Hendrik Aalders the Sad (born 1737), .the storv of the Anna's
Hendrik had a younger brother "Adriaan Hendrik" born in 1742 and sister Marijtje ,who married Jan van Aken. We believe that Hendrik was born around 1737 straight after his Dad married his Mum named Antje ( little Anna) in November 1736. Hendrik in turn married a wife in 1773 also named Anna (Harmense Niet) like his Mum and Grandma . Wife Anna must have died within 4 years , since in 1778 just 5 years after his first marriage, he married Maria in 1778 . Likely this was a marriage of necessity since Hendrik by now had Hendrik Aalders not yet 4 years old and a daughter Maria just over 2 . This forefather's eldest son from the marriage with Maria was Adriaan (born 1779) Hendrik must have loved his first wife ,or his Mum or his Grandma or all of them ,all named Anna ,for he tried so very hard to have a daughter named Anna. The first Anna came along born to his second wife Maria on 20 July 1780 . There was great joy in our forefathers household .Now Maria had a boy and a girl ,the perfect family . Sadly this was not to last very long ,for within ayear, Anna was dead . On 11 January 1782 ,the midwife said Congratulation Mr and Mrs Aalders . You have twin girls . Maria and Hendrik named them Anna (64) and Helena (63), but within a few months there was another funeral in the Aalders home . Both Helena and Anna were buried. Young Adriaan just 3 years old,wept as he was allowed to hold his baby sisters in his arms ."Why do my sisters always die Mummy ",he asked ?
Maria ,trying to hold back her tears tried to find an answer which small Adriaan could perhaps accept ."I think God wants them in heaven ",she replied hugging her little precious boy . We know that another daughter Anna ,was born on 7 April 1783. In that the records record that another Anna was born on 4 November 1787, we know that again the parents made another trip to the graveyard to bury another little Anna in either 1783 or 1784 . The latter Anna Iived ,for on 17 June l8l0 she married Jan Grove .
There was another sister Maria (70) born on 22 March 1789 who was a half sister to Maria (49) who on the date of younger Maria's birth was still alive . .She married Willem Joosten and had 8 Children by him,,3 of them named Anna and two of them named Pieter.This tells us that at least 2 Anna's and one Pieter died in infancy .
On 28 July 1785 a baby brother to Adriaan , now 6 years old ,was born . Mum and Dad named him Leendert, Leendert married Reijntje Reijerse on 30 April 1809. Sadly neither Hendrik nor Maria were alive to see their surviving children marry . The Family Tree records that Adriaan was baptized in the mighty Saint Bavo Church in Haarlem . This truly magnificent Church , your Grandpa Henry Aalders visited twice , once to hear Feike Asma play its magnificent pipe organ ..
END OF SAD HENDRIK