The eventful life of Maaike van der Giessen

This is the story of Maaike van der Giessen. Her first husband, carpenter Arij Schaaij, divorced her when she was just 23 years old. They had two children, but both had died shortly after birth. The divorce was pronounced on 24 May 1872 at the District Court in Brielle, Holland.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 19-6-1872

Maaike van der Giessen was born on 29 June 1848 in 's-Gravendeel, Holland. Her parents are Maria Bezemer and Arie van der Giessen (1818-1897). Maaike had a sister Maria who married Jacob van't Hof. Maaike, Maria and their father Arie are most likely male-line descendants of my ancestor Teunis Ariens van der Giessen who lived in the 17th century in Mookhoek, south of 's-Gravendeel. 

On September 12, 1868, in 's-Gravendeel Maaike married carpenter Arij Schaaij, son of Wouter Schaaij and Lena Trees. Arij was born in Brielle on November 4, 1835, around 4:30 PM.

Their two children both died as infants:

1. Wouter Schaaij was born on 21-2-1869 in Piershil, Holland, and died on the 27th, 6 days old.
2. Maria Martha Schaaij was born on 24-1-1870 in Piershil, and died in Dubbeldam, Holland, on 9-8-1870, 6½ months old.

This marriage ended in divorce on May 24, 1872, in Brielle. Arij Schaaij, residing in Brielle, Holland, was the plaintiff. Maaike, who was not present at the hearing, was the defendant. She was living in Rotterdam, Holland.

Arij Schaaij married his second wife on September 18, 1874, in Heenvliet. She was Willemina Fokkeliena Meppelder, 22 years old and born in Dordrecht. From his second marriage Arij had children named Lena Fokkelina and Tallegien Schaaij.

Aanvankelijk woonden Emile Joseph Thomas en Maaike van der Giessen in Rotterdam

Maaike was 25 years old when she remarried on October 1, 1873 in Rotterdam to Emile Joseph Thomas. He was born in Vierset-Barse in the province of Liège in Belgium in 1845*. His parents are Antoine Joseph Thomas and Marie Catherine Joseph Colette.

Maaike and Emile had the following children:

Het Nieuws van den Dag
(Kleine Courant), 18-7-1898

1. Antonius Joseph Thomas was born on 19-10-1873 in Rotterdam**. He worked as a stonemason, and was married in Enschede on 19-5-1921 to Henderika Vink (40), widow of Jan Ties Prins. Antonius Joseph died in Oldenzaal on 17-7-1934.
2. Maria Catharina Thomas was born on 12-3-1876 in Rotterdam. She married Henri Willem Eduard Lijbrink (1875-1956) of Nieuwer-Amstel on 28-7-1898 in Amsterdam. By judgement of the Amsterdam District Court of June 3, 1922, Maria's marriage was dissolved by divorce. Her ex later married Grietje Smit.
3. Catharina Josephina Thomas was born in Nijmegen on 24-1-1878. She was married on on 7-5-1902 in Amsterdam to Jan Broere who originated in Capelle aan de IJssel. They had issue. Catharina Josephina died on 20 October 1925 in Amsterdam, aged 47.
4. Emilia Johanna Thomas was born in Zaandam on 5-11-1879. She was still alive in 1891.
5. Henriëtte Jeanette Thomas was born in Papendrecht on 9-1-1881. She married diamond cutter Johannes Krabbenbosch on 24-5-1905 in Amsterdam.

Emile Joseph Thomas died at the age of 84, and was buried in Amsterdam on 16 May 1929.

Notes:
*  Emile Joseph Thomas was born in Vierset-Barse in 1845, either on 22 February 1845 or 3 May.
** The family cards in Amsterdam show the wrong year of birth. I've checked the birth certificate.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl, Archief.Amsterdam, AlleFriezen.nl, Wikipedia.org.

Cornelia van Holst (1774-1829) ended up in Antwerp

Cornelia van Holst was baptised on 4 February 1774 in Dordrecht, Holland. Her parents are Hendrik van Holst and Maaike van Vliet. Cornelia's maternal grandfather is Josua van Vliet (1710-1765) who had 3 wives in succession.

In Delft, in the old church, at the age of 25, Cornelia van Holst married Abraham Glimmerveen on 21 July 1799. Abraham was baptised in Delfshaven on 21 July 1773 as son of Quirinus Glimmerveen and Elizabeth van Vijfwijk. Witnesses were Reinier Glimmerveen and Geertrui van Vijfwijk.

