Longevity ~ Jacobus Buttenaer (1743-1839)

Jacobus Buttenaer had a strong constitution. Traveling to Asia was a health risk in the 18th century, but Jacobus survived the crossing. He participated in a war in Makassar, and was appointed corporal. He eventually settled in Surakarta on the island of Java, where he worked as a gardener. When he died in 1839, he was around 99 years old. He had survived some of his children and grandchildren.

Javasche Courant, 8-5-1839

Jacobus Buttenaer was born on 9 April 1740 in Brugge (Bruges) in Vlaanderen (Flanders). I can't find a crossing to Indonesia in 1767, as the article mentions. However, Jacobus died travel to Batavia (nowadays Jakarta) in 1774.

On March 10, 1774, Jacobus Buttenaer departed from the fortress of Rammekens near Vlissingen (Flushing) aboard the ship “Ouderkerk”, built in 1768. The captain was Johan Splinter Stavorinus. The ship was moored at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa from June 12 to August 3. Jacobus arrived in Batavia on October 28, 1774.

A payroll book detailing the earnings of Jacobus Buttenaer

Sources: Delpher.nl, OpenArchieven.nl, NationaalArchief.nl, Resources.Huygens.knaw.nl, WieWasWie.nl.

Pieter Strijkijzer (1801-75) was convicted for illegal fishing

Adam Strickeiser - also known as “Strekeijzern” - and Maria Schepens were married on 23 March 1794 in Raamsdonk, Brabant, The Netherlands. According to the marriage register, Strijkijzer was originally from “Berwinke” - Birwinken in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
The bride, Maria Schepens, was baptised on June 10, 1764, in Raamsdonk, the daughter of Anthonij Schepens and Anna Timmermans. She was 66 years old when she died on September 23, 1821, in Raamsdonk.

Marriage registration of Adam Strickeiser and Maria Schepens in 1794 in Raamsdonk

Maria Antonis Schepens gave birth to her youngest son Pieter Strijkijzer on 13 November 1801. He was baptised on the 15th in Raamsdonk.

At the age of 27, labourer Pieter Strijkijzer, living in Raamsdonk, was summoned to appear before the court in 's-Hertogenbosch, Brabant, The Netherlands. On 24 May 1828 Pieter Strijkijzer and Jan van Laarhoven had been fishing without a permit. They were caught red-handed while Pieter was on leave from military service with the 13th Infantry Division.
The fish caught was confiscated, they were fined ƒ25.-, and had to pay ƒ7.30 in legal costs.

The sad life of Hendrik Vaupell (1840-1910)

Hendrik Vaupell was admitted to an asylum for the insane on 12 May 1865 in Zutphen, The Netherlands. Earlier, he had been living in Deventer. By judgement of the Zutphen District Court of February 15, 1871, Hendrik Vaupell was placed under guardianship for insanity. The guardianship had been requested by his brother-in-law Willem Gelderblom. At that time, Hendrik was still residing in the asylum in Zutphen.

Zutphense Courant (newspaper), 21-2-1871

Hendrik Vaupell was born on 26 December 1840 around 23:30 in Zaltbommel as son of Hendrik Vaupell (1783-1847) and his German wife Aleida Catharina Lubeleij (†1851). She originated in Neuenhaus, just across the border in Germany.