Biography
Besseltje was born on January 6, 1905 in Amsterdam as the daughter of Willem Frederik Carel Brinkhuijsen and Maria Vreman. She married Reindert Terstal in Amsterdam on December 14, 1932. With him she had 2 children: Reindert and Wilhelmina Geertrui Her husband died of cardiac arrest on December 4, 1970. She tried to wake him up but couldn't. She never remarried. She developed Alzheimer's disease and ended up in a nursing home. There she died on June 18, 1992. She was 87 years old at the time.
Sources
- Birth certificate 1905, book 2, page 28. act 330 https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5009/1.3.13.2/start/20/limit/10/highlight/10
- Civil registration marriages Amsterdam, December 14, 1932, record number Reg.2G fol. 9v https://www.openarch.nl/nha:54b1cbb2-2a98-4cb1-9680-a315c426cb31
- Archiefkaarten, archiefnummer 30238, inventarisnummer 1337 https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/98533415-6496-56a3-e053-b784100ade19?person=98533415-6497-56a3-e053-b784100ade19
- Family Stories