Joris Jansen Rapelje
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Joris Jansen Rapelje was a member of the Council of Twelve Men in the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland. He and his wife Catalina Trico were among the earliest settlers in New Netherla
Rapelye Street sign
Property of the Rapelje family, Brooklyn, ca. 1835
Home of the Rapelje family, foot of 34th Street and the North River. Drawing by Eliza Pratt Greatorex
Rapelye Estate, 45th Street, North River
Valenciennes
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Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Joris Jansen Rapelje
…1624, at the Walloon Church of Amsterdam. Rapelje, an illiterate 19-year-old textile worker whose origin was noted in the registry as 'Valencenne' (Valenciennes, Spanish Netherlands), and his 18-year-bride, had no family present to witness the ceremony. Four days later, on 25 January, the couple departed from…
The Hôtel de Ville (City Hall)
The Hôtel de Ville (City Hall)
Museum of Fine Arts of Valenciennes
The Dodenne Tower