Mike Kanssen
Honor Code SignatorySigned 29 May 2015 | 3,623 contributions | 49 thank-yous | 920 connections
Signed 29 May 2015 | 3,623 contributions | 49 thank-yous | 920 connections
Mike A. Kanssen
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Son of Andre Kanssen
and Doreen (Ollard) Kanssen
Brother of
[private brother (1960s - unknown)], Simon Kanssen, Andre Kanssen Jr and [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (2000s - unknown)], [private daughter (2000s - unknown)] and [private son (2000s - unknown)]
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Category:Dutch_Roots_Project
Biography
The son of a Belgian born Dutchman resident in England. Mike was born in Kent in the mid '60s then moved to Essex around 1970. He is employed as an analytical chemist working in the oil industry. Now happily married to Jess & struggling to bring up three children. Mikes main hobby is photography, which he dabbles in most aspects of! He is treasurer of the local photography workshop.
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Featured National Park champion connections: Mike is 18 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 21 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 19 degrees from George Catlin, 18 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 28 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 21 degrees from George Grinnell, 24 degrees from Anton Kröller, 22 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 22 degrees from John Muir, 15 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 29 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Me in a compact nutshell: I was born in Barbados but came to England as a student at Durham University in 1970 and then went on to Cambridge Uni to do my pH.D. Set up a wildlife production company with my husband and produced films for Survival, the BBC and Nat. Geo. Published environmental/wildlife books and now running a publishing co. and a smallholding in Weardale, Co. Durham. Last time visited B'dos was 2019 but hope to visit again this December. I am currently researching and writing a book about Benjamin Bynoe, surgeon on board HMS Beagle and other ships in the 1800s. He certainly saw life, including Ireland where he helped during the worst of the famines. I would like to find out John Bynoe's English roots, eg, if he emigrated to Barbados as an indentured servant, where he was born in England, etc. He probably emigrated to B'dos in the late 1660s as he was married in B'dos in 1670. I have a 218-page Barbadian Bynoe family tree. Hope you get this and am very much looking forward to hearing from you. (Also sent it as a private email but I don't think that worked a while back so using this route.)
Kind regards, Liz PS Am also interested in Charlotte Ollard, Benjamin's wife.
. Sadly I have very little on Benjamin or Charlotte , only knowing of him via contact from someone who recognised his Wife's name in my tree. She was merely a name to me previously. I'm not descended from Charlotte & have to go back 6 generations to get a link to her which is sadly further back than any decent family records I've seen. I do have some info on her uncle William, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ollard-8) but pretty much all I have is listed in my tree, so you've probably already seen it. I don't think I've even seen a second photo of him.
Sorry to be a dead end, & good luck with the book. Mike
De G2G is gestart Je kunt, als je mee wilt doen, je naam nu al toevoegen aan de deelnemerslijst
For a great start of the spring this year we will have a Spring Clean-a-Thon again. The fun starts Friday, April 23, at 8 AM (EDT) until Monday, April 26, at 8 AM (EDT) make sure to register for this event (hurry ;) (and respond with an ANSWER not a comment or reply) and of course also mention in the answer you are joining the Flying Dutchmen- Vliegende Hollanders team !
The 5th! Source-a-Thon will take place from the 2nd of October till the 5th of October. We really hope you will join us at our Team The Flying Dutchmen. Registering is open now HERE. More info at our Team page HERE or at our G2G-S-a-Th-Chat.
Hope to see you!
Margreet, Bea and Astrid
Please join us at Team Flying Dutchmen after registering HERE.
And please feel welcome to join us in the mean time at cleaning up a Dutch Roots Gedcom we work on together for the next weeks.
Hope to see you soon!
Margreet, Bea and Astrid
First of all we all are wishing you a very happy and healthy 2020! And for a great start of this new year we will have a Scan-a-Thon again. The fun starts this weekend, from Friday 10 January (8 AM (ET) until Monday 13 January (8 AM (ET) and the registration cut-off is Wednesday, January 8th, at 11:59 pm, ET, so if you want to participate make sure to register for this event (hurry ;) ) (and respond with an ANSWER not a comment or reply) and of course also mention in the answer you are joining the Flying Dutchmen- Vliegende Hollanders team !
