Maria Naaktgeboren is the eldest daughter of Jacob Naaktgeboren (1806-1878) and Lena Mol (1808-1890). She was born on 27 October 1833 in 's-Gravendeel, Holland. She had 10 younger siblings, but 2 of them died at the age of 1.
At the age of 24 - when her youngest sibling was just 4 years old - Maria Naaktgeboren was married on 29 April 1858 in 's-Gravendeel. The groom was 28-year-old flax farmer Simon Naaktgeboren. He was born on 21 May 1829 in Sandelingen-Ambacht, Holland. His parents are Jan van der Giessen (1801-1859) and Willempje van der Poel (1804-1873).
Exactly 9 months later, Maria gave birth to a son Jan on 29 January 1859 around 14:00 in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holland. That same year, on 7 October Simon van der Giessen died, aged 30. His son Jan died at the age of 5 on 14 June 1864.
On 8 March 1861 in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht Maria Naaktgeboren, aged 27, married her brother-in-law Mattheus van der Giessen, aged 29. Mattheus was born on 29 September 1831 in Sandelingen-Ambacht as Simon's full brother. With Mattheus Maria Naaktgeboren had 9 more children named Jacob, Pieter, Willemina, Jan, Lena, Grietje Ida, Arie, Pietertje Johanna and Maria.
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| Nieuwe Vlaardingsche Courant, 16-11-1887 |
After a long illness, Mattheus van der Giessen died in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht on 11 November 1887, aged 56. His widow Maria Naaktgeboren survived him for 6 years, and died there on 19 December 1893, aged 60.
Their younger daughter Pietertje Johanna van der Giessen, born on 10 February 1874 in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, married Job Laaij, and died, aged 91, on 7 August 1965 in Brielle, Holland.
Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, FamilySearch.org.
Nice post. I always find it interesting in those large families, that one child will be getting married when another child is very young. I wonder if they have a close sibling connection.
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