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21 Mar 2018

Maria Maris (1841-1924) married 2 cousins

Maria Maris was born on December 23, 1841, in the township of Fijnaart en Heijningen in Brabant, The Netherlands. She was a younger daughter of Arie Maris (1801-1872) and Adriana van Doorn. In 1853 Maria's elder sister Anna Maris (1827-1878) was married to a distant relative, Pieter Maris (1819-1874). He descended from Willem Maris, baptized on January 15, 1702, in Willemstad, who was a younger brother of Jan Jans Maris, baptized on September 29, 1697, in Fijnaart. The mother of Willem and Jan Maris was Lijsbeth Coomans. 

Maria Maris married her first cousin Jacobus Maris on April 7, 1864, in Fijnaart en Heijningen. Jacobus was born there on October 2, 1840, as a younger son of Arie Maris (1801-1865) and Cornelia Maris (1805-1863). Jacobus' mother Cornelia was a sister of Maria's father Arie.  
After just 7 months of marriage their son Arie Maris was born on November 8, 1864. Jacobus Maris died on March 22, 1865, around 17:00, at the age of 24.

Maria Maris married her first cousin Johannis Maris on July 9, 1868, in Fijnaart en Heijningen. Johannis was born in nearby Klundert on May 25, 1839. His parents were Huibert Maris (1815-1871), a brother of Maria's father, and his wife Anna Scherpenisse. Maria and both her husbands were grandchildren of Cornelis Maris (1771-1832) and they all descended from the Jan Jans Maris mentioned above.

   Jan Jans Maris
  (1697-?)
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Jacobus Maris
(±1728-1789)
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Arij Maris
(1739-1795)
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Pieter Maris
(1771-1834)
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Cornelis Maris
(1771-1832)
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Arie Maris
(1801-1865)
×
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Cornelia Maris
(1805-1863)
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Arie Maris
(1801-1872)
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Huibert Maris
(1815-1871)
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Jacobus Maris
(1840-1865)
× Maria Maris
(1841-1924)
× Johannis Maris
(1839-1916)
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Arie Maris
(1864-1920)

Maria's second husband Johannis Maris died on December 11, 1916, in Fijnaart en Heijningen. Maria's son from her first marriage, Arie, was married to Johanna Tanneke Timmers and had several children before he died on October 13, 1920, at the age of 55. Maria Maris died on March 20, 1924, in Fijnaart en Heijningen, at the age of 82.
Fijnaart
Sources: WestBrabantsArchief.nlWieWasWie.nl.

1 comment:

  1. Your chart helps make the relationship clear. It is certainly complicated.

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