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074 Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, Vincent van Gogh and Theodorus van Gogh to Theo van Gogh. Etten, Tuesday, 4 April 1876.
in note 2:
...ister of Mrs van Gogh, was married to Johannes Paulus Stricker. They were the parents of Cornelia Adr...
Willemina Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, a sister of Mrs van Gogh, was married to Johannes Paulus Str...
in translation:
...on’t you think it very sad, poor Kee and Uncle and Aunt, maybe the good weather will do some good. ...
... We’re awfully sorry that you didn’t see Aunt Mina, and we didn’t even hear how Vos is. Don’...
081 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Saturday, 6 May 1876.
in note 4:
The minister Johannes Paulus Stricker was married to Willemina Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, a siste...
...aulus Stricker was married to Willemina Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, a sister of Mrs van Gogh. The...
in translation:
...ontact with families; in Amsterdam she would find this at once through Uncle Cor and Uncle Stricker.
109 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Friday, 23 March 1877.
in translation:
...n the morning I went with Uncle Cor to see Uncle Stricker, where we had a long talk about you-know-wh...
111 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Sunday, 15 April 1877.
in note 12:
...hing more from Amsterdam from Uncle Cor or Uncle Stricker, whom we long to hear from. This morning a ...
113 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Monday, 30 April 1877.
in note 18:
...bibliography accompanying the 1887 account of Stricker’s life, it appears that Van Gogh’s employe...
in translation:
...of Christ from a catechism book written by Uncle Stricker, and I copied out the texts, which brought ...
114 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 19 May 1877.
in translation:
...men like Pa and the Rev. Keller van Hoorn, Uncle Stricker and so many others, a lot of practice is ne...
On Whit Monday I hope to be at Uncle Stricker’s in the afternoon and evening.
115 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 21 and Tuesday, 22 May 1877.
in note 5:
J.P. Stricker preached at 10 a.m. in the Zuiderkerk.
in note 16:
...) in 1872; Kee was a daughter of J.P. Stricker and W.C.G. Carbentus, referred to as ‘Uncle Stricker...
in translation:
...be fulfilled. At 10 in the morning I heard Uncle Stricker on Acts II:1-4, the pouring forth of the Ho...
This afternoon I’m going to Uncle Stricker’s, who asked me to come, Vos, Kee and Paul’s girl wi...
22 May. Yesterday evening I was at Uncle Stricker’s, where it was very convivial. Vos, Kee, Paul’...
Yesterday at the Strickers’ I had to tell them about London and Paris, and whenever I do that I se...
116 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 28 May 1877.
in note 10:
Aunt Mina isW.C.G. Carbentus, the wife of J.P. Stricker; Margreet Meyboom was Paul Stricker’s girlf...
in translation:
This morning I was in Uncle Stricker’s study, it’s beautiful and he has a portrait of Calvin afte...
Aunt Mina and Paul’s girl will soon be going to Etten, that will be nice for them at home. Pa wrote...
119 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 4 and Tuesday, 5 June 1877.
in note 8:
...of ease in Amstelveld, near Reguliersgracht and Kerkstraat. Stricker’s service was held at 10 a.m.
in note 14:
... van Gogh – to the Groningen persuasion. J.P. Stricker wrote the ‘Levensbericht van Dr. L.S.P. M...
in translation:
...is Sunday’. This evening I have to go to Uncle Stricker’s. Went to the early sermon yesterday mor...
5 June. Last night I was at the Strickers’, Margreet Meyboom, to whom Paul is engaged, was there as...
120 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 12 June 1877.
in translation:
...ly labourers and women. Afterwards I heard Uncle Stricker in the Oosterkerk on ‘praise, not of men ...
On Monday Aunt Mina and Margreet Meyboom left for Etten, and I saw them at the station of the Oosters...
in note 23:
...made a good impression on both his Aunt W.C.G. Stricker-Carbentus and Margreet. Mr van Gogh wrote to ...
in note 20:
J.P. Stricker conducted the 10 a.m. service held at the Oosterkerk.
