History and Art of the Waterloo family, Amsterdam

The history of the Waterloo family in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, started after Gaspar Waterlot, a cloth-cutter, moved from Northern France to Holland. This happened around 1600 during the persecution of the Huguenots, who were French followers of protestant Calvin in the period of the Reformation.

De familie Waterloo in Amsterdam stamt af van Gaspar Waterlot (spelling 1621; Watterlo in 1653) die van Wattrelos bij Lille naar Amsterdam verhuisde in de tijd van de vervolging van de Hugenoten. Leden van de familie Waterloo hebben sinds het begin van de 17^e eeuw continu in Amsterdam gewoond, eerst in de Jordaan maar later, in de 20^ste eeuw, in de Pijp.

The family has grown since that time and members may also have moved abroad. I have set-up a LinkedIn network group, the Waterloo family network worldwide group, to unite everyone carrying the Waterloo family name or belonging to the Waterloo family. Please do join the group if you are a Waterloo.

The name of the Waterloo family was initially spelled as Waterlot (1621) or Watterlo (1653) in the official records, being a reference to the small village of Wattrelos near Roubaix-Lille (see pictures below) in North France. Etches by Antonius Waterlot were signed with Antoni Waterlo (or A.W.).

Photographs of the city of Wattrelos near Roubaix-Lille in Northern France taken in September 2007.

Request paintings or drawings by Joannes Petrus Waterloo

I am interested in paintings or drawings by Joannes Petrus Waterloo. If you are the owner of such a painting or drawing, please do contact me at maartenwaterloo@netscape.net. I would appreciate it if you could send me pictures.

Ik ben op zoek naar tekeningen of schilderijen van Joannes Petrus Waterloo. Als u de eigenaar bent van een van zijn werken, neem dan s.v.p. kontakt op met maartenwaterloo@netscape.net. Mocht u een van zijn werken bezitten, dan zou ik het op prijs stellen om daar fotos van te ontvangen.

Gaspar Waterlot and Madeleine (Magdalena) Vaillant

Gaspar Waterloo was one of the sons of Antoni Waterloo (born in the 16^th century, passed away in 1616). He married Madeleine (Magdalena) Vaillant in 1610. They had several children, including the well-known engraving artist, Anthonie Waterloo.

Children of Gaspar Waterlot and Madeleine (Magdalena) Vaillant
Antonius Waterlot 1610-1690 X Catharijne Stevens van der Dorp	Francois Waterlot 1614-1671	Cathelina Waterlot 1618 X Jacques Jean de Lambre 1612	Maria Waterloo 1651	Jean Waterlot 26-3-1653 X 1640 Catherine du Jardin	>Maria Waterlot 29-11-1623 X Jean Derget

Madeleine Vaillant was from a family that was very well-known in the Rijssel/Lille area since the 13^th century. She was an aunt of Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677), who is the best-known of the famous Vaillant family of engravers.

Cathelina Waterloo and Jacques Jean de Lambre

Jean de Lambre (or de Sambre) from Somby(?) married Catharina Watterlo (who lived on the Achtergracht in Amsterdam) on 22 May 1637. The witnesses were Madeleine Jean de Lambre and Madeleine Vaillant.

Antonius Waterloo and Catharijne Stevens van der Dorp

Antonius (Anthonie or Antoni) Waterloo (1609-1690, image contributed by Alfred Waterloo from M.C. Leach and P. Morse - Eds., 1978. The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists. Abaris Books Volume 2) was one of the famous masters of Dutch 17^th century engraving. There is some doubt of whether he was born in Utrecht or Amsterdam. He has lived in Leiden, Amsterdam (1621 - 1643), Leeuwarden (1643 - 1645), Maarssen (1645 - 1678) and spent his final years in the St. Jobsgasthuis in Utrecht. He also travelled abroad to the German cities of Bad Bentheim and Cleves and later to Hamburg, Alton, Danzig, Augsburg (along the River Rhine) during which he made drawings and etchings of the landscapes. He was a productive etch maker, with 136 different drawings and etches attributed to him. None of these were dated. He was married to Catharijn Stevens van dorp, who was then the widow of the painter and art dealer Elias Homis.

An online overview of Anthonie Waterloo's work has been created by Wim Vaas, and can be seen at www.anthoniewaterloo.nl.

The Beeldbank Amsterdam also has several drawings of Amsterdam made by Anthoni Waterloo in its collection.

