Bonebakker is the name of a

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patrician family.

History

The ancestor Reynier Dircss Boonebacker originally came from the

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. He settled as a

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. Members of the family included, for example, the cashier and/or proprietor of the loan bank in

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and

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Adrianus Bonebakker Adrianus Bonebakker (Tiel, 27 May 1767 – Amsterdam, 31 March 1842) was a Dutch goldsmith, silversmith and jeweller. Biography Bonebakker was baptised as the son of Anthonij Bo ebakker (1730-1797) and Maria Cornelia van Oosterhoudt (1734-182 ...

decided to settle in

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in 1792. He partnered up with

Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz (20 July 1764 – 21 September 1826), also referred to as Dirk Lodewijk Bennewitz, was a Dutch goldsmith, silversmith and jeweller. Biography Bennewitz was born in Rinteln in 1764 (near Hanover), born as the son of ...

to take over a well-known Dutch gold, silver and jewellery shop in 1802, the Peirolet brothers’ business. Initially under the brothers Peirolet, Bennewitz & Bonebakker name and later as Bennewitz & Bonebakker. The partners decided to part company for business reasons in 1821 and Adrianus and his son Jacques Antoine Bonebakker continued the company under the As Bonebakker & Zoon name. The company produced the keys to the City of Amsterdam for King

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in 1806 and a second set of keys to the City of Amsterdam was handed to Emperor

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during his visit to Amsterdam in 1811. A 491-piece dinner service was produced for Prince Willem II, as well as the royal crown for

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in 1840. The maker of this crown, which to this day is still being used during coronation ceremonies, was Theodorus Gerardus Bentvelt.

Notable members

(1767-1842), founder of the Amsterdam gold and silversmith company * Jacques Antoine Bonebakker (1798-1868), an As Bonebakker & Zoon partner * Willem Christiaan Bonebakker (1866-1951), banker * Jan Willem Bonebakker (1893-1989), engineer and Professor in Marine Engineering * Adrianus Bonebakker (1895-1975), doctor * Claire Bonebakker (1904-1979), a Dutch painter

References

{{reflist Dutch patrician families