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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)

8 Mar 2018

Kundertje Dijksman: teenage pregnancy & divorce in Delft, Holland

Friedrich Wilhelm Austmann was born in Soest in Germany. In The Netherlands he met Dirkje van Meel (1791-1873) and they were married in Zegwaard, Holland, on August 30, 1822. One of their children was Wilhelmina Frederika Austmann (1826-1908). On March 30, 1853, in Delft, Holland, she was married to Arij Dijksman (1829-1870) who belongs to a Dijksman family that originates in Hillegersberg, now part of Rotterdam, Holland.
Arij Dijksman and his wife had several sons who died in infancy, but their 3 daughters did survive. This post is about their third daughter, Kundertje Dijksman, who was born in Delft on March 8, 1866, around 23:00. Kundertje was aged 4 when her father died.

Delftsche Courant, March 18, 1883
One week after her 17th birthday Kundertje Dijksman - likely visibly pregnant - was engaged to be married to 19-year-old bargeman's mate Hendrik Martinus Cornelis de Raad. He was born in Delft on February 2, 1864, as the eldest son of Adriana Johanna Muller and her husband Evert de Raad (1834-1877). He had lost his father at the age of 13.

Kundertje's marriage took place on March 28, 1883, in Delft. Within two months her eldest daughter, Hendrica Martina Cornelia de Raad, was born on May 17 in Delft. Another daughter, Wilhelmina Frederika, was born there on January 21, 1885. By then Kundertje's marriage was probably already failing, for no more children were born. The marriage was dissolved by a court in The Hague on June 30, 1891. Kundertje was 25 years old and already divorced.

Delftsche Courant, October 16, 1891
Hendrik Martinus Cornelis de Raad was subsequently married to and divorced from Alberdina Akkerman, born in Groningen. In 1899 in The Hague he married his third and final wife, Pieternella de Winden. With her he had at least 7 more children.