The notice of marriage for Abraham Glimmerveen and Cornelia van Holst was in Delft on 6-7-1799.

Abraham Glimmerveen and Cornelia van Holst had the following children:

1. Abraham was baptised on 15-9-1803 in Dordrecht. He was likely buried there on 6-12-1803.
2. Elizabet was baptised on 5-10-1804 in Dordrecht. She was likely buried there on 2-4-1805.
3. Johanna was baptised on 15-4-1806 in Dordrecht. She was buried there on 17-1-1807.
4. Johanna was baptised on 14-10-1807 in Dordrecht. She was likely buried there 27-11-1807.
5. Quirijnis was baptised on 7-5-1809 in Dordrecht. He died there on 27-9-1870, aged 61.

Abraham Glimmerveen died in Delft on 1 July 1811. His widow Cornelia van Holst died, aged 55, in Antwerp, Belgium, on 26 September 1829 due to intermittent comatose fever ("fièvre intermittente comateuse").

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl, StadsArchiefDelft.nl, OpenArchieven.nl, FelixArchief.Antwerpen.be. Further reading: Resources.Huygens.knaw.nl.

Edouard Joseph Groteclaes (1831-1893) was naturalised as a Dutch citizen

Edouard Joseph Groteclaes was born on 15 October 1831 in Hombourgh. This Belgian village is located near the borders of both The Netherlands and Germany. His parents are farmer Theodoor Groteclaes and his wife Maria Anna Duijckaerts.
At the age of 28, farmer Edouard Joseph Groteclaes married 39-year-old Maria Gertrud Lucia Scheepers on 23 May 1860 in Itteren, Limburg, The Netherlands. Their daughter Maria Anna Clara Groteclaes was born in Itteren on 15 January 1862. She was just 17 years old, when she married Alexander Hubert Smeets (1852-1941) on 18 November 1879 in Itteren. They had issue.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 25 July 1869: Naturalisation of Edouard Joseph Groteclaes

Born in Belgium, Eduard Joseph Groteclaes was naturalised as a Dutch citizen on 15 July 1869.
Edouard Joseph Groteclaes died, at the age of 61, on 21 January 1893 in Itteren. His widow, 78-year-old Maria Gertrudis Lucia Scheepers, died in Itteren on 3 March 1900, aged 78.
Their daughter Maria Anna Clara Groteclaes was 82 years old when she died in Itteren on 27 December 1944. Her eldest daughter Maria Anna Hubertina Mélanie Smeets (1881-1972) was to reach the age of 91.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl (newspapers), HistorischCentrumLimburg.nl.

The famous major Herman Kessels (1794-1851): measles, a whale and a revolt

In February 1828 two brothers died of measles: 6-year-old Cornelis Augustinus and 2-year-old Arnoldus Lodewijk Kessels. Cornelis Augustinus Kessels was born in Baarle-Nassau on 28 February 1822 around noon. Arnoldus Lodewijk was born on 17 November 1825 in Oostend in Belgium. Both died in Oostend on 10 February 1828.

Opregte Haarlemsche Courant (newspaper), 16 February 1828

Harmanus Kessels and Alida Cornelia Snethlage were married on 15 June 1815 in Amsterdam. Herman Kessels was born on 2 May 1794 in Brussels. Alida Cornelia Snethlage was born on 13 January 1793 in Amsterdam as daughter of Casparus Gerardus Snethlage (1762-1840) and Theresia Elisabeth van Laar (1766-1823).

Alida Cornelia Snethlage gave birth to a son, Henry-Francois, on April 25, 1829, in Paris in France. She gave birth to a daughter, Josephine Desiree, on July 28, 1830, in Antwerp in Belgium. During her marriage, Alida Cornelia endured 12 pregnancies.

Middelburgsche Courtant (newspaper), 16 May 1829

Herman Kessels would become famous for an obscurity unrelated to his military activities. In 1827, fishermen brought a dead whale to the beach in Ostend. Kessels bought the carcass. Carrying the skeleton, containing a 24-person orchestra, Kessels toured Europe and the Royal Courts.
Herman also invented a device that could be used to rescue people from windows on upper floors in the event of fire.

