The present Hoogstraat is not the same as the pre-WWII Hoogstraat. This part of Rotterdam was destroyed by the German bombardement of May 1940. The present Hoogstraat is in an other location than the original one. Jan te Boekhorst (born in pre-WWII Rotterdam) ----- Original Message ----- From: <augdeman@gmail.com> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.benelux To: <gen-benelux@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-BENELUX] Marriage transcription help please > Op maandag 14 oktober 2013 04:50:48 UTC+2 schreef Simon: >> I am descended from Jan Frans Montenak. >> >> In his first marriage there is an additional name after Jan Franssoon >> Montenakel. It has been transcribed as "Van Weert" on the the website > > It is not an additional name, Weert is the place he came from, like the > bride was "van Rotterdam". He lived in Rotterdam in the Nieuwe Vrancke > straet (Nieuwe or Lange Frankenstraat, not existing anymore, > http://gemeentearchief.rotterdam.nl/straatnamen-overzicht/frankenstraat-lange). > She lived in the Hoogstraat which still exists. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-BENELUX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >