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January 16, 2012

A more comprehensive account of the brig Maria tragedy in Australia has been posted. This voyage in 1872 ended in tragedy but one of the fortunate survivors was George Whiting Crommelin (1845-1905). This story should appeal to younger family members who have a taste for adventure and excitement.

December 15, 2011

The new digital Crommelin Journal for December 2011 is now online.

December 4, 2011

A profile on Patrice Crommelin Longley has been added, a gifted artist who cherished the Nantucket region of the United States.

November 28, 2011
A glimpse of family history going back more than three centuries has been added. This article is about Daniel Crommelin (son of Jean Crommelin and Rachel Tacquelet) and his involvement with 2 orphans of the de Coninck family who were related to him by the marriage of his sister Catherine Crommelin to Francois de Coninck. The de Coninck’s were an important textile trading house with whom the Crommelins had extensive commercial and family ties. During a visit to the SHPF (Societe d’Histoire de Protestantisme Français in Paris) Maryse Trannois found extensive correspondence between our two families. She has provided invaluable help in transcribing some of these letters to facilitate translation into English. This collection of correspondence provides interesting reading.

September 12, 2011
A letter from Frederic de Coninck's 'Letter Book' written to Daniel Crommelin has been translated. It carries a glimpse of Daniel's precarious financial position around 1716. Daniel was living in New York at the time, while Frederic, his nephew, was living in Schiedam, Holland.

August 7, 2011
The preface to Isaac Mathieu Crommelin's book, Mes Radotages (My Ramblings) or, "the Art of Killing Time", published in 1809 when he was 78 years old, has been translated.

Another book, Partners Three by May Crommelin, pubished in 1903, was recently acquired by Govert Deketh for the Crommelin Foundation archives - a project undertaken together with Miff Crommelin a few years ago. An inventory of the books collection will in coming months be made and published on our website and/or Crommelin Journal.

December 23, 2010
The December 2010 issue of Crommelin Journal is now online.

A picture essay of the 2010 Reunion at Blaricum, Holland is now online. [Can you help identify some of the participants!]

October 7, 2010
An article about an old family Bible belonging to the Verplanck-Crommelin family in New York has been added.

August 26, 2010
Several new articles have been posted on the website:

Gilbert Derings - a Swedish edition of the book Goblin Gold by May Crommelin

May Crommelin's Book Covers

Notable Signatures

Isaac Mathieu Crommelin: His Books, His Legacy

"Who's Who?" - Adrian Crommelin

"Who's Who?" - Louis Crommelin

"Who's Who?" - The Testart Family

Jean Testart - Last Days of a Robinson Crusoe

Family Reunion - Vancouver, 2004

June 11, 2010
The new June 2010 issue of Crommelin Journal is now online. (All in Dutch this time...)

December 30, 2009
The new December 2009 issue of Crommelin Journal is now online.

April 25, 2009
The Spring 2009 issue of Crommelin Journal is now online.

April 2, 2009
A new profile has been added for Walter Crommelin, a talented pianist, actor and screen personality.

November 3, 2008
A page has been added that recounts the notable career of Lt. Gen. William Arden Crommelin (1823-1887) with the Royal (Bengal) Engineers during a turbulent period in the history of India.

A link has been provided in the 'Geography' section to a house in Spokane, WA, U.S.A. known as the "Henri Crommelin" house.

October 10, 2008
A profile on Robert Crommelin (chairman of the Crommelin Foundation) has been added.

October 9, 2008
A new edition of the Crommelin Journal is now available online.

Another possible portrait of Ann Crommelin-Sinclair (wife of Charles) has been discovered. For details see the bottom of their portraits page.

August 28, 2008
A profile on George Saunders Crommelin provides us with a harrowing account of his near-tragic escape from a Liberator bomber following a bombing run over Poland in 1944.

June 7, 2008
A profile was added of Paul Alexander Crommelin , a son of missionary director Ds. Daan Crommelin and Hélène Niehans who, after the war emigrated from Holland to the United States (Palo Alto, California).

June 6, 2008
A Visit In A Dutch Country House is an account of [Irish Author] May Crommelin's trip to Holland in 1884. This article, published in 1887, contains lovely descriptions of the Dutch landscape, scenery, interior of houses, her welcome by relatives in Holland and the life in a 'well-to-do' Dutch family in the late-19th century

April 23, 2008
A new Menu section called 'Geography' has been added under the heading of HISTORY. This section shows some places in the world where the Crommelin name appears. It has some interesting new articles such as Newtowncrommelin, Northern Ireland, Mars, and The Moon.