121 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 9 July 1877.
in translation:
...e, and outstanding preachers, I often hear Uncle Stricker, and what he says is very good, and he spea...
122 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 15 July 1877.
in translation:
After that I heard dear Uncle Stricker in the Oudezijdskapel on the words ‘Beware of the leaven of ...
123 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 27 July 1877.
in note 11:
...demolished in 1950. On that Sunday morning J.P. Stricker conducted the 10 a.m. service at the Eiland...
in translation:
...h again, and then to the Eilandskerk where Uncle Stricker preached. Thus the time passes, and quickly...
125 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 3 August 1877.
in translation:
... figures fanning out on all sides. I go to Uncle Stricker’s study quite a lot. He’s very clever a...
126 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 5 August 1877.
in translation:
...’d have to ask for travelling money from Uncle Stricker, who has some money of Pa’s to be put at ...
...map to accompany it, that is good to have. Uncle Stricker recently gave me a book on the geography of...
127 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 18 August 1877.
in note 1:
W.C.G. Carbentus turned 61 on 12 August.
in note 8:
On Sunday, 12 August, J.P. Stricker preached at the 10 a.m. service in the Oudezijdskapel.
in note 35:
On 22 August, Mrs van Gogh told Theo of the Strickers’ dismay. For Willemien, too, ‘who simply ad...
in translation:
...t Sunday and, as I was there that evening, Uncle Stricker asked me a thing or two and didn’t seem d...
It was a pleasant evening at Uncle Stricker’s on Aunt’s birthday, that morning Uncle had worked i...
...recht, and at 7 o’clock I had to be at the Strickers’, because Jan was leaving for Paris and I�...
Before going to the Strickers’ I walked through the Jewish quarter and on Buitenkant, Oude Teertuin...
It was such a good sermon, old boy, that Uncle Stricker gave on The way of life is above to the wise,...
... we’ll be together in Etten for Christmas. Aunt Mina’s birthday was last Sunday and, as I was th...
...was a pleasant evening at Uncle Stricker’s on Aunt’s birthday, that morning Uncle had worked into...
128 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 27 August 1877.
in note 14:
On 26 August, J.P. Stricker preached at 10 a.m. in the Eilandskerk.
in translation:
...sterday morning to the Eilandskerk to hear Uncle Stricker, who spoke on Luke XI:28. But He said, Yea ...
...time and hear one of the ministers like the Rev. Laurillard or Uncle Stricker. Do try to arrange it.
129 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 4 September 1877.
in note 39:
On Sunday, 2 September, J.P. Stricker preached at 10 a.m. in the Nieuwe Kerk.
in translation:
Also spent an evening at the Strickers’ and heard Uncle preach last Sunday on I Cor. III:14, If any...
130 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 7 September 1877.
in translation:
...he room. Now we also have plans to go to Uncle Stricker’s (because I’ve been invited to eat there...
133 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 30 October 1877.
in translation:
...but now the lamp is on.) Ate hotchpot at Uncle Stricker’s one afternoon, and it occurred to me on t...
...euvre of C. Daubigny. Went from there to Uncle Stricker’s, Uncle was out but a son of the Rev. Meyb...
At 10 o’clock Uncle came home soaking wet, for it was raining quite a lot that evening, and I had a...
...er. Uncle sends you his regards, also Uncle and Aunt Stricker. Bid your housemates good-day from me,...
...hat evening, and I had a long talk with him and Aunt, because Mendes had paid them a visit a couple o...
134 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877.
in translation:
...d every day. Uncle Jan, Uncle Cor and the Stricker family send you their regards, and accept a heart...
135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
in translation:
Must go to Stricker’s this afternoon, they’re very concerned there about Paul, there’s a telegr...
136 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 December 1877.
in translation:
Uncle Jan sends you his regards, also Uncle and Aunt Stricker.
