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June 7, 2008
A profile was added of Paul Alexander Crommelin , a son of missionary director Ds. Daan Crommelin and Hélčne 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.