Longevity ~ Grietje Reedijk (92) in Strijen, Holland

Grietje Reedijk was born on 25 April 1838 in Strijen, Holland. Her parents are Leendert Reedijk (1810-1879) and Neeltje Strooberg (1805-1859). Grietje was named after her maternal grandmother Grietje Reedijk (±1774-1858) who had married her cousin Willem Reedijk (1773-1864). This couple's common grandparents were Teunis Reedijk (1714-1776) and Grietje van Loon (1710-1783).

Apart from a stillborn son in 1835, Grietje's parents had 4 more children: Martijnis (1836-1922), Willem (1839-1924), Willemijntje (1840-1900) and Annigje (1845-1915). Their mother Neeltje Strooberg died in Strijen on 19 September 1859, aged 54. Grietje was 21 at the time.
On 10 April 1863 in Strijen, Grietje's father Leendert Reedijk was married to his second wife Adriaantje de Bruin (1807-1873), widow of Gerrit de Man. Leendert was to marry two more times before he died in Strijen on 2 September 1879, aged 69.

Grietje Reedijk was the first of her siblings to marry. At the age of 26, she married 30-year-old Jan van der Linden on 29 April 1864 in Strijen. Jan was born on 17 September 1833 in Westmaas as a younger son of Hendrik van der Linden (1795-1858) and Bastiaantje Kleijnendorst (1793-1840).
Grietje and Jan had a daughter Bastiaantje, born on 25 September 1865 in Strijen. She was Grietje's only child. Bastiaantje was married on 12 April 1888 in Strijen to fellow townsman Jan Zevenbergen (1856-1941). They had several children, including Jan Zevenbergen (1890-1951) jr. and Grietje Adriaantje Zevenbergen (1894-1944).

Nieuwsblad voor de Hoeksche Waard en IJselmonde, 20-1-1931

Jan van der Linden died in Strijen on 16 April 1890, aged 56. At the age of 51, Grietje was a widow, and she would remain a widow for 40 years. Grietje died in Strijen on 17 January 1931 at the age of 92 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days.
Grietje's daughter Bastiaantje van der Linden died during World War II on 25 February 1945, also in Strijen. Bastiaantje's husband Jan Zevenbergen had died there on 25 January 1941.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, FamilySearch.org, Families of South Holland Index (“Klappers”), W. Reedijk, Stamreeks Reedijk, Zuidhollandse Stam- en Naamreeksen 1986.