Everhardus (also known as Geradus) was the second son of Antonius Roosen and Geurtje van der Heijden and was born in Harderwijk at his parents' house at the Vischmarkt 647^[1]. 


From Everhardus birth certificate

He was baptised at the St Catharina Chapel on the same day^[21].


Everhardus' baptism entry

The 1840 Census of Harderwijk^[5] also showed him living there with his parents and two siblings and he certainly lived with his parents at Vischmarkt 653 which his father purchased in 1845^[17].  In the inhabitants registers of 1850-1855, heis recorded living at the Vischmarkt house^[27].

Vischmarkt 14. This is most likely to be

Some time before his marriage, he met Geertruida Antonia Elizabeth Formanoij.  Geertruida was the daughter of his aunt, Maria Sebilla Roosen, who some years earlier had gone to live in Amsterdam and was married there.  Geertruida was her first child with Antonius Formanoij and she was born in Amsterdam.  Aged just 21 years, unmarried and without a job, Geertruida gave birth to her first child, Geertruida Antonia Maria, on 20 November 1856 in Harderwijk[4].  Maria Sebilla, her husband Antonius Formanoij and Geertruida must have moved back from Amsterdam sometime just before this since Everhardus/Geertruida's marriage certificate states that she born in Amsterdam and lived in Harderwijk for less than one year[2].

Geertruida Antonia Elizabeth Formanoij extract of birth

The child is first named Formanoij but on the day Everhardus married Geertruida (14 January 1857), he declared that he was the father of the child^[2,4] and she used the Roosen name henceforth.

Everhardus and Geertruida were, in fact, first cousins. Everhardus' father and Geertruida's mother were brother and sister.  This chart shows how.

Everhardus' marriage certificate states that he was working as a Carpenter (Timmerman) in Harderwijk. He was discharged from military service on 27 December 1856 having been earlier balloted in. Their marriage certificate includes 4 addenda:-

In 1863, they were again living in the Luttekepoortstraat (and they remained there for at least the next 14 years^{[9,10,11,12,13,14,24]}) but moved between various houses for example no. 91 during 1862-1870^[24] and no. 6 during 1870-1880^[25].

His name appears in the Address List of Harderwijk of 1908, G (Everhardus) E Roosen, Carpenter, living at the Luttekepoortstraat 146^[16].  Everhardus and his family also appear in the list of inhabitants of Harderwijk for the period 1885 to 1918^[15].  This record also shows the family living at the Luttekepoorstraat.

For a period around 1902-1910, Everhardus and Geertruida lived in Amsterdam at Elandsgracht 109^[28].  In November 1910, it is recorded that Everhardus left this house. But Geertruida stayed on until October 1919.

It is possible that Everhardus' health declined and he left Amsterdam to return to Harderwijk where he entered the Piusgesticht (an old person's home operated by the Roman Catholic church) in Harderwijk.  

The records of the Piusgesticht show he moved there in 1910 and that his monthly accommodation cost was met by the Catholic Church Ambestuur - a type of church charity organisation^[22].  The accommodation cost was 1 guilder per day in 1910 but had increased to 1.60 guilders in 1911.

Everhardus died on 27 December 1925 aged 91 years at the Piusgesticht in the Rabbistraat.  He was buried on 31 December in the Harderwijk Cemetery in grave 4D no 469.

Reference 15 also states that Geertruida left Harderwijk for Amsterdam in July 1899 to live at the Korte Koningsdwarsstraat 7.  She and Everhardus may have lived there for a time before moving to Elandsgracht 100 around 1902.

Ref 28 records that she left Elandsgracht 101 in October 1919 to live with her daughter Theodora Petronella and her husband Antonie Meijer.  Ref 29 records her (but not Everhardus) living with the Meijer family.  There are many addresses listed including Korte Koningsdwarsstraat 7.  Around 1908, they may have lived at Korte Koningstraat 18 (ground floor).

Did she leave Everhardus permanently or did she later return?  Perhaps she died in Amsterdam?