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In contrast to Generation 2, in which only one male child continued the van der Sloot name, Generation 3 had five male children continue that name. These five male children (sons of Antonius) each are assigned a different color on the genealogical chart at the beginning of the book. Generations 4 and 5 then are assigned corresponding colors to the applicable son of Antonius. This allows for quick identification of the family branch. In addition, through the assigned document and relationship numbers, one can trace a person’s direct ancestral line.

Generation 3 consists of 11 children born to two different families with the van der Sloot name. Antonius had four daughters and six sons, and Lambertus had one daughter. These third-generation ancestors are well known, and many materials have been collected regarding them. These materials have been used in this publication in an attempt to illustrate the lives of these people.

Pictures were acquired of all individuals of this generation who married. It was a challenge to find a picture of Johannes van der Sloot, married to Martina van Weert, because he was known to dislike being photographed. Fortunately, he was recognized by family members of Generation 5 in the picture of the double anniversary of the Heesters of Haaren. In addition, Johannes was also pictured in the Petronella van der Heijden family photograph. (This photo presumably was taken at the time her son Peter van der Sloot was soon to depart to America.) Unfortunately, no photo material was available for Antonius’ children who died at very young ages. These children are Petronella (Document 16), and Wilhelmus (Document 23).

Personal Document: Petronella van der Sloot

A member of the Voets family wrote a very detailed biography describing the housing and lifestyles, as well as the personalities of Petronella van der Sloot, Johannes Voets, their children, and their children’s partners.

Meeting and Marriage

Johannes “Hannes” Voets grew up in St. Michielsgestel. He was known as a nice and friendly young man, of whom no one thought evil. Having no desire whatever to take over the farm of his father, he chose instead to be an emergency and contractual butcher– in which he became quite skilled.

One day he was hired to slaughter an animal at the home of Antonius van der Sloot in the hamlet Gemonde. The redheaded Nelleke, a very pretty daughter of Antonius, watched the bloody occasion with big eyes. The young and bold Hannes, who was very busy, turned out to have plenty of time to show the curious Nelleke the ropes of the animal’s steaming intestines. And, you guessed it; it was love at first sight. If this had not been the case, the story would have ended there, but as it turned out, the 30-year-old Johannes married Petronella van der Sloot who was eight years younger. It did not take long for the business-minded Nelleke, who had become known as “Nel” by now, to understand that the income of a contractual butcher was not plentiful. The decision was made to start a combined butchery/drugstore in the Nieuwstraat (New Street) in Boxtel. This street was not a prime location, for it was in a neighborhood where customers were often delinquent in their payments. The separation between the Rechterstraat (Judge Street–a prime shopping location) and the Nieuwstraat was formed by the Meuleken Bridge over a Binnendommeltje. Binnendommeltjes (literally translated meaning “Inside Dommels”) are waterways that flow from the river Dommel, and then return to it. Boxtel has a large number of these Binnendommeltjes. Some large and expensive buildings were located at the beginning of the Nieuwstraat, and a few hundred meters away was the good- sized store and home of Hannes and Nel. However, their store was positioned between some shabby houses of which a tall man with out-stretched arm could stir the gutter. Across the street from their store were some inhabited huts which years before had been declared unfit for living by the City Council.

Description of the Interior

Let us start with the covered pathway entrance on the right-hand side, which was used rarely by family and friends because:

1. It wasn’t the shortest route into the home, and

2. It passed by the open outhouse at the back of the home, which was somewhat awkward for the passerby and even more so for the person who happened to be seated there.

The neighbors had the right to use the pathway also, but never passed the outhouse of the Voets family. In these good old days, people gave one another their space, especially at this place.

