Buuxi weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 1558 magaalada Antwerp, Tishem waxay guursatay nin ganacsade ah oo hodan ah, sidoo kalena ah nin xaakim ah, Wouter Gruter (sidoo kale "Walterus", "de Gruytere", iwm), asal ahaan ka soo jeeda magaalada Breda. Waxay dhaleen afar carruur ah, Jan wuxuu dhashay bishii Diseembar 1560. Ninkeeda wuxuu wada saxiixay Heshiiskii Nobles ee 1566, si ay uga baxsadaan dacwad ka dhan ah Nederlandka Isbaanishka, waxay u guureen jaaliyadda qaxootiga ah ee reer Holland ee Norwich. Qaar ka mid ah taariikh nololeedka Jan Gruter waxay sheeganayaan in Tishem asal ahaan ka timid Norwich lafteeda, in kasta oo Thijsmans / Thysmans uu ahaa magac qoys oo caadi ah oo Flemish ah. Markii wiilkoodu isku qorey jaamacadda cusub ee Leiden ee Holland 1578/1579, Catherine iyo Wouter waxay ku noqdeen Antwerp, laakiin
Go'doomintii Antwerp ee 1584 waxay mar kale ku qasbeen inay cararaan, markan waxay u carareen Lübeck ka dibna Gdańsk. Wouter Gruter wuxuu ku dhintay Gdańsk sanadkii 1588, iyo, sida uu qabo Peter Fuchs, Catherine wuxuu ku dhintay 1595.