Hope to see you soon,
Bea & Astrid :)
I hope you have some time and energy to join us at the upcoming DRP challenge. We like to have you as particpant. The challenge is besides adding profiles about fun and getting to know each other better. The challenge lasts from the 30th of December to the 6th of January. It is not important if you can not be around every day. Any add is welcome. And we like to jump together at WT into the New Year! HERE you find more info. Already wishing you a Happy New Year! Bea, Margreet and Astrid
Wanna have some fun ? It's almost time for the Source-a-Thon 2019 (Friday 4 October-Monday 7 October) and we would love to see you ! make sure to first register (with an answer!), and let them know you join the Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders and of course feel free to add your name to the team here (click link) (don't forget to remember and add your number (for the prizedrawings) there as well). ;)
Hope to see you soon and have a great day,
Bea + Astrid :)
The registration for the brand new Connect-a-Thon is open now, so if you would like to join us, make sure you first add an answer at this Connect-a-Thon 2019 registration G2G saying you would like to participate and join the Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders team and just add your WT ID to the team Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders, at our Connect-a-Thon team page where you also can see how everything works. And here's our team chat .
Many thanks and hope to see you (again) !
The Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders Team :D
It is time for the spring cleaning at WikiTree! For the third time WT organizes a Clean-A-Thon (CaTh-) challenge. And we need you! Please join us! Here is all info. And make sure to first register by clicking answer Here and let them know you want to join the Team Flying Dutchmen-Vliegende Hollanders .
Many thanks and hope to see you all !
The Flying Dutchmen - Vliegende Hollanders
Did you know our first annual Scan-a-Thon 2019 is almost starting ? It will last 72 hours from 11 January-14 January 2019, a big event here you can register and since you're a member of our project perhaps you want to join us and have some fun ? Here's our Flying Dutchmen Scan-a-Thon Team hope to see you soon !
Greets from the Netherlands ,
The Dutch Roots Project Team
Did you know our third annual Source-a-Thon 2018 is almost starting ? It will last 72 hours from 28 September-1 October 2018, a big event here you can register and since you're a member of our project perhaps you want to join us and have some fun ? Here's our Flying Dutchmen Source-a-Thon Team hope to see you soon !
Greets from the Netherlands ,
The Dutch Roots Project Team
How do you pass on freedom?
The DRP organizes our Annual Liberation Day Challenge again. Please join us!
Challenges are mainly meant to get to know each other better and to have fun with each other.
Again this year, we try again to give great resistance heroes a nice profile on WT, because they deserve it, also to provide them with ancestors and we also try to connect them to "our" WT.
Would you like to help? You are very welcome !
The Dutch Roots Challenge Project.
Did you know there's a Spring Clean-a-Thon organized ? It will last 72 hours in the weekend of 21-23 April 2018, a big event here you can register and since you're a member of our project perhaps you want to join us and have some fun ? Here's our Flying Dutchmen Clean-a-Thon Team
And..that's not all, we also will have our Dutch Roots Hoogovens Hotshots Challenge next week from 27 March 2 April, so if you want to have some fun and work on something different for a change, you're very welcome to join us !
Greets from the Netherlands ,
The Dutch Roots Project Team
Hoi,
Wist je al dat er een Spring Clean-a-Thon wordt georganiseerd? Het duurt 72 uur en is in het weekend van 21-23 april 2018, een grote gebeurtenis hier kun je je registreren en aangezien je lid bent van ons project, misschien heb je zin in een leuk weekend samen en om gezellig met ons mee te doen? Hier is ons Flying Dutchmen Clean-a-Thon Team
En ... dat is nog niet alles, volgende week hebben we de Dutch Roots Hoogovens Hotemototen Challenge! (van 27 maart tot 2 april). Dus als je wat plezier wilt hebben en voor de verandering aan iets anders wilt werken, je bent natuurlijk van harte welkom om met ons mee te doen!
Groetjes uit Nederland,
Het Dutch Roots Project Team
I was wondering if perhaps you would be interested to work on the Portal World-The Netherlands with Melissa and Bill and hopefully more members ? I was thinking maybe we can make it a sub Project of the Dutch Roots Project, where you all can add or work on more specific things related to the Netherlands you would like to see added there or work on.
If you are interested just add your name to the list and let me know, or you can of course contact Melissa or Bill directly.
Greets from the Netherlands,
Bea :)
There's an important Dutch Roots Project G2G, please check it out, we would love to see and hear from you there !
Greets,
The Dutch Roots Project Team :)