Maria Johanna Petit (1794-1876), 4th wife of Philippus Laurentius Hermans (1786-1851)

On 25 May 1848 in Maastricht Maria Joanna Petit, aged 56, married Philippus Laurentius Hermans as his 4th wife. The first proclamation of their marriage was on the 14th. The groom's profession was covering roofs with slate. 
The bride was either born or baptised on 10 November 1794 in Liège in Belgium. Her parents are Nicolaas Petit and Maria Joseph Delbeuke. 

The first proclamation of the marriage of Phlippus Laurentius Hermans
and his 4th wife Maria Joanna Petit was on 14 May 1848 in Maastricht.

After just 3 years of marriage, Philippus Laurentius Hermans died in Maastricht on 2 September 1851 at the age of 65. At the age of 56, Maria Joanna Petit was alone, again. In 1860 she was mentioned in Maastricht as a messenger.

Early 1869, Maria Johanna Petit, widow of Philip Laurens Hermans, was nursed in an insane asylum in Dordrecht. She was placed under guardianship. Maria Johanna Petit died on 28 September 1876 in Dordrecht, aged 81.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant (newspaper), 31 January 1869

The family of Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens (1862-1915)

Eugène Nicolaas Hubert Goossens (1827-1903) and his wife Catherine Victorine Honoré (1838-1866) were living in Liège in Belgium where they were married in 1856. Eugène was born in Bree in Belgium as son of the Dutch couple Petrus Jacobus Goossens (1790-1876) and Maria Anna Alexandrina de Borman (1793-1877) who had settled in Bree.

Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens was born on 7-12-1862 in Liège in Belgium

Eugène and his wife had two sons: Pierre François Eugène Marie Maurice Goossens (1857-1890) and Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens (1862-1915). Charles was married on 22 October 1889 in Liège to Laurence Elise Marie Larroque. She was born on 20 October 1866 in Liège as daughter of Frenchman Mathieu Ernest Larroque (1841-1922) and his wife Joséphine Eugénie Stembert (1829-1915).

Marcel François Ernest Goossens was born on 26-10-1892 in Liège in Belgium

While Charles and Laurence were living in Liège, they had four children: Eugène Charles Ernest, born in 1890, Marcel François Ernest, Jeanne Marie Louise (1894-1917) and Georges Eugène Ernest, born in 1900.
Their second son, Marcel François Ernest, was born on 26 October 1892 in Liège. He married Suzanna Beaumartin on 8 April 1920 in Bordeaux in France. Suzanna was born there on 26 August 1894. The couple had children named Jeanne, Pierre, Arlette and Jean Marie.
Arlette Monique Henriette Georgette Goossens was born on 2 April 1926 in Bordeaux, and died there on 29 October 2021, at the age of 95.

Sources: Kwartierstaat Kaarten Beltman, WieWasWie.nl, acte-deces.fr, OpenArch.nl. More info: GenWiki.nl.

Burgardus van Duijn (1780-1829)

Burgardus van Duijn was born on 25 June 1780, and baptised on 9 July in Strijen, Holland, with witness Maria van Millegen, his maternal grandmother. Burgardus is the eldest son of Hubertus van Duijn (±1750-1820) who originated in Vlaardingen, Holland. Hubertus' first wife, Margaretha Oskamp, was the mother of his 6 children. On 31 October 1798 in Leiden, Hubertus married his second wife Anthonetta van Elder.

Burgardus van Duijn was married in Willemstad on 24 october 1801 to Elisabeth Geertruij Ophorst. She was baptised in the village Fijnaart and Heijningen on 25 April 1779. Her parents are Adrianus Ophorst and Lucia Botbijl (1747-1790). Adrianus and I have common ancestors in Arnoldus Janssen Ophorst (±1661-1737) and Peeter Aerts Oerlemans (±1579-1660).
The first child of Burgardus van Duijn and Elisabeth Geertruij Ophorst was buried on 15 February 1803 in Willemstad. Their daughters Margreetje and Lucia were born in Willemstad, too. A son Adrianus van Duijn (1811-1867) was born in Hoogeveen. Catharina Maria Gerarda (1815-1817), Gerharda Catharina Cornelia and Pieter Benjamin were born in Utrecht.
Burgardus van Duijn died suddenly, aged 48, on 3 March 1829 in Dendermonde, Belgium. At the time Belgium and The Netherlands were still one country. His widwo Elisabeth Geertruij Ophorst died at the age of 63 on 3 January 1843 in 's-Hertogenbosch in Brabant.

