Family tree Kerssemeijer, Kruithof

This publication started in 2021, the COVID time, when there was time for an indoor hobby. I didn't have to start from scratch. My father once started the Kerssemeijer family tree and managed to collect a lot of valuable information from his father and mother, aunts and uncles and cousins. There was no internet yet, so he had to rely on those stories and writing or visiting the various archives. He even cycled with my mother to Detmold, Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany to visit the place from where some of the Kerssemeijers came to the Netherlands as glassblowers. In that respect I have an easier time and I have been able to trace family connections that he dreamed of. We appear to be directly descended from the Lords of Arkel and through them from Charlemagne and Lamisso of the Lombards. There is a relationship with various royal families, including that of Orange-Nassau. But we remain humble and you can just call me Andre. Feel free to copy information if you wish, but I would appreciate it if you mention where you got it.

This is a "living" publication. I welcome any additions or suggestions.