Prolific - The 13 pregnancies of Adriana Aaldijk (1832-74)

Adriana Aaldijk was born on 13 October 1832 in Streefkerk, Holland. She is the youngest daughter of Adrianus Aaldijk (1802-1873) and his wife Maria Schoonderwoerd (1797-1876). Adriana had 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
The first of these siblings to marry, was the eldest daughter Maria Aaldijk (1821-1898) who married Teunis (van) Houweling (1817-1902) on 19 February 1842 in Streefkerk. Maria gave birth to 12 children including a daughter Jannigje Houweling (1857-1936) who was to marry her first cousin.

Extract from the baptismal register of Streefkerk

At the age of 20, Adriana Aaldijk married 25-year-old Arij Brand on 27 September 1852 in Wieldrecht, Holland. The witnesses at their wedding ceremony were the groom's mother and the bride's father.
Arij Brand worked as a labourer. He had a length of 1,72 meter. His face was full, his nose thick and his chin round. His eyes were grey.
Arij Brand was born in Wieldrecht on New Year's Day 1827. His parents are Genis Brand (1802-1844) and Willemijntje Booij (1800-1878). Arij's elder brother Joris died at the age of 18 in 1844, while his younger brother Evert Brand (1835-1917) and 3 of his sisters reached adulthood.

Description of Arij Brand

Adriana Aaldijk and Arij Brand are the parents of

1. Willemijntje was born on 7-5-1853 in Wieldrecht. At the age of 23, Willemijntje married 27-year-old Dirk van den Boogert on 26-4-1877 in Dubbeldam. Dirk was born there on 12-11-1849. Dirk died on 11-07-1914 in Dordrecht, aged 64. Willemijntje had died on 23-6-1913 in Dubbeldam, aged 60. They named their children Arie, Adriana, Joris and Pietertje.
2. A daughter was stillborn on 7-4-1855 in Wieldrecht.
3. Genis was born on 11-10-1857 in Wieldrecht. At the age of 21, Genis married his 21-year-old first cousin Jannigje van Houweling on 20-3-1879 in Dubbeldam. Jannigje was born on 9-8-1857 in Streefkerk as daughter of Teunis (van) Houweling (1817-1902) and Maria Aaldijk (1821-1898), a sister of Genis' mother. Jannigje van Houweling died on 29-3-1936 in Dordrecht, aged 78. Genis Brand died on 21-9-1930 in Dubbeldam, aged 72. Genis fathered 11 children, including my great-grandmonther Adriana Brand (1880-1965).
4. Janus was born on 10-1-1859 in Dubbeldam. At the age of 23, Janus married 18-year-old Alijda van Maanen on 31-5-1882 in Dubbeldam. Alijda was born on 8-8-1863 in Amerongen as daughter of Krijn van Maanen and Grietje van Apeldoorn. Janus Brand died on 24-2-1928 in Dordrecht, aged 69. Janus was buried on 28-2-1928 in Dordrecht. Alijda remarried Bastiaan van den Berg (1870-1954) in Dordrecht on 30-1-1930. Alijda van Maanen died on 23-6-1935 in Dordrecht, aged 71. Janus Brand and his wife Alijda had a large family.
5. Jurrie was born on 10-11-1860 in Wieldrecht. Jurrie was married, aged 49, on 27-10-1910 in Vaals to Johanna Amalia Bausch, aged 46. Johanna was born on 2-12-1863 in Vaals. Johanna died on 27-2-1937 in Dubbeldam, aged 73. Jurrie died on 5-1-1940 in Dubbeldam, aged 79.
6. Joris was born on 3-2-1862 in Dordrecht. Joris died on 30-07-1868 in Wieldrecht, aged 6.
7. Maria was born on 24-4-1863 in Wieldrecht. Maria died there on 26-4-1864, aged 1.
8. Maria was born on 26-8-1864 in Wieldrecht. Maria died there on 8-9-1864, aged 13 days.
9. Arie was born on 15-3-1866 in Wieldrecht. Arie died there on 3-4-1866, aged 19 days.
10. Nicolaas was born on 22-3-1867 around 2:30 in Dubbeldam.
11. Maria was born on 15-9-1869 in Dubbeldam. At the age of 29, Maria married 28-year-old Willem van Maanen on 22-6-1899 in Dubbeldam, after they had announced their engagement on the 8th. Willem was born on 5-9-1870 in Leersum as son of Krijn van Maanen and Grietje van Apeldoorn (see above). Willem van Maanen died on 27-9-1954 around 9:30 in Dordrecht, aged 84. At the age of 75, Maria had died on 26-11-1944 in Dubbeldam. Maria Brand and Krijn van Maanen had issue.
12. Joris was born on 15-12-1870 in Dordrecht. Joris died on 22-3-1872 in Dubbeldam, aged 1 year.
13. Joris was born on 4-4-1872 in Wieldrecht. Joris died there on 11-5-1872, aged 1 month.

Adriana Aaldijk died at the age of 41 on 13 August 1874 around 23:00 in Dubbeldam. Her widower Arij Brand outlived his wife by 17 years, living to the age of 64. He died in Dubbeldam on 5 December 1891.

Sources: FamilySearch.org, WieWasWie.nl (and its predecessor GenLias), NationaalArchief.nl (and its predecessor GaHetNa), RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, OpenArchieven.nl, wikipedia.nl.