As we enter the store, it is as if Opoe (Grandma Nelleke) is still there behind the counter. At that time, Opoe weighed the groats that came from the bins behind her with copper weights, and sold sausages and cheese by the piece for lack of good cutting utensils. She ground the coffee in a cast iron bowl with flywheels on both sides. At the end of the counter was a big hemispherical coffee drum from Kanis en Gunnink that one could not sit on because of the lid’s obtuse slope. From the store, we enter the formal living room, which smelled stuffy and was usually dark due to the drawn curtains. No family member was allowed in this room except when important company like the pastor, doctor, or a distant uncle visited. Let us not forget that on Sundays and holidays the church book was retrieved in this room for mass. Strangely enough, from this formal living room one could enter the butchery. Let us leave this somber room for what it was. On the right side of the store was the bedroom. In this room was an alcove (cupboard-bed), the domain of the elderly couple. In this enclosed space one could really share passed gas, for with the doors shut the smell did not fade. The bedroom was not entirely devoid of hygiene provisions, witnessed by the pitcher and round washbasin on a low armoire with mirror. However, they were more for decoration than use, for the whole family washed at the pump in the kitchen– simple and no mess.

Arriving in the kitchen, we enter the center of the home. This is where they cooked, ate, and spent the evening—in short, this was the family room. From the kitchen Opoe (Grandma Nelleke) could go up the stairs to the large attic, enter the store to assist customers, enter the butchery, go outside, go to the up-room via a trapdoor, or with the trapdoor in the upright position (tipped up) enter the cellar. In the kitchen were the water pump, as was before mentioned, and a large fireplace that provided heat as well as smoke for the bacon and hams, which hung at the top. There is little to say about the butchery, if for no other reason than because the butchering itself was more interesting than the furniture. The exception being the brine tubs which were necessary to preserve the freshly butchered meat for a time. Most butchers at this time received their meat from the Municipal Slaughterhouse, but not Hannes, he slaughtered his own purchased cattle. This process required a lot of wash and rinse water, which explained the presence of the rain tub in the back, for this tub caught all the rainwater from the large roof.

In the year 1899, the village of Boxtel acquired an electric station. However, 30 years later the Nieuwstraat still was not connected to it, instead these people used petroleum lamps and later gas lamps. For lack of a sewer system, the outhouse was situated on a cesspool; the wash water used for slaughtering, along with the dishwater from the kitchen, ran via a pipe under the pavement to the cesspool in the yard. Thinking, pondering, or in other words philosophizing, one could conclude that humankind manages well in this world, because when one no longer needed the waste-matter from the cesspool to dress the ground (because fertilizer had been developed) the sewer system was quickly invented to take it away. Johannes Voets and Petronella van der Sloot gave these issues no thought. They quickly felt at home in their house, in which Nel was boss, except in the butchery, which was the domain of Hannes. The only disagreement was the name to be on the front window of the store. Petronella was charmed by words such as “Vleeschhouwerij” (Meat Merchant) or “Beenhouwerij” (Bone Merchant)–fancy names she had noticed on signs in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The simple Hannes did not think this was necessary, and if the store did need to be named, he would prefer just “Slachterij” (Slaughterhouse); that portrayed his true occupation. Wise Hannes realized this dispute with the female sex could not be won. [The window displayed “Vleeshouwerij.”] Despite the burden of responsibilities for the store and butchery, Nel and Hannes found plenty of time to produce offspring. At regular intervals Marinus, Antoon, Mien, Piet, Anna, and Lies beheld the light of life in that order.

Their Children

Marinus, the eldest son of Hannes and Nel, was a baker’s apprentice. He was strong enough to carry three bags of flour up the stairs at one time. To the regret of the entire family, Marinus died of tuberculosis at age 20. He contracted the disease by sleeping next to the baker’s assistant who suffered from open (infectious) TB.