137 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 9 December 1877.
in note 12:
J.P. Stricker conducted the 10 a.m. service in the Eilandskerk.
in translation:
...emale: but Christ is all, and in all. From Uncle Stricker a box of cigars, you know what I did with t...
Was at Uncle Stricker’s service this morning, i.e. in the Eilandskerk, Uncle Cor was there too. The...
...riefly at Vos and Kee’s, where Uncle and Aunt Stricker were as well, but couldn’t stay because I...
139 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 9 and Thursday, 10 January 1878.
in translation:
Was at Uncle Stricker’s yesterday, Paul left with the ship De Liberaal, they haven’t had a letter...
140 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 10 February 1878.
in translation:
...ry glad of it, we went together to Mendes, Uncle Stricker, Uncle Cor, Vos and Kee and both Meijjes fa...
...ssage from Caesar, and this afternoon to Uncle Stricker’s, I go there rather often now that Uncle i...
I’m currently taking lessons from Uncle Stricker once or twice a week, that is a bonus. Uncle is an...
in note 20:
J.P. Stricker, who had taken upon himself the supervision of Vincent’s study, no doubt instructed h...
141 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 18 and Tuesday, 19 February 1878.
in translation:
...o rest a little, so I couldn’t see him. And then on to Uncle Stricker and after that to Uncle Cor.
... brings up blood now and then and coughs a lot. Jan is staying at Uncle Stricker’s for a few days.
142 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 3 March 1878.
in translation:
... morning, preaching in the Oudezijdskapel, Uncle Stricker was in that church too, and I had coffee wi...
...ght today of the former, this morning when Uncle Stricker was looking for texts in which the word dun...
143 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 3 April 1878.
in note 55:
...m? And how did you find him? We heard from the Strickers that they had once again been delighted to ...
144 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 13 May 1878.
in note 16:
On Sunday, 12 May 1878, Stricker conducted the 10 a.m. service in the Oudezijdskapel.
in note 11:
1 Cor. 12:26. Vos was Uncle Stricker’s son-in-law.
in translation:
... become a veritable house of mourning, and Uncle Stricker’s too, in fact, for when one member suffe...
...by the event in nearly every church. Heard Uncle Stricker, among others, who had been a close acquain...
146 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 5 August 1878.
in note 10:
Willemina Carbentus, J.P. Stricker’s wife.
in translation:
... here, and promised to return this summer with Uncle, may that happen, for once Anna is married thin...
Aunt Mina was here, and promised to return this summer with Uncle, may that happen, for once Anna is ...
179 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Thursday, 3 November 1881.
in note 7:
The celebration held to mark the Strickers’ 40th anniversary on 7 December 1881.
in note 5:
Kee Vos was the daughter of J.P. Stricker and Willemina Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, a sister of Mr...
...daughter of J.P. Stricker and Willemina Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, a sister of Mrs van Gogh, whi...
in translation:
... addition to her — to Pa and Ma, to Uncle and Aunt Stricker and to Uncle and Aunt at Princenhage. ...
... me dangling and fobbing me off until Uncle and Aunt Stricker’s big celebration (in December) is o...
...to Uncle Cent that I would stop writing to Uncle Stricker for the time being, until unforeseen circum...
180 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 7 November 1881.
in note 3:
Van Gogh will repeat this word used by Uncle Stricker in subsequent letters (see letters 181, 182 and...
181 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Tuesday, 8 or Wednesday, 9 November 1881.
in note 2:
Ironical reference to a remark made by Uncle Stricker; see letter 180.
in translation:
...ould, for instance, like me to break off all correspondence whatsoever with Uncle and Aunt Stricker.
...ds her. Very contrite and humble letter to Uncle Stricker, but nonetheless said ‘she and no other�...
182 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Thursday, 10 or Friday, 11 November 1881.
in note 5:
Van Gogh’s uncle, J.P. Stricker, the father of Kee Vos. Regarding this plan, see letter 181.
in note 3:
Ironical reference to a remark made by Uncle J.P. Stricker; see letter 180.
in translation:
You mustn’t inform the Rev. Dr J.P.S. of my intentions! Because if I come very unexpectedly it’s ...
