Cougar Sara Dorst (1773-1825) had children with 3 husbands

A relationship between an older man and a younger woman is often seen as “the normal way of doing things”. The other way around, however, is often chuckled at. In the past, the combination of an older woman with a younger man was more common. For a young man without an inheritance, it could be attractive to marry a wealthier widow.

Sara Dorst was baptised in Sint-Annaland (on the island of Tholen in The Netherlands) on 4 July 1773 with witnesses Louis Rozemond and his third wife Matje Priem. Sara's parents are Adriaan Jeremiasse Dorst and his first wife Cornelia Rijstenbil. Adriaan married his second wife, Cornelia Voshol, on 30 April 1783, when Sara was 9 years old. Sara's youngest (half)sibling, Carolina, was born on 11 January 1795, when Sara was 21 yaers old, and already married.

On 6 December 1793 in nearby Sint-Maartensdijk 20-year-old Sara Dorst registered to marry Izaak Quist who was approximately 29 years old at the time. Izaak was born in 1764 in Sint-Maartensdijk as son of Adolph Quist (±1736-1768) and his wife Maria Gakeer (±1740-1793).
Izaak and Sara had 4 surviving children: Cornelia Adriana Quist (1796-1849) and Izabella Quist (1812-1873), who both married twice, Adolph Quist (±1798-1820), and Pieternella Quist (1800-1845) who married Laban Laban (1789-1852).

Signatures of Pieternella Quist and her husband Laban Laban

Izak Quist died on 27 April 1811 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Sara was 37-year-old and pregnant. Their postumous daughter Izabella was born on 4 January 1812.

Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode (newspaper), 28-1-1888

On 1 April 1813 in Sint-Maartensdijk 39-year-old Sara Dorst married 28-year-old Cornelis Boogert. He was born on 2 July 1784, and baptised on the 11th in Oosterland (on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland in The Netherlands) with witnesses Abraham van Oeveren and Soetje Bierens. His parents are Dirk Bartelse Boogert (1746-±1797) and Jannetje Isaaks van Oeveren (1745-1831).
With Cornelis Boogert and Sara had a daughter Jannetje Boogert, born on 25 October 1815 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Cornelis died there on 26 March 1814, aged 29. Their daughter Jannetje was to marry a farmhand and reach the age of 70.

At the age of 41, Sara Dorst married 27-year-old Leendert Groenewege on 30 November 1815 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Leendert was baptised there on 24 February 1788 with witnesses Janus de Witte and Martijntje Groenwegen. His parents are Leendert Leenderts Groenewegen senior and his wife (He)Lena Cornelisse Dekker.
Sara's youngest child was another Leendert Groenewegen, born on 21 December 1817 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Leendert junior was to marry Dirksje Moerland and reach the age of 70. He was a councillor of the village of Sint-Maartensdijk.
Sara Dorst died at the age of 52 on 28 November 1825 in Sint-Maartensdijk. Her youngest son, Leendert Groenewegen, was 7 at the time, Jannetje Boogert was 12, Izabella Quist was 13, and the eldest (surviving) daughter Cornelia Adriana Quist was 29 years old.

Move Over Duran Duran, It's Laban Laban!

The Laban family originated in Moray in Scotland, possibly from a Flemish immigrant, as the Labans have Germanic Y-DNA. There are established Lowland Lobban families in England, Australia, USA and Canada, with a related Logan line in the US, and the Labans of Tholen in the Netherlands.

The Loban weapon features
a lion passant and sable

During the Eighty Years' War, many Scottish soldiers came to The Netherlands in mercenary armies. Williamm Loban, who settled on the island of Tholen, may have been a soldier, too. In Stavenisse, William married twice in the 1620s, and had 7 children. The oldest surviving aldermen's books of Stavenisse show that William Laban wasn't always able to pay his debts. In 1628, for example, part of his property was auctioned, including 2 cows, 2 pigs and his best bed.
William's son Cornelis Laban married a widow, and had 4 children, including a son Leunis Laban (1663-1737). Leunis married twice and had 15 children. With his second wife, Jacomijntje Swancken (1678-1737), Leunis had a son Laban Laban (1707-1762).

This first Laban Laban married twice around 1740. His youngest son from his second marriage to Martha Ellewit (1720-1766) was another Leunis Laban (±1755-1855). On 20 January 1789 in Sint-Maartensdijk this Leunis married Maria Geluk (1767-1815). That same year their eldest son Laban Laban was born.