The second son, Antoon, did much better initially. He entered the education system, as every child in this time period was required to do. However, to the delight and honor of the family, he acquired the position of teacher, and was a very good one at that. An even greater honor was that he was appointed Inspector of Elementary Education in Dutch-Indonesia. He departed with his family by boat to Batavia, which at that time was the name of the capital on the island of Java. [Currently this city is known as Jakarta.] Like every successful Indonesian-traveler, Antoon sent a picture to his mother Nel in which he, his spouse Jacqueline, and their five children, showed off very white clothing, surrounded by Indian servants, in front of their palace-like villa. Naturally, this picture adorned the cabinet in the formal living room. Antoon would sit in this formal living room when he was in the Netherlands for business. We, as boys, were then allowed to enter this–to us prohibited–room to shake hands with the educated man and report our school progress. The first-born of Uncle Antoon and Aunt Jacqueline was a girl, which was always known as Zus (Sis), but in fact was named Mia. This Mia married a Flemish man, and together they went into education. In the mean time, in 1935, Uncle Antoon died at age 50 of pneumonia, eight days after the passing of his mother. Penicillin, which fights this illness, was still unknown at that time. His wife, Jacqueline, was not spared grief and sorrow. Two months after the passing of her husband Antoon, her 21- year-old son Anton perished in one of the mines in Limburg during his internship for his engineering studies. A few years later, she also lost her second son, Joop. He passed away in Germany under unexplainable circumstances during World War II. On top of all this, her youngest daughter Jeanne lost her young husband, a pilot, in a tragic accident. Aunt Jacqueline’s two daughters Maria and Willemien did relatively well, however. Aunt Jacqueline, a soft and very refined lady, reached a blessed, very old age in spite of the many sorrows she had to endure. She always assisted her less-fortunate family members financially with educational materials and school fees.

Finally, the daughter, which Nelleke had longed for so much, arrived. She was not baptized with the name of her mother or grandmother, as was customary, but received the name Wilhelmina, probably because of affection toward the royal family. Wilhelmina met a certain Toon van der Heijden, whose last name has no connection to her grandmother Petronella van der Heijden. Toon, a son of well- to-do parents, ran a successful construction business and hardware store. As one of the few notables in the village of Boxtel, he owned an automobile from America manufactured by Henry Ford. In addition, Toon served as a City Counselor. However, the council meetings consisted of more arguing than counseling under the management of a weak mayor. The mayor had trouble preserving order between the members of the R.K. Staatspartij (Roman Catholic State Party), the S.D.A.P., and the Communists. The pamphlets distributed in Boxtel during this time clearly depicted that the normal procedures at the meetings were not conducive to decent rule.

Living prosperously in a villa was the perfect fit for the somewhat striped views of Wilhelmina. She, who did not come across as the sweetest person, was honest and straightforward. With seven children, she had the largest family. Toon van der Heijden did so well financially, that he was able to do away with his construction business, and purchase the costly mansion, “Villa Catharina,” in which he established a café/restaurant.

The children of Toon and Wilhelmina “Mien” were involved with a wide variety of activities.

The eldest son, Egie, sold diverse varieties of soda water for a company named “the Quick Leap.” He and his wife Jo Bedaux lived on Wilhelmina Street. Annie married Jan Pennings, who started out working for the Moorland

Reclamation Society. Later he became a Representative, exchanging one product for another. He eventually ran a hotel in “Villa Catharina.”

Jan met his wife in the village of Maarheeze, and through self-study, reached the position of head-official for the city of Eindhoven.

Pieter, as a steward, departed aboard a ship to warmer climates.

Wiet, who frequently fixed his go-cart as a child, ended up as an automobile mechanic.

Tonny, the second daughter, did not pursue a position, but helped her mother in the house and kitchen.

Finally, Anton was clearly the latecomer.

The fourth child born to Johannes and Petronella Voets was a boy, which they named Piet. Piet became a loyal assistant in his father’s butchery. He later made butchering his own trade. Piet met Rika Rossou, fell in love, and married her. They had one child, a daughter: Nellie–named after the mother of Piet. After the death of Johannes on 11 December 1926, Nellie found it unnecessary to run the butchery in addition to the store, so Uncle Piet became a contractual butcher.

