Laurina ('Lien') Maria Klerks was born in Drunen on 16 June 1904, a daughter of Leonardus Klerks and Francijna Ballier, and grew up in the large family in Elshout. In 1929 she married, in Drunen, Marinus Johannes Pulles, a farmer from Oudheusden; together they had several children — one little boy died as early as 1936 — and later grandchildren. After Marinus died in 1969 she was left a widow. Her memorial card remembers her as a deeply religious and caring woman with a strong devotion to Mary — 'the Wondrous Mother of Elshout' — who, despite a long and painful illness, kept caring for others. She died in 's-Hertogenbosch on 1 May 1974 and was buried in the cemetery of Elshout on 4 May 1974.
Life events
- Generation
- 10
- Name variants
- Laurina Maria, Pulles-Klerks
Notes
Leo's genealogy (source S1) mistakenly recorded a death in infancy for Laurina on 11 April 1905. That death in fact concerns her young-deceased sister Gijsberdina Maria (P0160), who died on 11 April 1907 at eleven months old. Laurina herself reached adulthood and married in 1929 (see life story).
Parents
Family with Marinus Johannes Pulles
Marriage: 21 mei 1929 te Drunen
Children (3)
Family page: G0047
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.