April 20, 2008
A new page called "The War Record" has been added which recalls Edward Crommelin's clandestine shortwave recording work during WWII.

March 23, 2008
Another instalment on the "Crommelins in India" appears with the story of James Arden Crommelin of Darjeeling, India who served with the Bengal Engineers.

March 12, 2008
The following links will take you to see 3D images of Crommelin Crater on Mars! These, no doubt, were named after Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, a well known British Astronomer who also has a crater on the Moon named after him.
Link 1 / Link 2 / Link 3

March 9, 2008
An overview of Huize Reehorst has been added, the summer residence of J.W.H. Crommelin in the early 1900's.

January 30, 2008
A biography of Thomas Lake Crommelin has been added. Thomas Lake is the "adventurer" ancestor of the Crommelin family branches in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

January 26, 2008
A biography of Daniel Crommelin is now online. It covers the firm Daniel Crommelin & Sons which traded successfully between Holland and America for several generations.

January 25, 2008
A biography of Antonia Catharina Crommelin-Deketh recalls her early days in Holland and other lands. (In Dutch...)

January 16, 2008
A biography of Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, a well known British Astronomer, has been added.

January 16, 2008
The latest issue of the Crommelin Journal is now online.

January 3, 2008
The house in Amsterdam that Claude August Crommelin occupied at the end of his short life (1840-1874), a 17th century house on the Herengracht (#132), was destroyed by fire on new year's eve 2007/08. Claude August Crommelin was a jurist (from Utrecht university 1865), a member of Council in Amsterdam 1868-1874, a member of Provincial States of North Holland 1868-1874, and a collector of paintings (mostly aquarelles).

(Source 1 / Source 2 / Source 3)

Herengracht 132 (.pdf)

September 30, 2007
A report on the last Family Reunion in Joppe-Gorssel, Holland is now online.

October 15, 2007
A new Profile on the 'Swiss Crommelin Branch' has been added.

September 28, 2007
Two new Profiles were added. One deals with a diary kept by Claude August C. during his business trip to Minnesota in 1866. Another is a profile on Richard Pugh, author of various articles on the history of the Crommelin family in India.

September 20, 2007
A biography of Wigbold Crommelin (1712-1789) and his father, Benjamin, has been added. Wigbold was a Governor-General of Suriname in the mid-1700's.

August 12, 2007
Visiting the old, old, old homestead...
Paul and Mary Ann Crommelin of Pennsylvania, descendants of Daniel Crommelin, visited Chester recently. Daniel Crommelin once owned a 3,066-acre homestead called Grey Court, which encompassed parts of Chester, Goshen and Blooming Grove in New York State. The original house that Daniel lived in still stands! Read about Paul and Mary Ann's recent visit.

May 11, 2007
A section on May Crommelin (Marie Henrietta de la Cherois Crommelin) has been added. She was a prolific Irish author in the Victorian era.

May 1, 2007
Another discovery pertaining to Daniel Crommelin turned up recently. Dating back to 1720, an indenture (deed/mortgage) written on a sheepskin was discovered in the attic of a lawyer's offices. This document effectively transferred ownership of Daniel's 'Greycourt' property to various creditors to help satisfy debts incurred by his son, Charles.

February 3, 2007
Two other Petitions signed by Daniel Crommelin in the 1700's have been discovered. One deals with the "French Scare" that caused trouble for the Huguenots in New York at a time when Britain (which governed New York) and France were at war. Another petition deals with the rash dismissal of the pastor of the French Reformed Church.

January 30, 2007 - Family Profiles
Two new family profiles have been added: Mariad Crommelin (Holland) and Edward Crommelin (Canada).

December, 2006 - Family Profiles
Photos and Notes to augment the Genealogy Report have been added. Visit:

November 21, 2006 - Will of Mary Sinclair-Duykinck
Notes on the will of Mary Sinclair [Charles Crommelin's mother-in-law] have been posted. It outlines some of the peculiarities of inheritances in colonial New York City during the early 1700's. Source: The Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature. Visit:

October 27, 2006 - Website News
The www.crommelin.nl domain is now coupled to the www.crommelin.org domain.

October 24, 2006
Charles Crommelin Chronology has been updated.