Longevity ~ Pieter & Pieternella Nagtegaal, both 96

Pieter Nagtegaal was born on 5 November 1874 in Melissant as the eldest son of Jacob Nagtegaal (1842-1909) and his wife Neeltje Molenaar who were married on 28 April 1870 in Melissant. Pieter had several younger siblings.
On 5 November 1897 in Melissant Pieter was married to Maria van Oudenaren. She was born on 11 September 1877 in Melissant as the second child of Leendert van Oudenaren en Wilhelmina van Lenten. The couple had 5 children who were to reach adulthood: Neeltje (1900-1959), Wilhelmina (1901-1984), Pieternella, Leendert Jacob (1904-1999) and Cornelis (±1909-1943).

Eilanden-nieuws, 6-11-1970

In 1962 Pieter Nagtegaal and Maria van Oudenaren celebrated 65 years of marriage. Maria died around Christmas 1966, aged 89. On 5 November 1970 Pieter Nagtegaal was 96 years old, blind, and the oldest resident of Melissant. He died in Melissant on 11 December 1970 around 22:00. He was buried on the 15th. On 7 January 1971 his descendants expressed their gratitude for the compassion shown after Pieter's death.

Eilanden-nieuws, 15-12-1970

Eilanden-nieuws, 21-5-1999

Pieternella Nagtegaal
 & Natalie Torensma

Pieter's youngest son, Leendert Jacob Nagtegaal, widower of Abra Melissant, died on 5 February 1999 in Sommelsdijk, aged 94 years and 7 months.
Pieter's youngest daughter, Pieternella Nagtegaal, was born on 3 September 1902 in Melissant. She was married there on 4 May 1927, aged 24, to Cornelis Molenaar, aged 29. They had 2 daughters and a son. Cornelis died - after a long illness - on 11 March 1979, aged almost 81 years old.  
At the end of 1985 Pieternella was admitted to the Ikazia hospital. From 1994 onwards, Pieternella was living in a care center in Dirksland named 'Geldershof'. In 1996 Pieternella's great-grandson Dirk Torensma had a baby Natalie, resulting in 5 generations all alive.
Pieternella Nagtegaal died on 20 May 1999, aged 96 years and 8 months. She was buried on the 25th Melissant.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, KrantenBankZeeland.nl.