Longevity ~ Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan (91)

Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan was born on 16 January 1829 in 's-Gravenmoer, Brabant, The Netherlands. His parents are Nicolaas Mouthaan (1799-1877) and his wife Alberdina Prins (1804-1889). The couple had 18 children, but several of them died young.
Nicolaas is a son of Hendrik Mouthaan (1774-1808) and Willemijna Mouthaan (1777-1821) who is a daughter of Nicolaas Mouthaan (1727-1814) and Maria Mouthaan (1737-1807). I don't know how they are all related, but given their common surname and common place of origin, it's likely they are related.

Cornelis Jacobus had jobs both as farmer and shoemaker. At the age of 29, he was married on 14 October 1858 in 's-Gravenmoer. His bride was 65-year-old “cougar” Adriana Oosterhout. She was born on 1 December 1792 and baptised on the 2th as daughter of Cornelis van Oosterhout (1750-1824) and Antonia Boeser (1760-1827). Adriana's grandfather is my ancestor Jacobus Cornelisz. Boeser (1718-1780). Another ancestor of both Adriana and me the 17th-century Adriaan Cornelisz. van Oosterhout.
Adriana van Oosterhout had earlier been married on in 6 July 1817 in 's-Gravenmoer to Hendrik Konings (1776-1857). Adriana died in 's-Gravenmoer on 16 March 1875, aged 82. Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan was a widower after 16 years of marriage.

Signatures of Adriana van Oosterhout and Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan in the marriage register.

At the age of 49, Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan was married secondly on 8 March 1878 in 's-Gravenmoer. His bride, Grieta van Eersel, was 44 years old. She was born on 23 October 1833 in Gravenmoer as daughter of Jochem van Eersel and Adriana van Dongen.
Grieta had been married for just 3 years to Gijsbert Blom (1824-1868). She had a posthumous son Gijsbert Blom (1868-1949), so Cornelis Jacobus acquired a stepson. Gijsbert Blom was married on 8 February 1899 in Waspik to Maria van Pas (1876-1947). They had several children, but the marriage was to end in divorce in 1934.
Grieta van Eersel died on 13 December 1902 in 's-Gravenmoer, aged 69. Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan was a widower after 24 years of marriage.

The family of Jacobus Mouthaan, his second wife Grieta van Eersel and stepson Gijsbert Blom.

Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan survived his 2nd wife for 17 years. His brother Sijmen Mouthaan (1826-1911) died at the age of 84. His sister Hendrika Mouthaan (1830-1917) died at the age of 86. Their brother Albert Mouthaan (1836-1919) died at the age of 83. Cornelis Jacobus Mouthaan survived them all, dying at the age of 91, on 7 March 1920 in 's-Gravenmoer.

Sources: RegionaalArchiefTilburg.nl, WieWasWie.nl, BHiC.nl.

Jacob Grandia (1822-68), an orphan in Pella

Pella in Marion County in Iowa was founded in 1847 when some 800 Dutch immigrants - led by minister Hendrik Pieter (“Henry”) Scholte - settled the area. Among them was 24-year old Jacob Grandia. He boarded the ship “Nagasaki” that departed from Rotterdam on 11 April 1847 with 239 passengers on board. Two persons died at sea, and one person was born at sea. Subsequently, on the trip to Iowa, even more people died.

Jacob Grandia was travelling alone, because his siblings had died young, and both his parents had died, too. Jacob was born on 1 September 1822 in 's-Gravendeel, Holland. His parents are Jillis Grandia (1794-1826) and Maria van Bezooijen (1792-1843), daughter of Jacob van Bezooijen (1736-1803) and his wife Geertruij Koomans.
On his father's side Jacob is a descendant of my ancestor Sebastiaen Geraerts Grandia who lived in Brakel in The Netherlands. The family name Grandia most likely originated in Spain. The first Grandia likely arrived in the Low Countries as a soldier in the Spanish army during the Dutch Eighty Years' War with Spain.

Pella, Iowa

On 19 February 1850 in Pella, Jacob married Marie Colyn, daughter of Leendert Colyn. They were blessed with 12 children, and 9 of them survived infancy. Their names are Jillis, Anthonie, Leendert (1853-1917), John, Jacob jr. (1857-1829), Abraham, Maria, Trijntje and Elizabeth (1868-1934).
Jacob was farming on the border of Lake Praire Township, Marion County, and Black Oak Township, in Mahaska County, both in Iowa.
Jacob died at the age of 45 on 19 May 1868, and was buried at “Porter Grove Cemetery” in Harvey, Marion County. His widow Marie survived him for 41 years, and remarried. Her second husband may have been Aart van Zante Sr. (1815-1894), widower of Maria van Zee (1819-1879). Marie died on 21 May 1909. Her birth had been on 29 December 1827 in Heukelum in The Netherlands.
In 1883 Jacob jr. send a letter to a Dutch cousin, mentioning his surviving siblings, and the remarriage of his mother.

Grave of Jacob Grandia jr.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, FindAGrave.com, Dutch Immigrants that followed Scholte, WeRelate.org, Pella Community Memory Database, IAGenWeb.org. Further reading: Grandia Family History, Geni.com.

Hendrik Daniel Boeser (1801-1842) & Johanna Antonia Hössen in Mentok

Painter Daniel Boeser (1757-1812) and his wife Sijchie Paardekooper (1769-1836) were living at the Binneweg street in Rotterdam, when their younger son Hendrik Daniel was born on 21-3-1801. He was baptised on 18 April. Hendrik Daniel had several surviving siblings including Wouter Boeser (1785-1859), Gerrit Boeser (1786-1848), Jan Martinus Boeser (1796-1851) and Johannes Boeser (1799-1872).

Javasche Courant, 22-1-1828

In June 1824 Hendrik Daniel Boeser was already living in Mentok on Bangka Island in Indonesia.
At the age of 26, Hendrik Daniel Boeser was married in Mentok on 12 January 1828. His bride was Johanna Antonia Hössen, daughter of Johannes Hössen and Martha Maria Kleibauker.
Hendrik Daniel was married for just a couple of weeks when his wive's 39-year-old stepmother died on 4 February, followed in the night of 12 February by her 44-year-old husband Johannes Hössen.

Javasche Courant, 15-7-1828

After a 3-day illness with severe fever, 41-year-old Hendrik Daniel Boeser died on 30 November 1842 in Batavia (now Jakarta) in Indonesia. His widow, Johanna Antonia Hössen, returned to The Netherlands in May 1844. She passed away, at the age of 92, on 29 January 1903 in Arnheim.

Javasche Courant, 12-11-1842

Sources: Delpher.nl, WieWasWie.nl.