Lijntje Boer (Puttershoek 1812 - Chicago 1891) married 3 times

Lijntje Boer originated in Puttershoek in Holland, married 3 times and died, aged 79, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. This is the story of her life.

Lijntje Boer was born on 7 March 1812 in Puttershoek, Holland. She is the 5th - but eldest (possibly only) surviving - child of Arie Boer (1774-1847) and Hilletje van de Graaf (1782-1849). Lijntje's grandparents are Arie Boertje (1725-1782), Pietertje van Roon (±1734-1778), Johannes van de Graaf (±1754-1830) and Lijntje Blankenaar (1757-1824). They were all living in Puttershoek.

On 29 September 1826 in Puttershoek, Lijntje Boer, aged 24, was married to Kleijs van Kleef. Kleijs was baptised on 5 April 1804 in Dordrecht. His parents are Arij van Kleef (1754-1833) and Maria Valster. Kleijs' elder siblings were baptised in Puttershoek. Lijntje and Kleijs had 4 daughters, but 2 of them died young. Kleij van Kleef died in Puttershoek on 1 May 1844, aged 40. Lijntje's father, Arie Boer, died on 12 January 1847 in Puttershoek, aged 72. Lijntje's mother, Hilletje van de Graaf died there on 25 May 1849, aged 67.

On 30 October 1850 in Puttershoek Lijntje Boer, aged 38, was married to Arij van Driel. Arij was born on 20 January 1817 in Strijen als the eldest surviving son of Gerrit van Driel (1748-1847). Arij's mother is his father's second wife Adriaantje Schaap (1785-1851). Lijntje and Arij had 2 daughters who died young and 2 sons who survived to adulthood.
In 1859 Lijntje's eldest daughter Hilligje van Kleef married Willem de Best (25). In 1865 Lijntje's second daughter Maria van Kleef married Aalbert den Boer (27). They became parents of a daughter Lijntje den Boer on 28 April 1867 in Strijen.

In 1866 Arij van Driel en Lijntje Boer decided to emigrate to the USA and they took their sons Gerrit (14) and Arie (12) with them. Arie died, aged 49, just before arriving in America. As their ship was going down the St. Lawrence River, it stopped at the Île d'Orléans to allow the Van Driel family to bury Arie there. Lijntje and her 2 sons arrived in New York on May 11, 1866.

Teunis de Jong (1816-1876)

In 1869 in the USA Lijntje acquired a third husband, Teunis de Jong. Teunis was born on 5 June 1816 in Oud-Alblas in Holland as a younger son of Pieter de Jong and Neeltje Stigter. Teunis was first married in 1846 to Maria Rozendaal (1821-1855). Maria died on 21 December 1855, 9 days after the birth of her 5th child. Teunis married his second wife, Jannetje van Zessen (1824-1869), in 1857 in Papendrecht in Holland. They had 2 children together before they emigrated to the USA, arriving on 13 August 1859. They had another child in 1863. Jannetje died on 4 January 1869.
Thus, the marriage of Teunis de Jong and Lijntje Boer in 1869 was for both their 3rd marriage. Teunis de Jong died on 6 April 1876, aged 59. Lijntje Boer died, aged 79, on 6 October 1891 in Chicago.

Children of Lijntje Boer:

1. Maria van Kleef, born on 20-4-1837 in Puttershoek, and died there on 21-8-1837. 
2. Hilligje van Kleef, born on 28-7-1838 in Puttershoek, and died on 9-5-1922 in Strijen, aged 83. Hilligje was married on 29-4-1859 in Strijen to Willem de Best, son of Gerrit de Best and Teuntje Snijders. They had children.
3. Maria van Kleef, born on 9-5-1840 in Puttershoek. Maria was married on 28-4-1865 in Strijen to Aalbert den Boer, son of Wingerd den Boer and Adriana van Prooijen. They had a daughter named Lijntje den Boer, born on 28-4-1867 in Strijen. Another daughter was born there in 1875. That's the last mention of this couple in The Netherlands.
4. Aaltje van Kleef, born on 28-4-1842 in Puttershoek, died there on 7-11-1846. 
5. Gerrit van Dreal, born on 20-10-1851 in Strijen, died on 16-7-1934 in Cook County, Ill., aged 82, and was buried there. Gerrit married Bastiaantje ("Bessie") van Drunen, born on 17-11-1854 in Strijen, died on 22-4-1912 in Harvey, Cook County. Her parents are Antonie van Drunen and Stijntje Versloot.
6. Adriaantje van Driel, born on 13-1-1853 in Strijen, died there on 10-2-1853.
7. Arie van Driel, born on 14-1-1854 in Strijen, died in 1928 in Cook County, Ill. Arie married Vijverke van Drunen, born on 21-8-1853 in Sleeuwijk, died on 17-12-1936 in South Holland, Coock County. Her father is Arie van Drunen (1826-1910), son of Bastiaan van Drunen (1792-1873) and Vijverke Snoek (1795-1877). Arie van Driel and Vijverke van Drunen are the parents of Bastian (1879-1950), Garrett Arie (1880-1970), Leonard (1882-1944) and Annie (1885-1958) who married Cornelius J. van Drunen (1887-1976) who is also a descendant of Bastiaan van Drunen (1792-1873).
8. Adriana (Adriaantje) van Driel, born on 27-11-1856 in Strijen, and died there on 22-4-1857. 

Children of Teunis de Jong:

1. A stillborn son on 6-11-1847 in Oud-Alblas, Holland.
2. Pieter (Peter, “Black Pete”) de Jong, born on 30-9-1848 in Oud-Alblas. He died in 1924, 75 of 76 jaar oud [bron: FindAGrave]. Peter married Aafje van Norden and fathered Maria DeYoung (1872-1876), Frederic Robert DeYoung (1875-1934), Mary DeYoung (1880-1891) en Kathryn DeYoung (1882-1967).
3. Marigje (Mary) de Jong, born on 2-2-1850 in Oud-Alblas. She died on 28-7-1886 in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., aged 36. Mary married Nicolas Kramer (1843-1901) and had a son Thomas Kramer (1878-1961).
4. Jan (John) de Jong, born on 11-8-1851 in Oud-Alblas. John died on 3-10-1922 in Cook County, Ill., aged 71. John married Kathryn van Norden (1852-1930) and fathered Mary, Fred, Martin, Albert, Peter J. en Bertha.
5. Adriaan de Jong, born on 17-6-1853 in Oud-Alblas, and died on 5-01-1856 in Alblasserdam, aged 2. 
6. Neeltje de Jong, born on 12-12-1855 in Papendrecht, and died on 9-3-1856 in Alblasserdam.
7. Barend de Jong, born on 24-3-1858 in Papendrecht. He may have died young.
8. Neeltje de Jong, born on 29-4-1859 in Papendrecht. She may have died young.
9. Adrian DeYoung, born on 5-7-1863 in Cook County, Ill. Adrian died on 5-2-1949 in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., aged 85. Adrian married Gertrude DeYoung (1867-1849), daughter of Hark DeYoung (1844-1917). They are the parents of Harry A. DeYoung (1893-1956) and Margaret DeYoung (1895-1971).

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

The picture of Teunis in this blog was added @ FindAGrave by Glen H. DeYoung.