Jean Watterlo and Cathaline du Jardin

Jean Watterlo was born in 1621, as indicated by the birth record entry below.

He married to Cathaline du Jardin in 1643 and they had five children together.

Children of Jean Watterlo and Cathaline du Jardin
Madeleine Waterloo 1644	Jean Waterloo 1646	Michel Waterloo 1648	Maria Waterloo 1651	Gaspar Watterlo 26-3-1653 X Margaritha de Raef

No paintings or drawings are known to have survived from Jean Waterlot.

Gaspar Watterlo and Margarita de Raef

Gaspar Watterlo was born in 1653 and married Margaretha de Raef (also spelled "de Ravi").

Children of Gaspar Watterlo and Margarita de Raef
Jacobus Waterloo 1682	Joannes Waterloo 1685	Jacobus Waterloo 1687 X Cornelia van Dieme 1685	Petrus Waterloo 1691 X Catrina Swartenarent
Jan Waterloo 12-3-1689 X Wilhelmina Cornelisz	Caspar Waterloo 1694 X Margrietje de Ruyter	Antony Waterloo 1696 X 1) Willempje de Harder X 2) Elsje Karpentier	-

Jacobus Waterloo and Cornelia van Dieme

Jacobus and his wife had six children, being Caspar Waterloo (1711), Margarite Waterloo (1714), Petrus Waterloo (1715), Maria Waterloo (1717), Antony Waterloo (1719) and Joanna Waterloo (1722).

Petrus Waterloo and Catrina Swartenarent

Petrus Waterloo and Catrina Swartenarent had four children, being Gulliennes Waterloo (1718), Caspar Waterloo (1719), Anna Waterloo (1722 and Catrina Waterloo (1727).

Caspar Waterloo and Margrietje Ruytertje

Caspar Waterloo and Margrietje Ruytertje had four children: Grietje Waterloo (1721), Adriaan Waterloo (1722), Hendrik Waterloo (17??) and Trijntje Waterloo (1727), who married Mr. Pelk.

Jan Waterloo and Willemijn Cornelisz

Joannes (Johannes or Jan) Waterloo was born in March 1689 and was registered by his father Gaspar Waterloo and mother, Margerita de Ravi. On 26 April 1715, when he was 26 years old, he married Willemijna Cornelisz, who was 30 years old and had lived in the Lijdsestraet (now Leidsestraat) in Amsterdam. He was accompanied by his brother Jacob Waterloo and she by her mother Lijsbet Ribbens.

They lived on the Angeliersgracht (Anjeliersgracht) and had four children.

Children of Jan Waterloo and Willemijn Cornelisz
Casparis Waterloo 25-07-1716	Cornelis Waterloo 1718 X Geertruy Baptist 1722	Caspar Waterloo 21-2-1721	Wilhelmus Waterloo 1724

Cornelis Waterloo and Geertruy Baptist

Cornelis Waterloo was born before 21 February 1718. He lived on the Lindengracht in Amsterdam and married Geertruy Baptist on the 21^st of April in 1746, when he was 28 years old and she was 24 years old. She had lived in the Blomstraat with her mother Cornelia van der Linde, who accompanied her when she married. Note that she signed her name as Pabtist. The couple had seven children. Two of their sons, Jozef and Franciscus, may not have lived long.

Children of Cornelis Waterloo and Geertruy Baptist
Joannes Waterloo 1747 X Maria M. Kaasman 1761	Jozef Waterloo	Franciscus Waterloo	Theodorus Waterloo 1751 X Maria ter Wey
Elisabeth Waterloo 1755 X Petrus Allebé 1758	Petrus Waterloo 1758 X Dorothea ter Wey 1758	Geertrudis Waterloo 1761 X Bernardus Veltman	-

The Waterloo family were active members of the Catholic Church De Liefde in Amsterdam. In 1796 his Niece Catharina Maria Hekkinge gave Hermanus Cornelis Waterloo a Dutch translation of the Letters of Pope Clemens XIV (1777) during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of his vows. The celebration was held in the church De Liefde in Amsterdam on 20 August 1796.

Johannes Waterloo and Maria Margaretha Kaasman

Joannes Waterloo and 25-year old Maria Margaretha Kaasman married on 26 May 1786, on the same day and just before Petrus Waterloo married Dorothea ter Wey (see image below).

The couple had four children.