Piet enjoyed being independent and took over a butchery on Wilhelmina Street. However, selling meat supplied by the slaughterhouse dimmed his work-drive for butchering. Therefore, Piet, his Rika (preferably called Pauwke), and his daughter Nellie, departed to a farm with tavern. The home–which carried the suitable name ‘t Schipke (the Little Ship)–was situated by the river de Dommel on the Bosscheweg (Bosch Way), only a stone’s throw away from the earlier mentioned “Villa Catharina.” Besides the emergency slaughters Piet was hired to do for the slaughter-house, he farmed the fertile ground next to the river de Dommel. He cultivated with the cesspool’s contents–the healthy waste-matter left behind by visitors of the tavern. In addition, he kept some animals: a pig, a cow, and some chickens. Pauwke milked the cow. The tavern was not a large source of income however, for it was frequented mostly by members of the billiard club–established by Piet–and even then, the club members met only two days a week. Besides, Pauwke was in the habit of feeding these billiard friends a hefty meal. The men would partake of this meal, two at a time, in the tiny kitchen. They all remained active club members. Considering all their hard work, the members of this small family lived a pleasant Burgundy life.

On 24 November 1892, Anna Johanna arrived in this world. Like her elder sister Mien, Anna attended Elementary School at Duinendaal with the Sisters of Love. She completed her studies with the highest attainable grade–a 10–for math, singing, and writing. Considering her good grades and cute face, the logical thing then was to put Anna “Anneke” in charge of working directly with the butchery’s customers–especially since it was now apparent that Mien had no interest in it. Anneke took orders and delivered meat. As a skilled butcher, Hannes was not dependent upon the store’s poor neighborhood; he had a sizeable clientele. Therefore, Anneke had a large area to cover by bicycle. At the end of the First World War, the Netherlands was mobilized. A regiment of Hussars was stationed in Boxtel, and housed by the residents there. The captain of this regiment, and his orderly, Louis Meister, were housed at the home of Johannes Voets and Petronella van der Sloot. It was not long before Louis took a liking to Anneke, but some obstacles were present. Louis, as a non-practicing protestant, and Anneke, as a Roman Catholic, did not mix. Hannes and Nel had the iron rule of “two faiths on one pillow, the devil will sleep in the middle.” Louis converted and with that, this problem was solved. However, as small-town people from Brabant, Hannes and Nel were somewhat leery of people from large, distant cities. This is why Johannes and Nel decided to visit the big city to see what kind of meat their daughter Anna had hooked. Hannes with a new cap, and Nel with a new hat, set out on the steam train to Amsterdam in their Sunday best. As a result of this visit, all reservations were resolved. Now nothing stood in the way of a wedding, which took place 21 February 1921. Louis went to work in the hardware store of his brother-in-law Toon van der Heijden. He and Anna lived in a small house/shop on Station Street next to the villa of Toon and Mien. In the shop Louis and Anna sold tobacco products, refined bonbons, and provisions. In the small backyard, Louis built a dovecot above the storage place. In his free time, he kept busy caring for his doves. After working 121/2 years for Toon van der Heijden, Louis was given a surprise anniversary gift of canaries in a cage. He was given an unexpected discharge shortly thereafter. The coming recession was the cause of Toon’s decision to liquidate his business, as had many other business owners. Toon then bought “Villa Catharina.”

For the Louis Meister family, this unemployment meant meals with canned meat and watery margarine from Belgium, provided by the government. Fortunately, Louis quickly found a job with a contractor from Alphen in Drunen.

