Biography
Arnoldus was a son of Arie Buijs and Herter van Empel. [1]
Arnoldus was first married om 9 April, 1857 at Heerewaarden to Janske Udo daughter of Jan Udo and Anthonia Vermeulen. [2] The children born to the couple were:
- Janske (b. 1854; d. 1860) [uncertain]
- Anthonij (b. 1858; d. 1859)
Janske died in 1858, a month after giving birth to son Anthonij.
Arnoldus was next married in 1860 to Jantje Ton, daughter of Dirk Ton and Neeske Vink. [3]. Children of this union include:
- Neeske (b. 1861; m. Christiaan van Hoften; d. 1948)
- Hester Adriana (b. 1863; m1. 1887, Johannes Hommersom; m2. 1893, Nelis Hendrikus van Stuijvenberg; d. 1933)
- Arie Dirk (b. 1865; m. 1894, Neeltje van Leeuwen; d. 1933)
- Dirkje Alida (b. 1868; m. 1897, Pieter Hartman)
- Dirk Arie (b. 1875; m. 1898, Willemina Theodora van Ballegooijen)
In 1884 Arnoldus was once again left a widower and he did not remarry, dying in 1889. [4]