The 1-month marriage of Herman Heinrich Vogelsang (1787-1821)

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang was born on 21 January 1787 in Lengerich, a place in Germany, located just south of Tecklenburg. His parents are tailor Johann Wilhelm Vogelsang and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth Schräer/Schröer. Johan Wilhelm Vogelsang had died on 5 August 1808 in Lengerich. At the eind of 1814, Herman Heinrich moved to the Netherlands.

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang was born in Lengerich on 21 January 1787

On 16 February 1820 in the Almelo district, 33-year-old Herman Heinrich Vogelsang married Berentdina Berentzen, aged 26. The groom was in such dire financial straits that he could not afford the wedding fees.

Herman Heinrich Vogelsang married Berentdina Berentzen on 16 February 1820 in Ambt Almelo

Berentdina Berentzen was born on 10 March 1793 and baptised on the 17th in Holten near Almelo as daughter of Jan Berenzen Groote-boer and Willemina Janzen. This couple was married in Holten on 16 May 1784, and had several children.
Berentdina, a farm girl living in the Almelo district, stated that her father, farmer Jan Berentzen, had lived in Holten, and died there on 28 December 1805.

Berentdina Berentzen was born on 10 March 1793 in Holten

Ancestors of Nicolaas Mouthaan (1799-1877) in 's-Gravenmoer

Before Napoleon's reign, the northwestern part of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant used to be part of Holland. In that area the Dutch Reformed faith was predominant, while the remainder of the province had remained catholic. Since people used to marry people of the same faith, some inbreeding occurred within Dutch Reformed families in that area.

Registration of the baptism of Hendrik Mouthaan in 1774 in 's-Gravenmoer

Nicolaas Mouthaan was born on the 6th and baptised on December 8, 1799, in 's-Gravenmoer. His parents are Hendrik Mouthaan (1774-1808) and Willemijna Mouthaan (1777-1821). Her parent's are Nicolaas Mouthaan (1727-1814) and his second wife Maria Mouthaan (1737-1807). Nicolaas is a descendant of Jan Willemss Mouthaen (†1631) through 3 lines of ancestors.
Additionally, Aelbert Jansz Mouthaan (1633-1677) had a daughter Maaiken Mouthaan (1657-1735) who married Staven Heijblom (†1745). Their daughter Maria Heijblom (1697-1757) married her first cousin Hendrik Mouthaan (1704-1788) and is the mother of Anthonie Mouthaan (1731-1784).

Longevity ~ Jacobus Buttenaer (1743-1839)

Jacobus Buttenaer had a strong constitution. Traveling to Asia was a health risk in the 18th century, but Jacobus survived the crossing. He participated in a war in Makassar, and was appointed corporal. He eventually settled in Surakarta on the island of Java, where he worked as a gardener. When he died in 1839, he was around 99 years old. He had survived some of his children and grandchildren.

Javasche Courant (newspaper), 8-5-1839

Jacobus Buttenaer was born on 9 April 1740 in Brugge (Bruges) in Vlaanderen (Flanders). I can't find a crossing to Indonesia in 1767, as the article mentions. Still, Jacobus did travel to Batavia (nowadays Jakarta) in 1774.

On March 10, 1774, Jacobus Buttenaer departed from the fortress of Rammekens near Vlissingen (Flushing) aboard the ship “Ouderkerk”, built in 1768. The captain was Johan Splinter Stavorinus. The ship was moored at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa from June 12 to August 3. Jacobus arrived in Batavia on October 28, 1774.

A payroll book detailing the earnings of Jacobus Buttenaer

Sources: Delpher.nl, OpenArchieven.nl, NationaalArchief.nl, Resources.Huygens.knaw.nl, WieWasWie.nl.

Pieter Strijkijzer (1801-75) was convicted for illegal fishing

Adam Strickeiser - also known as “Strekeijzern” - and Maria Schepens were married on 23 March 1794 in Raamsdonk, Brabant, The Netherlands. According to the marriage register, Strijkijzer was originally from “Berwinke” - Birwinken in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
The bride, Maria Schepens, was baptised on June 10, 1764, in Raamsdonk, the daughter of Anthonij Schepens and Anna Timmermans. She was 66 years old when she died on September 23, 1821, in Raamsdonk.

Marriage registration of Adam Strickeiser and Maria Schepens in 1794 in Raamsdonk

Maria Antonis Schepens gave birth to her youngest son Pieter Strijkijzer on 13 November 1801. He was baptised on the 15th in Raamsdonk.

At the age of 27, labourer Pieter Strijkijzer, living in Raamsdonk, was summoned to appear before the court in 's-Hertogenbosch, Brabant, The Netherlands. On 24 May 1828 Pieter Strijkijzer and Jan van Laarhoven had been fishing without a permit. They were caught red-handed while Pieter was on leave from military service with the 13th Infantry Division.
The fish caught was confiscated, they were fined ƒ25.-, and had to pay ƒ7.30 in legal costs.