Opregte Haarlemsche Courant, 10-3-1829

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, WestBrabantsArchief.nl, Solgen.Keevel.eu.

The Goossens Family in Venlo and their Belgian wives

My late father-in-law owned a collection of personal record cards containing spaces for the genealogical information of a person, his parents and spouse. The children can be added at the back of the card. I received custody of this genealogy cards box. A lot of those cards are filled in with persons with the surname Goossens.

Marguerita Maria Louise Leonie Wilhelmine (“Margot”) Goossens (1912-1989), my father-in-law’s mother, belonged to a notable family in Venlo in the Southeast of The Netherlands. Margot’s father August Emile Alphons Marie Hubert Goossens (1882-1956) and her grandfather August Theodoor Hubert Goossens (1838-1911) were merchants of colonial goods.
The elder August was described as “a calm, reasonable man, for whom one must hold the highest esteem”. He was married around 1867 to Marie Louise Eugenie Hubertine Lumaije (1848-1907). Her father Félix François Lumaije (also: Lumay) was born around 1819 in Spy near Namur in Belgium. I’m very happy with the info on my father-in-law's personal record cards for my French is nearly non-existent.
Félix is a son of farmer Louis Joseph Ghislain Lumaije (1784-1835) and a grandson of Jean François Lumaije (1742-1810) who originated in Bois-de-Villers near Namur.

The calm and reasonable elder August Goossens is a son of Mathieu Ferdinand Goossens (1791-1869) who married Maria Elisabeth Francisca (“Elisabeth”) de Borman (1792-1866). Her sister Maria Anna Alexandrina ("Anna") de Borman (1793-1877) had married Petrus Jacobus (“Pierre”) Goossens (1790-1876), the elder brother of Mathieu Ferdinand. Pierre and Anna had 8 children including Eugene Nicolaas Hubert Goossens (1827-1903). Eugene was born in Bree in Belgium and married Catherine Victorine Honoré (1838-1866) who originated in Liège. Their son is Charles Joseph Victor Marie Goossens (1862-1915) who died on 14 December 1915 in Arcachon, Gironde, France.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, genwiki.nl, OpenArch.nl, AlleLimburgers.nl, parochie-sevenum.nl.

Intermarriage in the Goossens family

Martinus Goossens and his German wife Anna Catharina Görts (also: Geurts) ^* had 8 children, but 3 of them died young. Anna Catharina was born around 1749 in Dülcken in Germany. Her parents are Johan Antoon Görtz and Helena Syben. Martinus was baptized on 23 February 1750 in Venlo in The Netherlands. His parents are Antoon Goossens and Maria van Daelen (1717-1785). Martinus Goossens died on 30 October 1819 in Venlo, aged 69.

De Borman
family coat of arms

On 9 September 1819 in Bree in Belgium his son Petrus Jacobus had married Maria Anna Alexandrina de Borman. Petrus Jacobus was baptized on 12 November 1790 in Venlo. Maria Anna was baptized on 24 December 1793 in Maastricht. Her parents are Jacobus Frederic Franciscus de Borman and his wife Maria Margaretha. Jacob Frederic was either born on baptized on 27 August 1761 in Maaseik in Belgium. His parents are François-Adrien de Borman (1732-1785) and Maria Jacqueline Angeline Coomans (1729-1816).

Maria Anna’s elder sister Maria Elisabeth Francisca de Borman was born or baptized on 27 February 1792 in Mheer in The Netherlands. She was married in 1822 in Bree. Maria Elisabeth’s groom was the youngest brother of Petrus Jacobus, Matthijs Ferdinand Goossens. He was baptized on 21 October 1791 in Venlo.

Petrus Jacobus Goossens and Maria Anna de Borman had 6 children, born in the period 1825-1837, and additionally they had some grandchildren. Matthijs Ferdinand Goossens and Elisabeth de Borman had 8 children, born in the period 1823-1838. Amongst them is August Theodoor Hubert Goossens (1838-1911) who is an ancestor – in the female line - of the Beltman family in Amersfoort.

