          From Roel Coert we received more information about the Gerrit Coert – German/Dutch tree.

§          Lee-Ann contacted us. She is the daughter of Randall Coert from the Dawid A. Coert – South African tree.

§          Thanks to Mildred Fortuin we received more detailed information about the Ephriam Coert – South African tree.

§          Again from Piet Kock (many thanks) we received more information about the Karel Nicolaas Coert – Indonesian tree.

§          From the websites “Geneanet” and “Genlias Monitor” we regularly receive information about Family websites with Coert information. Last time we received information about:

o         Hendrik Coert [1825 – 1867] from the “Leidse tree” (Dutch).

o         Jacoba Coert [± 1770 – 1803] from the “Johann Cords – German/Dutch tree”.

o         Gijsbertus Coert [1796 – 1842] from the “Johann Heinrich Coert – German/Dutch tree”.

o         Jacob Hendrik [1831 – 1833] form the “Jacob Hendrik Coert – German/Dutch tree”.

o         Karel Coert [± 1886 - ????] form the “Wijnand Johannes Coert – Indonesian tree”.

o         Johannes (Jan) Coert [1737 – 1801] from the “Indonesian tree”.

o         Cornelia Helena Coert [1859 - ????] from the “Johan Hendrik Coert – German/Dutch tree”.

o         Henricus Coert [1839 – 1926] from the “Johan Hendrik Coert - German/Dutch tree”.

o         Jannigje Coert [1852 – 1907] from the “Hendrik Willem Coert – German/Dutch tree”.

o         Adrianus Jacobus [1899 - ????] from the “Jacobus Coert – German/Dutch tree”.

§          We are working on an index so that you can take a look at an alphabetic list of all Coert Family members on this site.

§          Last year we visited the Archives of NGV in Holland. We will soon publish the information we found (for example: a new German tree and a new Dutch tree in Zeeland).

§          This year we hope to update the site more often.

 

[Last update: 16.02.2005]

§          From Piet Kock (thanks) we received information about the Karel N. Coert Indonesian tree [1896 – 1931]. Also added detailed information.

§          On the Internet we found the website of Jeroen Coert [born 1971] of the “Leidse” tree (Dutch). We used his information on this side (many thanks Jeroen). The tree of Petrus Franciscus Coert [1880 – 1956] has been updated and three new trees has been added:

o         Johannes Andreass Court [1729 – 1779]

o         Hendrik Coert [1825 – 1867]

o         Jacobus Coert [1923 – 2003]

§          Herbert F. Coert [born 1917] helped us with detailed information about the Indonesian tree.

§          Thanks to Shaun Coert we added more information about the tree Charls Coert (South Africa).

§          From Australia we received information from Nicholas Coert about the Petrus Franciscus Coert tree (thanks).

§          From the website “Genlias Monitor” we regularly receive information out of the official Archives in The Netherlands. Last time we received information about Mattheus Hendricus Coert from the “Utrechtse tree (Dutch)

§          We added detailed information about the trees:

o         Henry E. Coert [1841 – 1906]

o         Jacob Hendrik Coert [1794]

o         Johan Hendrik Coert [1812 – 1891]

o         Hendrik Willem Coert [1818 – 1907]

o         Johannes Coert [1829 – 1882]

§          The following photos are added:

o         Raymond Coert [1888 – 1964] on a Picknick in Popoh

o         Johannes Coert [1909 – 1943] as a serving Officer in the French foreign legion

 

[Last update: 18.08.2004]

§          Titia H.C. Coert (thanks) supplied us with information about the Johannes Coert [1829 – 1882] tree. The information is available on this site.

§          From Australia we received from Tanya Coert (many thanks) a start of a new tree. Her grandfather Clifford Coert is from the Indonesian tree.

§          The maternal grandfather of Mildred Fortuin (South Africa) was Reginald Coert. Her great-grandfather was Ephriam Coert. We hope that someone can help her and us to supply more information about that tree.

§          In the section Photos we added:

o         Picture of the Coat of Arms (Familiewapen) of the Coert Family.

o         Photo of Raymond Coert [1888-1964] and H.E. van Dillewijn.

§          Eric van Drunen Littel sent us a link to the website http://boef.net/littel where you can find information about his family and Johanna Maria Coert [1897 – 1984].

§          On www.ogs.nl you can find the “Oorlogsgravenstichting”. If you search for Coert you will find 10 Coert’s. We now trying to link these names to the trees on this site.

§          Information about “Nederlanders in het Vreemdelingenlegioen 1831-1962” you can find on www.kwaak99.demon.nl .

 

[Last update: 17.04.2004]

§          Casper Coert contacted us and supplied us more detailed information about Peter (Petrus) Franciscus Coert (born in 1950).

§          From Eric van Drunen Littel we received pictures of Aleida Volten [1875 – 1948] and Johanna Maria Coert [1897 – 1984].

§          Tracey E. Coert sent us a photo with her family.

§          All these photos are now available on the website (section Photos).

§          Jason A. Dixon wrote the story “Opa: Dutch For Hero” about this grandfather Richard Eduard Coert [1922 – 2003]. You can find the story in that section.

§          Willem Hendrik Coert (born in 1951) lives in Norway (Oslo) and informed us that he has the original “typewriter” version, including Photos of “History of Coert Family” by Mr W.H. Coert [1896 – 1987].