• Cornelis Waterloo (born 1787) married Catharina Maria Hekkinge and had four children: Maria (born 1817), Cornelis (born 1821) and Catrina (born 1824),
• Joannes Waterloo (born 1789) married Catrina Meelart and had two children: Hendrika Waterloo (born 1816) and Theodorus M. Waterloo (born 1822),
• Theodorus Waterloo (born 1794), and
• Petrus Waterloo, who was born in 1797 and died young in 1803.

Theodorus Waterloo and Maria ter Wey

Elisabeth Waterloo and Petrus Allebé

Geertrudis Waterloo and Bernardus Veltman

Petrus Waterloo and Dorothea ter Wey

Petrus Waterloo was born in 1758 and died in 1832. He married Dorothea ter Wey on the same day (26 May 1786), just after his brother Johannes married Maria Kaasman. Their marriage records are on the same page in the registry. Petrus lived in the Nieuwe Lelystraat 71 in Amsterdam. The couple had several children:

• Cornelis Hermanus Waterloo (1787)
• Hermanus Cornelis Waterloo (1788), married to Marg. Cupfert
• Joannes Petrus Waterloo (1790), married to Geertruy Maria Kemp (1792).
• Maria Theodora Waterloo (1792)
• Theodorus Hendrikus Waterloo (1795)
• Joanna Maria Waterloo (1798)
• Margarete Henrica Waterloo (1798)
• Elisabeth Dorothea Waterloo (1800), married to Henricus Velthuysen

Joannes Petrus Waterloo and Geertruy Maria Kemp

Joannes Petrus Waterloo was born on 4 October 1790 and lived until the fourth of July, 1870. His parents were Petrus Waterloo (1758-1832) and Dorothea ter Wey, who married in 1786 and lived in the Nieuwe Lelystraat 71 in Amsterdam. J.P. Waterloo was a direct descendant of Jean Waterloo and Catheline du Jardin.

Joannes Petrus married to Geertruy Maria Kemp on 13 June 1816 and lived in the Nieuwe Lelystraat 91 Kanton 5, Amsterdam (see photo). The parents of Geertruy Maria Kemp were Gerrit Kemp anddf Maria Laverse (baptised 26 February 1790) and were from Hoorn in North Holland. Like his father, Joannes Petrus Waterloo was educated to manufacture paint and varnish and was a house painter. However, he also was a fine artist, painting Dutch landscapes using oil paint on canvas or panel. He followed courses in painting at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam and received an award for a woman's statue at the drawing academy (Dutch: tekengenootschap) Kunst zij ons Doel of Felix Meritis. Four examples of his paintings are shown below. The couple got six children. Geertruy Kemp died in 1861.

Joannes Petrus Waterloo is geboren op 4 October 1790 en overleed op 4 juli 1870. Zijn ouders waren Petrus Waterloo (1758-1832) en Dorothea ter Wey die in 1786 met elkaar getrouwd zijn. Joannes Petrus is op 13 june 1816 getrouwd met Geertuij Maria Kemp en het gezin woonde op nummer 91 Kanton 5 in de Nieuwe Leliestraat in Amsterdam. J.P. Waterloo was een afstammeling van Jean Waterloo en Catheline du Jardin en Jean's broer Antonius (Anthonie) Waterloo (1609-1690) was een bekende maker van etsen. Hun ouders waren Gasper Waterlot (overleden in 1616) en Madeleine Vaillant. De familie Waterlot (eerder bekend als Watrelos, naar een wijk in Lille) was gevlucht uit Frankrijk ten tijde van de vervolging van de Hugenoten, Franse volgers van Calvijn ten tijde van de reformatie.

Joannes Petrus Waterloo werd voor het beroep van zijn vader opgeleid tot lak- en vernisfabrikant en was huisschilder. Hij tekende en schilderde echter ook en was lid van het tekengenootschap Kunst zij ons Doel van Felix Meritis. De onderwerpen van studie waren het Nederlandse landschap. Enkele voorbeelden van zijn schilderijen en tekeningen staan hieronder. Het echtpaar heeft zes kinderen gehad.