Anna Catharina Görts, widow of Martinus Goossens, died on 13 February 1834 in Venlo. Elisabeth de Borman died at the age of 74 on 5 December 1866 in Venlo. Her widower, Matthijs Ferdinand Goossens, died on 28 December 1869 in Venlo, aged 78. Petrus Jacobus Goossens died on 30-3-1876 in Bree, aged 85. His widow, Maria Anna de Borman, died in Bree on 21 May 1877, aged 83.

De Tijd, 2-12-1869

Josephus Andibarila & his Borel descendants in 's-Gravendeel

The Borel family of 's-Gravendeel, Holland, descends from Josephus Franciscus Wilhelmus (“Joseph”) Andibarila who signed his name as "Joseph Andeberrela". He was born around 1788 in Antwerp, Belgium. Given the sound of his surname, and the fact that his eldest son had brown eyes and black hair, his ancestors probably originated somewhere around the Mediterranean.

Joseph was tailor by profession. He was married in May 1801 in Strijen to Anna Bakkers. The marriage banns were published on April 17 and 5 and May 3. Anna originated in Strijen and was a daughter of Arnoldus Bakkers and his wife Margrietta Pallee/Polle/Pale. Given the obvious spelling problems, Anna's mother likely had foreign ancestors, too.

Josephus Andibarilla of Antwerp married Anna Bakker of Strijen in 1801 in Strijen.

Joseph and Anna had children named Wilhelmus, Margaretha (1803-1870), Arnoldus, Anna Cornelia (1807-1867), Josephus (j†), Josephus Franciscus & Maria (j†). They were living in a little neighborhoods named Mookhook and Schenkeldijk, located between 's-Gravendeel and Strijen. However, they had their children baptized in the city of Dordrecht according to a special movement within the Catholic faith.
Apparently, the pronunciation of Joseph's surname was so problematic for the Dutch that he changed it to “Borel”.
Anna Bakkers died on May 17, 1841, around 20:00 in Strijen. Joseph Borel, her widower, died in Strijen on February 18, 1846, around 18:30.

Joseph's eldest son Wilhelmus “Willem” Borel was born on July 3, 1802 in Mookhoek. He was baptized on July 18th in Dordrecht. He was married on August 6, 1835, in Strijen to 30-year-old Ariaantje Tuk. Ariaantje had had an illegitimate son Pieter in 1832 who died in 1833, and another on April 29, 1835, in 's-Gravendeel. Willem Borel acknowledged this last Pieter as his son when he married Ariaantje. That doesn't necessarily mean that Pieter actually is his biological son. After their marriage, Ariaantje gave birth to another son Adrianus Borel (1838-1880) who appears to have remained unmarried.

Josephus Borel was living at the Schenkeldijk near Strijen when he had his son Arnoldus baptized in Dordrecht in 1803.

Joseph's second son Arnoldus Borel was born in 1804 at the Schenkeldijk near Strijen. He was baptized on September 8, 1804, in Dordrecht. He was married on September 20, 1834, in 's-Gravendeel to Huibje Katoen (1800-1879). She was a widow who had had 7 children in her first marriage, and 4 of them were still alive. With Arnoldus Borel Huibje had 9 more children, but their son Joost was the only one who survived to adulthood. Joost was born on October 3, 1836, in 's-Gravendeel. In 1862 he married Neeltje Vermaas (1839-1922). Among their many children was a son named Huibert Borel who married Lena Hooghart. They are likely the grandparents of my aunt by marriage with the surname Borel.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, FamilySearch.org, NationaalArchief.nl, WouterClaes.nl, GenealogieOnline.nl (for hints).

Maria Gertrudis Swakhoven (1870-1945) was placed under guardianship

Maria Gertrudis Swakhoven was born on April 8, 1870, in Sittard, Limburg, The Netherlands. Her parents are (Maria) Margaretha Clemens (1843-1917) and Martinus Hubertus Swakhoven (1838-1904). He was a son of Hermanus (Herman) Swakhoven - who may have originated in Cleves in Germany - and his wife Maria Ida Olmans who originated in Nieuwenhagen.

Maria Swakhoven was married on September 12, 1899, to veterinarian Leonard (“Leo”) van Kempen. Bride and groom were both aged 30. Leonard was born on September 1, 1869, in Echt, Limburg, as eldest son of Jacobus Hubertus van Kempen en Maria Catharina Elisabeth Hubertina Joosten.
After giving birth to 3 children (with one dying while still baby in 1905), Maria was - by order of the court in Maastricht - in October 1906 placed under guardianship due to “sillyness”. At the time she was pregnant once more.

