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[[Category: Pennsylvania Mennonite Pioneers]]
[[Category: Kaldenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
== Biography ==
{{German Roots Sticker}}'''Gertrude Doors''' was born about 1645 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, the daughter of [[Dohrs-1 | Theiss (Matthew) Doors]] and [[Op Den Graeff-1 | Nees Neessgen (Agnes) Op Dem Graeff]]. Gertrude married [[Kuster-3 | Paulus Kuster]], 16 Oct 1668, in Kaldenkirchen, Germany. Gertrude and Paulus came to Germantown, Pennsylvania, (USA) in 1683. Gertrude passed away 1708, in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
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"Many earlier genealogies of the Kuster family speak of Gertrude Streypers as the wife of Paulus Kuster. This misconception was probably passed along for many years because of the article appearing in "The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography in 1880 by Samuel W. Pennypacker, The Settlement of Germantown, and the Causes Which Led to It," saying that Gertrude was a sister of Jan and Willem Streypers. She was in fact the sister-in-law of Jan/Johann Streypers, her sister, Anna, having married him."... <ref>"The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first four generations", Jean M. White, Editor; Publisher The Castor Association of America, 1991; page 47.</ref>
"Gertrude's father, Theiss Doors, baptized 12 September 1614 in the Catholic Church in Kaldenkirchen, was the son of Peter Dohrs/Doormans and Lysgen (Elizabeth) Grietes. Theiss' name appears in an article about the persecution and suffering of the Mennonites in the 'Julich-Berg Historical Journal' under the surname Dahrs, Dahrmans, Peters and Peterschen which indicates that his father's name was Peter. Surnames in this period of time were not set. In fact, surnames were not required in the Netherlands (Kaldenkirchen lies almost on the border with the Netherlands) until 1811. Many families did adopt surnames around the 16th and 17th Centuries. Thus, with Theiss' and Neess' children one will note that some of the children used their father's surname of Doors while several used the patonymic of Theisson."..."Neessgen (Agnes), Gertrude's mother, was also born in Kaldenkirchen around 1616/18. Nothing is known about her parents or her childhood. After her marriage to Theiss Doors, which probably occurred around 1635-40, they became parents of eleven children:"<ref>"The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first four generations", Jean M. White, Editor; Publisher The Castor Association of America, 1991; page 47-48</ref>
Gertrude Doors married Paulus Kusters 16 October 1668 which is documented in the Parochial Register of the Reformed Congregation in Kaldenkirchen. Paulus Kusters is believed to have been born about 1644 in Kaldenkirchen, Germany, to Roman Catholic parents.<ref>"The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first four generations", Jean M. White, Editor; Publisher The Castor Association of America; page 15</ref>"During these later years others must have arrived also, for in a list of men who applied for naturalization in 1691 there appear these additional names which seem to be Mennonite,... Among those who followed in the years immediately succeeding were, ... Paulus Kuster from Crefeld, with wife [***GERTRUDE] and three sons, Arnold, Johannes and Hermanus, and Heinrich Pannabekker.... Thus far the Mennonite colonists were nearly all of Dutch descent, and came either from Holland or from the Dutch congregations in lower Germany...."<ref>C. Henry Smith, ''The Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth Century 1684,'' Pennsylvania, Norristown Press, 1929 (printed in the Pennsylvania German Soc, 1935); pp 95; LDS FHL SCL 974.8, B4pg, V.35.</ref>
Gertrude died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania soon after the death of her husband who died soon after 28 January 1707/8.<ref>"The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first four generations", Jean M. White, Editor; Publisher The Castor Association of America; page 16</ref>
== Family ==
She married 16 OCT 1668 [[Kuster-30|Paulus Kuster]] in Kaldenkirchen, Germany<ref>"The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first four generations", Jean M. White, Editor; Publisher The Castor Association of America; page 15</ref> and had the following children:
[[Kuster-43|Arnold Kuesters]] "baptized 9 June 1669, Kaldenkirchen, Germany...died 1739, Hanover Twp., Philadelphia County, PA , buried Manatawney Mennonite Cemetery"
[[Kuster-32|Johannes Kuesters]] "baptized 12 October 1670, Kaldenkirchen, Germany...died 1708, Germantown, PA."
[[Kuster-35|Matthias Kuesters]] "baptized 6 December1671, Kaldenkirchen, Germany...lived in Krefeld, Germany"
[[Kuster-33|Reinhart Kuesters]] "baptized 2 December 1674, Kaldenkirchen, Germany"
[[Kuster-34|Anna Kuesters]] "baptized 26 December 1677, Kaldenkirchen, Germany"
"Hermanus Kuesters, baptized 19 October 1681, Kaldenkirchen, Germany."
[[Kuster-31|Hermanus Kuesters]] "baptized early March 1682, Kaldenkirchen, Germany...died about February 1760, Philadelphia County, PA"
[[Kuster-36|Catrin Kuesters]] "baptized 9 March 1687, Kaldenkirchen, Germany"
[[Kuster-37|Eva Kuesters]] "died after 1748"
[[Kuster-38|Margaret Kuesters]] "born about 1690"<ref>"The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters of Kaldenkirchen, Germany and Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first four generations", Jean M. White, Editor; Publisher The Castor Association of America; page 18-19</ref>
== Sources ==
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== Notes / References ==
*Roberts, Clarence V.; EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OF UPPER BUCKS.*Miller, Marcus L.; "Germantown Residents Naturalized in 1691"; 1691; MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, Vol II, No 3, July 1983; pp 102-104; Seattle [WA] Public Library.*Pennypacker, Samuel W.; SETTLEMENT OF GERMANTOWN, N.Y., Benjamin Blom, 1970 (1899), pp 69, 136.
*Elmer Leonard Hauser Genealogy.
*William Howard Hauser Genealogy.*Delphine, Dominique Z.; Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry.com; CABLE-BUCHER-HAWBAKER-ULERY-KESTER-PRIEST-STAFFORD-SCANLAND-PRICE-HAPNER. (This is a family tree from Ancestry.com).
*KY Roots.ged (This is someones downloaded family tree).*[http://www.caoa-genes.org/ "Castor Association Of America"]. The association was founded in 1983. An association of genealogy family members in the surname lines of Caster, Castor, Custard, Custer, Gerster, Kaster, Kastor, Keister, Kester, Kiester, Kistard, Kister, Koester, Koster, Kuester, Kuster, Kustard and Kusterd. The Castor Association of America (CAOA) applies part of its efforts to searching for our foreign origins in order to better understand the earlier cultures abroad. This provides a deeper appreciation of the struggles and accomplishments of our ancestors. The Association publishes the results of its findings so that more people may share in its knowledge. CAOA also encourages informal regional and local gatherings of members to meet one another and learn more about their common history and the CAOA.
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My Family History
1646 - 1708 (62 years)