Heijltje Adriaantje (“Heijltje”) Koomans was born on 2 August 1816 in Willemstad, Brabant, The Netherlands, as a daughter of Nicolaas Koomans (±1753-1829) and his fourth wife Catharine ("Kaatje") Timmers (±1786-1846). She had full siblings Adriaantje Heijltje (1813-1842), Maaijke (1818-1887) and Nicolaas Koomans (1822-1869). When Heiltje was 12 years old, her father died.
Heijltje Koomans was married on 13 January 1853 in Bergen op Zoom in Brabant to 38-year-old soldier Pieter Christian Eichholz. He was born in Bremen, Germany, as son of Margaretha Elizabeth Bohlsmann and Pieter Christian Eichholz senior, who had retired with the rank of captain and was living in 's-Hertogenbosch in Brabant.
They are the parents of
- Peter Christian Nicolaas was born on 11 Aug. 1853 in 's-Hertogenbosch in Brabant. In 1878 in Zierikzee he married Levina Maria Bal (1854-1927). He died on 27 May 1892 in Rotterdam, aged 38. They had issue.
- Maria Katharina Magaretha was born on 7 Dec. 1854 in Terneuzen in Zeeland.
- Margaretha Elisabeth was born on 28 July 1846 in Bergen op Zoom.
- Nicolaas Johan Willem was born on 9 Nov. 1857 in Bergen op Zoom. He died in Ermelo on 22 Apr. 1928, aged 70.
- Johan Arnold was born on 16 Dec. 1860 in Bergen op Zoom, and died there on 9 Mar. 1862, aged 1.
Pieter Christian Eichholz, aged 61, died in Willemstad on 9 March 1875 around 11:00 in the morning. His youngest surviving son was 17 at the time. His widow was 58.
Their eldest daughter Maria Katharina Margaretha, aged 24, was married on 17 September 1879 in Willemstad. The groom, Dirk Johannes Middelbeek, was born in Amsterdam in the first two months of the year 1852. His parents are Catharina Johanna Wernink and Dirk Johannes Middelbeek senior who both originated in Amsterdam.
At the age of 25, the second daughter Margaretha Elisabeth was married on 10 March 1882 in Willemstad. The groom was her brother-in-law Johan Frederik Wilhelm Sara Middelbeek. He was born in Amsterdam on 29 July 1856.
Het nieuw van den dag, klein courant, 13-3-1882: Margaretha Elisabeth Eicholz married Johan Frederik Wilhelm Middelbeek |
Maria Katharina Margaretha had at least two daughters who reached adulthood and got married: Johanna Catharina Hillegond Adriana Tilanus-Middelbeek en Maria Katharina Margaretha Elisabeth Schot-Middelbeek.
Her younger sister Margaretha Elisabeth had a surviving daughter named Johanna Petronella Catharina who married widower Teunis Broeksmit. At the end of 1935 she initiated the building of a manor on the Hoterberg in Salland in the eastern part of The Netherlands.
Maria Katharina Margaretha Eichholtz died on 22 May 1917 in Teteringen, aged 62. Her sister Margaretha Elisabeth Eichholtz died on her 62th birthday in 1918 in Nunspeet. Her widower, Johan Middelbeek, died the next year on 14 April 1919, aged 62, too. Like his wife, he was buried at the cemetery "Eik en Duinen" in The Hague.
The widower of the eldest sister, Dirk Johannes Middelbeek, died on 28 November 1927, aged 75.
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| De Nieuwe Courant, 24-5-1917: death of Maria Katharina Margaretha |
De Nieuwe Courant, 30-7-1918: death of Margaretha Elisabeth |
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