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Gelderland
Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
, and Noord Brabant in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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History
Founding father was Henric Colve, reported from May 1367, a farmer and cattle owner, who owned land at HelvoirtHelvoirt
Helvoirt is a village and part of the municipality of Haaren, North Brabant, Netherlands.Helvoirt was a separate municipality until 1996, when it became a part of Haaren....
, Lith
Lith
Lith is a town in the province North Brabant in the Netherlands. Before 2011 there was also a municipality, since 2011 Lith is a part of Oss- External links :*...
and Vught
Vught
Vught is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. It is a town where lots of commuters live and has recently been named "Best place to live" by the Dutch magazine Elsevier.-Politics:...
, and was a tenant at Oisterwijk
Oisterwijk
- The city of Oisterwijk :Oisterwijk received city rights in 1230. Part of the municipality of Oisterwijk includes the 'Oisterwijkse bossen en vennen' and the 'Kampina'. Both are nature reserves of outstanding natural beauty. The reserves are owned and kept by the 'Vereniging Natuurmonumenten'...
. Recent genealogical research has shown that the family name may be derived from a family owned inn at Gorinchem
Gorinchem
Gorinchem , also called Gorkum , is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 21.99 km² of which 3.03 km² is water...
where, around 1500, the game named Kolf was played. Most of the present Kolffs descend from Wouter Kolff, 'burger' (citizenship
Citizenship
Citizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities...
) of the city of Nijmegen and his children who moved westwards from Nijmegen along the great rivers of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
gradually, over several generations, towards Middelharnis
Middelharnis
Middelharnis is a municipality and a village in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 86.79 km² ....
, Maassluis
Maassluis
Maassluis is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 32,847 in 2004, and covers an area of 10.11 km² .It received city rights in 1811...
, and who established themselves in the 19th and 20th centuries mainly at Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
and The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
. Another important branch settled in the Betuwe
Betuwe
The Betuwe is an area in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland...
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Most of the current 430 members (2010) of the Kolff family live in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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, while about one third live in other countries, most of them in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, the United States
United States
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of America and New Zealand
New Zealand
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. The genealogy of the Kolff family is included in the Nederland's Patriciaat
Nederland's Patriciaat
Nederland's Patriciaat, informally known as Het Blauwe Boekje , is a book series published annually since 1910, containing the genealogies of important Dutch patrician non-noble families. It is issued by the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie in The Hague. The Publication Commission of the CBG...
from its earliest issues and can be seen up to date at the website of the Kolff Family Association. The family archives are kept at the Rotterdam Municipal Archives.
Coat of arms
Kolff en Van Santen Kolff: the earliest known family member to use the coat of arms was Rev. Wolter Kolff (generation IX), according to the coat of arms of alliance between his wife Petronella van Duyren and himself, dated 1671 (in the family archives). Within the shield without colours he used the three hammers (kolven, colven, or Kolffen), bats down, outer two inclining inwards, the middle one inclining to the right. As tarpaulin he used the swan. The coats of arms of Van Breda Kolff and Kolff van Oosterwijk are not shown here.Notable members
(order following the family genealogy branch)- Dirk Hendrik Kolff (1761-1835), lieutenant-commander at sea (Vlieter IncidentVlieter IncidentThe Vlieter incident was the surrender without a fight of a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, during the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland to the British navy on a sandbank near the Channel known as De Vlieter, near Wieringen, on August 30,...
)- Dirk Hendrik Kolff (1800-1843), lieutenant at sea of the Koninklijke Marine
- Louis Charles Kolff (1867-1922), mayor of WieringenWieringenWieringen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It consists of a former island, also named Wieringen, and there are plans to make Wieringen an island again by widening the Amsteldiepkanaal into a lake called the Wieringerrandmeer.-Population centres :The...
and member of the States-ProvincialStates-ProvincialThe States'-Provincial is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the Provinces of the Netherlands. It is elected for each province simultaneously once every four years and has the responsibility for matters of sub-national or regional importance...
of Noord-Holland- Louis Charles Kolff (1893-1970), mayor of WieringenWieringenWieringen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It consists of a former island, also named Wieringen, and there are plans to make Wieringen an island again by widening the Amsteldiepkanaal into a lake called the Wieringerrandmeer.-Population centres :The...
and res. 1st lieutenant of the artillery
- Louis Charles Kolff (1893-1970), mayor of Wieringen
- Louis Charles Kolff (1867-1922), mayor of Wieringen
- Dirk Hendrik Kolff (1800-1843), lieutenant at sea of the Koninklijke Marine
- Henriëtte Jeannette Christine Kolff (1835-1927), founder, together with her brother Gualtherus (see below), of the Vereniging Kolffs Blindenfonds (Kolff Foundation for the Blind) and the Stichting Blindenhulp (Foundation to Assist the Blind)
- Gualtherus Johannes Kolff (1846-1918), founder and first director of Nederlandse Blindenbibliotheek
- Marius Kolff (1848-1931), mayor of DeilDeilDeil is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Geldermalsen, and lies about 12 km west of Tiel.Deil was a separate municipality until 1978, when it became a part of Geldermalsen....
- Gualtherus Kolff (1879-1959), judge and member of the Senate
- Willem Marinus Kolff (1882-1944), mayor of DeilDeilDeil is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Geldermalsen, and lies about 12 km west of Tiel.Deil was a separate municipality until 1978, when it became a part of Geldermalsen....
- Jacob (Jacques) van Santen Kolff (1848-1896), literary writer, music and art critic, drawing artist, and inventor of the name Hague SchoolHague SchoolThe Hague School is the name given to a group of artists who lived and worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1890. Their work was heavily influenced by the realist painters of the French Barbizon school. The painters of the Hague school generally made use of relatively sombre colours, which is why...
- Jan Gualtherus van Breda KolffJan van Breda Kolff (footballer)Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff was a Dutch amateur football player....
(1894-1974), banker, youngest debutant (up to date 2009) in the Dutch national football teamNetherlands national football teamThe Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
- Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff (1922-2007), basketball coach Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
- Jan Michael van Breda Kolff (1951), college basketball head coach
- Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff (1922-2007), basketball coach Princeton University
- Cornelis Kolff (1897-1968), director of Tollens paint factories
- Benjamin Kolff (1902-1982), mayor of Vlissingen
- Willem Johan KolffWillem Johan KolffWillem Johan "Pim" Kolff was a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs. Willem is a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War...
(1911-2009), was a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs; was active in resistance - Gualtherus Johannes Kolff (1826-1881), founder of G.J. Kolff & Co., publishers at Batavia, in the Dutch East IndiesDutch East IndiesThe Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
, (Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad newspaper) with book shops all over the territory. Some years after IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
became independent, the company moved to the NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and is based mostly in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
and Leeuwarden - Haley Kolff (1989-), a cross country runner at Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
in Nashville, TennesseeNashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
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