Macphersons in Klundert, The Netherlands

Alexander Macpherson was a soldier in the company of colonel George Bojanowskij, garrisoned within the Klundert, Brabant, The Netherlands. On January 22, 1752, in Klundert, Alexander was married to local girl Sara van der Laan. Sara was born on January 26, 1733, in Klundert as daughter of Jan van der Laan and his second wife Neeltje Huijge Flink.
Alexander Macperson and his wife Sara had a daughter Neeltje, baptised on January 21, 1753, in Klundert, and a son William Macperson, baptised there on August 15, 1756.

William Macperson was married to Brezetta Brand on January 14, 1781, in Klundert. She was baptised there on January 23, 1760 as daughter of Jan Brand and Anna van der Mast (1823-1806). Brezetta is named after her maternal grandmother Bresetta Buijs, wife of Hendrik van der Mast.
William died in Klundert on April 25, 1828, at the age of 71. He was survived by his widow Brezetta, who died, aged 86, on August 6, 1846, in Willemstad, Brabant, The Netherlands.

Soldaat William MacPherson huwde Brezetta Brand op 14-1-1781 in Klundert.

William Macperson and Brezetta Brand had 4 children:

1. Alexander Macpherson was baptised on July 7, 1781, in Klundert.
2. Anna Macpherson was born on September 17 and baptised on October 6, 1782, in Klundert. Anna married Joachim Swijgers (1783-1842) on June 18, 1803, in Willemstad. During the period 1803-23 they had 9 children. Anna died on November 28, 1821, in Willemstad, at the age of 49.
3. Jan Macpherson was born around 1785 in Zierikzee, Zeeland, The Netherlands. Jan died in Willemstad on February 10, 1832. Jan was married on April 30, 1808, in Willemstad to Heijltje Weda. She was baptised on January 9, 1774, in Willemstad. Her parents are Adam Arijens Weda en Adriana Kostermans. Heijltje died on August 21, 1837, in Willemstad. Heijltje had first been married on November 2, 1799, in Willemstad to Jan Pieterse Prinse (1775-1807) and they had 3 daughters. With Jan Macpherson Heijltje had additional children:
• Bresetta Macpherson was baptised on September 4, 1808, in Willemstad. In 1837 she married Gerrit van Gent (1803-1859), and had several children. Bresetta died on May 25, 1859 in Willemstad. Two months after Bresetta's death, her widower remarried, but by the end of the year he had died, too.
• Adam Macperson was baptised on February 10, 1810, in Willemstad.
• Willem Macperson was born on September 13, 1813 in Willemstad. He married Cornelia Maris on May 25, 1843, in Willemstad. She was baptised there on August 18, 1815, and died there on July 17, 1747, after 4 years of marriage. Willem died in Ooltgensplaat, on March 31, 1887, aged 73. They had a son:
• Jan Macperson was born on October 27, 1845, in Willemstad.
• Heijltje Macpherson was born on July 12, 1816 in Willemstad, and died there on December 9, 1824, aged 8.
4. Willem Macpherson was born or baptised on September 29, 1786, in Middelburg. He was married on September 17, 1814, in Fijnaard and Heijningen. His bride was Grietje Endepoel. She was baptised on September 7, 1788, in Willemstad. Willem Macpherson died on October 20, 1858, in Willemstad. His widow died on April 26, 1852, in Klundert. They had children:
• Anthonie Macpherson was born on March 19, 1815, in Willemstad.
• Willem Macpherson was born on October 8, 1816, in Willemstad, and died there on September 5, 1841.
• Adriana Macpherson was born on November 26, 1819, in Willemstad.
• Alexander Macpherson was born on December 14, 1822, in Willemstad, and died there on February 28, 1823.
• Brizetta Macpherson was born on June 25, 1825, in Willemstad. She was married on May 11, 1848, in Klundert to Cornelis den Hollander (1824-1911). Brizetta died at the age of 92 on May 16, 1917, in Rotterdam. She was survived by her children Adrianus, Margaretha Pietertje and Adriana Wilhelmina den Hollander.