§          We received some positive reactions about the idea to organise a Coert Family Day in Holland (The Netherlands).

§          At this stage we can tell you that we still investigating the possibillities.

§          If you like to help us, please let us know.

§          For example: do you know a band?; catering?; building/room?; who can make photos or film?

 

[Last update: 02.01.2004]

§          We wish you all a happy 2004 !!!. We also like to thank everybody who helped us in 2003 with this site.

§          Danny Coert came with the idea to organise a Coert Family Day in Holland (The Netherlands). We are going to investigate the possibilities and hope to find people who like to help us.

§          Wilhelmina Lambers (New Sealand) informed us that Julie Elisabeth Coert, born in 1917, officially recorded as the daughter of Johan Christiaan Willem Coert [1875 – 1920], is from a different father. His name is James Wilhelm Carl Horst. He was the “great uncle” of Wilhelmina Lambers (the brother of her grandmother on mother’s site).

§          Elizabeth Coert (USA) informed us that Jasmin Souza married Curry Maddox and that they have a daughter Riley (born in January 2003). More details on the Richard Eduard Coert [1922-2003] Tree.

§          Eric van Drunen Littel sent us more information about the Johan J. Coert [1870 – 1922] Tree.

§          Glenn E. Coert contacted us. He is from the Karel N. Coert [1896 – 1931] Tree. He told us that he will supply us with more information about his Tree.

§          Frans Janssen informed us that it is possible that Johannes Coert [1909 – 1943] was killed during of after a big German attack in Tunesia.

§          On the website www.sifa.nl you can find information about the Coert Family. This is not for free. (Martin Keulen thanks for the info).

§          The page after pressing the button “Queries” has been changed. On that page you can only find links of Genealogy websites.

§          We contacted Jerry Coert (www.lucos.nl). He is from the Indonesian Tree. His parents are living in Gorinchem.

 

[Last update: 24.10.2003]

§          Deeply sorrowful we inform you that on the 17th of October Richard Eduard Coert [1922 – 2003] died near Los Angeles (USA). It is possible to sign the Guest Book on this website.

§          Herbert F. Coert informed us that he went to the grave of Johannes Coert [1738 – 1801] in Pasuruan (Indonesia).

§          Eric van Drunen Littel (thanks) supplied us with information about his grandmother Johanna Maria Coert [1897 – 1984]. You can find this information at Johan J. Coert [1870-1922] . Soon he will supply us with pictures of Johanna Maria Coert.

§          At the homepage you will find a link to the persons who helped us with this website. With that information (for example: email addresses) Eric van Drunen Littel found the email address of Willem H. Coert and contacted him. They are very glad that this site helped them to make the first contact.

§          People in The Netherlands can try to find school mades or army mades with the websites www.schoolbank.nl en www.dienstmakkers.nl .

§          Lance Coert (USA) informed us that he has a Family Tree of his family. We asked him to supply us with that information. His grandfather is Wynand Albert Coert [born 1906].

§          Frans Janssen is an historian and investigate the history of the French foreign legion and especially the Dutchman that served in it. He is looking for information about the serving Officer in the legion with the name Johannes Coert. Johannes hold the rank of Sous Lieutenant and died in Tunesia on the 22nd of January 1943. His name is written on the Honor wall of the Legion. Together we found out that it must be Johannes Coert born on the 25th of November 1909 (more information at Johannes Coert 1829 – 1882). Frans Janssen in looking for someone of Johannes Coert’s family who will help him to provide more information about Johannes Coert.

 

[Last update: 01.07.2003]

§          From Carla Coert we received a lot of information (30 people) about the Dutch Tree. That is a special Tree. It is so called the “Leidse” Tree. Leiden is a city in The Netherlands. More information at Petrus Franciscus Coert [18?? - ????].

§          Herbert Floris Coert sent us information about INOG (Indische Na-Oorlogse Generatie). This is an organisation for people:

o         who are born after the 15th of August 1945

o         from which one or both parents went through the Japanese occupation

o         from which one or both parents endured the Post-War period (Bersiap) or the actions in former New Guinea

§          More information about this organisation at www.inog.org (it is a Dutch site).

§          We saw that one of the new members of INOG is J.P.T. Coert in The Netherlands. We cannot find her in the Tree.

§          In The Haque (The Netherlands) there is an interesting organisation called “Stichting Het Indisch Huis” (www.HetIndischHuis.nl ). It stands for The Indonesian House. This is a Dutch website. Their device is: “Remembrance, Transfer and Meeting”. Everybody is welcome. Indonesian people, but also people who are interested in Indonesia and Indonesian experience.

§          There is a new Photo added to the website. It is the ‘Engagement’ of Herbert Floris Coert and Hilda S. Sasse in 1941.

§          On this website there are almost 600 Coert Family members.

 

[Last update: 18.04.2003]

q       In May this website exists two years. Many thanks to everybody who helped us making this website succesfull.

q       Thanks to Shaun J. Coert a lot of detailed information has been added to the ‘South African’ tree of Charls Coert.

q       Jill Coert helped us with very interesting information about the ‘USA/Indonesian’ tree.

§          Dates and places where Wijnand Albert Coert [1907 – 1996] was born and died