Louis and Anna Johanna had seven children (Wiet, Hans, Pieter, Antoon, Miep, Marinus), of which the eldest, Wiet, wrote this nice life history, for which we are very grateful. He has since passed away. The Meister family lived at Wilhelminastraat number 14, even after World War II. Around the corner, in the same connected row of town homes lived Frans Voets with his wife Anna van der Plas and their children. From the bedroom at the rear of the Meister home, Hans and Pieter had a good view of the dressing and undressing of the Voets sisters, Annie and Cisca. This may have been the reason Hans and Pieter proposed to these girls. Hans worked most of his life in a middle-management position at N.V. Grasso in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. However, Pieter worked at Philips in Eindhoven, and was knighted to the order of Oranje Nassau, on his 40th employment anniversary. His job responsibilities consisted mostly of visiting iron foundries in North Limburg. With four sons ( Wiebe, Erik, Stephan, and Erwin) Hans Meister and Annie Voets made up the largest family, while Pieter and Cis made up the smallest with one son(Ludij). Antoon married Gert de Koning, and like his brothers, kept his marriage intact. They had two sons and a daughter (Louis, Paul, and Miriam.) Miep was not as fortunate as her brothers, for her husband Mathieu Notten, at the young age of 38, passed away in 1967 due to a very serious disease. He left her with two sons (Marc-Peter and Werner). Miep later remarried Janus de Groot, a cigar maker in Boxtel. Janus, whose first wife also had passed away at a young age, was originally from West Brabant. After World War II, Louis Meister worked at an awning business located on Verver Street in Den Bosch. When his employer passed away, Louis took over the business from the widow. Louis’ youngest son, Marinus, was also employed in this business. The good reputation of Louis Meister guaranteed a high demand in Den Bosch and the surrounding area for these excellent sunshades on stores, offices, monasteries, and hospitals. He bought ground in the industrial area in ‘s- Hertogenbosch, where he had a manufacturing facility with much storage room constructed after the design of his eldest son. Louis did not enjoy his new business for long, for he passed away. He died somewhat satisfied knowing his business would be in good hand with his sons, Marinus and Antoon; and that his wife, Anna, would enjoy a good livelihood from the receipt of income and profits from the successful business as stipulated in his will. Reasonably so, Marinus (Ros) and his wife, Lies van den Aker, were not completely in favor of the financial arrangement for Mother Anna, for with Anna’s business income and her A.O.W. (government retirement payments) she began living a life of ease.

The family of Marinus, his wife Lies, and their children Robbie, Marianne, and Hans-Jurgen, also adopted the well-to-do lifestyle. Unfortunately, the family began living beyond their means. Bad came to worse, and finally they declared bankruptcy and divorced. Marinus died of a heart attack on 26 August 1994. A year later, after a long sickbed, his sister Miep also passed away.

After this discussion of the vicissitudes of Anna’s family, we continue now with the life history of the youngest daughter of Johannes Voets and Petronella van der Sloot, namely Elizabeth. (Also known as Lisa, but mostly Lies.) Lies became infatuated with a former apprentice of her father, the bacon-butcher Jantje Beks. She had a difficult time getting together with him, let alone starting a relationship. However, she later met Christiaan de Mol, who was described by the author of this story as a cunning man with a high-Dutch accent. Lies tried to imitate this accent but it came out more as an obnoxious too-good-for-you sound. They started a relationship, got married, and from that point on her Christiaan went by Frits. They had a daughter whom they named Christa. The long-awaited son later joined them: Clement (Clementis), named after a Saint revered by Lies. Frits (Christiaan) started a taxi company on the Kasteellaan (Castle Lane), which location he outgrew very quickly. He and Lies moved into a large garage with upstairs living quarters on Stationsstraat (Stations Street). Subsequently he purchased a bus with which he provided transportation services along the poorly covered route between Boxtel andDen Bosch. Naturally, he did not go by way of places such as Esch and Vught, which were located on the railroad, but by way of places such as Liempde, Gemonde, and St. Michielsgestel, which were without public transportation. Frits bought a second bus, with which he purchased the devotion of many an older lady by transporting them to the place of pilgrimage Wittem en Keuelaer. Frits de Mol later associated with Pelican Bus Transportation from Tilburg, which fusion was maintained by his son Clemens (Clementis). Lies passed away at the blessed age of 92 with which this story of the Voets Family ends.

