Arij Baars (1764-1846) and his 2 wives of the Kraak family

Arij Baars was baptised in Oud-Beijerland, Holland, on 23 September 1764 with witness Lena Bijl. His parents are Cornelis Baars (1730-1798) and his wife Neeltje Blaak (1738-1818).

Arij Baars married his first wife Neeltje Kraak on 17 May 1789 in Oud-Beijerland

Arij married his first wife, Neeltje Kraak, on 17 May 1789 in Oud-Beijerland. Neeltje was baptised in Mijnsheerenland, Holland, on 31 August 1766 with witness Neeltje Verkeul. Her parents are Huigje Boossert - also Booster - and her first husband Arie Kraak. Arie was baptised on 8 December 1737 in Mijnsheerenland as son of Kornelis Kraak and Marijtje van der Stoep. Arie was named after his paternal grandfather.
In the period 1790-1804, Neeltje Kraak gave birth to 9 children named Arie, Neeltje, Huigje, Cornelis, Maria, Lena, Leendert, Susanna and Ingena. Ingena was born on 21 March 1804 and baptised on the 25th in Oud-Beijerland. Neeltje Kraak died there on 20 June 1806, aged 39.

In 1806 Arij was a widower with a couple of young children. The eldest, his son Arie, was 16. The next year, in november 1807, Arij married Adriana Kraak, a cousin of his first wife. Adriana was born around 1783 as daughter of Lena Bijl (1751-1802) and Jacob Kraak. Jacob was baptised on 10 May 1744 in Mijnsheerenland as son of Kornelis Kraak and Marijtje van der Stoep. Jacob Kraak was named after his maternal grandfather.
Arij Baars and his second wife Adriana Kraak were related, too. They are both descendants of Claas Bijl and Neeltje Leenderts Grauw who were married on 17 October 1700 in Oud-Beijerland.
In the period 1808-1816 Adriana Kraak gave birth to 6 daughters. The birth of her youngest daughter on 30 November 1816 resulted in Adriana's death. The baby died soon afterwards on 11 February 1817.
On 30 November 1822 in Oud-Beijerland, Arij lost the youngest daughter from his first marriage, 18-year-old Ingena.

Longevity ~ Grietje Reedijk (92) in Strijen, Holland

Grietje Reedijk was born on 25 April 1838 in Strijen, Holland. Her parents are Leendert Reedijk (1810-1879) and Neeltje Strooberg (1805-1859). Grietje was named after her maternal grandmother Grietje Reedijk (±1774-1858) who had married her cousin Willem Reedijk (1773-1864). This couple's common grandparents were Teunis Reedijk (1714-1776) and Grietje van Loon (1710-1783).

Apart from a stillborn son in 1835, Grietje's parents had 4 more children: Martijnis (1836-1922), Willem (1839-1924), Willemijntje (1840-1900) and Annigje (1845-1915). Their mother Neeltje Strooberg died in Strijen on 19 September 1859, aged 54. Grietje was 21 at the time.
On 10 April 1863 in Strijen, Grietje's father Leendert Reedijk was married to his second wife Adriaantje de Bruin (1807-1873), widow of Gerrit de Man. Leendert was to marry two more times before he died in Strijen on 2 September 1879, aged 69.

Grietje Reedijk was the first of her siblings to marry. At the age of 26, she married 30-year-old Jan van der Linden on 29 April 1864 in Strijen. Jan was born on 17 September 1833 in Westmaas as a younger son of Hendrik van der Linden (1795-1858) and Bastiaantje Kleijnendorst (1793-1840).
Grietje and Jan had a daughter Bastiaantje, born on 25 September 1865 in Strijen. She was Grietje's only child. Bastiaantje was married on 12 April 1888 in Strijen to fellow townsman Jan Zevenbergen (1856-1941). They had several children, including Jan Zevenbergen (1890-1951) jr. and Grietje Adriaantje Zevenbergen (1894-1944).

Nieuwsblad voor de Hoeksche Waard en IJselmonde, 20-1-1931

Jan van der Linden died in Strijen on 16 April 1890, aged 56. At the age of 51, Grietje was a widow, and she would remain a widow for 40 years. Grietje died in Strijen on 17 January 1931 at the age of 92 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 2 days.
Grietje's daughter Bastiaantje van der Linden died during World War II on 25 February 1945, also in Strijen. Bastiaantje's husband Jan Zevenbergen had died there on 25 January 1941.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Delpher.nl, FamilySearch.org, Families of South Holland Index (“Klappers”), W. Reedijk, Stamreeks Reedijk, Zuidhollandse Stam- en Naamreeksen 1986.

Euphemia Vollenbroek (1772-1838)

Deurningen-Saasveld, April 1772: 17 babtizata est Euphemia filia Gerardi et Mariae Vollenbroek, susc. Adolphus Vollenbroek et Susanna Wansing. Dulderen.

Euphemia (“Femia”) Vollenbroek - also Volmbroek - was baptised on April 17, 1772 in Deurningen-Saasveld in Twente. Euphemia had sisters Agatha and Johanna, and brothers named Bernardus and Stephanus. There parents are Gerardus Vollenbroek and Maria Wansing who were married on February 26, 1770, in Deurningen.

On February 26, 1794, in Ootmarsum near Denekamp, Emphemia married Adolf Rientjes. Adolf was baptised on December 24, 1760, in Ootmarsum. His parents are Jan Hendrik Rientjes and Maria Steffens.

Euphemia and Adolf had 7 children:

1. Joannes Hendricus (“Jan Hendrik”) Rientjes was baptised on February 15, 1796, in Ootmarsum. At the age of 34, on June 2, 1830, in Rijssen, he married 22-year-old Agatha Catharina Tusveld.  Jan Hendrik died in Delden on April 19, 1871, aged 75.
2. Maria Rientjes was baptised on March 10, 1798, and likely died young.
3. Hendrikus Gerhardus Rientjes was baptised in Denekamp January 27, 1802. He was married there on January 17, 1842, to 31-years-old Joanna Hendrica Eenhuis. They had a son Adolphus Antonius Rientjes. Hendrikus Gerhardus died at the age of 80 in Denekamp on November 27, 1882.
4. Maria Rientjes was baptised on July 20, 1807. She died on August 31, 1840, in Hertme near Borne at the age of 33.
5. Stephanus Rientjes was born or baptised on January 14, 1810. He became a roman catholic priest. He died, at the age of 49, in Geesteren near Tubbergen on August 15, 1859.
6. Bernardus Rientjes was born on March 7, 1813, in Ootmarsum, and died on July 26, 1893, in Denekamp, unmarried, and aged 80.
7. Maria Anna was born on in Ootmarsum on January 2, 1816. She was married on May 3, 1843, in Borne to cobbler Johannes Bernardus Kock. He was widower of Joanna Gardina Nieuwenhuis. Maria Anna died on February 18, 1878.

At the age of 67, Euphemia Vollenbroek died on January 30, 1838, in Oude Ootmarsum. Her widower, Adolf Rientjes, died there on May 17, 1844, at the age of 83.

Sources: WieWasWie.nl, Steggink.org, VollenbroekVoorouders.nl.