Hendrik Barend Brinkhuijsen (1856 - 1917)

Biography

Hendrik was born on November 5, 1856 in Amsterdam as the son of Barend Brinkhuijsen and Maria Theresia Koster. When he was 16 years old, he was in the Binnengasthuis from September 18 to November 6, 1873, which are 49 days. I don't know what he was treated for. During that period he worked as a confectioner. On May 4, 1876 he was enlisted in the 6th Infantry Regiment, when he was 19 years old. His family was quite poor and received poor relief from the caretaker houses. He married Geertrui de Haan on September 15, 1880 in Amsterdam. With her he had 6 children:

1. Willem Frederik Carel Brinkhuijsen on June 7, 1881- died January 16, 1978 †
2. Johanna Maria Catharina Brinkhuijsen on July 18, 1883- died April 5, 1974 †
3. Andries Brinkhuijsen on December 28, 1884- died September 21, 1928 † of a heart defect
4. Barend Brinkhuijsen on November 30, 1887- died July 14, 1890 †
5. Hendrik Barend Brinkhuijsen on August 21, 1889- died February 14, 1891 † of pneumonia
6. Barend Brinkhuijsen on July 15, 1892- died August 29, 1989 †

All born in Amsterdam. During this period he worked as a warehouse worker, but he was still in the militia until May 3, 1881. He is also once referred to as a carpenter and clerk. Not much is known about the period after that. He attended his children's weddings. He eventually died on March 5, 1917 in Amsterdam from Carcinoma Ventriculi, or stomach cancer. He was then aged 60. He was Dutch Reformed and had blue eyes.

Sources

• Birth certificate Amsterdam 1856, book 6, page 158v. https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5009/1.3.6.27/start/160/limit/10/highlight/2
• Patiëntenregisters, archiefnummer 5268, inventarisnummer 2557 https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/3c8646d6-b9c3-426c-bd1b-328886964a8b?person=99e87e3d-4fe0-2bb2-e053-b784100a6a2e
• Militieregisters, archiefnummer 5182, inventarisnummer 4313 https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/98533455-44c4-56a3-e053-b784100ade19?person=98533455-44c5-56a3-e053-b784100ade19
• Stamboek 6e regiment Infanterie https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTL-2VZ8?i=192&cat=197067
• Civil registration marriages Amsterdam, September 15, 1880, record number Reg.20 fol. 5v https://www.openarch.nl/nha:70f9fde2-a40c-4614-90c1-2e494d105ca6
• Death certificate Amsterdam 1917, book 4, page 74, nr 2066 https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5009/4.3.12.64/start/70/limit/10/highlight/5