Alberdingk


Alberdingk is the name of a Dutch patrician family.

History

The oldest known family members is one Christoffel Johannszn. Alberding who lived in Langendahl in Hessen during the first half of the 17th century. His great-grandson Jonas Alberding converted to Roman Catholicism. His son, Johannes Heinrich Alberding was a cooper and moved to Amsterdam. His grandson Johannes Heinrich, Joannes Franciscus Alberdingk Thijm, married in 1819 Catharina Thijm ; in 1834, through a royal decree he was given the permission to carry the name Alberdingk Thijm.

Notable members