Claas Oem, was found among the rulers of the city of Dordrecht, around 1230 he was serving as a member of the city council. This was when the city itself was surrounded by stone walls, according to the witnessing of Gouthaven (fol. 76). He had a wife. Catharina Gijssensd Duyck., daughter of Gijfen Duijk and van N Van der Mark. NOTE ** Marriage didn't exist until the 13th century. Beginning with the Nobility. Marriage primary purpose was to bind a woman to a man and thus guarantee that a man's children was truly his biological heirs. Marriage was considered a largely pragmatic transaction, not a romantic one. The more current and Western traditional terminology meaning "court as lover" or the general idea of "romantic love" is believed to have originated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, primarily from that of the French culture. From this marriage: 1. Claeys Claeysz OEM 2. Gillis OEM