Joannes Petrus Waterloo and Geertuij Maria Kemp had six children:

• (Wilhelmina?) Naatje Waterloo
• Joannes Theodorus Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 1833), married to Helena (Leentje) Barbara Jeursen. His profession was watchmaker in 1861.
• Hermanus (Manus) Waterloo, who had studied to become a priest but eventually became a bookkeeper. He had a burn-out at some time and walked with a towel over his head in the Kalverstraat. He then asked his framily why people were laughing at him.
• Cornelius Joannes Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 03-04-1829), married to Christina Maria Meegens (Crisnilla, born Amsterdam 1830)
• Petrus Joannes Waterloo (born 20 April, 1817), married to Johanna Maria Martina Hoogeveen (born 1820) in 1841.
• Elisabet (Betje) Margaretha Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 1823), married to Christiaan Theodorus Ebbinkhuijsen (27 July, 1848). More details about this family can be found on the genealogy page of the Ebbinkhuizen family. The family lived at the Eerste Bloemdwarsstraat 15 in Amsterdam.
  
• Maria (Mimmie) Dorothea Waterloo, married to Gerardus Johannes van Straaten in Amsterdam, 10-06-1841. They had three children: Johannes Gerardus Martinus van Straaten (Amsterdam, 1842; married to Catharina Henrica Francisca Rizzi), Gerardus Johannes Petrus van Straaten (Amsterdam, 1850; married to Anna Maria Siewe) and Maria Elisabeth Christina van Straaten (Amsterdam, 1857; married to Nicolaas Frederik Dankelman).

Prayer book (gebedenboek, kerkboek) for Petrus Joannes Waterloo

Apparently, Joannes Petrus Waterloo has made prayer books for each of his children, which they received as a gift at their holy communion. The books are hand-written and the text was illustrated with several water colour miniatures. I am a direct descendent of Petrus Joannes Waterloo (my greatgreatgrandfather) and the prayer book that he made for his eldest son, Petrus Joannes Waterloo (born 21 April 1817), is still in our family. The prayer book was made in 1829 and given to Petrus Joannes for his holy communion when he was 12 years old. This web site shows some of the images and text pages from the prayer book.

The title page of the prayer book for Petrus Joannes Waterloo reads (see image below):

Gift to
 Petrus Joannes
 Waterloo
 on occasion of
 his first holy communion
 on 25 June 1829
First child
from the marriage of
and attributed by
 Joannes Petrus Waterloo
 and
 Geertruy Maria Kemp
 

Joannes Petrus Waterloo heeft waarschijnlijk voor elk van zijn kinderen handgeschreven gebedenboeken of kerkboeken gemaakt, waarin verschillende waterverf miniaturen van zijn hand verwerkt zijn. Ik ben een nakomeling van Joannes Petrus Waterloo (mijn betbetovergrootvader) en het gebedsboek (kerkboek) dat hij gemaakt heeft ter gelegenheid van de heilige communie van zijn oudste zoon, Petrus Joannes Waterloo, is nog steeds familiebezit. Deze internetpagina laat enkele van de miniaturen uit dit kerkboek zien en tevens enkele schilderijen van de hand van Joannes Petrus Waterloo.

Een afbeelding van de titelpagina van het kerkboek vindt u hierboven. Illustraties en teksten uit het gebedenboek voor Petrus Joannes Waterloo, en een kunstig uitgesneden bidprentje, zijn hieronder weergegeven. Klik op de plaatjes voor vergrotingen.

Below you'll find some images of illustrations from the prayer book and a nicely worked inlay paper showing the Madonna with child. Click on the images to see larger versions.

The last page of the book reads:

I am very curious if other prayer books by Joannes Petrus Waterloo have survived. If you know about others that still exist, or have images of different oil paintings, please contact me at maartenwaterloo@netscape.net.

Mocht u informatie hebben over andere gebedenboeken of kerkboeken van Joannes Petrus Waterloo, of afbeeldingen van andere miniaturen of schilderijen van zijn hand, neemt u dan s.v.p. contact op met mij per e-mail via bovenstaand adres.

Other works of art by Joannes Petrus Waterloo

Joannes Petrus Waterloo also painted Dutch landscapes oils on canvas. Several examples of these paintings are shown below.

The Beeldbank Stadsarchief Amsterdam also has at least three drawings of Joannes Petrus Waterloo, which are part of the collection Atlas Dreesman. These are shown in the frame below. The drawings include Het bevroren IJ voor Amsterdam (Frozen IJ river at Amsterdam) signed and dated Joannes Petrus Waterloo (1826 , drawing, 23 x 29.6 cm), the bevroren IJ voor Amsterdam (Frozen IJ river at Amsterdam) looking at Blauwhoofd and the Eilandskerk in western direction. The Haarlemmer Hout gardens are at left. The Eilandskerk is behind the ship. Signed and dated Joannes Petrus Waterloo (1833) and Op den Buiten Cingel, der stad Amsterdam (Singelweg/Nassaukade). View of the Singelweg with horserider and man, on the right in the background is a windmill.

