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30 Nov 2021

A Bos family with German roots

Pastry baker Hoot Onno Bos (25) and Klazina Stikker (21) were married on 16 June 1888 in Nieuwolda in the northeastern part of The Netherlands.
Klazina was born on 30 July 1866 in Oterdum near Delfzijl. Her parents are Pieter Stikker (1820-1886) and Engelina Nap (1847-1901).
Hoot Onno Bos was born on 2 August 1862 in Nieuwolda. His parents are Hindrik Bos (1826-1874) and Grietje Westerhuis (1824-1886). His paternal grandparents are Grietje Freerks Vos and Christoffer (“Stoffer Koerts”) Bos. Christoffel originated in Kappel in Germany.

Hoot Onno Bos and Klazina Stikker are the parents of

  1. Engelina, born on 3 June 1889 in Groningen, died there on 15 April 1890.
  2. Hindrik, born on 21 Septrmrt 1890 in Groningen. In 1937 Hindrik was living in Leibzig in Germany.
  3. Engelina Grietje, born on 24 June 1894 in Groningen.

In 1913 Hoot Onno Bos, his wife and 2 surviving children were living in The Hague in Holland. In 1925 they moved to Leiden in Holland.

Hoot Onno Bos died at the age of 74 on 11 June 1937 in Leiden. He was buried there on the 14th. His widow, Klazina Stikker, died at the age of 81 on 20 August 1947 in Geneva, Switzerland. Her sister Maria had a small obituary placed in a newspaper.



Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 12-6-1937 Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 28-8-1947

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl.

18 Nov 2021

Intermarriage in the Nijpels & Nijst families

Wine merchant Johannes Matthias (“Jean Mathieu”) Nijpels was married in Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands, on 26 January 1809. His bride was Eleonora (“Eléonore”) Nijst, born in Octber 1788 in Maastricht. Her parents are Laurentius Nijst (1761-1852) and Marie Ludgardis Nijpels (1763-1821). Eléonore’s grandparents are Joannes Nijst, Anne Gertrude Nijpels (±1715-1807), Henri Laurent Nijpels (1736-1800) and Maria Gertrudis Nijst. The Nijpels and Nijst families were clearly closely related.
The groom, Johannes Matthias, was born on 21 April 1788 in Maastricht. His parents are Théodore Nijpels (1758-1810) and Anne Marie Tixon (1753-1835). His paternal grandparents are Mathias Joseph Nijpels (1720-1781) and Marie Adelaide van Gulpen (1724-1807). His paternal great-grandparents are Laurentius Nijpels and Christina Nijst who were married on 3 April 1718 in Maastricht. 

Maastricht

Johannes Matthias and Eléonore had 7 children, and 4 of them reached adulthood:

  1. Jean Laurent Théophile Nijpels was born on 21-4-1809 in Maastricht. Jean died there on 20-12-1871, aged 62. Like his father, Jean was a wine merchant. He married Maria Elisabeth Cecilia Rochs (1811-1874) in 1833 in Maastricht. They had descendants in the female line.
  2. Josephine Lutgarde Theodorine Nijpels was born on 19-3-1811 in Maastricht. Josephine died 31-5-1866 in Brussels, Belgium, aged 55. Josephine had married Frederic Denis Sanders (1806-1846) in 1835 in Maastricht. Josephine was remarried in 1860 in Maastricht to widower Joannes Petrus Smits.
  3. Léopold Alfred Désiré Nijpels was born on 17-4-1825 in Maastricht. Leopold died there on 20-10-1902, aged 77. Leopold was a lawyer. He had married Maria Hubertina Clementina van Hoven (1827-1880) in 1847 in Maastricht. They had 9 children.
  4. Lutgarde Hortense Valerie Nijpels was born on 1-1-1828 in Maastricht. Lutgarde died there on 1-1-1909, aged 81. Lutgarde had married Joseph Hubert Polis (1826-1861) in 1851 in Maastricht.

Johannes Matthias suddenly passed away in the night of 15-16 October 1852, aged 64. His widow Eléonore survived him for 13 years, dying on 25 October 1865, also in Maastricht. They were both survived by the 4 children mentioned above.

Algemeen Handelsblad (newspaper), 25-10-1852

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Nederlands Patriciaat 1933, allelimburgers.nl, genwiki.nl.