(Also, see the chapter “van der Sloot–Female Descendants”)

IN
MEMORY

Pray for the Soul of Deceased

Petronella van der Sloot

Member of the procession Boxtel-Kevelaer
of the Brotherhood of the H. Blood,
of the H. Bernardus of Ulecoten and member
of the Elisabeth Association.
Born in Gemonde on 21 March 1861 and
passed away in Boxtel 9 April 1935,
provided with the H.H. Sacraments of the
dying.
Widow of
Johannes Voets

Blessed are they who die in the Lord.

Apoc 14

She did which was good and right,

God fearing with her entire heart.

2 Pad. 11, 31

The sweetest consolation that a woman can take to her grave is to be aware that one was an irreproachable spouse and a caring mother.

H. Franc van Sales

Holy Father, keep the children which Thou gavest me in thy name. I do not ask that Thou takest them out of this world, but that Thou keepest them away from evil.

Joes. 17

Dear children, this change is by the hand of the Most High. Thou mayest be sad now, but I hope to see thee once again, and then thy heart shall rejoice, and no one shall take away thy joy.

Ps 14 – Joes 26

Pray all for me. Esther 4

My Jesus, have Mercy (300 days
indulgence.)

May she rest in peace. Amen.

Pray for the Soul of Deceased

JOHANNES VOETS

Prefect for the H. Family, member of the procession
Boxtel-Kevelaer and of the Brotherhood of the
H. Blood.
Born in St. Michiels Gestel the 25 December 1851
and passed away in Boxtel the 11 December 1926
provided with the last H.H. Sacraments.
Husband of
PETRONELLA VAN DER SLOOT.

His strength diminished and he died at a ripe old age.

Gen 25:8

The law of God was deep in his heart.

Ps 36

He had a very good name., for he feared God, and no one ever said anything bad about him.

Judith 8:8 He has fought a good fight, he has finished his course, he has kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for him a crown of righteousness.

II Tim 4:7, 8 Dear wife, children, and grandchildren, be not

distressed like those who have no hope, but strive together with me in your prayers to God for me.

I Thess 4:12 Rom 15:30

Those things which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do that, and the God of peace shall be with you.

Phil 4:9

Farewell! Soon we shall see one another again.

H. Ant.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph
(7 years and 7 times 40 days again)
May he rest in peace. Amen

IN
MEMORY

With this we accomplish the sad duty to give you notice of the passing of our profoundly beloved Mother, Mother-in-law, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother

PETRONELLA VOETS,
MAIDEN NAME VAN DER SLOOT.
WIDOW OF JOHANNES VOETS.

At the blessed age of 74 years, after a painful but patient suffering, provided with the H.H. Sacraments of the dying.
Convinced of your participation in this for us such a painful loss,we commend the soul of the beloved deceased in Thy devout prayers. Den Haag: Ant. Voets.

Jac. Voets-Verhagen and children.
Boxtel: Wilha. van der Heijden-Voets.Ant.
J van der Heijden

Children and Grandchildren.
Piet Voets.
Paula Voets-Rossou and Child.
Anna Meister-Voets.
Louis Meister and Children.
Liza de Mol-Voets.Crist de Mol and Children.

BOXTEL, 9 April 1935.

The formal funeral, to which we politely invite you, shall take place on Friday 12 April at 9:30 a.m. at the parish of the H. Petrus in Boxtel.

With this we accomplish the sad duty to give you notice of the passing of our profoundly beloved Husband, Father, Father-in-law, and Grandfather

JOHANNES VOETS,

at the blessed age of 76 years, after a painful but patient suffering, provided with H.H. Sacraments of the dying.

Convinced of your participation in this for us such a painful loss, we commend the Soul of the beloved deceased in Thy devout prayers. Boxtel: Widow Joh. Voets-van der Sloot.

Batavia (Dutch Indonesia):

Ant. Voets.

Jac. Voets-Verhagen and Children.

