Fig. 2.0 The birth certificate of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn from the archives of the
municipality of Barneveld. The birth, which took place at the parental home, is dated
Sunday January 19, 1851, at 7 o’clock in the morning. Witnesses (to the registration
of course) were Wilhelmus Corijnsen, aged 66, a municipal messenger—‘Ambtsbode’;
a person employed by the municipal administration, whose primary task was to deliver
messages and documents—, and Gijsbert van Gortel, aged 30, a cleaner by profession.
Note that here the last name is spelled Kapteijn. From FamilySearch [26]
municipality of Barneveld. The birth, which took place at the parental home, is dated
Sunday January 19, 1851, at 7 o’clock in the morning. Witnesses (to the registration
of course) were Wilhelmus Corijnsen, aged 66, a municipal messenger—‘Ambtsbode’;
a person employed by the municipal administration, whose primary task was to deliver
messages and documents—, and Gijsbert van Gortel, aged 30, a cleaner by profession.
Note that here the last name is spelled Kapteijn. From FamilySearch [26]