Vijgeboom cousin marriage: Jan Dirk & Anna Catharina in Rotterdam

Cousins Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom (1808-56) and Anna Catharina Geertruij Vijgeboom (1811-73) were married on 30 March 1834 in Axel, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Their common grandparents are Catharina Priggen and Johann Diederich Fiegenbaum, born in 1738 in Ladbergen, Tecklenburg, Germany.

Gardener Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom was born on 5 September 1808 in Schiedam, Holland. His parents are Adolph Vijgeboom (1767-1823) and his second wife Maria Staats (1760-1840). Adolph had earlier been married to Sacharina Koets (1761-1804), and had surviving daughters Catharina Vijgeboom (1795-1869) and Dirkje Vijgeboom (1800-1818).
Anna Catharina Geertruij Vijgeboom was born on 21 August 1811 in Oud-Matenesse (part of Rotterdam), and baptised in nearby Overschie on 1 September. Her parents are Johann Wilhelm (“Jan Willem”) Vijgeboom (1773-1845) and Helena (“Lena”) Spanjersberg (1776-1833). They had another daughter named Geertrui Vijgeboom (1813-1854).

Middelburg (by Jan Bulthuis)

From their marriage until their deaths, Jan Dirk Albert and Anna Catharina Geertruij would be living in Zeeland in the south-western part of The Netherlands.
Their children are: 

1. Adolf was born in Axel on 25 May 1834. He was married to Johanna Maria Slavenburg in 1857 in Schiedam. They had a son Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom (1857-1924) who married - as his 3rth wife - Anna Vijgenboom (1900-1959), daughter of another Jan Dirk Albert Vijgenboom, son of Adolf’s brother Cornelis.
2. Johan Willem was born in Koudekerke on 12 May 1837. He earned a living as a shoemaker, and died in Middelburg on 3 April 1872, aged 34.
3. Herman Hendrik was born in Koudekerke on 4 May 1839. He died there on 7 September 1843, aged 4. 
4. Anna Catharin died on 20 November 1841 in Koudekerke at the age of 3 months.
5. Jan Dirk was born in Koudekerke on 5 August 1841. He likely died young.
6. Lena Maria was born in Koudekerke on 3 January 1843. She was married in 1882 to labourer Cornelis Marinus Douw. Lena Maria died on 2 April 1916 in Colijnsplaat, aged 73.
7. Cornelis was born in Koudekerke on 27 November 1844. He firstly married Jannetje Janse in 1872 in Middelburg. He secondly married Johanna Verwijs in 1876 in Middelburg. She’s a daughter of blacksmith Johannes Verwijs and Anthonia Kramer. Cornelis died as a widower on 1 July 1937 in Middelburg, aged 92. Cornelis had a son Jan Dirk Albert Vijgenboom, who married Johanna Bosschaart in 1896. Their daughter Anna Vijgeboom (1900-1959) married – as her 1st husband - a son of Cornelis’ brother Adolf.
8. Harmen Hendrik was born in Koudekerke on 31 March 1846, and died there on 13 September 1846.
9. Lena was born in Koudekerke on 4 August 1847. She died in Middelburg on 30 August 1863, aged 16.
10. Jan Dirk was born in Koudekerke on 3 July 1850. He was married in 1883 in Amsterdam to Gesina Caalen. She died as a widow in 1925.
11. Pleun was born in Middelburg on 5 November 1851. He was married to Madalena Verwijs in 1879 in Middelburg. She’s a sister of the second wife of Pleun’s brother Cornelis. Pleun died as a widower on 16 July 1930 in Middelburg, aged 78.
12. Catharina (“Kaatje”) was born in Middelburg on 29 May 1854. She was married in 1888 to Petrus Thomas who originated in Aardenburg. She died on 18 October 1911 in Veere, aged 57.
13. Harmen Hendrik was born in Middelburg on 6 april 1856. He was married in 1889 to 43-year-old Anna Jacoba van Loo. Harmen Hendrik died on 21 March 1896 in Rotterdam, aged 39.

Middelburgsche Courant, 16-6-1873

Day labourer Jan Dirk Albert Vijgenboom had been ill and suffering for quite a long time before he died at the age of 51 in Middelburg on 23 December 1856. Subsequently, his widow Anna Catharina earned a living as washerwoman. She died at the age of 61 on 13 June 1873 in Middelburg.
Their sons Cornelis and Pleun had married 2 sisters, while Cornelis’ granddaughter Anna Vijgeboom married Adolf’s son Jan Dirk Albert Vijgeboom as his 3rd wife.

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