Claudina Blandina Relje

Brief Life History of Claudina Blandina

When Claudina Blandina Relje was born on 17 March 1706, in Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Denyse Ariens Relje, was 33 and her mother, Jeanne Elizabeth Le Roy, was 26. She married Jan Oosteroom in 1724, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1769, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Jan Oosteroom
1704–1776
Claudina Blandina Relje
1706–1769
Marriage: 1724
Jannetjen Oosterom
1724–1750
Jan Ostrom
1726–1777
Magdeltje Oostrom
1728–1822
Denys Oostrom
1730–1812
Hendrick Oostrom
1731–1741
David Oosterom
1737–
Roelof Oosterum
1738–1818
Henderikus Oostrom
1741–1797
Hendrick Ostrom
1742–1776
John J Ostrum
1746–1827

Sources (11)

  • Chr, Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly named Wiltwyck and often familiarly called Esopus of Sopus), for one hundred and fifty years from their commencement in 1660
  • Zlandina Relje in entry for Jannetjen Oostrum, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
  • Blandina in entry for Jan Osterhout, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Frieda, Gerhard.

North German: habitational name from a place called Brelingen near Hanover. This surname is very rare in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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