Registration card of convicted vagrant Jan Geel in Veenhuizen, one of the Colonies of Benevolence in the Netherlands. Jan Geel at the age of 47. Jan Geel was sent to one of the Colonies of Benevolence, Veenhuizen, by the judge in Almaar. Here you see how he was registered when he came in (with two pictures and finger prints). He was convicted for vagrancy. He had been married, but divorced in 1884. He beat his wife and was often drunk. His wife died in 1888. He had 8 children who were raised by others. He died in 1923.
Collection: Images
Project: 7. Persecuted by justice and powers: rebels, political dissidents and criminals in the history of Europe.
Chronology: XIX, XX
Scope: Secondary Education
Resource type: Image
Format: Images
Source: Gevangenismuseum Veenhuizen
Language: Dutch
Date: 1896
Owner: Amsterdam group (Modernalia)
Copyright: Gevangenismuseum Veenhuizen
Abstract: vagrancy
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