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Twice Louis Charles (1867-1922 and 1893-1970), mayors of the island of Wieringen
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tak b Title of the article: Twice Louis Charles, mayors of the island of Wieringen
contribution by: Marius Kolff (CBCD XVIIw4)
The stay of the German Crown Prince on the island of Wieringen and the two mayors Kolff is an interesting item on which a lot can be written, about the prince but also on the Kolff Family. For the time being: here at this first page an excerpt from the Genealogy (B, last generation), at the second page an article from 'Het Leven', 1927, and at that and following pages text taken from the historical site of Wieringen (link to that site at those pages) and a remark from the webmaster.

Louis Charles (XVf)link naar staak XVf. Louis Charles Kolff (R.O.N.), born Arnhem 25 Dec. 1867, mayor of Wieringen 1896-1902 and 1920-1922, member Prov. Staten of Noord-Holland 1900-1904, deceased Hippolytushoef 27 June 1922, married Bonn 2 Apr. 1891 Jakoba Theodora Auguste Hageman, born Zweibrücken (Bayerische Pfalz) 4 Feb. 1866, deceased Bergen (N.-H.) 4 May 1940, daughter of Johannes Marie and Bertha Hancke.
From this marriage:
link naar staak 1. Gualtherus Frederik Adriaan Kolff, born Amsterdam 1 Apr. 1892, director N.V. Handelsmij. Kukenheim & Co. at Semarang, deceased Amsterdam 23 Apr. 1955, married 1st Arnhem 4 Sept. 1915 Cornelia Sara Bondam, born 's-Hertogenbosch 6 Aug. 1887, deceased Arnhem 15 Sept. 1918, daughter of Mr. Adrianus Cornelis and Jkvr. Cornelia Sara Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer; married 2nd Georgetown (Penang, Malakka) 25 Dec. 1919 (divorce registered Soerabaja 11 Sept. 1935) Maria Lina Leerink, born Doetinchem 17 Jan. 1893, deceased Oosterbeek 9 Dec. 1978, daughter of Gerard and Johanna Hendrika Hendriks; she remarried Soerabaja 12 Jan. 1937 Hendrik Nijk and married 3rd Amsterdam 8 Sept. 1949 Albert Johannes Coops.
link naar staak 2. Louis Charles, follows: see at right.
link naar staak 3. Mr. Berthus Joan Karel Kolff, born Wassenaar 20 Oct. 1894, director Rotterdamse Bankvereeniging N.V., consul-general of Finland at Rotterdam, deceased there 10 Sept. 1942, married Rotterdam 3 May 1921 Tonia Adriana Kolff (see CBCC XVs.2), born (Rotterdam) Kralingen 24 May 1899, deceased Rotterdam 25 Sept. 1983, daughter of Adrianus Antonie and Luise Johanna Elisabeth Schultz.

link naar staak XVIf. Louis Charles Kolff (R.O.N.), born Wassenaar 1 June 1893, mayor of Wieringen 1922-(1942), 1945-1958, res.-1e luitenant art., deceased Zutphen 7 June 1970, married Rheden (De Steeg) 28 Aug. 1918 Jkvr. Cornelia Maria van Heurn, born 's-Hertogenbosch 13 July 1895, deceased Zutphen 17 Jan. 1967, daughter of Jhr. Nicolaas Cornelis and Jeanne Cornélie Pichot Lespinasse.

From this marriage:

Louis' children

Left to right, the last of the Branch B Kolffs: Louis, Nicoline and Coba (Coby)

link naar staak 1. Nicoline Cornelia Jacoba Kolff, born Velp 15 June 1919, adjunct-directrice Bejaardencentrum De Bouw at Warnsveld, deceased Zutphen 21 June 1998.
link naar staak 2. Jacoba Elisabeth Kolff, born Velp 18 July 1921, oud-hoofd kraamafdeling Alg. Ziekenhuis Het Nieuwe Spittaal at Warnsveld.
link naar staak 3. Mr. Louis Charles Kolff, born Hippolytushoef 23 March 1924, former municipal secretary of Bloemendaal, former Secretary Chamber of Commerce and Industry Curaçao, deceased Utrecht 12 Feb. 2005 (see note), married Curaçao 13 Jan. 1970 Trijntje van der Plas, born Katwijk aan Zee 27 Dec. 1926, daughter of Cornelis and Neeltje Blonk.

Marius (CBCD XVIIw4), webmaster, and at that time Secretary (now President) of the Association, went to the funeral ceremony of Louis Charles 'the 3rd' (here at B XVIf3), wants to add this personal note (being a dog lover himself, and recognizing similarities):
At his funeral in 2005 at Bloemendaal Louis was remembered by Bloemendaal people as the man known there for many years as 'the man and his dog'; a man always together with his dog, where ever he went: some of that was remembered as Louis and his dog walking every day for hours in the dunes of Bloemendaal. This was before he left Bloemendaal and moved to Curaçao, where he got married. But his last wish was to be buried in the dunes of Bloemendaal, because of the good times he spent there, with his dog...