Nederlandsche Staatscourant, 29-1-1906: Maria Swakhoven is placed unter guardianship

Apparently, Maria's “sillyness” was no reason for her husband to stop having intercourse with her, because Maria gave birth to a fifth child in 1908.
These are the children of Maria Swakhoven and Leonard van Kempen:

1. Jacques Martin Leon, born on August 7, 1900, in Sittard. He was married on June 17, 1924, in Evergem, Belgium, to Suzanna Elisa Antoinette van Trappen. She was born in Evergem as daughter of Leonard Vantrappen and Emma Maria de Muijnck. Jacques died in Sittard on August 7, 1968.
2. Maria Helena Margaretha Hubertina, born on April 8, 1902, in Sittard.
3. Maria Elisa van Kempen, born on September 7, 1904, in Sittard. She died there on April 17, 1905.
4. Josephina Maria, born on January 10, 1907, in Sittard. She died there on February 26, 1910.
5. Piet, born on March 14, 1908, in Sittard.

Surname Saturday - Van Bodigem

The Van Bodigem surname had a number of different spelling variations like Bodegom, Bodighem or Bodechum. The ancestor of this family is Jacob Govertszn. van Bodighem who lived in the 15th century, and originated in Antwerp in Belgium. Van Bodighem is a toponym, a surname derived from a place name - in this case in Belgium.
When Jacob van Bodighem travelled north, he settled in Emelisse on the island Noord-Beveland. This village was drowned in a flood in 1520. Long before that happened, Jacob had moved to Delft in Holland.

Delft around 1536

Jacob was married to Neltge, daughter of Gerrit Waellincxensz van der Seijst. They had two sons named Willem and Jacob ( †1512). Willem married Maria, a daughter of Johan van Hogerwoert and Margrieta van der Poel. They had several children, including sons Frans and Rochus. Frans married Maria van Seijst and they had 6 children before she died on xxviiij september 1532 in Delft. Frans was mentioned as a brewer, and as a care taker of an old men's house and an orphanage. Frans was buried on 12 April 1560 in Delft.

Frans' son Johan van Bodighem (1514-1581) was a bailiff, first of of Delfland, later of Strijen. Johan was steward of Holland around 1560. He owned some houses both in Delft and The Hague. He was married to Margaretha, a daughter of Dirck Godschalcks and Dignum Goudt. 
Their son François van Bodegom had an illegitimate son Frans with an unknown woman and also three surviving children with his wife. This situation resulted in 1622 in a quarrel over his possessions, but Frans was allowed to keep the land he had received. Frans lived in Spijkenisse and Hekelingen and had a son Jan, who had a son Willem, who had a daughter Ariaantje who married Arie Abrahams Crooswijk. They were living in Klaaswaal, Holland.

Sources: Nederlandsche Leeuw 1968 (mr. G. van Niekerken ), Genealogisch Tijdschrift voor Midden- en West- Noord- Brabant 1990.

Lucia van Loon (1759-1838) had children with 3 husbands

Lucia van Loon was baptized on 3-6-1759 in Essen, Belgium. Her parents, Johannes van Loon and Petronilla van Velthoven, were married on 3-5-1756 in Nispen-Essen. Nispen is a village located just south of the current Dutch-Belgian border, while Essen is located just north of it.

On 3-1-1778 in Nispen-Essen Lucia was married to Petrus Hertoghs. They had 2 sons and a daughter before he was buried on 4-3-1785 in Nispen-Essen.

On 4-7-1785 in Nispen-Essen Lucia was married to Joannes van Ginderen. They had a daughter before he was buried on 19-12-787 in Nispen-Essen.

On 9-6-1788 in Nispen-Essen Lucia was married to Paschasius Goossens. Adrianus van de Sanden and Maria Schelpheuvel were witnesses at their marriage. Paschasius was baptized on 22-7-1762 in Nispen-Essen. His parents, Joannes Goossens and Anna Deckers, were married in Nispen-Essen op 9-10-1757. Paschasius and Lucia had 5 children together before he died on 24-10-1828 in Kalmthout, Belgium.

