Jan Koster

Jan Koster (= Sexton, Verger) was born in December 1821 in the country village of Hoogwoud, located in the northern part of the Dutch western province Noord-Holland, son of Daniel Koster and Maartje Hoogvorst. Source: scan of his birth certificate.

On Saturday 1 April 1854 the 32 years old country man (landman) Jan Koster, married in municipality Zijpe, in the northwestern part of the Dutch western province Noord-Holland the two years younger farm servant Cornelia Ton, born in Akersloot, Noord-Holland, daughter of Jan Ton and Pietertje Stam.

They had the following children:

• Maartje "Martha" Koster [Voss], b. 13 August 1854 in Anna Paulownapolder, Noord-Holland, d. 14 March 1926 in the country village of St. Anne, located about 78 miles south of Chicago, Kankakee County, Ilinois. Find A Grave Memorial# 90315372;
• Frederik "Fred" Koster, b. 3 April 1856, Anna Paulownapolder, Noord-Holland, d. 16 October 1941 in the community of Wichert, located about 76 miles south of Chicago and a few miles north of St. Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois. Find A Grave Memorial# 90311686;
• Jan "John" Koster, b. 4 September 1858, Anna Paulownapolder, Noord-Holland, d. 3 May 1943 in the city of Harvey, located just south of Chigaco, Cook County, Illinois. Find A Grave Memorial# 123171295;
• Gerrit Koster, 10 February 1861, Anna Paulownapolder, Noord-Holland, d. 13 February 1934 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Find A Grave Memorial# 152597037;
• Pietertje "Nellie" Koster [De Groot], b. 28 April 1866, municipality Zijpe, Boschweg ['t Zand], Noord-Holland, d. 19 September 1942, St. Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois. Find A Grave Memorial# 83503872.

The Anna Paulownapolder, created in 1846, was located in the northern part of the Dutch western province Noord-Holland and became in 1870 a new, independent municipality, called Anna Paulowna, since 2012 a part of the new municipality Hollands Kroon (= Dutch Crown).

Country man Jan Koster died in January 1879 at the age of 57 years at the Boschweg (= Forest road) nearby the village 't Zand in the municipality Zijpe, in the northwestern part of province Noord-Holland. His widow Cornelia Ton died there too on 28 January 1881 at the age of about 56 years.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 17 2019, 2:28:44 UTC

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