Short-lived Marriage ~ Kornelia Baars (1809-1876) in Oud-Beijerland

Kornelia Baars was born on 20 April 1809 in Oud-Beijerland in Holland. Her parents are Arij Baars (1764-1846) and his second wife Adriana Kraak (±1783-1816). Arij's had been a widower of Neeltje Kraak (1766-±1805), Adriana's cousin. Arij Baars had 15 children with his 2 wives.

On 7 April 1831 in Oud-Beijerland 21-year-old Kornelia Baars was married. The groom was Albertus Pieter Camphuis, born on 21 January 1808 in Charlois (now part of Rotterdam). His parents are Feiko Albertus Camphuis, who originated in Appingedam near Groningen, and his wife Neeltje Moudt.
Kornelia Baars gave birth to her first child, Adriana Neeltje Camphuis, on 6 October 1831 in Oud-Beijerland. In the next two years Feike Albertus and Neeltje Kornelia were born, but the last died on 13 December 1834, 3 months old.
On 25 July 1835 disaster struck again, when Albertus Pieter Camphuis died, at the age of 27, after a short-term illness. Kornela was pregnant at the time. She gave birth on 19 October to a son named after his father. Little Albertus Pieter died on 29 December, 2 months old. Kornelia Baars was a 26-year-old widow with 2 small children. She had been married for only 4 years.

Rotterdamsche Courant, 28-7-1835

Two years later, on 9 May 1838, Kornelia Baars was married to widower Daniel Stolk. Daniel was born in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel on 7 Arpil 1796. His parents are Marrigje (den) Boer (1761-1833) en Pieter Stolk (1756-1835). Pieter is a descendant of my ancestor Pieter Stolk (±1657-1741)
Daniel had married his first wife, Anna Boulonois, on 6 June 1821 in Rotterdam, when he was 25 years old. Anna was born on 27-7-1791 in Rotterdam, and died there on 17 July 1829.
Daniel married his second wife, Ingetje de Regt, on 22-12-1830 in Rotterdam. Together they had a son Pieter, a daughter Catharina, and a stillbirth. Ingetje died on 1 September 1836, aged 35 years and 11 months.

Cornelia Baars and Daniel Stolk had 5 children in the period 1838-1848, but they all died young. Cornelia's son Feike Albertus Kamphuis died in 1839, aged 5. In the summer of 1848 her only surviving child was her eldest daughter Adriana Neeltje Camphuis.
On 2 April 1858 Adriana Neeltje Camphuis was married to Lucas Vreugdenhil, a widower with children who was 10 years her senior. In 1860 they were living in de Haarlemmermeer area.

Daniel Stolk died on 4 April 1862 in Oud-Beijerland. Cornelia survived him by 14 years, dying on 13 May 1876 in Gouda. Her daughter Adriana Neeltje Camphuis was widowed, too, and died on 17 February 1907 in Rotterdam.

Rotterdamsche Courant, 10-4-1862

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