Francijna Ballier was born on 17 July 1881 in Drunen. On 5 October 1903 she married Leonardus Klerks there. In the nearly twenty years that followed she had twelve children, several of whom died very young — a hard existence that demanded much of her. Around their 25th wedding anniversary she and Leonardus were captured with the family in a large photograph. Francijna died on 25 July 1944 in Drunen, aged 63, a year and a half before her husband.
Life events
- Generation
- 9
- Name variants
- Francyna Ballier
Notes
Daughter of Arnoldus Ballier (P0234) and Laurensia van Loon (P0235); born 17 July 1881 in Drunen. Her memorial card (spelled 'Francyna Ballier') confirms that she died at Drunen on 25 July 1944, having received the last sacraments, and describes her as a faithful, loving wife and mother 'who governed her household in peace and love'. The card also addresses a 'Reverend Daughter' 'in the stillness of your convent': one of her daughters was a nun in 1944. Which daughter that was has not yet been established.
Parents
See family G0054.
Family with Leonardus Klerks
Marriage: 5 oktober 1903 te Drunen
Children (13)
Family page: G011
Photos
Groepsfoto bij het 25-jarig huwelijksfeest van Leonardus Klerks (P0051) en Francijna Ballier (P0056), omstreeks 1927, met hun kinderen.
Volgens het bijschrift op heusdeninbeeld.nl, achterste rij (van links naar rechts): Nol, Diena (later Zuster Laurina), Anna (later Zr. Columba) en Lien. Voorste rij: Jan, Bart, Leonardus Klerks, Francijna Ballier en Siena.
Bron: heusdeninbeeld.nl.
Documents
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bidprentje Francijna Ballier (Drunen) · 1944 · 2 pages
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huwelijksakte Arnoldus Klerks en Cisca van Venrooij (Drunen) · 1945 · 2 pages · also: Arnoldus Josephus Klerks, Cisca van Venrooij, Leonardus Klerks, Jan Klerks