Stapels with the police.
Clues about our ancestor's occupation may be given in church books or the civil registry. That is how the Stapels on the right were identified as working with the police. By the way, a possible nephew of David Stapel (I) from Gendt was David Stapel from Faulenbenz, Pomerania, former Germany. He was ±1800 village bailiff and farmer.
After their military service two sons of David II), Jan Willem Carel Stapel and Johannes Stapel, became the first state policemen in the family. Their formal title was: "County Constable, hunt and fishery inspector" and the Police Chronicle (Algemeen Politieblad), issued by the Ministry of Justice 1852-2005, gave details of each of their carreers. Included are appointment, promotion, salary, rewards and posting of State Police officials. The chronicle references both Stapels frequently.
Probably both have been wearing the county constable hat with plume on the left, in one of their positions. Other headgear they may have been wearing in the course of their working life as a policeman can be seen on the site of Michel van Grinsven. Not a single keepsake of their professional life survived in our family. Publicly accessible archives and collections still offer quite a detailed picture of their workconditions and conduct.
Interestingly already 140 years ago a county constable required his superior's permission before he was allowed to accept a gratuity from a grateful citizen or even the city council. With wages less than one guilder a day their professional ethics apparently needed additional protection against bribery threats. The chapter "wanted" reports only once a Stapel from Gendt: one merchant Jan Hendrik, still recalcitrant at 50!
The Stapel review below highlights that only descendants of David II were interested in policing: His first son Jan Willem Carel (I), momentarily his son Johannes (III), grandson Marinus Johannes, greatgrandson Adrianus Willem Karel and great-greatgrandson Rudy Putto. Then his second son Johannes (II) and the first five sons of his third son David (III): namely Gradus, Christinus, Jan Willem Carel (II), Antonius Hendrikus and David Bastiaan. The only exception was Christianus Jacobus Gelsing, third son of Johanna Frederika Stapel, granddaughter of Frederik. Of most of them I just have the data on the right and where they worked in several city police forces.
I know of two photo's of Stapel family
members in police uniform, both
taken shortly before WW2:
Jan Willem Carel Stapel (II)
in Gendt
My uncle Marinus Stapel in Hoorn.
(home = www.cstapel.nl)
Clues about our ancestor's occupation may be given in church books or the civil registry. That is how the Stapels on the right were identified as working with the police. By the way, a possible nephew of David Stapel (I) from Gendt was David Stapel from Faulenbenz, Pomerania, former Germany. He was ±1800 village bailiff and farmer.
After their military service two sons of David II), Jan Willem Carel Stapel and Johannes Stapel, became the first state policemen in the family. Their formal title was: "County Constable, hunt and fishery inspector" and the Police Chronicle (Algemeen Politieblad), issued by the Ministry of Justice 1852-2005, gave details of each of their carreers. Included are appointment, promotion, salary, rewards and posting of State Police officials. The chronicle references both Stapels frequently.
Probably both have been wearing the county constable hat with plume on the left, in one of their positions. Other headgear they may have been wearing in the course of their working life as a policeman can be seen on the site of Michel van Grinsven. Not a single keepsake of their professional life survived in our family. Publicly accessible archives and collections still offer quite a detailed picture of their workconditions and conduct.
Interestingly already 140 years ago a county constable required his superior's permission before he was allowed to accept a gratuity from a grateful citizen or even the city council. With wages less than one guilder a day their professional ethics apparently needed additional protection against bribery threats. The chapter "wanted" reports only once a Stapel from Gendt: one merchant Jan Hendrik, still recalcitrant at 50!
The Stapel review below highlights that only descendants of David II were interested in policing: His first son Jan Willem Carel (I), momentarily his son Johannes (III), grandson Marinus Johannes, greatgrandson Adrianus Willem Karel and great-greatgrandson Rudy Putto. Then his second son Johannes (II) and the first five sons of his third son David (III): namely Gradus, Christinus, Jan Willem Carel (II), Antonius Hendrikus and David Bastiaan. The only exception was Christianus Jacobus Gelsing, third son of Johanna Frederika Stapel, granddaughter of Frederik. Of most of them I just have the data on the right and where they worked in several city police forces.
I know of two photo's of Stapel family
members in police uniform, both
taken shortly before WW2:
Jan Willem Carel Stapel (II)
in Gendt
My uncle Marinus Stapel in Hoorn.(home = www.cstapel.nl)
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Genealogy data
Jan Willem Carel Stapel (I), son of David (II),
Johan Hendrik and David (I = founding father).
12-Jul-1830 Gendt (on Waal)
Elisabeth Ederveen, 7-May-1859 Gendt, cert.10
4-Nov-1920 Roosendaal NB
county constable in Bergen L, Heijen, Steenbergen
Johannes Stapel (II), brother of Jan Willem Carel (I).
