Cornelia Booms

Cornelia Booms died in Okegem on July 30 1621, and was buried in the church the next day. In 1598 she married Petrus Straetman in Denderhoutem. It appears probable that she was born (or living) in Denderhoutem at the time of her marriage.

Petrus was reported as a "buitenpoorter" of Aalst in 1596 and 1602. In 1598-1601 he was in trouble for having wounded Hans De Broedere with a stone, but the bailiff of Aalst accepted a settlement (minnelijke schikking). Petrus died in Okegem in 1628.

Petrus and Cornelia had six children :

-- Barbara, who died in 1668 (at that time she was reported erroneously as being named Maria). She married twice ;
-- Petrus, born in Okegem in 1602 ;

-- Adrianus, born in Okegem in 1604. In 1636 he married Margareta Van der Kelen (born in Pamel. She died in Okegem in 1670). In 1656 they became "buitenpoorters" of Aalst. In 1657 Adrianus was an administrator of the church fabric (kerkfabriek), but he could not pay his rent to the poor's table (armentafel) in 1647-1648, in 1672 and in 1675, troubled times indeed. Adrianus and Margareta are among my ancestors ;

-- Judoca, born in Okegem in 1607 ;
-- Judocus, born in Okegem in 1609 ;
-- Cornelius, born in Okegem in 1612 ; he married in Okegem ;

The line from Adrianus and Margareta to myself has been (partially) described in various posts, including "February 7 1628", "October 24 1670" and "July 30 1621".

February 7 1628

On that day, Petrus Straetman died in Okegem. He had been married to Cornelia Booms, who preceeded him in death in 1621.

Petrus and Cornelia had six children. The third one was Adrianus, born in Okegem in 1604, who, in 1636, married Margaretha Van der Kelen, born in Pamel. She died in Okegem in 1670.

Adrianus and Margaretha had six children too. The youngest one was Niclaas Straetman. He died in Okegem in 1719. He was married to Catharina De Winne (Okegem 1661 - 1730).

Again, there were six children. I descend from the third child, Anna Straetman (Okegem 1691 - 1759) and from the fifth child Joanna Straetman (Okegem 1697 - 1762).

The line has been described in previous posts, including "January 17 1660".

July 30 1621

On July 30 1621 Cornelia Booms died at Okegem. She was buried in the church the following day. She married Petrus Straetman (+ Okegem 1628) in Denderhoutem ca 1598. It is probably that she was born in that village. Their son Adrianus Straetman was born at Okegem in 1604 : his son Niclaas Straetman died there in 1719.

I descend from two of his children (he probably had six).

--- Anna Straetman (Okegem 1691 - 1759) had a son Petrus Asselman (Okegem 1729 - 1792), who fathered Franciscus (Okegem 1769 - 1865). Andreas (Okegem 1795 - 1875) was a son of Franciscus and he was the father of Catharina Asselman (Okegem 1823 - 1892), who was the mother of my great-grandfather Hermilianus Neukermans (Okegem 1855 - 1932).

--- Joanna Straetman (Okegem 1697 - 1762) had a son Petrus Van der Speeten (Okegem 1733 - 1786) who was the father of Cornelius (Okegem 1772 - 1806). Cornelius fathered Alexandrina Van der Speeten (Okegem 1795 - 1831). She was the wife of Andreas Asselman forementioned, and thus the mother of Catharina Asselman, my great-great-grandmother.

This is one more indication how closely families could be interlinked in small villages.