Cornelis de Quaasteniet (1862-1942) married 2 sisters

Carpenter Cornelis de Quaatsteniet was born in Ridderkerk, Holland, on 1 February 1862 as the eldest son of Adrianus de Quaatsteniet (1831-1914) and Johanna de Haan (1831-1906). Cornelis had siblings named Clasina (1856-1901), Leendert (1864-1895), Aart (1867-1890), Maria (1870-1939) and Johannes (1874-1938).

Cornelis de Quaatsteniet

At the age of 24, on 1 February 1886 in Rotterdam, Cornelis married Johanna Verkaik. She was born in Stolwijk, Holland, on 10 September 1862. Her parents are Pieter Verkaik (1835-1921) and Lena Buitelaar (1833-1918). Johanna's maternal grandparents are Klaas Middelkoop (1769-1820) and Lena Uittenbroek (1784-1843).
Johanna gave birth to 5 children named Adrianus (1887-1966), Pieter (1888-1911), Lena (1891-1916), Aart (1892-1892) and Johanna (1894-1971).
On 30 Augustus 1895 in Rotterdam, at the age of just 32, Johanna Verkaik died.

After 7 years as a widower, Cornelis remarried on 17 December 1902. His new bride was a younger sister of his first wife, 36-year-old Neeltje Verkaik. They needed a dispensation to get married. They had a daughter legalized, Cornelia, born on 13 January 1898 in Rotterdam.

Neeltje Verkaik was born on 10 April 1866 in Stolwijk. While married, Neeltje gave birth to another daughter named Neeltje (1904-1980), too. Neeltje Verkaik died on 6 September 1907 in Rotterdam, aged 41. Her elder daughter Cornelia died on 20 May 1992, aged 94.

Cornelis de Quaatsteniet survived his second wife for nearly 35 years. He died in psychiatric hospital “Maasoord” in Poortugaal on 1 July 1942 around 22:30.

Sources: www.kwaasteniet.eu, WieWasWie.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Postcard Poortugaal.

Longevity - Adrianus Roos (97)

When Adrianus Roos died on 12 December 1891 in Nieuw-Beijerland in Holland, he had reached the age of 97 years and 3½ months. Adrianus Roos had survived both his wives and 12 of his 15 children. 

Nieuwsblad gewijd aan de belangen van de Hoeksche Waard en IJselmonde, 16-12-1891

Adrianus Roos was born on 31 August 1794 in Heinenoord in Holland, and baptized there on 7 September with as witness his maternal grandmother Catharijna de Jong (±1728-1806). Adrianus' parents are Arie Roos (1766-1840) and Hermina Stolk (1762-1839). It seems that Adrianus' only sister Annigje and youngest brother Pieter both died young. His other siblings were Arie Roos (1789-1857), Jan Roos (1792-1838), Leendert Roos (1796-1872) and Gerrit Roos (1800-1832).

On 8 February 1818 in Nieuw-Beijerland Adrianus Roos married Aartje Klootwijk. Aartje was born on 17 April 1794 in Heinenoord. Her parents are Annigje Groen and Gerrit Klootwijk. Gerrit is a male-line descendant of my ancestor Aert Crijnensz. who lived around 1600.
Aartje endured 15 pregnancies. Tree children were death at birth. Tree sons, all named Gerrit, died as a baby, a fourth Gerrit died at the age of 13, while a daughter named Grietje died at the age of 1. Their other children were Annigje (69), Arij (81), Hermijna (68), Gerritje (36), Pieter (63), Elisabeth (80) and Janna (25).

On 3 July 1856 in Nieuw-Beijerland 61-year-old widower Adrianus Roos was married to 48-year-old Adriaantje van der Weijden, widow of Barend Willem Klijnsmit (1805-1847) and mother of several children. Adriaantje was born on 29 November 1807 in Nieuw-Beijerland. Her parents are Dirk van der Weijden (1769-1817) and Pietertje de Bruin (1775-1850).
After nearly 30 years of marriage, Adriaantje died in Nieuw-Beijerland on 5 February 1886, aged 78. At that time only his children Hermijna (1827-1895), Pieter (1830-1893), Elisabeth (1839-1919) and Janna (1842-1867) were still alive.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Baptisms in 18th-century Zuid-Holland, GenealogieOnline.nl.