Short-lived Marriage ~ Pieter Koomans & Adriana Moerkerken

Pieter Koomans was baptized on October 25, 1750, in Strijen, Holland, as eldest child of Andreas Koomans (1722-1807) and his wife Jannigje Bestebreurtje (1725-1789). After the births of his siblings Gerrit and Geertruij his mother additionally gave birth to twins twice.

Pieter married his first wife, Jannigje Bezemer, on September 4, 1785, in Strijen. Her parents were Arij Bezemer (†1806) and Annigje Havelaar (†1803). Pieter Koomans and his first wife had 8 children. Most of their children died young. Their son Arij Koomans, born on April 2, 1789, in Strijen, was enlisted as a soldier in the 9th artillery regiment of Napoleon's army. Arij died on October 28, 1812, in Douai, France. The only one of their children to marry was their daughter Jannigje Koomans (1790-1831). Jannigje Bezemer's death was registered on May 25, 1798, in Strijen.

Pieter Koomans married his second wife, Adriana Moerkerken, on January 12, 1800, in Strijen. Their only child, a son Andreas Koomans, was born on November 18, 1800, in Strijen. Pieter Koomans died on May 12, 1802, in Strijen, at the age of 51. On the 17th his brother Johannes Koomans (1762-1827) paid ƒ15,- for Pieter's burial. After a marriage of just 16 months Adriana Moerkerken was a widow.

Als weduwnaar is Pieter Koomans op 26-12-1799 in Strijen hertrouwd met Adriana Moerkerken.

20 children in one Blackstone marriage

Izaak Blackstone was married to Adriana Henrietta van der Monden on 2 February 1787 in Dordrecht in Holland. Izaak was assisted by his mother, Johanna Catrina Adelaar (1721-1800), widow of an elder Isaak Blekston (1722-1780). The family name was written as Blackstone, Blextoon, Blaxstone, Blekton, and other variations. 
The younger Izaak was baptized in Dordrecht on 2 May 1766. His bride, Adriana Henriëtta, was assisted by her stepfather Jan Smits. She was baptized in the small city of Bourtange in Groningen on April 17, 1772. Her parents are Cornelis van der Monde and Janneke Bos. Adriana Henriëtta was to give birth to 20 (!) children in the period 1787-1817.

The city of Dordrecht

Wedding Wednesday ~ Joost Zijderveld & Cornelia de Rijke

Joost Zijderveld & Cornelia de Rijke

The given name Joost was common in the Zijderveld family in Holland. The Joost in this post was born on September 28, 1893, in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, as second son of Jan Zijderveld (1864-1935) and his wife Adriana van Namen (1865-1930). He was named after his grandfather - also my great-great-grandfather - Joost Zijderveld (1822-1893). He had two elder and two younger siblings: Willempje Cornelia, Anthonie, Jan and Gijsbertus.

Joost was married on October 11, 1928, in Zwijndrecht. His bride was 33-year-old Cornelia de Rijke. She was born on May 12, 1895, in Zwijndrecht. Her parents were Pietertje van Ammelrooij (1867-1950) and Marinus de Rijke (1866-1945) who was born in Oosterland in Zeeland. Joost and Cornelia had no (surviving) children.

Cornelia had been ill for a long time before she died in March 1960 in Zwijndrecht. Her burial in Zwijndrecht was on April 1. Near the end of his life, her widower Joost Zijderveld lived in a retirement home in Sprang-Capelle in Brabant where he died on August 1, 1975. Like his wife, Joost was buried in Zwijndrecht. 

Sources: RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl.

Huibert de Booy (1825-1912) in Iowa

On Twitter @Anneke_Bode tweeted the following article about H. de Booy in Iowa:

Article tweeted by @Anneke_Bode

Huibert de Booy was born in Noordeloos, Holland, on 23-1-1825 around 2 in the morning. His parents are Matthijs ("Tijs") de Booij and his second wife, Adriaantje den Ottolander. Adriaantje descends from my ancestor Vastert Adriaansz. (†1581). Huibert grew up with siblings from both his father's marriages. 
In 1847 Huibert travelled with his parents and several siblings to the first "Holland Colony" in the U.S. After living with his parents for several years, Huibert moved to Pella and started a grocery store in 1853. The next year he added a stock of dry goods. 
On 25-8-1855 Huijbert married Antje van der Linden who was born on 25-11-1834 in Vuren, Gelre, The Netherlands. Antje's parents are Gijsbert van der Linden and his wife Cornelia van der Giessen. 
Tree of Huibert's 10 children died young, leaving Cornelia, Susanna, Annie, Matthew, Dina, Harry and Carolina.
Huibert de Booy has held the office of overseer of the poor. For 6 years he held the office of alderman of the third ward, an administrative section. He died in Pella on January 2, 1912, at the age of 87. 

De Volksvriend, 4-1-1912

Sources: Delpher.nl, WieWasWie.nl, The history of Marion County, Iowa, containing history of the county, its cities, towns,, etc., Des Moines, Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & co, 1881.