(For his uncle Johannes (I): see "at the taxoffice").
12-May-1832 Gendt
Elisabeth Sabel, 6-May-1863 The Hague, cert,245
Alida Maria Kaper, 23-May-1867 Dordrecht, cert.99
12-Dec-1918 Apeldoorn, cert.812
county constable 2cl, brigadier-maj.-tit. S&N-Holland
Johannes Stapel (III), son of Jan Willem Carel (I)
27-Nov-1869 Afferden L
cousin Johanna Alijda van Kesteren, ca 1895
Elisabetha Gepkens, 18-Apr-1928 Arnhem
ca 1-Aug-1955 A'dam
1897 policeman in The Hague, 1900 conductor NS
Gradus Stapel (II), son of David (III), David (II), etc.
Jan Willem Carel (I) was his uncle
2-Dec-1864 Gendt
Johanna van Wijk, 2-Aug-1894 Nijmegen cert.147
unknown
city constable in Nijmegen. (His uncle Gradus (I),
youngest son of David (II) was a dragoon)
Christinus Stapel, brother of Gradus
3-Jan-1868 Gendt
Hendrika Fröger, 30-Apr-1898 Zutphen cert.39
unknown
policeman in Nijmegen
Jan Willem Carel Stapel (II), brother of Gradus
22-Jun-1876 Gendt
Johanna Maria Colewij, 18-May-1905 Rheden cert.49
14-Dec-1965 Gendt
constable in Gendt
Antonius Hendrikus Stapel, brother of Gradus
ca-1879 Gendt
Martha van den Brink, 19-May-1904 Ermelo cert.15
unknown
policeman
David Bastiaan Stapel, brother of Gradus
14-Mar-1881 Gendt
Angenita Hendrika van Leuven, 20-Oct-1909
Gendt cert.17
Ede?
hunt inspector
Marinus Johannes Stapel, son of Johannes Bernardus, Jan Willem Carel (I), David (II), etc.
4-Jun-1906 Roosendaal
Catharina Helena Putto, ca 1935 A'dam
18-Mar-1980 Hoorn
policeman in Hoorn
Jan Willem Carel Stapel (I), son of David (II),
Johan Hendrik and David (I = founding father).
12-Jul-1830 Gendt (on Waal)
Elisabeth Ederveen, 7-May-1859 Gendt, cert.10
4-Nov-1920 Roosendaal NB
county constable in Bergen L, Heijen, Steenbergen
Johannes Stapel (II), brother of Jan Willem Carel (I).
(For his uncle Johannes (I): see "at the taxoffice").
12-May-1832 Gendt
Elisabeth Sabel, 6-May-1863 The Hague, cert,245
Alida Maria Kaper, 23-May-1867 Dordrecht, cert.99
12-Dec-1918 Apeldoorn, cert.812
county constable 2cl, brigadier-maj.-tit. S&N-Holland
Johannes Stapel (III), son of Jan Willem Carel (I)
27-Nov-1869 Afferden L
cousin Johanna Alijda van Kesteren, ca 1895
Elisabetha Gepkens, 18-Apr-1928 Arnhem
ca 1-Aug-1955 A'dam
1897 policeman in The Hague, 1900 conductor NS
Gradus Stapel (II), son of David (III), David (II), etc.
Jan Willem Carel (I) was his uncle
2-Dec-1864 Gendt
Johanna van Wijk, 2-Aug-1894 Nijmegen cert.147
unknown
city constable in Nijmegen. (His uncle Gradus (I),
youngest son of David (II) was a dragoon)
Christinus Stapel, brother of Gradus
3-Jan-1868 Gendt
Hendrika Fröger, 30-Apr-1898 Zutphen cert.39
unknown
policeman in Nijmegen
Jan Willem Carel Stapel (II), brother of Gradus
22-Jun-1876 Gendt
Johanna Maria Colewij, 18-May-1905 Rheden cert.49
14-Dec-1965 Gendt
constable in Gendt
Antonius Hendrikus Stapel, brother of Gradus
ca-1879 Gendt
Martha van den Brink, 19-May-1904 Ermelo cert.15
unknown
policeman
David Bastiaan Stapel, brother of Gradus
14-Mar-1881 Gendt
Angenita Hendrika van Leuven, 20-Oct-1909
Gendt cert.17
Ede?
hunt inspector
Marinus Johannes Stapel, son of Johannes Bernardus, Jan Willem Carel (I), David (II), etc.
4-Jun-1906 Roosendaal
Catharina Helena Putto, ca 1935 A'dam
18-Mar-1980 Hoorn
policeman in Hoorn