Sources: WestBrabantsArchief.nl, WieWasWie.nl, Clan-Macpherson.org. For additional genealogical info, see: GenealogieOnline.nl.

Short-lived Marriage ~ Simon van Dijk & Neeltje Baars (II)

Simon van Dijk was born on 1 February 1798, and baptised on the 4th in Klaaswaal, Holland. His parents are an elder Simon van Dijk (1747-1821) and his wife Jannetje Blaak (1759-1838) who were married on 12 may 1782 in Oud-Beijerland, Holland. Simon had several siblings, including a younger brother Herman van Dijk (1799-1883).

At the age of 27, Simon - son of the elder Simon - was married on 29 May 1825 in Oud-Beijerland. His bride was 34-year-old Neeltje Baars. She was born on 3 March 1791, and baptised on the 6th in Oud-Beijerland as the eldest daughter of Arij Baars (1764-1846) and his first wife Neeltje Kraak (1766-1806). As a widower, Arij had remarried Adriana Kraak. Neeltje Kraak had been a daughter of Arie Kraak, while Adriana Kraak was a daughter of Jacob Kraak. Neeltje Baars is an elder half sister of Kornelia Baars (1809-1876).
On 12 March 1826 in Oud-Beijerland Neeltje Baars gave birth to a son Simon. The little boy died on 21 July. Soon, Neeltje Baars was pregnant again. Just 7 months after the previous birth, on 18 October 1826 around 2:00 A.M., Neeltje was delivered of a premature son named Arij who died the same day around noon. A week after the birth, on 25 October, Neeltje Baars died, aged 35. After just 17 months of marriage, Simon van Dijk was a widower.

Birth certificate of Simon, eldest son of Simon Baars

Birth certificate of Arij whose birth resulted in his mother's death

At the age of 33, Simon van Dijk remarried on 27 May 1831 in Oud-Beijerland. His bride was 29-year-old Jorina van den Tol. She was born on 9 June 1801, and baptised on 26 July in Middelharnis. Jorina's parents are Abra(ha)m van den Tol and his wife Maatje Hobes (1767-1839).
Jorina was widow of married Cornelis Langerveld (1788-1830) whom she had married on 22 July 1824 in Middelharnis. They had a daughter named Grietje, born on 4 March 1826 in Oud-Beijerland, and born there on 22 September 1828 was a son named Abraham. Grietje Langerveld married Willem Visser, and died in Oud-Beijerland on 12 November 1904.
With Jorina, Simon van Dijk had a second son named Simon, who was born on 4 May 1833 in Oud-Beijerland. That Simon first married Beatrix van der Linden in 1858. His second wife was Anna Elizabeth Maris (1848-1921) whom he married in 1872. Among his children were another Simon (1859-1932), and a daughter Jorina van Dijk (1864-1937). Simon van Dijk, husband of Anna Elisabeth Maris, died on 8 July 1884 in Oud-Beijerland, aged 51. His widow was found death in her kitchen on 30 March 1921.

De Zuidwillemsvaart (newspaper), 2 april 1921

Anna Maris (1839-1900) moved to the USA

Anna Maris was born on May 6, 1839, in the township of Fijnaart en Heijningen in Brabant, The Netherlands. Her parents were Arie Maris (1801-1865) and Cornelia Maris (1805-1863) who were both great-grandchildren of Jan Jans Maris and Francijna Bom as the diagram below shows.

