Huizer ancestors of emigrant Bastiaan Klap

Laborer Bastiaan Klap (18) traveled in 1889 to Argentina, hoping for an "amelioration" of his existence.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 5-11-1903

Bastiaan Klap was born on July 14, 1868, in Kapelle, Zeeland, The Netherlands. He was the eldest surviving son of Willem Klap en Neeltje Christina Huizer who were married on November 2, 1866, in Kapelle. 
Bastiaan's maternal grandparents were Bastiaan Huizer and his first wife, Kaatje Kister. After the death of his first wife, Bastiaan married widow Maria van de Vrie in Kapelle in 1862. Bastiaan died there on January 19, 1882.
Bastiaan Huizer was born in Ridderkerk and subsequently baptized in IJsselmonde on February 6, 1805. He is a son Cornelis Huizer and Neeltje Smit(s) who were married in Ridderkerk on 18 May1794. Bastiaan's father, Cornelis Huizer, had a twin sister Marijtje, and they were both baptized on December 8, 1771, in Ridderkerk. Their parents were Jan Hendrikse Huizer (1732-1795) and his wife Wijntje Cornelisse Erkelens (1732-1795).

In Argentina most new comers were employed in rural areas with large landowners. Due to the dire living and working conditions, one third of the settlers died due to illness, hunger or poverty. Soon after the arrival of the first Dutch emigrants, Argentina was hit by a severe economic crisis. As a result, landowners were forced to fire the colonists.
Many destitute emigrants settled in cities such as Buenos Aires and Rosario. In Tres Arroyos a - still existing - Dutch community did develop. Nevertheless, a quarter of the Dutch emigrants returned to the Netherlands.

Bronnen: ZeeuwenGezocht.nl, Delpher.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Historiek.net..