Longevity ~ Pieter de Jong (95)

Pieter de Jong was baptized on April Fools' Day in 1759 in Oud-Alblas in Holland with witness Jannigje de Jong. Pieter is the 10th and youngest child of Tijs de Jong and Jannigje Kooijmans.

Pieter de Jong married Neeltje Stichter on 3 May 1801 in Oud-Alblas, Holland

Pieter de Jong was married on 3 May 1801 in Oud-Alblas to Neeltje Stichter. She was baptized on 30 October 1774 in Noordeloos. Her parents are Claas Stigter and Pieternella de Kluijt.

Pieter de Jong and Neeltje Stigter had 9 children:

1. Jannigje de Jong was born on 17-2-1802 and baptized on 21-02-1802 in Oud-Alblas with widness Marijgje de Jong. Jannigje married Jan Korporaal in 1827. He died in 1859. Jannigje survived him. Among their children was Marigje Korporaal, born on 16-7-1828 in Oud-Alblas, who reached the age of 93 before she die don 6-5-1922 in Oud-Alblas. 
2. Tijs de Jong was born on 4-9-1803 and baptized on 11-9-1803 in Oud-Alblas with witness Marijgje de Jong. At the age of 51, Tijs married 40-year0old Wouterina Groeneweg. Tijs die don 12-3-1874 in Oud-Alblas, aged 70.
3. Pieternella de Jong was born 26-3-1805 and baptized on 31-3-1805 in Oud-Alblas with witness Ariaantje Kooijwijk, wife of Jan Stichter. At the age of 40, Pieternella married 48-year-old Cornelis Hardam. Pieternella died on 5-8-1876 in Alblasserdam, aged 71. 
4. Klaas de Jong was born on 28-03-1806 and baptized on 30-3-1806 in Oud-Alblas with witness Ariaantje Kooijwijk. Klaas married Dirkje Boer. He died on 5-6-1879 in Alblasserdam, aged 73.
5. Arie de Jong was born on 19-5-1808 and baptized on 19-6-1808 in Oud-Alblas. Arie was married on 18-11-1843 in Nieuw-Lekkerland to Aartje Berkouwer, born on 17-2-1821 in Nieuw-Lekkerland. Arie died on 15-11-1859 in Alblasserdam, aged 51. 



Teunis de Jong
(1816-1876)

6. Willempje de Jong was born on 7-12-1810 and baptized on 16-12-1810 in Oud-Alblas with widness Ariaantje Kooijwijk. In 1835 Willempje married Hendrik de Haan. Willempje died on 23-10-1874 in Alblasserdam, aged 63. 
7. Marthijnus de Jong was born on 17-6-1812 and baptized on 28-06-1812 in Oud-Alblas with widness Marijgje de Jong. Marthijnus married Martijntje van Rijnsbergen in 1840. He died on 12-10-1892 in Oud-Alblas at the age of 80. 
8. Jan de Jong was born on 23-1-1815 in Oud-Alblas and baptized on 5-3-1815 in Oud-Olblas. Jan died there on 14-3-1845, aged 30. 
9. Teunis de Jong was born on 5-6-1816 in Oud-Alblas. He married 3 times, had issue, and emigrated to the USA. His third wife was Lijntje Boer (1812-1891).

Pieter's elder brother Adriaan de Jong (1736-1823) reached the age of 88. Pieter's wife, Neeltje Stigter, died on 7-2-1829 in Oud-Alblas, aged 54. Pieter de Jong survived his wife for 25 years and reached the age of 95. He died on 26 June 1854 in Oud-Alblas.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Dutch National Archives Website, G. Ouweneel CD with sources of Alblasserdam and Oud-Alblas, FamOfSH CD (“Klapper”), FindAGrave.com.

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

Sniper Lubbert Bos

The muster books of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) mention Lubbert Bos in 1916. I found Lubbert Bos employed in Indonesia as fusilier and sniper in 1919. His height was 175 cm, and he had tattoos on both arms. On December 8, 1921, he was reported as “missing”, but by January 5, 1922, he was back. In August he was again “missing”, and by September 10 he was back.
Lubbert Bos returned from Indonesia with the SS Rembrandt, arriving in Amsterdam on April 19, 1923.

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