Petrus Joannes Waterloo and Johanna Maria Martina Hoogeveen

Petrus Joannes Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 20 April, 1817), married to Johanna Maria Martina Hoogeveen in 1841 (parents Cornelis Hoogeveen and Maria Oosterhout). They were living at Egelantiersgracht 124 in Amsterdam.

Petrus Joannes Waterloo was a painter and lived in the Nieuwe Leliestraat No. 71 in Amsterdam. He became a Corporal in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger - K.N.I.L.) with residence in the Padang Highlands (Padangse Bovenlanden) and died on 29-05-1850, presumably of yellow fever disease, in Fort de Kock (now Bukittingi), Sumatra, Indonesia (source: Indexen Regerings Almanakken (RA) year/page: 1851/454; www.roosjeroos.nl). Johanna Hoogeveen apparantly worked in a tobacco shop for some time.

When Johanna Hoogeveen became a widow, her children were sent to a boarding school, which was paid for by the brother of Petrus Waterloo. However, when she found a new man, a butcher who already had three children, the Waterloo family decided that the new partner should take care of her children and stopped their support for Johanna Hoogeveen's children. The butcher left Johanna later but left his three kids with her and she suddenly had to take care of five children.This story was told by Anne Waterloo, who also said that Johanna was always nicely dressed and always wore a voile. She was a real lady.

Children of Petrus Joannes Waterloo and Johanna Maria Martina Hoogeveen
	Clasina Cornelia Maria Waterloo. Married to Johan Christoffel Pardies (Chris Paradise) in Amsterdam 27 July 1892.
	Joannes Petrus Waterloo and Peternella "Poetje" Maria Juliana Koch (1847-1944).

Joannes Petrus Waterloo (1842 - 1901) and Peternella (Pietje) Maria Juliana Koch (1847-1944)

Little is known about the life of Joannes Petrus Waterloo. He was 9 years old when his father died in Fort de Kock (Bukittingi, Sumatra, Indonesia). He presumably attended Catholic school at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. After the death of his father his mother remarried and he was sent to a Catholic boarding school (St. Anna pensionaat) in Oudenbosch (North Brabant). His sister Clasina also went to a boarding school in Woerden, suggesting that the family was quite wealthy at that time.

Johannes Petrus Waterloo was a sugar baker (suikerbakker) by profession when he married Petronella Maria Juliana Koch in 1870. The couple lived in Amsterdam. He left his wife because of an argument over the behaviour of his alcoholic son George and apparantly lived in Rotterdam until shortly before his death in 1901, when he returned to his wife in Amsterdam. The couple had seven children.

Peternella Koch was the daugther of Heinrich Joseph Koch (from Paderborn, Germany; born 1820) and Geertruij Wijgergang (from Culemborg, born 1820?), who were both deceased at the time of her marriage in Amsterdam on 29 July 1870. She had worked as a servant for Prof. Hamburger before she married. Her father was chimney sweeper who worked mainly for small specialised Italian businesses in Amsterdam. Her mother died at her birth and her father decided never to marry again because as a child he had had a bad experience with his own stepmother.

Peternella Waterloo Koch had several sisters:

• Eva Cornelia (Kee) Koch married Lambertus Willeminus Kelders. They had five children (Frans, Jan, Maria, Petronella (Nel) and Lambertus (Bertus) Kelders). Her first son Frans Kelders studied for nautical officer. He quite unexpectedly got commisioned on a Koninklijke Nederlandse Scheepvaart Maatschappij (K.N.S.M., also called Maatschappij Roggebrood because of the low quality of their meals) ship to replace an officer who was drunk. On this first journey he drowned when his ship sank during a storm in the Gulf of Biscay. Jan Kelders worked in the cinema, explaining silent movies to the viewers in the cinema.
• Anna Maria Josephina (Naatje) Koch, married to Willem Kurk (died 1910).
• Everardina Koch, married to Johannes (Jan) Abraham Beutler in Amsterdam, 28 August 1867.
• Maria Hendrika Koch, married in Amsterdam 6 August 1862 to Fredricus Johannes Braudigom (Brautigam; born Utrecht, occupation "kastenmaker, stalknecht"). They had five children: Truida, Dientje, Naatje, Doortje and Frits Brautigam.