Such a man as the Rev. Dr J.P.S. becomes a completely different person if you love his daughter than ...
...er staring you in the face, and moreover a Rev. Dr J.P.S. who demands means of subsistence in the ‘...
183 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 12 November 1881.
in note 18:
The 40th anniversary of the Strickers, Kee’s parents; see letter 179, n. 7.
in note 11:
Ironical reference to a remark made by Uncle Stricker; see letter 180.
in translation:
...ould wish me to view either my parents or her parents as people ‘who have nothing to do with it’...
...you see, that’s what it’s like now with Pa and Ma and Uncle and Aunt Stricker, exactly the same.
...front door and that same key, then I’d be more fearful of the Rev. Dr J.P.S. than is now the case.
186 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 18 November 1881.
in translation:
...ldn’t write or speak either to her or to Uncle Stricker; indeed, I feel the exact opposite. And I�...
187 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 19 November 1881.
in note 8:
Ironical reference to a remark made by Uncle Stricker; see letter 180.
in translation:
As far as the Rev. Dr J.P.S. is concerned, in my opinion he has false shame but, what’s more, a mea...
...that doesn’t alter the fact that I think he’s done me more harm than good with respect to J.P.S.
...on. We don’t belong to the one Pa and Ma and J.P.S. belong to, we must be more faithful to the mode...
J.P.S. has something good – and even though he’ll sometimes be furious at me and will perhaps cur...
...eir grand appearance, the financial position ofJ.P.S. isn’t so very good after all. All the more re...
J.P.S. is more liberal in his views than Pa, but both remain standing in front of a wall that Beecher...
189 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Wednesday, 23 November 1881.
in note 4:
Stricker wanted to make these books of the Bible – which were less well known and not yet available...
in note 3:
J.P. Stricker, De schriftelijke nalatenschap der oud-Israëlitische profeten, wijzen en dichters. Ams...
in note 2:
A bibliography of the writings of J.P. Stricker appeared in Berlage 1887, pp. 35-36; see also BLGNP, ...
in note 17:
On 7 December the Strickers would celebrate their 40th anniversary.
in translation:
...with respect to ‘the case in question’, as J.P.S. calls what happened between Kee Vos and me, I�...
... if my letter has no effect. Rest assured that J.P.S. is really a very clever man, and actually an ar...
... I were bent on ‘defeating’ and destroying J.P.S. or playing a mean trick on His Hon. or deceivin...
Meanwhile Uncle and Aunt Stricker’s big celebration is approaching. Pa and Ma intend to go to it. I...
Pa warned me, saying: Be careful withJ.P.S., because he’s a man who attaches great importance to �...
... briefly that I thought it not impossible that J.P.S.’s financial situation might be shaky. But peo...
Does Kee Vos know, and J.P.S., that without intending to, they are crossing me in the extreme? Anyway...
...n revenge for later: I’d think it so nice if J.P.S. himself had to marry the pair in question of wh...
This much, at least, will become clear to Mr J.P.S. this evening, that he miscalculated this summer t...
...request to stop corresponding with Kee Vos and J.P.S., I told them a thing or two about my view of �...
191 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between Thursday, 1 and Saturday, 3 December 1881.
in note 4:
... 193). ‘Meanwhile’ is an ironical reference to a remark made by Uncle Stricker (see letter 180).
in note 1:
...t Etten, see letters 181 and 189. In fact, the Strickers’ rejection of Vincent also influenced his...
in translation:
‘Meanwhile’ I’ve been to Amsterdam. J.P.S. was rather angry, although he expressed it in more p...
193 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, on or about Friday, 23 December 1881.
in note 13:
Aunt Mina, Willemina C.G. Stricker-Carbentus.
in note 10:
In February 1881 Mr and Mrs Stricker had moved to Keizersgracht 8. The evenin...
in note 30:
...te. The marriage ceremony was performed by Uncle Stricker. Mauve’s presence...
in translation:
... everyone), But where’s Kee? Then J.P.S. repeated my question, saying to his ...
