Anna Maria Catharina Reitz (1778 - 1855)

Born 21 Jan 1778 in Medenbach, Breitscheid, Nassau-Diez, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Wife of Theodorus van Sandwijk — married 19 Mar 1819 in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1855 at age 77 in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

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Biography

Anna Maria Catharina was born on 21 Jan 1778 in Medenbach, Nassau (Germany). She was the daughter of Adam Reitz and Anna Clara Jarle.

Christina Reitz migrated from Germany to the Netherlands.

It is unclear when Catharina arrived in the Netherlands, but in 1815 she gave birth to boy twins in Zeeland, and in 1818 to a daughter. The father in both cases is Theodorus van Sandwijk:

1. Carolus, twin 1815–1815, born in Stoppeldijk
2. Theodorus, twin 1815–1866, born in Stoppeldijk
3. Anna Maria Willemina (1818–1893), born in Hoofdplaat

In Dec 1818 the family, consisting of Theodorus, Maria Christina (for a discussion of the name see Research Notes), Theodorus and Anna Maria Willemina, arrived in Vlissingen from Breskens.^[1]

On March 19, 1819 in Vlissingen, At 41 years old, Maria Christina Reitz, born on January 25, 1778 in Bresscheid, finally married Theodorus van Sandwijk, born on April 13, 1783 in Utrecht, 35 years old, Grensjager by profession, and son of Isaak van Sandwijk and Willemina van Gorkum.^[2]

Only two years later, Theodorus passed away on 13 Sep 1821. A couple of weeks later, on Oct 6, 1821, the widow (Maria Christina Rutz) and her two children moved to a new place in the Breewaterstraat in Vlissingen.^[3]In Nov 1822 Hermanus Ekstad, born in 1762/63 in Stockholm, and his two sons moved to a place in the same street. By 1826 the two families were living together, and Hermanus Eckstad and Maria Christina Rutz are listed as married.^[4] Yet, there is no evidence they ever married, so they probably just lived together.

Hermanus Ekstadt passed away on 21 May 1829^[5]. Maria Christina Reitz is listed as his spouse. She continues living with her own children and Pieter Johannes Eckstad, born on June 6, 1803 in Middelburg, as the population register of 1831 shows.^[6]:

Anna Maria Catharina, widow of Hermanus Ekstadt, passed away in 1855 in Vlissingen at the age of 78. Her death was reported by her son-in-law Jakob Vogt and Christiaan Johannes van der Hijden, an acquaintance.^[7]

Research Notes

The records show two different names for the wife of Theodorus van Sandwijk and the mother of the children: Anna Maria Catharina and Maria Christina. That could mean that they are two different persons: Anna Maria Catharina was the mother of the children born in 1815 and 1818, and Maria Christina, who married Theodorus in 1819. It was not unusual that a widower married the sister of his wife, especially when he had young children. The name Maria Christina shows up for the first time in 1818 in Vlissingen. If we are dealing with two different persons, then Anna Maria Catharina must have died in 1818 sometime after the birth of her daughter and before December 1818. There is no death record for a Reitz (and differently spelled names) in this period in Zeeland, and therefore we might want to conclude that the two persons are the same, and that Anna Maria Catharina Reitz only married the father of her children after they were born. More evidence for the equation of the two women is that the spouse of Theodorus is alternatively Maria Christina (1819) and Catharina Reitz (1821). For more data see below:

1815 Stoppeldijk: Anna Maria Catharina Reitz, birth twin Carolus and Theodorus^[8]

1815 Stoppeldijk: Maria Catherina Reitz, death Carolus^[9]

1818 Hoofdplaat: Anna Maria Catharine Rijst, birth Anna Maria Willemina^[10]

1818 Vlissingen: Arrival in Vlissingen on Dec 1, from Breskens. Maria Christina Rijts (from Medenbach), & Theodorus^[11]

1819 Vlissingen: Maria Christina Reitz, marriage Theodorus van Sandwijk

1821 Vlissingen: Catharina Reitz, name on death record of Theodorus van Sandwijk

1821 Vlissingen: Maria Christina Rutz, widow of van Zandwijk

1826 Vlissingen: Maria Christina Rutz, wife of Hermanus Eckstad

1829 Vlissingen: Maria Christina Reitz, widow of Hermanus Ekstadt

1831 Vlissingen: Maria Christina Rutz, widow

1837 Vlissingen: Anna Maria Catharina Rijst, mother bride Anna Maria Willemina van Santwijk

1855 Vlissingen: Anna Maria Catharina Reitz, widow of Hermanus Ekstadt

1893: Anna Maria Christina Reitz, at death of daughter

Sources

1. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Population register Burgerlijke Stand en Bevolking Gemeente Vlissingen, 1810-1994, Vlissingen, access code 7434, inventory number 384, 1815-1820, Vlissingen, wijkregister 1815-1820 deel B, folio 22
2. ↑ Marriage 1819: Zeeland Archives (Netherlands) Zeeland Archives, Civil registration marriages Vlissingen huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand, Vlissingen, access code 25, inventory number VLI-H-1819, March 19, 1819, record number 10
3. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Population register Burgerlijke Stand en Bevolking Gemeente Vlissingen, 1810-1994, Vlissingen, access code 7434, inventory number 391, 1820-1825, Vlissingen, wijkregister 1820-1825 deel D, folio 128
4. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Population register Burgerlijke Stand en Bevolking Gemeente Vlissingen, 1810-1994, Vlissingen, access code 7434, inventory number 401, 1826-1830, Vlissingen, wijkregister 1826-1830 deel D, folio 132
5. ↑ Death 1829 Hermanus: Zeeland Archives, Civil registration deaths Vlissingen overlijdensakten burgerlijke stand, Vlissingen, access code 25, inventory number VLI-O-1829, 1829, record number 129
6. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Population register Burgerlijke Stand en Bevolking Gemeente Vlissingen, 1810-1994, Vlissingen, access code 7434, inventory number 412, 1831-1835, Vlissingen, wijkregister 1831-1835 deel D, folio 152
7. ↑ Death 1855: Zeeland Archives, Civil registration deaths Vlissingen overlijdensakten burgerlijke stand, Vlissingen, access code 25, inventory number VLI-O-1855, 1855, record number 248
8. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Civil registration births Stoppeldijk geboorteakten burgerlijke stand, Stoppeldijk, access code 25, inventory number STO-G-1815, 31-07-1815, record number 29
9. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Civil registration deaths Stoppeldijk overlijdensakten burgerlijke stand, Stoppeldijk, access code 25, inventory number STO-O-1815, 1815, record number 17
10. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Civil registration births. Hoofdplaat geboorteakten burgerlijke stand, Hoofdplaat, access code 25, inventory number HOO-G-1818, 02-02-1818, record number 3
11. ↑ Zeeland Archives in Middelburg (Netherlands), Population register Burgerlijke Stand en Bevolking Gemeente Vlissingen, 1810-1994, Vlissingen, access code 7434, inventory number 384, 1815-1820, Vlissingen, wijkregister 1815-1820 deel B, folio 22