(1) Hij is getrouwd met Maria Keurlingst (Curlis, Korling).
Zij zijn getrouwd op 14 juli 1786 te Dodewaard, hij was toen 38 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
(2) Hij is getrouwd met Breunisje Geurts.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 5 februari 1792, hij was toen 44 jaar oud.
The St.Vitus monastery in München-Gladbach, Germany had an estate in Rheydt, which was called the St.Vitus estate, also known as the Vits farm. This estate was given in hereditary tenure by the abbot of the monastery to Christian ter Heyden. This was on 14-Feb-1471 (Valentines Day). The original treaty to this is in the State Archive in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Christian ter Heyden occupied the St.Vitus estate together with his wife Grete. In those times a farm estate was a stronghold and more important than a family name. From that time Christian and his descendants called themselves after the estate and took the name Vits as family name.
Coat-of-Arms (in the archive in Solingen, Germany)
Shield:
A portrayel os Saint Vitus: A man with brown curly hair and a halo. The saint wears a red with silver tunic. In his right hand a green palm branch. The left hand on his heart.
Helmet:
On his helmet a black lion. In its claws a red stone with a square hole in the middle.
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Johann Wilhelm Vits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Breunisje Geurts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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