This second Laban Laban was born on 18 October 1789 and baptised on 1 November in Sint-Maartensdijk with as witnesses his uncle Frans Laban and aunt Neeltje Brouw. Eleven siblings were to follow Laban. His father Leunis Laban died on 5 June 1805 in Kruiningen, Zeeland, The Netherlands, when Laban was 15 years old. His mother, Maria Geluk, died in Kruiningen on 11 January 1815, aged 47.
At the age of 37, Laban was finally married on 20 December 1827 in Sint-Maartensdijk. His bride was 27-year-old Pieternella Isacks Quist. She was born on 25 November 1800 in Sint-Maartensdijk as daughter of Isaak Adolfse Quist and his wife Sara Dorst (1773-1825).

Signatures of Laban Laban and his wife

Double ancestors of Paul Kleinjan (1894-1979) of Sioux County

1. Paul Kleinjan  was born on 12 September 1894 in Rock Township, Sioux County, Iowa. In 1929 Paul married Beatrice Crawford who died in 1978. Paul Kleinjan died on 8 February 1979, and was buried in Chinook, Blaine County, Montana. They had 4 children named Marvin, Art, Frances, and Mary.

Parents

2. Floris (“Florus”) Kleinjan was born on 13 August 1853 in Rhoon, South Holland. In 1891 he married
3. Pieternella (“Nellie”) Niemantsverdriet. She was born in Barendrecht on 5 January 1856, and died on 7 January 1900. Nellie was buried in Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa. Forus Kleinjan died at the age of 82 on 30 March 1936, and was buried in Chinook, Blain County, Montana. The couple had children, including a son Paul.

Grandparents

4. Pieter Pieters Kleinjan was born on 8 October 1820 in Rhoon. He was married in Pernis, South Holland, on 1 May 1846. His bride was
5. Maartje Struik, born on 14 December 1823 in ‘s-Gravenambacht, daughter of Arie Struik and Neeltje den Boer. Maartje died on 2 September 1893 in Charlois, now part of Rotterdam. Pieter Kleinjan die  on 12 April 1877 in Poortugaal, South-Holland. They are the parents of 12 children, including a son Floris.

6. Leendert Niemantsverdriet was born on 12 July 1822 in Charlois. His parents are Hendrik Niemantsverdriet (1792-1870) and his wife Geertruij Visser. Leendert was married in Barendrecht, Holland, on 13 June 1851, to
7. Lena Kleijnjan. She was born in Barendrecht on 18 February 1834. Lena died on 6 May 1921, and was buried in Chinook, Blaine County, Montana. Leendert Niemantsverdriet died on 2-11-1897 in Sioux County, Iowa. Leendert and Lena had children named Gertrude, Adriaantje, Paulus (1862-1890), and Pieternella (“Nellie”).

1st Great-grandparents (partial)

8. Pieter Florisse Kleinjan was born on 15 September 1796, and baptized on the 18th in Rhoon. He married his first wife, Niesje de Koning, on 5 February 1817 in Rhoon. Niesje was born on 5 April 1797 in Rhoon as daughter of Jacob de Koning and Maaike den Hollander. Niesje died on 5 April 1797 in Rhoon at the age of 34. She had given birth to 10 children, including a son Pieter. Her widower married his second wife, Anna van Moerkerken (1804-1849), on 5 February 1817 in Rhoon, and had 8 additional children.

14. Paulus Kleinjan was born on 25 May 1785 and baptized on 12 June in Barendrecht. He married his first wife, Marina Lems (1766-1829) on 30 May 1817 in Barendrecht. Paulus married his second wife, Ariaantje Claasse Leenheer on 6 March 1831 in West-Barendrecht. Ariaantje was baptized in Barendrecht on 20 January 1788 as daughter of Claas Jansen Leenheer (1756-1822) and Lijsbeth Visser (1762-1838). Ariaantje Leenheer had first married Pleun van der Linden on 16 December 1810 in Barendrecht. With Ariaantje Leenheer, Paulus Kleinjan had a daughter Lena.

2nd Great-Grandparents (partial)

16. Floris Janse Kleijnjan was baptised on 24 December 1769 in Nieuw-Vossemeer. On 24 May 1795 in Rhoon he married Jannetje Louter. She was baptized in Rhoon on 18 November 1759 as daughter of Pieter Louter (1719-1792) and Leigje Kranenburg (1721-1810). Jannetje had first married Kornelis Arijsz. Dekker in 1781. In addition to the 4 children with her first husband, Jannetje had 3 additional children with Floris Kleinjan, including a son Pieter. Jannetje Louter died in Rhoon on 19 March 1831. Floris Kleinjan died on 30 August 1859 in Steenbergen.

