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- Names: Claas
- Surname: Cornelisse
- City of Origin: Vrelant
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Employment Information
- Date Employed: 1683-05-09
- Occupation: Sailor
- Description:
- (Dutch: matroos) watch and helmansman duties; loading and unloading; cleaning, taring and caulking the ship; hoisting and pulling in the sails; assisting the NCOs.
- Date Terminated: 1685-08-31
- Place Terminated: Asia
- Reason Terminated: Last record
- Remarks:
- No reason is given for ending tenure and often the account has not been closed. ‘Last record’ is also often used when the ‘reason’ remains obscure.
Departure Information
- Ship Name: Ridderschap van Holland
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Family Information
- Family Links:
- Neeltje Corn [Zus(ter)]
Maritje Cornelisse [Zus(ter)]
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VOC Employment Records
The United East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock company in the world, granting it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia.
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