Individual Details

Gertrude Doors was born about 1645 in Kaldenkirchen, Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was the third of eleven children born to Matthias Theis Doors, sometimes called Mathew, and Neessgen Doors, sometimes called Ness or Agnes. Two large families of Doors (Dohrs) lived in the Kaldenkirchen vicinity during 17th century. One of the families lived in a marshy area near the village of Kaldenkirchen. It was located in the forest near the Dutch border. The Catholic and Reformed churches that the Doors families attended are still there today, across the street from each other. It was six to thirteen miles from Krefeld. (Mouse over map right.) The Doors and Kuster families that emigrated from these two villages to America, probably to escape religious persecution, were founders of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Gertrude married Paulus Kester on October 16, 1668, in Kaldenkirchen and they had ten children baptized there – Arnold on June 9, 1669; ancestor Johannes; Mattys on June 12, 1672 (died in 1673); Matthys also called Matthias on December 6, 1671; Renier on December 2, 1674; Anna on December 26, 1677; Hermanus on October 19, 1681, who probably

Birth	Abt 1645	Kaldenkirchen, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany
Marriage	16 Oct 1668	Kaldenkirchen, Rheinland, Prussia, Germany - Paulus Kuesters
Death	28 Feb 1708	Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Religion		mennonite

Spouse	Paulus Kuesters (1644 - 1708)
Child	Arnold Kuesters (1660 - 1739)
Child	Johannes Kuesters (1670 - 1708)
Child	Mathias Kuesters (1671 - )
Child	Reiner Kuesters (1674 - )
Child	Anna Kuesters (1677 - )
Child	Eva Kuesters (1681 - 1748)
Child	Hermanus Kuesters (1682 - 1760)
Child	Catrin Kuesters (1687 - )
Child	Margaret Kuesters (1690 - )

Father	Theis Doors (1614 - 1663)
Mother	Agnes ? (1617 - )
Sibling	Anna Doors (1641 - 1700)
Sibling	Peter Doors (1643 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Doors (1647 - )
Sibling	Johanna Doors (1649 - )
Sibling	Helene Theisson (1650 - )
Sibling	Cornelius Thiesson (1652 - 1716)
Sibling	Margarita Doors (1654 - )
Sibling	Reiner Theisson (1659 - 1745)
Sibling	Maria Theisen (1660 - 1742)
Sibling	Hermann Doors (1663 - 1739)