Pietje passed away on 7 January 1958 in Wilnis, Utrecht, at the age of 64. They had been married 40 years.
At the age of 73, Dirk visited family in New Zealand, travelling with Bert and Dymphna Koestal. They arrived in Wellington on the ship Willem Ruys on 20 April 1964.[3] Dirk returned home on the same ship, departing Wellington on 6 September 1964.[4]Bert and Dymphna Koestal returned home 6 weeks later.
Dirk died on 4 March 1983 in Wilnis, Utrecht, at the age of 92. His was buried in the family plot at the Mijdrecht-Wilnis Roman Catholic church.[5]
Grave of Theodorus M. van Oostrom & Petronella M. C. J. de Wit
Sources
↑ The Utrecht Archives (Netherlands), Utrecht, Civil registration births Abcoude-Proostdij, archive 481, inventory number 525-22, 18 June 1890, record number 38. Accessed 28 July 2017 at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/28785379.
Theodorus Martinus van Oostrom - Birth Record.
↑ The Utrecht Archives (Netherlands), Utrecht, Civil registration marriages Abcoude-Proostdij, archive 463, inventory number 230-15, 10 May 1917, record number 4. Accessed 28 July 2017 at: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/28530845.
Theodorus M. van Oostrom & Petronella M. C. J. de Wit - Marriage Record
Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Albert van Oostrom, FTDNA kit #MI16400, and his 5th cousin Pieter van Oostrum, FTDNA kit #692382, match at a Genetic Distance of 2 on 37 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Antonius van Oostrum. FTDNA indicates that the probability the two share a common ancestor within the last 6 generations is 77.81% and within the last 7 generations is 84.11%.
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