Petronella Koch was called "Pietje" by her sister and lived in a second floor appartment in the Heerenstraat (now Herenstraat). The door of the house consisted of two separate parts and was opened with a huge key. She was very healthy and never visited a doctor. She died at age 97 in 1944 in Amsterdam. She was nearly blind in 1944 and when her daughter Anna moved her chair to clean the floor, she sat down on the place where her chair used to be and broke her hip. She died from an ensuing cangrene infection.

Children of Joannes Petrus Waterloo and Petronella (Poetje) Koch
	Johanna (Jans?) Maria Elisabeth Waterloo (born 1884, Father Pieter Waterloo - Mother Johanna Assendorp?) married to Nicolaas Makkes (born 1885, blacksmith). Source: http://www.eunen.eu.
Johan George Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 30-06-1870, died 1913) was the first child of Poetje, she married Joannes when George was seven months old and the child was formally recognised as the son of Joannes.
	Jan Waterloo. Presumably died shortly after birth.
	Willem Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 17-10-1865). Presumably died shortly after birth.
	Clasina Waterloo, married to Chris Paradise.
	Anna Maria Klasina Waterloo (tante Anna; 1879-1974) and Johannes Leonardus van Baarle (born in Rotterdam, hoefsmid). They divorced and in 1924. Jan van Baarle (age 58) married Jacoba Helena de Heer (age 19). Tanta Anna's only son was Jan van Baarle, who married Alida de Vries (tante Ali, see picture below).
	Willem Karel Josephus Waterloo (born Amsterdam, 20-2-1892, died 3-5-1945) and Helena (Leen) Maria Schoor (1897-1958). Anne expressed her wishes to her mother about having a brother and her wishes were fulfilled when she was 13 years old.

Family of Helena Maria Waterloo Schoor

The grandmother of Helena Maria Schoor was Clara Lissone, who was married to Johannes Bos. The Lissone family came from Italy and Clara's cousin Jacques Lissone established the first travel organisation in The Netherlands in Amsterdam, 1877. The daughter of Clara Lissone and Johannes Bos married Karl Alexander Schoor and was called "Oops" Schoor Bos by her grandchildren.

Opa Schoor and Oops Schoor Bos, parents of Helena Maria Waterloo Schoor.

Helena Schoor had four sisters that reached adulthood:

• Teresa (Trees) Schoor, who married with Mr. Henk Jonkers after the war in 1946(?). She saved part of her dowry in the linen cabinet at Willem Waterloo's family house.
  
  
  
  Teresa Schoor in her garden in 1925, and with her husband Henk Jonkers, Amsterdam 1942.
  
  
• Johanna Schoor, born 18 October 1893, who died young at age 22 (June 1915) of Tuberculosis.
  
  
  
  Catholic memorial card (bidprent) of Johanna Helena Maria Schoor, who died of tuberculosis in Amsterdam, June 1915.

Willem Karel Jozephus Waterloo and Helena Maria Schoor

Willem Karel Jozephus Waterloo and his wife Helena (Leen) Maria Schoor, as photographed by Jac Vetter in Amsterdam, 1920. Willem Waterloo worked as an elevator operator in the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam until the birth of his third son Jan. Due to this extra child he became too expensive to employ for the Bijenkorf and he was therefore forced to leave his job. He then followed training to become a diamond cutter and later became a prominent member of the diamond worker's union just before the start of WW-II in the Netherlands in 1940. His wife was not working and raised their six children at home.

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Willem Waterloo was born on 20 February 1892. He was mobilsed in the First World War and stationed in the South of The Netherlands. As the Netherlands remained neutral, he did not see any action.

During the second World War, Willem Waterloo was forced to work in a forest in Beekbergen for the German occupants, together with other men his age (see picture below). He died from starvation in the Ostadestraat 92HS in Amsterdam on 3 May 1945, just a few days before World War II ended in The Netherlands. His wife Helena Maria Schoor (born 13 December 1897) died on 23 October in 1958.

