Barend Brinkhuijsen (1832 - 1917)

Biography

Barend was born on May 26, 1832 in Amsterdam as the son of Hendrik Brinkhuijsen and Catharina Magdalena de Minjer.^[1] When he was 19 years old he was conscripted into the 2nd Infantry Regiment.^[2] He was already working as a box maker at that time. He married Maria Theresia Koster on 7 November 1855 in Amsterdam.^[3] As far as is known he had 8 children with her:

1. Hendrik Barend Brinkhuijsen on November 5, 1856- died March 5, 1917 † of stomach cancer
2. Gerrit Brinkhuijsen on November 30, 1858 - died October 24, 1866 † of scarlet fever
3. Barend Brinkhuijsen on July 7, 1861- died February 11, 1942 †
4. Antonie Hermanus Brinkhuijsen on October 27, 1863- died August 2, 1940 †
5. Johannes Pieter Brinkhuijsen on March 27, 1866- died June 19, 1936 †
6. Maria Theresia Brinkhuijsen on August 10, 1868- died December 21, 1923 † of stomach cancer
7. Willem Frederik Karel Brinkhuijsen on September 8, 1872- died February 21, 1881 † of dehydration from Diarrhea
8. Gerrit Brinkhuijsen on June 15, 1875- died March 27, 1942 †

All in Amsterdam. During this period he worked as a box maker. His family was quite poor and was registered with the poor houses in Amsterdam.^[4] From there they received poor relief during the winters of 1870 and 1871. In the years after that, we don't know much interesting. His wife died on September 7, 1900, after which he was and remained a widower. In October 1901 he was registered in the Old Men and Women House of the Dutch Reformed Church in Amstel 51 in Amsterdam, the current hermitage.^[5] He spent the last 15 years of his life in this home. He died on February 28, 1917 in Amsterdam to Marasmus Senilis, or old age weakness.^[6] He was then aged 84.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth certificate Amsterdam 1832, book 4, page 140. https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5009/1.3.3.94/start/140/limit/10/highlight/2
2. ↑ Militieregisters, archiefnummer 5182, inventarisnummer 4119 https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/98533456-7b8e-56a3-e053-b784100ade19?person=98533456-7b8f-56a3-e053-b784100ade19
3. ↑ Civil registration marriages Amsterdam, November 7, 1855, record number Reg.9 fol. 5v https://www.openarch.nl/nha:f8e2f9d5-0502-4a07-af22-2d6a585a87c9
4. ↑ Huiszittenhuizen, archiefnummer 349, inventarisnummer 869 https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/6c2cb2f5-7490-4204-b545-d268167c50e8?person=95a740a1-15a7-4a53-e053-b784100ad337
5. ↑ Bijzondere registers, archiefnummer 5000, inventarisnummer 2547 https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/5359ee07-dc90-468e-a7e6-0b9408aef466?person=98533465-14e5-56a3-e053-b784100ade19
6. ↑ Death certificate Amsterdam 1917, book 4, page 64, nr 1946. https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5009/4.3.12.64/start/60/limit/10/highlight/5

• Stamboek 2e regiment infanterie, nummer 40444. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTP-WQLZ-X?i=28&cat=197067