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Welcome to this website where you can find the genealogy and historical information of the familyname Van Hunnik. The name is also used as "Van Hunnick" and Van Hünnik". Family members from U.S.A., Canada, Australia (Ozzies) and Germany are invited to respond to complete our familytree.
Use the menu buttons to surf on this website. Most items are written in Dutch. Some parts are in English, in future there will be a complete translation available. Use the English buttons to surf on the website.
Invitation (only for members of the familytree):
It would be nice to show the Dutch Van Hunnik wings something about members who live abroad.
So if you have typical pictures of the place you live in or from you and your family, please sent them by e-mail and I'll find a place for them on this website. Especialy old pictures are welcome.
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J.C. (Coen) van Hunnik
Since the excistence of this website it was visited often by people to find out about the painter J.C. van Hunnik.
Coen van Hunnik draw hundreds of pictures of Dutch and English landscapes, animals, flowers and illustrated books in the period 1960 - 1985. A lot of them are duplicated as a souvenir and spread all over the world.
The webmaster met him several times and his biography and a lot of his work is published on this website.
links:
< familypage JC van Hunnik>
< pictures and biography JC van Hunnik>
for more information mail the webmaster
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Special Topics:
Meet your famous forefathers :
All Van Hunnik members are related to the Middelhoven family, on the webpage "Middelhoven" you find more information about them. Frans Hals paintings were made of reverent Michael and his wife Sara. On this website pictures of both paintings and their story.
Jan Pietersz. Sweelinck (1562-1621): Wing A4 is related to this famous Dutch composer and organist of the Old Church of Amsterdam. Follow this link < Oude Kerk te Amsterdam> to take a view of this church and listen to his music.
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rhijn (1606-1669)
Wing A, G, H, J, K and L (including most of the USA-VanHunnik have a distant relationship with this worldfamous painter. Follow this link to Rembrandt
Karel de Grote (emperor of the West-Roman empire) (742-814)
There is a demonstrabel relationship between members of the A and D wing with this emperor. Many kings, lords, earls and leading families are forefathers of these families. The connection between Van Hunnik and these famous persons was brought about by marriages with members of the families Knijff and Bos. Follow this link <Karel de Grote 1> or <Karel de Grote 2> to read about it.(in Dutch)
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