Jan Jans Maris   (1697-?) | -----------------------
| Jacobus Maris (±1728-1789)		| Arij Maris (1739-)
| Pieter Maris (1771-1834) |		| Cornelis Maris (1771-1832) |
Arie Maris (1801-1865)	×	Cornelia Maris (1805-1863)
| Anna Maris (1839-1900)

Anna Maris was married on October 23, 1862, in Fijnaart en Heijningen to Leendert van Dis. He was born on December 12, 1827, in Willemstad, Brabant, The Netherlands, as son of Cornelis Johannes van Dis and Ariena Heijltje Sonneveld. The couple had 4 daughters. One of these, Adriana Tanneke van Dis (1867-1882), died at the age of 14. The names of their other daughters were Arina Heijltje, Cornelia and Machteltje Maria van Dis.

De Volksvriend, 3-3-1887

Spring 1887 the couple and their 3 remaining daughters traveled to the United States. They settled in Orange County, Iowa. The P. Maris mentioned in the article above can't be Anna's brother; although he did have 3 children, he had been widowed in 1881, and died in 1888 Fijnaart en Heijningen.

Nicolaas Koomans (1753-1829) had 4 wives

When researching the Koomans family I noticed a man named Nicolaas Koomans (1653-1829) who married 4 times, while 3 of his 4 wives had the surname Maris.

Nicolaas Koomans was baptized on February 4, 1752, in the township of Fijnaart and Heijningen in Brabant, The Netherlands. His parents were Pieter Koomans (1712-1770) and Ariaantje Burgers (1726-1777). After his father's death, his mother had married Pieter de Leeuw in 1772. She died 5 years later on November 21, 1777. Ariaantje Burgers was buried in Fijnaart on the 27th.

Nicolaas Koomans married his 1st wife, Francina Maris, on May 3, 1778, in Fijnaart and Heijningen. Francina was baptized on July 1, 1753. Her parents are Jan Maris and Adriana Biert. Francina gave birth to 3 sons: Pieter and Jan (2x). Francina Maris, aged 30, was buried on September 12, 1783.

Nicolaas Koomans married Maaijke Maris on 4-11-1787

Nicolaas Koomans married his 2nd wife and first cousin, Maaijke Maris, on November 4, 1787, in Fijnaart and Heijningen. Maaijke was baptized on August 11, 1765. Her parents are Jacobus Maris and Tanneke Burgers (1734-1783), who is a younger sister of Nicolaas'  mother Ariaantje. Maaijke gave birth to 10 children: Jacobus (3x), Huibert, Ariaantje (2x), Tanneke, Gijsbert and Cornelis (2x). Maaijke Maris, aged 37, was buried on September 11, 1802.

Maria Maris (1841-1924) married 2 cousins

Maria Maris was born on December 23, 1841, in the township of Fijnaart en Heijningen in Brabant, The Netherlands. She was a younger daughter of Arie Maris (1801-1872) and Adriana van Doorn. In 1853 Maria's elder sister Anna Maris (1827-1878) was married to a distant relative, Pieter Maris (1819-1874). He descended from Willem Maris, baptized on January 15, 1702, in Willemstad, who was a younger brother of Jan Jans Maris, baptized on September 29, 1697, in Fijnaart. The mother of Willem and Jan Maris was Lijsbeth Coomans. 

Maria Maris married her first cousin Jacobus Maris on April 7, 1864, in Fijnaart en Heijningen. Jacobus was born there on October 2, 1840, as a younger son of Arie Maris (1801-1865) and Cornelia Maris (1805-1863). Jacobus' mother Cornelia was a sister of Maria's father Arie.  
After just 7 months of marriage their son Arie Maris was born on November 8, 1864. Jacobus Maris died on March 22, 1865, around 17:00, at the age of 24.

Maria Maris married her first cousin Johannis Maris on July 9, 1868, in Fijnaart en Heijningen. Johannis was born in nearby Klundert on May 25, 1839. His parents were Huibert Maris (1815-1871), a brother of Maria's father, and his wife Anna Scherpenisse. Maria and both her husbands were grandchildren of Cornelis Maris (1771-1832) and they all descended from the Jan Jans Maris mentioned above.