Lucia van Loon died there on 27-1-1838.

Lucia van Loon and Paschasius Goossens were married on 9-6-1788 in Nispen-Essen

Bigamist Theodoor Theeuwissen in Brussels

Theodorus (“Theodoor”) Theeuwissen was born in Breda, The Netherlands, on July 10, 1821, around 23:00. His parents were Johannes Frederik Theeuwissen (1797-1857), shopkeeper in Breda, and his wife Adriana Joanna de Vet (1799-1854). Other siblings were Hendrika, Johanna, Johannes, Wilhelmina and Cornelis Goverdinus Teeuwissen.

In 1846 in Brussels in Belgium Theodoor Theeuwissen married a woman named Delphine Haijims. He fathered 4 children with her before he left.

In Marseille in France in 1864 Theodoor married Victorine Discours. Victorine was already pregnant, when she found out that her new husband was still married to another woman. She was the one who filed a complaint against her husband. As a result of that Theodoor Theeuwissen was convicted to a five-year prison sentence.

Algemeen Handelsblad (newspaper), 28-9-1865

The newspaper clipping above also mentions that Theodoor Theeuwissen was working as a printer and typesetter.

Sources: Delpher.nl, StadsArchief.Breda.nl, BHIC.nl, WieWasWie.nl.

Surname Saturday - Tuck

The Tuck surname, recorded as Tock, Took, Toke, Tuck and Tuke, usually is of pre-7th-century Norse-Viking origins. It derives from a Scandinavian personal name variously recorded as Toki, Toka or Toke, short or nickname forms of Thorketill. This popular personal and - later - surname, was a compound of the divine name Thor. That's the name of the Viking mythological god of thunder and the originator of "Thors day" or Thursday, plus "ketill", meaning a cauldron. 

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Tucke. This was dated 1202 in the fines tax rolls of Norfolk, during the reign of king John of England, 1199 - 1216. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. 

I'm a descendant of Joost Jansz Tuck who originated in Mesele, Belgium. He was married on October 14, 1589, in Ridderkerk, Holland, to his first wife, Beeltijen Dircks who originated in Wuustwesel, Belgium. They had 6 children. Joost married his second wife, Neeltje Warrebouts, a widow, on September 22, 1619, in Ridderkerk. They had an additional son. Jan Joosten Tuck, my ancestor, too.

Sources: SurnameDB.com, Ridderkerk Marriages 1579-1643, transcribed by C. Hutchinson, P.F. Klok, B. Tabbernee, J.J. Vervoet & J. Wisskink.

Surname Saturday - Hofman - Brick Wall

My ancestor Jan Corstiaansz. Hofman originated in Wachtendonk, Germany. He has an occupational surname: the Germany word “Hofmann” can be translated as “courtier”. Jan was married on May 28, 1679, in Puttershoek, Holland. His bride was Mariken Jans Biesbroek. She was baptized on December 23, 1657, in Puttershoek as a younger daughter of Jan Pieters Biesbroek (1620-1704), who originated in Waregem, Belgium. Her mother was Jan's second wife Lijsbeth Leenders de Raedt. Witnesses at Jan's wedding were Jan Pieters (likely Marike's father) and Jan Heijndricks (possibly Marike's brother-in-law). 
Jan Corneliaanz. Hofman and Marike Jans Biesbroek were the parents of Corstiaan, Jan, Marijntje and Leendert.  

Wachtendonck and its surroundings in Germany

Born at the Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, June 18, 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of The Netherlands. June 18, 1815, is also the birthdayof  Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina van Beusekom, daughter of Gijsbertus van Beusekom and Anna Verkerk, who gave birth "on the battlefield between Quatre-Bras and Waterloo". The Battle of Quatre-Bras had been fought on the 16th.
Gijsbertus van Beusekom was a soldier in the 7th battalion of the ground forces. Obviously, the baby girl was patrioticly given the same name as the Queen Consort of Dutch King William I, Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837).

Rotterdamsche Courant, 5-6-1865

Saleswoman Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina van Beusekom (48) married Jean Paradies (51) on May 18, 1864, in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Jean was born on July 30, 1812, in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. He was a son of a bricklayer Johannes Paradies and his wife Cornelia Pietersen. Jean died on December 14, 1884, in Utrecht. Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina died in Utrecht, too, on November 1, 1886.