# Kouw family — Dylan Slagh genealogy research

> 2 people, 1851–1888. Each record gives dates, places, parents, spouses, children and the person's own page. From Dylan Slagh's research, which started from an Ancestry tree and is being checked against original records: treat it as leads, not proof. Living people and people without verified dates are left out. Contact: dylanslagh@gmail.com.

Web page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/kouw · JSON: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/kouw.json · All surnames: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames.md

## Married into the Kouw family

Wives of men in this family. Records often call them by the Kouw name; their full records are filed under their maiden names.

- [Elizabeth Melis (1849–1912)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/elizabeth-melis-1849-1912-i222687798233), wife of Johannes Kouw (1851–1929) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/melis.md

## Johannes Kouw (1851–1929)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannes-kouw-1851-1929-i222687798204
- ID I222687798204 · Dylan Slagh's 3rd great-grandfather · Scholten side of the family
- Also recorded as: Johannis Gouw; Johannis Caauw; Johannes Mouw
- Born: 6 Apr 1851, Borssele, Borsele Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Died: 31 Dec 1929, Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Buried: Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Father: [Jan Caauw (born 1816)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jan-caauw-1816-i222687798591)
- Mother: [Cornelia Barta Catharina Boone (born 1820)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/cornelia-boone-1820-i222687798623)
- Spouse: [Elizabeth Melis (1849–1912)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/elizabeth-melis-1849-1912-i222687798233), married 19 Feb 1873, 's-Heer-Arendskerke, Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Children: [Cornelia Bertha Katharine Kouw (1888–1934)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/cornelia-kouw-1888-1934-i46445347578)
- Siblings: [Arij Koster (1842–1842)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/arij-koster-1842-1842-i222687799372); [Elisabeth Koster (1843–1844)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/elisabeth-koster-1843-1844-i222687799371); [Izaak Naeije (born 1846)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/izaak-naeije-1846-i222687799367); [Johannis Naeije (1847–1847)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannis-naeije-1847-1847-i222687799366); [Lieven Gouw (born 1849)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/lieven-gouw-1849-i222687799368); [Johanna Gouw (1852–1852)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-gouw-1852-1852-i222687799370); [Elisabeth Gouw (1854–1854)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/elisabeth-gouw-1854-1854-i222687799369)
- Research summary: His birth record gives 6 April 1851 in Borssele, Zeeland. He appears to have left 's-Heer Arendskerke between 1880, when his last child was born there, and 1888, when a daughter was born in Holland, Michigan.
- Original source: [1929: Michigan death certificate of Johannes Kouw, Holland, Ottawa County](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1929-michigan-death-certificate-of-johannes-kouw-holland-ottawa-c-b2c576)
- Original source: [1934: Michigan death certificate of Kate Plockmeyer, Holland, Ottawa County](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1934-michigan-death-certificate-of-kate-plockmeyer-holland-ottawa-740060)

## Cornelia Bertha Katharine Kouw (1888–1934)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/cornelia-kouw-1888-1934-i46445347578
- ID I46445347578 · Dylan Slagh's 2nd great-grandmother · Scholten side of the family
- Also recorded as: Kate Kouw; Katie Mouw; Cornelia Bertha Kathrine Plockmeyer
- Married name: Cornelia Bertha Katharine Plockmeyer
- Born: 16 Sep 1888, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA
- Died: 14 Sep 1934, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
- Buried: Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Lived: 1930, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA
- Father: [Johannes Kouw (1851–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannes-kouw-1851-1929-i222687798204)
- Mother: [Elizabeth Melis (1849–1912)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/elizabeth-melis-1849-1912-i222687798233)
- Spouse: [Martin Plockmeyer (1886–1956)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/martin-plockmeyer-1886-1956-i46445346508), married 25 Jun 1907, Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA
- Children: [Jeanette Plockmeyer (1907–1960)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jeanette-plockmeyer-1907-1960-i46445173496); [Baby Girl Plockmeyer (1909–1909)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/baby-plockmeyer-1909-1909-i222687798363); [Elizabeth Plockmeyer (1911–2009)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/elizabeth-plockmeyer-1911-2009-i46445944744); [Infant Plockmeyer (died 1914)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/infant-plockmeyer-1914-i222687798362); [Russell J Plockmeyer (1920–1999)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/russell-plockmeyer-1920-1999-i46445944745)
- Original source: [1914: Michigan death certificate of an unnamed infant Plockmeyer (stillborn), Olive Township, Ottawa County, 1914](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1914-michigan-death-certificate-of-an-unnamed-infant-plockmeyer-s-a3ae45)
- Original source: [1934: Michigan death certificate of Kate Plockmeyer, Holland, Ottawa County](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1934-michigan-death-certificate-of-kate-plockmeyer-holland-ottawa-740060)