Theodorus van Gogh

Theodorus "Theo" van Gogh was the father of painter Vincent van Gogh.

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Category: Dominees
Category: Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
Category: 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Category: Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Category: Begraafplaats Oude Toren, Nuenen

Biography

Ds. Theodorus van Gogh was one of six sons, and was the father of the famous artist, Vincent van Gogh. He studied theology at Utrecht. In 1849 he secured the living of Groot-Zundert, a little village in Brabant on the Belgian frontier, where he was confirmed by his father, Ds. Vincent van Gogh. He married Anna Corneli Carbentus in May, 1851.
Theodorus ("Dorus") van Gogh studied theology and became in 1849 a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Zundert (Noord-Brabrant), where the protestants were a small minority. His father was a Reverend as well, in the same region. In 1851 he married Anna Carbentus (1819-1907),the daughter of a bookseller. They had seven children. In 1871 he wasappointed in Helvoirt, in 1875 in Etten, in 1882 in Nuenen (all of these villages in the same region). In 1885 he suddenly died. Among his parishioners he was nicknamed "the handsome Reverend", but he was not a very talented preacher. (bio from findagrave.com)

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• Birth: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/28002974* Birth: The Utrecht Archives in Utrecht (Netherlands), Civil registration births Benschop, archive 481, inventory number 16-12, February 8, 1822, record number 4* Marriage: Municipal archive The Hague, Civil registration marriages Burgerlijke Stand Huwelijken 1851, 's-Gravenhage, record number 273* Death: "Netherlands, Noord-Brabant Province, Civil Registration, 1811-1942," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-DT9T-D9?cc=2026223&wc=... : 22 May 2014), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten > Overlijden 1883-1902 > image 45 of 366; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Hertogenbosch (Netherlands National Archives, Hertogenbosch).
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh* Memoir of Vincent van Gogh, by Johanna Gesina van Gogh - Bonger, Vincent's sister-in-law, online at http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/memoir/sisterinlaw/1.html
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33581304* Brabant Historical InformationCentre in Brabant (Netherlands), Civil registration deaths Bron: boek, Part: 5489, Period: 1885, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, access code50, inventory number 5489, 1885, Overlijdensregister Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten 1885, record number 17
• https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorus_van_Gogh
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh%27s_family_in_his_art