Stapels at the tax-office.
From Church-books, civil registries and other sources we know that the Stapels in the table on the right eventually originate from Gendt. All twelve were em- ployed in one capacity or another by local or national tax services. Maybe there are more, not yet identified.
On top are the descendants of Johan Hendrik, eldest son of David (I). As a German immigrant he had two sons working at Dutch tax-offices: Johannes (I), who cover- ed Borculo and environs with his 4 sons and Hendrik, who worked by river with his two sons and son in law Jacobus Hendrikus Ritmeester from Brielle, married with Hendrik's eldest daughter Sophia Cornelia.
Then there were 2 greatgrandsons of Johan Hendrik's son David (II): my uncles Chris and Ben with his son Bernardus Cornelis as well as two sons of their aunt (Hendrina) Alijda working at the tax-office: Hendrik Willem Frederik Zoetekouw, who died as chief Customs-House officer at 40 in Amsterdam and his youngest brother Johannes Bernard who was customs official in Eindhoven, Amsterdam and Venlo resp..
Finally David's (I) son Frederik had 2 greatgrandsons in The Hague and via his daughter Aleida a grandson Jan George Schneijder from Waardenburg, all at the tax-services.
The simple family tree below clarifies the relationships.
A journal for tax-officials like there is in the police force (Alg.Pol.blad) is not available. My genealogy data do not include any detail about the tax related work of the earlier Stapels. Yet, reading the title "slooprower" of 170 years ago, I see a young Hendrik Stapel rowing furiously to collect duties and excises from bargemen sailing by, board their barges, inspect the cargo and later enter his drawings with his goosefeather in his account books.
It is fascinating to see Willem Frederik (II) and his wife Rijkje Dorst, parents of the tax-Stapels in The Hague and themselves coffeehouse keeper and servant, raise their children to professions like attorney, antiquarian, VOC historian (F.W. Stapel) or General Audit officer. In comparison, their family members were innkeeper, barber, timber-merchant, stoker, coachman, servant or lamp-lighter. His father Willem Frederik (I), in 1825 the first Stapel from Gendt who married in The Hague, yet started as a waggoner in Gendt, became coachman straight away in The Hague, but was a tapper according to his children's birth certificates as of 1836.
From Church-books, civil registries and other sources we know that the Stapels in the table on the right eventually originate from Gendt. All twelve were em- ployed in one capacity or another by local or national tax services. Maybe there are more, not yet identified.
On top are the descendants of Johan Hendrik, eldest son of David (I). As a German immigrant he had two sons working at Dutch tax-offices: Johannes (I), who cover- ed Borculo and environs with his 4 sons and Hendrik, who worked by river with his two sons and son in law Jacobus Hendrikus Ritmeester from Brielle, married with Hendrik's eldest daughter Sophia Cornelia.
Then there were 2 greatgrandsons of Johan Hendrik's son David (II): my uncles Chris and Ben with his son Bernardus Cornelis as well as two sons of their aunt (Hendrina) Alijda working at the tax-office: Hendrik Willem Frederik Zoetekouw, who died as chief Customs-House officer at 40 in Amsterdam and his youngest brother Johannes Bernard who was customs official in Eindhoven, Amsterdam and Venlo resp..
Finally David's (I) son Frederik had 2 greatgrandsons in The Hague and via his daughter Aleida a grandson Jan George Schneijder from Waardenburg, all at the tax-services.
The simple family tree below clarifies the relationships.
A journal for tax-officials like there is in the police force (Alg.Pol.blad) is not available. My genealogy data do not include any detail about the tax related work of the earlier Stapels. Yet, reading the title "slooprower" of 170 years ago, I see a young Hendrik Stapel rowing furiously to collect duties and excises from bargemen sailing by, board their barges, inspect the cargo and later enter his drawings with his goosefeather in his account books.
It is fascinating to see Willem Frederik (II) and his wife Rijkje Dorst, parents of the tax-Stapels in The Hague and themselves coffeehouse keeper and servant, raise their children to professions like attorney, antiquarian, VOC historian (F.W. Stapel) or General Audit officer. In comparison, their family members were innkeeper, barber, timber-merchant, stoker, coachman, servant or lamp-lighter. His father Willem Frederik (I), in 1825 the first Stapel from Gendt who married in The Hague, yet started as a waggoner in Gendt, became coachman straight away in The Hague, but was a tapper according to his children's birth certificates as of 1836.