Jan Jans Maris   (1697-?) | ---------------------------------------
| Jacobus Maris (±1728-1789)		| Arij Maris (1739-1795)
| Pieter Maris (1771-1834) | |		| Cornelis Maris (1771-1832) | ----------------------------------------
| Arie Maris (1801-1865)	× |	| Cornelia Maris (1805-1863)		| Arie Maris (1801-1872) |		| Huibert Maris (1815-1871) |
Jacobus Maris (1840-1865)			×	Maria Maris (1841-1924)	×	Johannis Maris (1839-1916)
				| Arie Maris (1864-1920)

Pieter Koomans (1712-1770) married a teenager

On April 8, 1741, in Willemstad, Brabant, The Netherlands, Pieter Koomans (1712-70) was married to Ariaantje Pieters Burgers. They had 10 children baptized in nearby Fijnaart between 1740 and 1765. Among the witnesses at their children's baptisms were Tanneke and Francoisia, Ariaantje's sisters. Their parents were Pieter Burgers and Maijke Rollof, who were married on June 10, 1725, in Willemstad. That couple had their eldest daughter, Ariaantje, baptized on May 27, 1726, in Willemstad. So, at the day of her wedding Ariaantje was likely 14 years old. Even if she had been baptized more 7 weeks after her birth - that would have been an unusual long delay - Ariaantje would still have been only 15 years old at the time of her marrige. Ariaantje Burgers definitely was a teenager when she married.

At the time of their marriage Pieter Koomans was 28 years old. He was baptized on November 13, 1712, in Willemstad as the eldest son of Huijbrecht Koomans and his second wife, Elsje van den Berg. As usual Pieter Koomans and Ariaantje Burgers named their eldest surviving children after their parents: Elsje, Maaijke, Huijbert and Pieter. 

Pieter Koomans was buried on May 29, 1770, at the age of 57, leaving Ariaantje Burgers a widow at the age of 44. On May 3, 1777, in Fijnaart, Ariaantje was married to Pieter de Leeuw who was living near Fijnaart, and had not been married before. They were married for 5½ years. Ariaantje Burgers was buried on November 27, 1777, in Fijnaart, at the age of 51. 

One of Pieter's younger sons, Nicolaas Koomans (1753-1829) , was married four times, and the first three of his four wives had the surname Maris. Pieter's daughter Maaijke Koomans (1748-1822) was married to Huijbert Maris. 

As a widow Ariaantje Burgers married Pieter de Leeuw in 1772.

Source: WestBrabantsArchief.nl.

Longevity ~ Willem Koomans reached the age of 99

Willem Koomans was born on May 8, 1818, in Rotterdam, Holland. His father was Huibert Koomans (1789-1856), who was a son of Nicolaas Koomans and the second of Nicolaas' four wives, Maaijke Maris (1765-1802). Willem's mother, Adriana Petronella Spanjaart (1784-1875), was to reach the age of 91.

After his graduation in Rotterdam, Willem Koomans worked as a doctor in Fijnaart, Brabant, The Netherlands. Next he moved to Leiderdorp, then to Abcoude, both in Holland. He stopped exercising his profession at the age of 71.
Willem Koomans married twice. His first wife was Aagje Fontijn (†1849) who originated in Mijdrecht. They had a daughter Adriana Petronella who traveled to Indonesia.
Willem's second wife was Alida Jannetta Vermeer from Amsterdam whom he married in 1851. They had additional children before she died in Abcoude in the Spring of 1890. 

In May 1916 Willem Koomans (98) had been a physician for 75 years. By then he was known as "De Oude Koomans" ("The Old Koomans"). Willem Koomans died on August 10, 1917, in Abcoude-Baambrugge, aged 99 years and 3 months.

De Grondwet, 5-12-1916

Algemeen Handelsblad, 11-8-1917

For more information on this Koomans family see genealogical magazine "De Nederlandse Leeuw", 1936.
Sources: Delpher Newspapers, WestBrabantsArchief.nl, WieWasWie.nl.