[Susan Manchester]

What a mess! We have birds here named after Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duyvenbode or Duivenbode, according to some. Zoonomen has both the Duivenbode's Lory and Duivenbode's Riflebird named for Constantijn Willem Rudolf van Renesse van Duivenbode, which many are saying is the same person as Maarten, although Constantijn was born 2/23/1858. There is alos the hybrid Duivenbode's Bird-of-Paradise and the Elegant Sunbird. There is a Maarten Dirk that was born 11/2/1804 and died 6/24/1838, and one that was born 5/13/1854 and died in 1917. This Maarten or Constantijn is the father of Adolphine Susanna Wilhelmina van Renesse van Duivenbode, born 1844, and the father-in-law of Antonie Augustus Bruijn, born 1842, so obviously it is not the Maarten born in 1854 or the Constantijn born in 1858. However, this van Duivenbode also helped Alfred Russel Wallace when he was collecting in the Indonesian archipelago from 1858-1862, and that could not be any of them, because the first one died in 1838, and the other two would have been 4 years old and 1 year old respectively.

The other thing that is confusing is that Maarten Dirk, born in 1804, is listed as the father of both the son Lodewijk Diederik W. A.? van Renesse van Duivenbode, born 3/5/1828, and the half-caste son Lodewijk Diederik Hendrik Alexander, born 1832. One of these young men collected specimens with brother-in-law Bruijn, but which one? Like I said...what a mess!

[James Jobling]

Susan,
A. A. Prestwich 1963, "I Name This Parrot", p. 29, writes (under Chalcopsitta duivenbodei), "M. Alph. Dubois [1884] says that some months previous M. C. W. R. van Renesse van Duivenbode has presented a magnificent collection of animals and birds from New Guinea. Amongst them was a new Lory which he proposed dedicating to the donor. Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode and his son Lodewijk Diederik Hendrik Alexander (1832 or 1833-1881 or 1882) were planters and merchants at Ternate, Moluccas, and Manado, Celebes. (Unaccountably there are several variants of the initials of the elder van Duivenbode) ...Beside the Lory dedicated to the father two Birds of Paradise were named for the son, Parotia duivenbodei Rothschild 1900, and Paryphephorus duivenbodei Meyer 1890."

[JustinJansen]

Maarten Dirksz van Renesse van Duivenbode, the man was met by A.R. Wallace in Ternate (and nicknamed The King of Ternate) and was born at 2 June 1804 at Ternate, by then Dutch Territory. He died in the same town at 31 March 1878. He served for the Dutch Trade Company (Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij), was merchant, captain, commander and honorary major. He was knighted in the order of the Dutch Lion and the Leopold's order. He married twice, and from his second marriage with Chinese born Gim Nio (later baptized as Antoinette Elisabeth Johanna van Renesse van Duivendode), they became three children: Diederik Leonard, Adolphina Susanna Wilhelmina and Constantijn Willem Rudolf (23 February 1858 Ternate).The latter went on with the family business as far as I know. They let native collectors collect birds in the archipelago.

A.B. Meyer described; Basilornis galeatus (1894), Parotia carolae carolae (1894) and Ducula mullerii aurantia (1894) from van Renesse collections, from C.W.R.

Adolphina was married by the well-known collector Antonie August Bruijn (1842-1890) (known from the Megapode). And most likely Bruijn worked together with this brother-in-law in selling specimens to (in special) European Museums.

[James Jobling]

I think we have all been led astray by Prestwich 1963! All the Dutch and other genealogical records I could find, showed Maarten Dirk van Duivenbode (Duyvenbode is an archaic 16th century spelling) was born on Ternate 2 Nov 1804, and died on Amboyna 124 June 1838. He married firstly Carolina Jacoba Weintré on 17 April 1825, and she died on 15 Aug 1836. They had at least 4 children, of whom the eldest surviving was Lodewijk Diederik [Willem Alexander] (sometimes referred to as L. D. H[endrik]. A.), born on Ternate 5 Mar 1828, died at Manado 14 Jan 1879 (and who is Wallace’s “King of Ternate”). Maarten married secondly Antoinetta Elisabeth Johanna Genua on 1 Feb 1837, but I think the children by this marriage, if any, are red herrings! Maarten’s children adopted the style van Renesse van Duivenbode, and the name is so referred to in ornithology (where often abbreviated, e.g. M[ijnheer] R. van Duivenbode). Since Maarten died in 1838, I assume that Constantijn Willem Rudolf (born 23 Feb 1858, still living in 1910) must be a son of Lodewijk who married Esther Helena Hartman on 18 Jul 1853. Constantijn, a Director of the Dutch East India Company, is often referred to in the Rothschild correspondence. His name is commemorated in Chalcopsittacus duivenbodei Dubois, 1884, Craspedophora duivenbodei Meyer, 1890, and Parotia duivenbodei Rothshcild, 1900. Nectarinia duyvenbodei Schlegel, 1871, commemorates Lodewijk, who collected one of the types in 1865/1866. With regards to Paradisea duivenbodei Menegau, 1913, this name could refer to either Constantijn or to Maarten Dirk, son of Lodewijk, who was born at Manado 13 May 1854 and died there in Dec 1917. I haven’t yet seen the description.

[JustinJansen]

Dear James, did you look at Heij C.J. 2010. Biographical Notes of Antonie Augustus Bruijn (1842-1890). HIs Life as a Marine Officer in the Dutch Navy and Lifetime as a Trader in Naturalia on Ternate, the Moluccas, Indonesia. I have my details from here. And I though he researched all well as Duivenbode was the son in law of Bruijn. Best wishes, Justin

[Susan Manchester]

James and Justin, I am so sorry I missed out on this stimulating (and confusing) conversation! My computer was out of commission for three weeks, and I just cannot seem to catch up with the backlog. Did either of you find anything about Lodewijk Diederik W. A., born 3/5/1828?

[JustinJansen]

Details as provided by James Jobling are lacking in the Hey publication and are not in accordance to James's findings as Heij (2010) mentioned (due genealogical research) that Maarten Dirksz van Duivenbode born at 2 June 1804 and died at 31 March 1878. He became owner of the family name at 14 July 1857 of Renesse van Duivenbode. From his first marriage with Carolina Jacoba Weintre (1812-1836) and married at 17 April 1825 no child are mentioned in the Heij publication. So James would be right in that I suppose, and they would include L.D.W.A.. Only from his second marriage with Gim Nio (baptized as Antoinette Elisabeth Johanna van Renesse van Duivenbode) are the kids mentioned (as posted before).