Arie Baars married and divorced his cousin Japina Stal

First cousins Japina Stal (33) and Arie Baars (31) were married on 28 June 1907 in Rotterdam, Holland.
The groom, Arie Baars, was born on 31 November 1875 in Oud-Beijerland, Holland. His parents are Cornelis Baars (1840-1916) and Maatje Willeboordse (1845-1904).
Japina, the bride, was born in Rotterdam on 31 August 1873. Her parents are Arie Johannes Stal (1838-1916) and Aletta Baars (1844-1919). Aletta and Cornelis Baars are both children of Arij Baars (1818-1881) and Jaapje de Koning (1820-1875). Cornelis was born on 17 February 1840 in Oud-Beijerland, and named after his grandfather Cornelis Baars (1793-1876). Aletta was born in Oud-Beijerland on 7 December 1844, and named after Cornelis' wife Aletta Vink (1794-1867).

Arij Baars   (1818-1881) | -------------------------
| Aletta Baars (1844-1916)		| Cornelis Baars (1840-1916)
| Japina Stal (1873-1947)	x 1907-1918	| Arie Baars (1875-1944)

In 1903 Japina's family exploited a catering facility named “Lommerrijk” in Hillegersberg (now part of Rotterdam). Operator of the tavern was Japina's father Arie Johannes Stal. The other people involved were his sons Willem Arie Stal (1866-1946) and Arie Willem Stal (1868-1946), his son-in-law Anthonie Willem Zijlmans, husband of Neeltje Stal (1870-1942), and his daughter Japina. A fifth child, Alettta Helena Stal, had died as a teenager.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 10-12-1903

Maatje, Arie's mother, died on 21 January 1904 in Oud-Beijerland, aged 58. Arie's father, Cornelis Baars, died on 12 June 1916 in Rotterdam, aged 76. Japina's father, Arie Johannes Stal, died on 24 November 1916 in Rotterdam, aged 78. He was buried on the 27th in Hillegersberg. Japina's mother, Aletta Baars, died at the age of 75 in Rijswijk, Holland, on 24 December 1919.

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, 27-11-1916

The marriage of Japina Stal and Arie Baars ended in divorce on 27 May 1918 when Japina was aged 44. She died at the age of 73 on 29 January 1947 in Zeist (near Utrecht).
Arie Baars remarried on 14 December 1918 in Rotterdam. The bride was Rosalina Johanna Roukema, born on 16 August 1877 in Middelburg. She had divorced Maarten Johannes Heistek on 22 January 1916.
This second marriage ended in a divorce from bed and board on 5 July 1928. Arie died at the age of 68 on 28 August 1944 in Haarlem, while both his former wives were still alive.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 14-7-1928

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl.