Heddetje Dapper (1853-99) survived her bigamous husband

Jan Fabritius was born on 2 August 1851 in Hoorn. His parents are Pieter Fabritius and Hendrika Klaassen. At the age of 23, Jan Fabritius was married on 14 May 1875 in Hoorn to Heddetje Dapper, aged 21. Heddetje was born 31 January 1853 as daughter of gardener Jacob Dapper and his wife Trijntje Bakker.
Heddetje's children Jacob, Jetje and Pieter all died as babies. Four other children survived toddlerhood: Hedde (twin with Jetje), another Jacob, another Pieter, and a daughter named Johanna Hendrika Catharina.

The marriage of Jan Fabritius and Heddetje Dapper was unhappy, and at some point Jan left his wife. For a couple of years, Jan Fabritius was earning his living as a steward on several ships. On the ship "The City of Amsterdam", Jan had met Mrs. Kersten. He married her in New York in July 1884.
Heddetje Dapper found out about her husband's bigamous wife, and filed a complaint. As a result, Jan Fabritius was convicted of bigamy. He died in August 1885.

Het Nieuws van den Dag, Kleine Courant, 29-10-1884

In the death certificate of Pieter Fabritius, who died in Hoorn on 8 January 1888 at the age of 12, his father Jan, who had died in August 1885, is described as deceased. Heddetje’s son Jacob died at the age of 20 on 16 February 1989 in Nieuwendam, Holland. Their brother Hedde and their only sister survived to adulthood.

Hoornsche Courant, 16-3-1892

Heddetje Dapper, widow of Jan Fabritius, married a second time on 11 March 1892 in Hoorn. The groom was Pieter Mol, aged 39, and was born on 31 May 1852 in Monnickendam as son of Jan Mol and Maritje Hartwigse. Pieter was widower of Eefje Porsius, and had several surviving children from his first marrige.
Heddetje Dapper died, at the age of 45, on 4 March 1899 in Buiksloot, Holland. At the age of 59, Pieter Mol died on 15 October 1911 in Nieuwendam. Heddetje's daughter Johanna Hendrika Catharina Fabritius died in 1959, at the age of 79. Heddetje's son Hedde Fabririus died in 1964. They had both been married.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, WestFriesArchief.nl.

Bigamist Franz W.J.H.P. Sturm got caught in 1924

Franz Wilhelm Joseph Heinrich Paul Sturm, a 34-year-old engineer of German ancestry, was in 1924 convicted of bigamy by the court in The Hague in The Netherlands.

De Tribune, 19-4-1914

Franz Sturm had first been married, at the age of 22, in 1912 in Germany. With his first wife he fathered 3 children. In World War I, Franz fought in the German army. During the crisis after the war, Franz could not find work, and returned to the Netherlands.
In Dordrecht, he found a job at the office of a shipyard. There Franz met a 22-year-old Dutch girl, whom he married in 1922 in The Hague. With his bigamous wife, Franz had an additional child.
Franz’ Dutch wife was Adriane Johanne Georgine Muller who was born on 12 January 1901 in Rotterdam as daughter of Leendert Muller and Neeltje Maartje van Stigt who both originated in Puttershoek. They were married on 1 March 1922 in The Hague. Their only child was Heinrich Paul Sturm, born on 14 June 1922 in Tiengen.

Franz's first wife, however, couldn’t forget Franz, and tried to find him. The family of his second wife tried to find out more about Franz, too. Both requests for information ended up with the same official who thus noticed the bigamy. That's why Franz was arrested.
Franz confessed to having committed bigamy, and was locked up in a house of detention. At the court a witness testified that Franz' first marriage had been unhappy. His first wife was 10 years his senior, and the spouses had different religions and different social positions. Despite those differencea, his first wife refused a divorce.
On 8 July 1924, Franz Sturm was sentenced to 1 year in prison with deduction of pre-trial detention. His second wife returned to her parents, and her marriage was dissolved.

Algemeen Handelsblad voor Nederlandsch-Indië, 9 July 1924

Franz Sturm was born on April 3, 1890, around 2:00 a.m. at the Voorstraat 543 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. His parents were Franz Wilhelm Joseph Heinrich Sturm (35) and his wife Johanna Maria Amalia Louise Kunde. They also had a daughter Amalia Maria Johanna Louisa Victoria who was born in The Netherlands.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, HaagsGemeenteArchief.nl, Het Utrechts Archief.