Longevity ~ Cornelia de Groot (94) in Oud-Alblas

This is a blog post about Cornelia de Groot who outlived her husband by 56 years, and reached the age of 94.
She was born on 30 November 1792, and baptised on 9 December in Oud-Alblas, Holland, with witness Annigje Neef. Cornelia's parents are Meinsje Neef (1756-1845) and her husband Teunis de Groot (1760-1837). This couple had several other children.

Cornelia de Groot was born on 30 November 1792 in Oud-Alblas

Cornelia de Groot was 26 years old and working as a cleaning woman when she married Frederik Boele on 4 December 1819 around 18:00 in Oud-Alblas. Frederik was born on the 22th and baptised on 24 November 1790 in Streefkerk with witness Hendrika Zweere. Frederik father is Jacobus Boel (1739-1792), a son of my ancestor Teunis Boel (1703-1793). Frederik's mother, Ariaantje Zweere (1759-1821), was present at the wedding ceremony, as was Cornelia's father.

Frederik and Cornelia are the parents of

1. Meijncie Boele was born on 5-2-1820 in Papendrecht, Holland. At the age of 48, Meijncie was finally married on 31-7-1868 in Ridderkerk, Holland. The groom was Cornelis Stok (1820-1881), son of Willem Stok and Grietje van den Hoek. Meijncie died in Dordrecht, Holland, on 30-9-1913 around 21:00 at the age of 93.
2. Jacoba Boele was born on 9-9-1821 in Oud-Alblas. She married Adriaan Korteland on 5-6-1847 in Oud-Alblas. Jacoba died there on 12-12-1897, aged 76.
3. Arieaantje Boele was born on 20-1-1824 in Oud-Alblas. She married Teunis de Lange on 5-1-1854 in Oud-Alblas.Arieaantje died on 27-12-1905 in Papendrecht, aged 81.
4. Teuntje Boele was born on 7-6-1826 in Oud-Alblas. She married Willem Kreukniet on 12-10-1850 in Sliedrecht. Teuntje died there on 31-10-1911, aged 85. Her widower, Willem Kreukniet, reached the age of 90. Willem was born on 2-9-1824 in Peursum as son of Arie Kreukniet and Maaike de Keijzer. Willem died on 4-4-1915 in Sliedrecht.
5. Cornelis Boele was born on 2-12-1828 in Oud-Alblas. He first married Lijntje Frederika Kooij in 1855. He remarried Antje Teeuw in 1868. Cornelis died 18-02-1910 in Sliedrecht at the age of 81.

Cornelia de Groot was 94 years old when she died

Frederik Boele died at the age of 39 on 8 September 1830 in Oud-Alblas, leaving Cornelia de Groot a widow at age 37. Their youngest child, Cornelis, was 1 year old.
Cornelia remained a widow for 56 years. When Cornelia died on 25 December 1886 in Oud-Alblas, she was 94 year old, and her 5 children were all still alive. Her eldest daughter Meijncie Boele, who was 10 when her father died, died herself in 1913 at the age of 93. She had outlived her own husband by 32 years. Cornelia's son-in-law Willem Kreukniet died at the age of 90 in 1915.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, FamilySearch.org, NationaalArchief.nl.