van Osnabrugge, Osenbrugge etc.
This page is mainly about the (van) Osnabrugge, Osenbrugge etc. families in the Netherlands, after (or just before) 1600.
The Ossenbruch (-broich) descendants in Germany are described on the bottom of this page.
Interestingly, there are van Osenbruggens living in Germany today, who are descendants of Hermanus Gijsbertus van Osenbruggen from Ingen. His 4 sons married there in ~1890s and had many children.
Further information on (van) O. families in the Netherlands and many other countries can be found on the census page.
Most of the (van) O-s living in the Netherlands are decendants of four patriarchs. Often their descendants' names are spelled differently during the first 100 years.
- Aert van Osenbruggen (b. ~1545), whose descendants initially lived in the Lower Betuwe (Rijswijk, Ingen etc.).
It can be argued that Aert could be the son of Nevelynck v. Ossenbruch, who might have moved to Buren in 1533 . Read more about that here.
- Matthijs van Osenbrugge (b. ~1605), whose descendants lived in the Arnhem area, but now most of them live in Goeree-Overflakkee and The Hague area.
- Jan Jansz van Osenbrugh (b. ~1600), who came from Emden and settled in Leiden. His descendants live in Leiden and other areas in the west of Holland.
- Teunis Oostenbrug (b. ~1730), whose descendants moved from Friesland to Iowa and Canada and other parts of Holland.
We should also mention on this page Nicolaes van Osenbrugh (b.1656 in Arnhem), who was the grandson of Dirck van Osenbrugh (b. ~1580) & his wife Janneke van Middachten. He married Gunilda (Zelda) the Frisian (de Vriesin) and moved to Ingria (now Finland, but then part of Sweden). He adapted his name to the local language into Ossenbrygg, which later became Åsenbrygg.
His son Nicolaus (b. 1683) and his mother Gunilda moved from Inkeri to Vieremä to escape Russian domination. There he bought the estate of Nikulan, which had nearly a thousand hectares (2,500 acres) at that time. His descendants are very many and several Åsenbrygg families still live in Vieremä. There is also an Åsenbrygg museum.
You can further find information on who lived (lives) where on the "Find Places" page, while the "Heat Map" might be easier to use and informative. Just zoom into an area, which you are interested in.