28. & 32. Jan Florisse Kleijnjan was born around 1740 in ‘s-Gravendeel as son of Floris Ariensz. Kleijnjan (±1700-1778) and Barber Jans de Zeeuw (±1700-1750). Jan married his second wife Lena Louter in Barendrecht on 15 November 1776. Lena was baptized in Rhoon on 5 January 1755 as daughter of Pieter Louter and Leigje Kranenburg, and she was a sister of the Jannetje Louter mentioned above. Jan Kleijnjan and Lena Louter had 13 children, including a son Paulus. As a widow Lena married widower Krijn Vermaas (1754-1825) on 20 May 1780 in Barendrecht. Lena Louter died there on 8 May 1829.

3nd Great-Grandparents (partial)

28. & 32. Jan Florisse Kleijnjan had married his first wife Pieternella Joppe on 17 April 1763 in Nieuw-Vossemeer. She was baptized there on 23 January 1743 as daughter of Cornelis Pieterse Joppe and Maria Smalheer. Pieternella either died or was buried around 3 March 1775 in Nieuw-Vossemeer. She had given birth to 6 children, including Floris Janse Kleijnjan. Jan’s second wife was Lena Louter. Jan either died or was buried around 1 November 1822 in Barendrecht.

34. & 58. Pieter Machielse Louter was baptized on 23 July 1719 in Charlois as son of Machiel Pieters Louter and Marijtje Paulusse Tolhooft. On 24 November 1743 in Rhoon he married Leigje Klijse Kranenburg. She was baptized in Pernis, Holland, on 9 February 1721 as daughter of Kleijs Ariens Kranenburg (±1690-1774) and his first wife Jaapje Pieters Sloof. Pieter Louter either died or was buried around 8 March 1792, his widow Leigje around 12 November 1810, both in Rhoon. Pieter and Leigje had 11 children, including Lena and Jannetje Louter who both married into the Kleijnjan family.

Sources: FindAGrave.com, WieWasWie.nl (and its predecessor GenLias), StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Families of South Holland ("Klappers"), Transcripts of birth and marriage records of Barendrecht and Rhoon, FamilySearch.org, WestBrabantsArchief.nl.

Longevity ~ Alice Pauline Henriette Marie van de Loo (92)

Alice Pauline Henriette Marie van de Loo died, at the age of 92, on 4 December 1977 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. On the 7th she was interred in the family tomb in Venlo, The Netherlands.
Alice was born on 1 May 1885 in Venlo. Her parents are Louis Marie Joseph Hubert van de Loo (1846-1906) and Maria Louisa Hubertina Goossens (1856-1937). Alice's maternal grandparents are Pieter Hendrik Goossens (1814-1874) and Maria Florentina Hubertina Goossens (1826-1913), whose parents are Maria Elisabeth Francisca de Borman (1792-1866) and Mathieu Ferdinand Goossens (1791-1869).

De Telegraaf, 6-12-1977

At the age of 24, Alice van de Loo married 27-year-old Maurice Charles Auguste Joseph Michiel Goossens on 1 February 1910 in Venlo. He was born in Venlo on 29 September 1882. His parents are the Belgian Laura Marie Caroline Lambertine vanden Borne (1862-1944) and Dutchman Eduard Jozeph Frans Goossens (1856-1933) who is a son of the German Catharina Juliane Lisette Narath (1826-1860) and Dutchman Joseph August Goossens (1816-1895). August is a brother of Alice's ancestor Pieter Hendrik Goossens. They are both sons of Hendricus Goossens (1786-1850) who belonged to a Goossens family that originated in Mook.

• Hendricus Goossens (1786-1850)
1. Pieter Hendrik Goossens (1814-1874)
1. Maria Louisa Hubertina Goossens (1856-1937)
1. Alice van de Loo (1885-1977)
2. August Goossens (1816-1895)
2. Eduard Jozeph Frans Goossens (1856-1933)
2. Maurice Goosens (1882-1960)

Alice and Maurice had a daughter Alice who died at the age of 9, and a son Frans who died unmarried in 1943 at the age of 31. Their third child, Beatrijs (Beatrix), was still living when her mother died. Maurice was aged 83 when he died on 27 May 1966 in Maastricht. Alice outlived her husband by 11 years.

Nieuwe Venlosche Courant, 23-11-1923

More info: GenWiki.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Nederlands Patriciaat 1965, 1989, 1997, Delpher.nl.