Boxtel:
Wilha. van der Heijden-Voets.
Ant. J. van der Heijden and Children.
Piet Voets.
Paula Voets-Rossou and Children.
Anna Meister-Voets.
Louis Meister and Children.
Liza de Mol-Voets.Crist de Mol.

BOXTEL, 10 December 1926.

The formal funeral to which we politely invite you, shall take place on Tuesday 14 December at 9:30 a.m. at the parish of the H. Petrus in Boxtel.

Personal Document: Cornelis van der Sloot

According to the Boxtel Register 1901-1913 on Folio 213, the Cornelis (Kees) van der Sloot family originally was registered at the address of Gemonde C-31. The birth certificate filed at the Registration Office in Boxtel shows that Cornelis was registered with the surname “van der Schoot”. It was not until 3 May 1893 (at age 31) that his name was properly restored to “van der Sloot” at the county court office in ‘s- Hertogenbosch in the “Name of the Queen.”

This section about the Cornelis van der Sloot family includes the following: a family portrait, birth certificate, request regarding his name change, land registry ledgers, photo of Cornelis as a merchant, a photo and short profile about the trading organization with which Cornelis was associated, and a prayer card.

Family Photograph Cornelis van der Sloot

Standing from left to right: Anna Maria, Petrus, Paulus, Antonius Seated: Cornelis, Petronella van der Hei den, Johanna Bevers

Birth Certificate of Cornelis recorded with the “van der Schoot” name

Merchant/Grocer Kees van der Sloot in front of the Armhoeve in Lennisheuvel, (the house of his brother Antonius), at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Request for the name-change of Cornelis van der Sloot

Note: The first words read, “In naam der Koningin…” meaning “In the name of the Queen…”

Request for the name-change Continued

Land Registry Ledger Cornelis van der Sloot, Merchant, Boxtel Article 4090

Land Registry Ledger Cornelis van der Sloot, Merchant, Boxtel Article 5226

The Boxtel Weekly Market around 1910

Trading Association

The merchant/grocer profession in and around Boxtel was like the bartering that existed in days of old. These merchant/grocers would exchange provisions with farmers for poultry, eggs, etc., which they then in turn sold in Boxtel or at the market in Den Bosch. In the middle of the 19th century, Boxtel held a weekly market and two annual markets. At the weekly market (which initially took place on Thursdays, but later changed to Fridays), trade consisted mostly of grains and vegetables for the local townspeople. In 1881, a vegetable market was added on Tuesdays. At the end of the 19th century, these markets also featured dry goods, hardware, and earthenware. The Tuesday market later was cancelled for lack of attendance.

In the second half of the 19th century, stores began doing well. These stores increased in number and competition became fierce. Bakers and butchers’ businesses did well for the most part. In the 80′s and thereafter, storeowners experienced much competition from vendors and hawkers–who offered their goods for sale door-to-door. At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of specialty stores increased.

The most widely represented was the grocery store. Also found at this time were individual stores for clothing, shoes, furniture, bicycles/motorcycles, cigars, jewelry, weapons, antiques, and arts.

Pray for the soul of deceased

Cornelis van der Sloot,

Member of the Brotherhood of the H. Blood,
of the Propagation of the Faith,
born in Boxtel 20 March 1862, and passed away at
that place 25 February 1934, provided with the last of
the H.H. Sacraments.
Widower of

Johanna Maria Bevers.

With him who fears the Lord it shall be well to the utmost; in the dying hour he shall be blessed.

Eccl. I.

Lord, do with me according to Thy Will and command that my soul may be admitted in peace, for it is more expedient to die than to live.

Tob. III

Dear children, watch, for no one knows the hour when the Lord shall come. Forget not my desires, and remember the care I took of you and disappoint not the troubles that I have derived comfort from to make you diligent in the service of God. Love one another constantly and pray for me.

H. Script.

My Jesus have mercy
(300 days indulgence)
H. Heart of Jesus I trust in Thee
(300 days indulgence)
That he rest in peace. Amen.

W. Grillis, sexton St. Petrus, Boxtel