Vijgeboom cousin marriage: Elisabeth & Herman Hendrik in Rotterdam

The cousins Elisabeth Vijgeboom (1761-1827) and Herman Hendrik Vijgeboom (1763-1822) were married on 23 February 1790 in Rotterdam. They were both grandchildren of Hermann Wiethoff (†1758) and his wife Anna Elisabeth Fiegenbaum (1711-1770) who lived in Ladbergen, Tecklenburg, Germany.

Tecklenburg

Elisabeth was baptised in Rotterdam on 4 November 1761 as the eldest child of Willem Hendrik Vijgeboom (1734-1804) of Ladbergen, and his first wife Catharina Goudtfijn. Elisabeth had younger sisters named Hendrina and Johanna.
In Ladbergen on 1 May 1763, Herman Hendrik Vijgeboom was born or baptised as son of Johann Diederich Fiegenbaum, a younger brother of Willem Hendrik above. His mother was Elisabeth Hurkeweert.

Herman Hendrik and Elisabeth are the parents of

1. Johan Diederik was born on 13 December 1790, and baptized on the 16th in Rotterdam with witness Adriana Kampsteeg. He died on 1 February 1791, and was buried on the 5th in Rotterdam.
2. Willem Henderik was born on 25 December 1791, and baptized on New Year’s Day 1792 in the Zuiderkerk church in Rotterdam with witness Willem Hendrik Vijgeboom. He was married in 1810 to Geertruide allegonda Vermeer who originated in North-Brabant. Willem Hendrik outlived his wife by 4 years, and died on 28 May 1864 in Rotterdam at the age of 75.
3. Anna Catharina Geertruida was born on 6 May 1793, and baptized on the 12th in the Zuiderkerk church in Rotterdam with widness Adolf Vijgenboom. She was 1¾ year old when she died on 14 March 1795 and was buried on the 17th in Rotterdam.
4. Neeltje, born on 31 December 1794, and baptized on 4 January 1795 in Rotterdam with widness Neeltje Vijgenboom. She may have died young, too.
5. Catharina Henderika Herman, born on 5 January 1797, and baptized on the 8 in Rotterdam with widnesses Herman Henderik Kievit and Catharina Viegenbaum. At the age of 18, she was married to Wilhelmus Gerardus Hogendijk on 27-9-1815 in Rotterdam. She died there on 18 May 1817, aged just 20. She had given birth 19 days earlier.
6. Herman Hendrik, baptized on 2 December 1798 in Rotterdam with widness Johanna Francina Steur. He was 1¾ year old when he died in Rotterdam on 12 October 1800.

In the winter of 1790-91 Herman Hendrik and Elisabeth were living in the Zwanestraat opposite a distillery. From early 1792 to early 1797 the couple was living at the Schiedamse Dijk.
Harmen Hendrik Vijgenboom died in Rotterdam on 16 may 1822, aged 59 years and 15 days. His widow, Elisabeth Vijgeboom, died there on 11 Febraury 1827, aged 64.

Rotterdam

Sources: www.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl, WieWasWie.nl, www.archieven.nl, www.delpher.nl, www.zeeuwengezocht.nl, www.fiegenbaum.org.