Johan Frederik Wilhelm Veeren

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Veeren family coat of arms (1911)

Johan Frederik Wilhelm Veeren (born July 23, 1761 in Huissen ; † May 13, 1821 ibid) was a Dutch lieutenant colonel at the time of the coalition wars.

origin

Johan Frederik Wilhelm was a son of Theodorus Coenradus Casparus Veeren (1720–1786), retired lieutenant. D. of the regiment van Kinschot , and the Anna Maria van Himberg. He was the grandson of Roedolf ​​Arnold Veeren (1685-1735), lieutenant and mayor of Huissen, and great-grandson of the lawyer Bernard Veeren († July 4, 1688; register of the Geldersch-Overijsselsche Studentenvereniging on November 12, 1663; mayor of Huissen 1682). His great-uncle was the ensign Bernard Veeren (born September 5, 1688, † July 11, 1708 in the battle of Oudenaarde ).

One brother was Hendrik Arnold Veeren (born October 13, 1770 in Huissen; † November 12, 1821 there; 1808 captain in the 3rd infantry regiment; 1810 in the 124th line infantry regiment, retired November 1, 1814).

career

Volunteer army of the Patriots in Utrecht

Johan Frederik Wilhelm began his military career on April 4, 1776 as a cadet in the regiment of Sommelsdijk , later von Pabst , became an ensign in September 1780 and a lieutenant in the same regiment on July 1, 1787. He was decommissioned on November 2, 1787 in the course of the disputes with the Patriots after the Prussian intervention , but reactivated during the Batavian Republic , and on July 8, 1795 he was captain of the 2nd half battalion of the 1st half brigade. He was retired on July 10, 1804, but returned to the 9th Line Infantry Regiment on March 2, 1807 as a captain. He joined the Veterans Corps on December 7, 1807 and retired on December 13, 1810. King Wilhelm I awarded him the rank of lieutenant colonel on January 1, 1815.

He had taken part in several campaigns: 1780 on the coast of Holland against England , 1784 in Holland against Austria, 1794 in Holland , 1796 in Germany, 1797 near Texel , on August 27, 1799 with the French Batavian army in North Holland against British invasion troops, and 1807 in Germany.

family

The 33rd regiment in the Carré near Krasnoi (painting by Jean Antoine Simeon Fort)

He married Anna Maria Petronella Ramdohr (born March 5, 1767 in Bergen op Zoom , † May 6, 1859 in Arnhem ), the daughter of chirurgijn-majoor Johann Daniel Ramdohr (probably from Lennep ) and Anna, while still holding the rank of lieutenant Maria Pronck.

From this marriage 2 daughters and 5 sons were born, including the officers

  • Theodorus Coenradus Casparus Veeren (born March 24, 1790 in Borculo , † March 8, 1847 in Arnhem ); ⚭ on February 25, 1811 in Groningen with Anna Cornelia van Orsoy (1776–1851). Major in a flanqueur company in the battle of Waterloo , 1830 lieutenant colonel in the 2nd division of the Gelderland militia, later colonel, city councilor and militia commissioner in Arnhem.
  • Rudolph Hendrik Johan Veeren, the fourth son, (born July 24, 1803 in Huissen, † April 23, 1861 in the Zuijlenveld house in Zuilen); 1825 Second Lieutenant 13th Infantry Division, transferred to the 2nd Jagers Battalion in February 1831 , in October 1843 in the Grenadiers en Jagers Regiment , on April 7, 1848, Captain 3rd class in this regiment, September 7, 1848, Captain 1st Inf. Regiment, retired from September 1851. Mayor of Zuilen from December 5, 1853 .
  • Johan Rabo Bernard Veeren (* in Geesteren ; † October 8, 1870 as captain of the infantry in the house 'de Basseld' near Twello ); was one of the few survivors of the 33rd light infantry regiment captured by the Russians who fought near Krasnoi on November 17, 1812 .
  • George Wolfgang François van Veeren (born October 25, 1809 in Muiden, † November 14, 1877 in Arnhem), first lieutenant of the infantry.

Literature and web links

  • Epen, Didericus Gijsbertus van, (1868–1930): Nederland's Patriciaat , Vol. II (s-Gravenhage, 1911), pp. 494–504, here p. 495. Online at archive.org, accessed on May 6, 2020.
  • W. Ph. Veeren (1937), in PJ Blok, PC Molhuysen (ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek . Deel 10 Online , consulted via DBNL (KB), accessed on May 6, 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ W. Ph. Veeren (1933), in PJ Blok, PC Molhuysen (ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek . Deel 9 , column 1161, accessed May 6, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Veeren, Johan Frederik Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veeren, Johan Fredrik Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lieutenant colonel
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Huissen
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1821
Place of death Huissen