Therefore I will concentrate on the professional activities of my uncles Chris en Ben, who always warmly welcomed me when I unexpectedly rang their doorbell.
The Amsterdam and Roosendaal familycards from Chris and his father resp. show many details already but Bea, Chris' youngest daughter, found his service record and other documents as well. More about his life and carreer can be read at Chris Stapel.
On uncle Ben I got a few details from his father's familycard, as well as my ±1961 memory of his spacy office at the 1st floor of the Ministry of Finance at the Buitenhof. I still hear him find his wording, thoughtful and yet firm. Amidst all the business of home, work and a rehousing on top his daughter Emmy yet took some time to look into this attic box with family papers! At Ben Stapel the result can be read.
On familycards the number of address changes is striking. One moved houses so to speak when the wallpaper needed a change and went with the work. Apparently that was much more common then today, consider- ing that jobmobility was high in the pre-war Netherlands. Without public transport or bike you had to live at walking distance from work.
At the taxoffice this was compensated with an extra-ordinairy job- and social security. Collection, documentation and book keeping of taxes was seen as vital for the correct conduct of the state, by national and local authorities alike. So, these were quite keen to value their experts and made it a priority.
For privacy reasons younger generations at the tax-office are not detailed here.
The Amsterdam and Roosendaal familycards from Chris and his father resp. show many details already but Bea, Chris' youngest daughter, found his service record and other documents as well. More about his life and carreer can be read at Chris Stapel.
On uncle Ben I got a few details from his father's familycard, as well as my ±1961 memory of his spacy office at the 1st floor of the Ministry of Finance at the Buitenhof. I still hear him find his wording, thoughtful and yet firm. Amidst all the business of home, work and a rehousing on top his daughter Emmy yet took some time to look into this attic box with family papers! At Ben Stapel the result can be read.
On familycards the number of address changes is striking. One moved houses so to speak when the wallpaper needed a change and went with the work. Apparently that was much more common then today, consider- ing that jobmobility was high in the pre-war Netherlands. Without public transport or bike you had to live at walking distance from work.
At the taxoffice this was compensated with an extra-ordinairy job- and social security. Collection, documentation and book keeping of taxes was seen as vital for the correct conduct of the state, by national and local authorities alike. So, these were quite keen to value their experts and made it a priority.
For privacy reasons younger generations at the tax-office are not detailed here.
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Genealogy data
Johannes Stapel (I), son of Johan Hendrik and
David (I = founding father)
9-Oct-1796 Gendt
Johanna Engelina Bosse, 7-Feb-1833 Borculo cert.1
Maria Geertruida Kobus, 9-Oct-1847 Borculo cert.13
3-Feb-1870 Lochem
Customs official on foot
Johan Hendrik Godfried Stapel, eldest son of
Johannes (above)
13-Aug-1832 Borculo
Johanna Maria Dulfer, 17-Okt-1864 Groenlo cert.16
unknown
civil service afficial
Hendrik Frederik Carel Stapel, broer van Johan Hendrik Godfried (above)
8-Aug-1838 Borculo
P.M. Verbeek, J.G. Vaags, E.F. Weenink, M. Vennink
19-Dec-1892 Borculo
Custom-House official
Frederik Wilhelm Lodewijk Stapel, brother of Johan Hendrik Godfried (above)
5-May-1842 Didam
Hendrika Looman, 22-May-1972 Zutphen cert.58
15-Mar-1905 Doesburg
civil service official
Johannes Engelinus Cornelius Stapel, halfbrother of Johan Hendrik Godfried (above)
11-Apr-1852 Eibergen
Sentina Elisabeth Struijs, 14-Oct-1881 Borculo ct.18
24-Jan-1918 Brummen
Customs official
Hendrik Stapel, son of Johan Hendrik and David (I)
28-Aug-1801 Gendt
Hanna Ham, 15-Sep-1836 Nijmegen, cert.115
12-Oct-1884 Herwen and Aerdt, cert.53
slooprower or Customs official by river
Johan Abraham Stapel, son of Hendrik (above)
25-Jun-1837 Varik
Elisabeth Hans, 4-May-1876 Nijmegen cert.57
unknown
slooprower
Christiaan Willem Frederik Stapel,
son of Hendrik the slooprower (above)
8-Feb-1856 Ubbergen
Cornelia Gezina Francina Gelink,
1-Jun-1883 Borculo certificate 17
5-Nov-1938 Utrecht
Custom-House officer
Christiaan Jacobus Stapel, son of Johannes
Bernardus, Jan Willem Carel (I), David (II), Johan Hendrik and David (I).
26-Nov-1900 Zwolle
Joanna Cornelia Brand, 30-Jun-1927 Amsterdam
25-Mar-1979 Alkmaar
Custom-House officer in South- and North-Holland
Bernardus Stapel, joungest brother of
Christiaan Jacobus (above)
27-Aug-1916 Roosendaal
with Johanna Cornelia Gerardina Mol,
3-Aug-1943 Roosendaal
25-Jul-1994 The Hague
referendary import-duties and excises, Min.of Fin.
Willem Johannes Stapel, son of Willem Frederik (II),
Willem Frederik (I), Frederik and David (I).
12-Dec-1865 The Hague
Lydia Gustav Hallström, 25-Mar-1904 TheHague ct.311
14-Oct-1929 Wassenaar
official in the East-Indies
Louis Stapel, brother of Willem Johannes (above).
7-May-1881
Theodora Maria Kromhout van der Meer, 19-May-1922 The Hague, certificate B667
18-Dec-1946 The Hague
official at the General Audit-Office
(home = www.cstapel.nl)
Johannes Stapel (I), son of Johan Hendrik and
David (I = founding father)
9-Oct-1796 Gendt
Johanna Engelina Bosse, 7-Feb-1833 Borculo cert.1
Maria Geertruida Kobus, 9-Oct-1847 Borculo cert.13
3-Feb-1870 Lochem
Customs official on foot
Johan Hendrik Godfried Stapel, eldest son of
Johannes (above)
13-Aug-1832 Borculo
Johanna Maria Dulfer, 17-Okt-1864 Groenlo cert.16
unknown
civil service afficial
Hendrik Frederik Carel Stapel, broer van Johan Hendrik Godfried (above)
8-Aug-1838 Borculo
P.M. Verbeek, J.G. Vaags, E.F. Weenink, M. Vennink
19-Dec-1892 Borculo
Custom-House official
Frederik Wilhelm Lodewijk Stapel, brother of Johan Hendrik Godfried (above)
5-May-1842 Didam
Hendrika Looman, 22-May-1972 Zutphen cert.58
15-Mar-1905 Doesburg
civil service official
Johannes Engelinus Cornelius Stapel, halfbrother of Johan Hendrik Godfried (above)
11-Apr-1852 Eibergen
Sentina Elisabeth Struijs, 14-Oct-1881 Borculo ct.18
24-Jan-1918 Brummen
Customs official
Hendrik Stapel, son of Johan Hendrik and David (I)
28-Aug-1801 Gendt
Hanna Ham, 15-Sep-1836 Nijmegen, cert.115
12-Oct-1884 Herwen and Aerdt, cert.53
slooprower or Customs official by river
Johan Abraham Stapel, son of Hendrik (above)
25-Jun-1837 Varik
Elisabeth Hans, 4-May-1876 Nijmegen cert.57
unknown
slooprower
Christiaan Willem Frederik Stapel,
son of Hendrik the slooprower (above)
8-Feb-1856 Ubbergen
Cornelia Gezina Francina Gelink,
1-Jun-1883 Borculo certificate 17
5-Nov-1938 Utrecht
Custom-House officer
Christiaan Jacobus Stapel, son of Johannes
Bernardus, Jan Willem Carel (I), David (II), Johan Hendrik and David (I).
26-Nov-1900 Zwolle
Joanna Cornelia Brand, 30-Jun-1927 Amsterdam
25-Mar-1979 Alkmaar
Custom-House officer in South- and North-Holland
Bernardus Stapel, joungest brother of
Christiaan Jacobus (above)
27-Aug-1916 Roosendaal
with Johanna Cornelia Gerardina Mol,
3-Aug-1943 Roosendaal
25-Jul-1994 The Hague
referendary import-duties and excises, Min.of Fin.
Willem Johannes Stapel, son of Willem Frederik (II),
Willem Frederik (I), Frederik and David (I).
12-Dec-1865 The Hague
Lydia Gustav Hallström, 25-Mar-1904 TheHague ct.311
14-Oct-1929 Wassenaar
official in the East-Indies
Louis Stapel, brother of Willem Johannes (above).
7-May-1881
Theodora Maria Kromhout van der Meer, 19-May-1922 The Hague, certificate B667
18-Dec-1946 The Hague
official at the General Audit-Office
(home = www.cstapel.nl)