Willem Waterloo was a diamond cutter and treasurer of the Diamond Worker's Union until the war broke out in 1940. He used to live in the Van Ostadestraat 92HS in the De Pijp neighbourhood in Oud Zuid, Amsterdam. The couple had seven children being:

The children are:

Children of Willem Waterloo and Helena Schoor
	Willem (Wim) P.J. Waterloo (16 December 1921 - 19 December 1978). Joined the Congregation of Huijbergen (Congregatie van de Broeders van Huijbergen) and was an English teacher at the seminary of the congregation.
	Alexander (Kik) Maria Waterloo (26 September 1923 - 4 May 2017). Like his older brother Wim, he also joined the Congregation of Huijbergen (Congregatie van de Broeders van Huijbergen) where he studied English and Economy. He became a primary school teacher, teaching in Breda, Haren, Bergen op Zoom and Oosterhout until 1966 and then in Amsterdam (Cornelis school, Teresia / Heilig Hart / Vrede school). He later studied French and Spanish.
	Johannes (Jan) Petrus Maria Waterloo (19 December 1924 - 26 March 2006), Married to Cecilia Schneiders (born 21 December 1926) in 1958. Jan joined the Congregation of Huijbergen (Congregatie van de Broeders van Huijbergen) but left before he had to take his vows. Became a highschool teacher, first in Curacao and moved to Aruba when Colegio Arubano was established in 1959. Opened the Airoso Appartments with Jan Bezems and lived in Aruba until 1978, when he returned to The Netherlands. Cecilia was a librarian and is now pensioned. They divorced in 1978. In 1972 Jan Waterloo got a new partner, Denisia Kelly, with whom he had a single son, Sandro Waterloo
	Maria (Zus) Theresia Waterloo (born 4 August 1926) married to Jan Vaas (January 1921 - ). The couple got seven children, Jos, Wim, Margreet, Mieke, Lex, Romke and Tom Vaas.
	Petrus (Piet) Maria Waterloo (21 August 1928 - 1995). Served in the army in Indonesia (1949) and later became a technician at the Dutch Telephone company (PTT) in Amsterdam.
	Theodorus (Theo) Maria Waterloo (23 August 1931 - 8 May 1983). Radar technician at Schiphol Airport.
	Wilhelmina Theresia Maria Waterloo (born 26 February 1942), married to Chris Sorbach (). Wil Waterloo started working as a telephone assistant in De Bijenkorf. The couple got two children, Michel Sorbach and Dominique Sorbach. Later married to Koos van Hilten.

Very few paintings or drawings made by Willem Waterloo have survived the passing of time. What did survive was a religious painting on a wooden panel of the Madonna with child. This painting was not finished yet and Willem Waterloo often commented to his son Kik that he still had to finish painting the eyes of the angels.

Kik Waterloo (born 26 September 1923)

My uncle A.M. Waterloo always used to paint and draw as a hobby. During the World War II he painted the view on the heather fields from his hiding place near Ossendrecht. He also drew his family members.

He was especially interested in Dutch landscape miniatures. Several of his more recent paintings are shown below.

Both Kik Waterloo and Sylvia Waterloo painted the small traditional village of Durgerdam, located along the Buiten-IJ meer near Amsterdam. Their versions are shown below.

Petrus (Piet) Maria Waterloo (21 August 1928 - )

Piet Waterloo was a very kind man who always used to make drawings for us when we visited him in our youth. He often used pencils to draw, rather than paint and was very quick to put an accurate sketch on paper. At his work with the Dutch PTT telephone department he used to draw caricatures of his collegues.

Old farmshed by Petrus (Piet) Maria Waterloo (made in the 1940s?). Ink on paper, 9x6 cm.

Maria Theresa Waterloo and Jan Vaas

This marriage produced six children: Jos, Wim, Mieke, Margreet, Lex, Romke and Tom Vaas.

Graphic design by Wim Vaas (1957)

Wim Vaas is the son of Maria Waterloo and is specialised in graphic design. An overview of his work can be seen on his DirtySyndicate web site. Information about the professional and artistic career of Wim Vaas is given at his CBK Groningen web page (in Dutch).

Graphic design by Mieke Vaas (Studio Il Futuro)

Mieke Vaas is the daughter of Maria Waterloo. She is a professional graphic designer, who received some of her training at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Her work includes from magazine cover designs, posters, music CD-covers, books, and company logos and stationary. Several examples of her work are shown below.

Mieke Vaas - poster for the Happy and Joy Nursery School and Day Care Centre Uganda.	Mieke Vaas - poster for Grupo Flamenco met Janine Keijzer.
Mieke Vaas - Book for architects graphic design.
Mieke Vaas - poster for the Vergaan in de Gouden Eeuw exposition in Lelystad.	Mieke Vaas - Stationary and house style for the boys fashion brand Blemish.