...ble, and that half-kindness on the part of Uncle and Aunt and all those arguments...
...uphrates’ and finally he did an imitation of J.P.S., how he had married A. and ...
... my question, saying to his wife, Mother, where’s Kee? And the missus said, Kee...
in note 21:
...erences to this remark made by Uncle Stricker, first doing so in letter 180.
228 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 16 May 1882.
in translation:
Would theRev. J.P.S. and the Rev. T. v. G., looking so respectable in their robes and with their grey...
...Think it over and you will understand. Pa, Uncle Stricker, H.G.T. and I don’t know who else call th...
Then I’m a thousand miles away from C.M., J.P.S. and H.G.T., and much happier.
234 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 1 and Friday, 2 June 1882.
in translation:
... before. Do you know what I compare Pa and Uncle Stricker with?... ‘The two augurs’ by Gérôme. ...
244 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 6 July 1882.
in translation:
...ke that then and how it was that my parents and hers were so adamantly ominous and opposed, not so mu...
428 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 3 February 1884.
in translation:
...s just had a windfall of 100 guilders from Uncle Stricker, which I think very kind of Uncle S. So I h...
490 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 6 April 1885.
in note 8:
...ent and Aunt Cornelie: ‘Vincent told me and Stricker of his intention not to live with his mother a...
540 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 11 November 1885.
in note 2:
...d her daughter Willemien were to stay with J.P. Stricker. A visit was also planned to the Bonger fam...
811 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 21 October 1889.
in note 8:
...ter of Mrs van Gogh and the widow of the Rev. J.P. Stricker, lived in Amsterdam. A letter written by ...
Aunt Mina (Willemina), a sister of Mrs van Gogh and the widow of the Rev. J.P. Stricker, lived in Ams...
in translation:
I’m sorry that Aunt Mina is suffering so, as you write; it’s a good many years since I saw her.
826 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in note 5:
Regarding Aunt Mina’s illness, see letter 811, n. 8.
in translation:
...at will work out, and if you go to stay with Aunt Mina in the meantime will also be doing a favour t...
850 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
in note 23:
Mrs van Gogh had gone to Amsterdam to visit Aunt Mina, her sister-in-law, who was ill (see letter 855...
855 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in note 2:
For Aunt Mina’s health complaints, see letter 811, n. 8. Mrs van Gogh had visited her in Amsterdam ...
in translation:
...en you write, will you? What you write about Aunt Mina, that she bears her pain with so much patienc...

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3 essay items found

Correspondents / Preservation of the letters
in correspondents_4:
... Costa, his cousin Kee Vos and her father J.P.S. Stricker when he was courting her in the autumn of ...
Biographical & historical context / The immediate family circle
in context_4:
...an Gogh-Carbentus, married Johannes Paulus Stricker, ‘Uncle Stricker’ (1816–1886). Their daught...
Willemina Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, ‘Aunt Mina’ (1816–1904), sister of Anna van Gogh-Carbe...
Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh
in context_1:
...o in Paris.See Jansen et al. 2003-1. Uncle J.P. Stricker played a similar role as an adviser when Vi...

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2 other items found

Overview of all the letters
in overview:
Johannes Paulus Stricker and Mina Stricker-Carbentus, uncle and aunt
Johannes Paulus Stricker and Mina Stricker-Carbentus, uncle and aunt
Chronology
in 1881:
... Falls in love with his cousin Kee Vos (Uncle Stricker’s widowed daughter), who is staying in th...
...ovember In Amsterdam, where he visits his uncle and aunt Stricker, and tries in vain to see Kee...
...n Amsterdam, where he visits his uncle and aunt Stricker, and tries in vain to see Kee Vos (193). #...

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51 letters, 3 essay items and 2 other items found

51 letters found

3 essay items found

2 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters