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! SOURCE: KB Funnix (Andreesen) and KB Esen * S.200 / 34 and OSB Funnix 510

"Twin sons born to Jacob Janssen von Beesten, master shoemaker in Funnix which were born on March 13th and died on March 14th the one at four o' clock in the morning the other around eleven o'clock and they were buried at the same time in the evening of the fifteenth of March."
Evangelische Kirche Funnix (Kr. Wittmunt), Heiraten, Taufen, Tote Register 1800.

1800, 1828, 1834 - Master Shoemaker at Funnix.
Evangelische Kirche Funnix (Kr. Wittmunt), Heiraten, Taufen, Tote Registers for those years.

Beruf: Schuhmacher
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Similar family stories claim a royal, wealthy background:

Christina Von Beesten claimed to be a descendant of the "House of Orange" (Heiken)

Steve Read said in an email, "When I lived in Denver in the early 80's I had a chance to visit several times with my Great Uncle, who was Johanna's (Christina's sister) grandson. He remembers what she said about the family in Germany, mainly that the von Bestens were wealthy at one time and they are related very distantly to the royal house of Germany, the Hohenzollerns. They lost everything in one of the many wars they had in Germany. Then he said, "She told me the family was from (whatever "from" means) a place which sounded like our city of Phoenix." He also had the von Besten coat of arms, which was brought over from Germany. I examined it, and it was genuine. ( I did not get a photo of it at the time, and have been trying to coax his daughter into sending me one - it's stored "somewhere in a box", now that Ralph's gone.) There were two bunches of grapes on the shield, and the motto was "aus der Schweiz", which means "from Switzerland". I wondered if the family made their money in wine, and I located a little town by the name of Founex in an area of Switzerland with vineyards - but it wasn't until I saw your research on Christina that I knew about Funnix. Very strange, isn't it? Both would be pronounced similar to Phoenix."

In Ralph's letter to me, he said "I can remember when I was about 8 or 9 that Johanna told me at one time her family the von Bestens were wealthy and they are related very distantly to the royal house of Germany the Hoenzollerans. They lost everything on one of the many wars they had in Germany." -- JoEllen Olsen

Apparently the von Beestens were aristocracy in Switzerland, but were kicked out of the country about the time of the French Revolution (fortunately with heads still attached). They then moved to Munich, Germany (Albright).

Birth	21 Apr 1757	Esens, Ostfriesland, Preussen
Marriage	3 Jun 1796	Funnix, Wittmund, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany - Christina Tjarks
Death	5 Aug 1834	at midnight from old age - Funnix, Wittmund, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany
Burial	11 Aug 1834	Funnix, Wittmund, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany

Spouse	Christina Tjarks (1777 - 1835)
Child	Johann von Beesten (1797 - 1859)
Child	Tjark von Beesten (1801 - )
Child	Heinrich von Beesten (1804 - )
Child	Jacob von Beesten (1807 - 1812)
Child	Anne / Ancke von Beesten (1809 - 1812)
Child	Jacob von Beesten (1813 - 1830)
Child	Anna / Ancke von Beesten (1815 - 1875)
Child	Christian von Beesten (1819 - 1900)

Father	Jan Jacobs von Beesten (1723 - 1789)
Mother	Ancke Hinrichs (1726 - 1783)
Sibling	Ehle Margaretha von Beesten (1752 - )
Sibling	Jacob Christjan von Beesten (1754 - )
Sibling	Ehlcke von Beesten (1760 - )
Sibling	Ehlcke von Beesten (1762 - )
Sibling	Hilcke von Beesten (1767 - )

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