Wilhelmina Maria Waterloo and Chris Sorbach

W.T.M. (Wil) Waterloo is the sister of Kik Waterloo and has followed a painting course for several years. She has made several nice and colourful paintings. In some cases these were on assignment.

Wil Waterloo - Fish for sale in Saparua, Moluccan Islands.

This marriage produced two children: Michel and Dominique Sorbach.

Design by Dominique Sorbach (Weardo label)

Dominique Sorbach is the daughter of Wil Waterloo and has had an education in graphical design. Over the past twenty years she has designed many different things. Her designs include designer costumes for shows (e.g. Ish skatedance show, 2000), small abstract art objects, fashion accessories (e.g. bags, etc.) and furniture using modern materials. Currently she is following an education for designing jewelry.

A few of her creations are shown below.

Beautiful wooden photo album / art object designed by Dominique Sorbach (diameter 43 cm).
Weardo - Ear rings designed by Dominique Sorbach (length: 6.5 cm, various materials.	Abstract art object made by Dominique Sorbach (height: 43 cm, material: triplex).

Dominique Sorbach's Weardo web site is still under construction.

Johannes Petrus Maria Waterloo and Cecilia Schneiders

Jan Waterloo was born on 24 December 1924 and already started painting at an early age. Two of his paintings, made when he was 12 years old (1936), are shown below. In 1958 he travelled with his wife Cecilia Schneiders to Curacao to become a highschool teacher. In 1960, he was asked to start teaching at the newly established Collegio Arubano highschool in Aruba. In addition to his teaching work, he also founded an 18 appartments hotel called Airoso near Bubali in Aruba. He died on 29 March 2006 in the St. Jacobshuis in Amsterdam.

Tiger painted by Johannes Petrus Maria Waterloo in 1936 (oil on paper, 29x19 cm)

Two birds painted by Johannes Petrus Maria Waterloo in 1936 (oil on paper, 16x39 cm)

The marriage produced five children: Maarten Johannes, Sylvia Teresita Agnes, Iris Yolanda, Richard Alexander and Caroline "Toetie" Astrid Waterloo

Sylvia Teresita Agnes Seel - Waterloo - married to Alois Seel (1959).

Sylvia Waterloo (born 1961) followed professional painting courses at the Kunstacademie Haarlem (Haarlem Academy of Arts) for a number of years and has made drawings, water colour and acryl paintings and objects within several themes. Several of these are displayed in the homes of family members and friends and she has exposed paintings at several art fairs, including an art fair held in Amstelveen in June 2009. Sylvia Waterloo graduated from the Kunstacademie Haarlem (Haarlem Academy of Arts) in 2014 with several works within the theme of Threat. She expressed the threat and fear in several works depicting cockroaches in paintings and objects (cockroach slave ship). Other themes include My island, Fish, Pelicans and Revolution.

She uses different media to produce her paintings and drawings, using charcoal, water colours, acryllic paint and sometimes including driftwood and other materials from the sea in her paintings and objects. Her painting Periplaneta Americana 4 from the Threat theme, and a few of her early paintings featuring Aruba landscapes (My island theme) are shown below.

She has recently exposed work relating to the Isla refinery in the Museum of Curacao.

More art and contact information of Sylvia Seel - Waterloo can be viewed at /www.sylviawaterloo.exto.nl (In Dutch).

Photography by Caroline Waterloo (1967)

Under construction...

Maarten Johannes Waterloo and Corjona Louhenapessy.

I rarely ever have the time, and the state of mind, to paint. This because of my work and all other activities that take place in my life.

Maarten J. Waterloo - Aruba cunucu house. Painted in 1984, oil on paper, 28x21 cm.

Maarten J. Waterloo - Two persons sitting. Painted in 2005, oil on canvas, consists of 8 panels of 30x40 cm.

Johannes Petrus Maria Waterloo and Denisia Kelly

This partnership produced one son: Sandro Waterloo who is an internist-geriatrician at the Horacio E. Oduber Hospital in Aruba.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Theo Waterloo (died 1983) and Ans Meijlink for providing me with information about my ancestors. I would also like to thank all my family members for giving me the photographic material displayed on this site.

Ik wil hier Theo Waterloo (overleden in 1983) die de stamboom van mijn tak van de de familie Waterloo grotendeels heeft uitgeplozen en Ans Meijlink hartelijk bedanken voor de informatie die ze mij gegeven hebben over de familie Waterloo in de vorige eeuwen.

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