Dutch Infantry

[sarah]

Posted on behalf of Nicola who sent the message to me in error.

Hi.  Sad to say, my excitement has turned to disappointment, when looking up the record for my great-great-grandfather, Harmannus Julsing.  I scrolled through the whole of the Netherlands Army Service records for 1823-24 and then 1822, without success.  He was born in October 1804, and the majority of the records for those years were for recruits born in or around 1804.  However, I fear I may have given you misleading information:  Although he belonged to the 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Regiment, it appears that he may have been in the Artillery.  If that is the case, would his Service Record be included here, or elsewhere?

[JustinL]

Thanks, Sarah.

Did Nicola send that as a PM?

Nicola - I had already come to the tentative conclusion that HJ was in the artillery. Have a look at the record here https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9Y18-9SXF?i=78&wc=M6K5-XNP%3A64364601%2C64364602&cc=1498335

This HJ appears to have had four children with Evertje Bottenburg between 1828 and 1834, before marrying her in 1837.

1824 Conscripted into the Vierde Bataillon Artillerie Nationale Militie (Fourth Battalion, Artillery of the National Militia)
1825 he transferred to the battalion of Voluntary Artillerymen (Vrijwillige Artilleristen).
1830-31 occasionally involved in engagements during the Belgian Uprising.
1832 he returned to the ANM in January and was promoted to the rank of sergeant on 16 May.
1837 transferred to the Artillerie-Schutterrij

Are you able to post an image of Pieter's birth record?
How do you know that your HJ was born on October 1804?

I work with several Dutch people, so I can probably get the record transcribed and translated.

Justin

[sarah]

No Justin,

It was an email to RootsChat help.

Regards

Sarah