The Kloppenburg clan from Huissen - a short summary!
I speculate, or rather fantasize, that a direct family member took the Folkweg heading west.. and got stuck in Brummen or Nijmegen! Although my story about our ancestors has been quite general so far, without individually identified persons, I eventually arrive at the direct ancestors in Huissen. After nearly 50 years of genealogical research, the 17th-century Joannes Kloppenborgh (b. 1679) is genuinely identified as the documented and verifiable progenitor of all Kloppenburgers/descendants from Huissen and the surrounding area! After much research, I can now also conclude with some satisfaction that almost all Kloppenburg families from Huissen have been placed in verifiable genealogical order. Currently, 663+ descendants of Progenitor Joannes have been identified. (For details... scroll down to the section 'Genealogy of the Kloppenburg clan from Huissen') Many Kloppenburg family members from the 18th and 19th centuries were known in the Huissen community p...
