Part H
Petrus Adrianus Ketelaars and his descendants


Petrus Adrianus Ketelaars
Petrus Adrianus Ketelaers. In our original research Petrus was not included. From his death notice however it is clear that he indeed was a son of Adrianus Peters Ketelaers (VI.4) and Wilhelmina Egidii Hoppenaers, and because he is named for his paternal grandfather, he is probably the firstborn male. On his death notice he is called Pierre Ketelaars, son of Adrien Ketelaars and Willemine Delissen and husband of Anne van Erp. Delissen and Dielis are common variations of Egidius. The document therefore provides proof that Pierre is indeed the son of Adrianus Petersz Ketelaars and Wilhelmina Egidius Hoppenaers. He was born about 1760 and died in Erp on 28 Mar 1813. He married (1) Anna Maria Matthei Smits with whom he had three children. He married (2) Anna Maria van Erp, daughter of Johannes van Erp and Johanna van de Laar and had three more children. His second wife died on 30 Nov 1847.
  1. Wilhelmina Ketelaars was born in Erp abt 1789, the daughter of Petrus Ketelaars and Anna Smits. She died in Uden on 15 Jul 1855. She married Albertus Franciscus van der Wijst, son of Francis van der Wijst and Jacomijn van Lieshout. Albertus died in Uden on 14 Mar 1862. Twelve children are known
    1. Adriaan van der Wijst was born in Uden on 18 Sep 1812 and died there on 4 Oct 1812.
    2. Peter van der Wijst was born in Erp on 10 Mar 1814
    3. Elisabeth van der Wijst was born in Erp on 26 Jan 1818. She married Johannes van Berlo in Erp on 27 Apr 1844. He was born in Erp on 25 Sep 1816, the son of Luijcas van Berlo and Anna Maria van Santvoort.
    4. Johanna Maria van der Wijst was born in Erp on 30 Apr 1820 and died in Uden on 28 Nov 1890. She married Johannes van den Heuvel in Uden on 13 May 1849. He was born in Uden on 23 Aug 1820, the son of Johannes van den Heuvel and Anna Maria van Zeland.
    5. Theodora van der Wijst was born in Erp on 15 Dec 1821 and died in Uden on 25 Feb 1891. She married Adrianus van Haandel in Uden on 5 May 1855. He was born in Boekel on 16 Mar 1825, the son of Joannes van Haandel and Joanna Janssen.
    6. Arnolda van der Wijst was born in Erp on 11 Feb 1825 and died in Uden on 2 Dec 1860. She married Johannes Theodorus van der Rijt in Uden on 29 Jan 1953. He was born in Uden on 23 Nov 1830, the son of Joannes van der Rijt and Henrica Spierings.
    1. Adrianus van der Wijst was born in Erp on 29 Apr 1826 and died in Uden on 14 Feb 1834.
    2. Johannes van der Wijst was born in Erp on 13 Apr 1829 and died there on 13 Dec 1829
    3. Francisca van der Wijst was born in Erp on 16 Mar 1831
    4. Johannes van der Wijst was born in Uden on 14 Mar 1833 and died there on 4 Apr 1833.
    5. Anna Maria van der Wijst was born in Uden on 28 Jan 1836 and died in Uden on 28 Apr 1898. She married Hendricus van Duijnhoven in Uden on 16 Jun 1866. He was the son of Petrus van Duijnhoven and Johanna van der Heijden.
    6. Johanna van der Wijst died in Uden on 27 Apr 1891. She remained unmarried.
  1. Mattheus, born in Erp on 12 May, 1793 and died in Erp on 20 May 1860. He married Christina Bouwen in Uden on 11 Mar 1813. She was born there on 14 Jul 1789 and died in Erp on 25 Aug 1856, the daughter of Christiaan Henri Bouwen (Bouw) and Marguerite van den Hurk. They had seven children:
    1. Peter Matheus Ketelaars was born in Uden on 23 Jan 1815 and died in Boekel on 18 Jan 1874. He married Cornelie Laanen in Boekel on 30 Jan 1845. She was born there, the daughter of Jan de Willem Laanen and Johanna Mathijs de Wit. No children were found
    2. Hendrikus Ketelaars was born in Uden on 1 Dec 1817 and died in Erp on 12 May 1819
    3. Anna Maria Ketelaars was born in Erp on 10 Dec 1819.
    4. Martinus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 26 Dec 1821 and died in Erp on 17 Feb 1825
    5. Hendrina Ketelaars was born in Erp on 2 Aug 1824
    6. Hendrikus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 19 Sep 1825 and died in Boekel on 25 Apr 1873. He did not marry
    7. Johanna Ketelaars was born in Erp on 8 Jul 1829
    8. Adriana Ketelaars was born in Erp on 27 Apr 1832 and died there on 15 Jun 1864


  1. Wilhelmus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 25 Apr 1795 and died in Uden on 21 Jan 1869. He married Johanna van Berlo in Erp on 13 May 1826. She was born on 21 Mar 1798 in Erp and died in Uden on 29 Jan 1858, the daughter of Johannes Christjaan van Berlo and Sophia van den Tillaar.
    1. Petrus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 7 Aug 1827 married Margaretha van der Voort in Uden on 10 May 1862. She was born there on 31 Aug 1825 and died in Uden on 6 Dec 1898, daughter of Gerardus van der Voort and Maria Arts.
      1. Johannes Ketelaars was born in Uden and died there on 26 Jun 1865
      2. Maria Ketelaars was born in Uden on 30 Jan 1867
      3. Gerardus Ketelaars was born in Uden and died there on 16 Jan 1869
      4. Johanna Ketelaars was born in Uden and died there on 10 Jun 1863
    2. Sophia Ketelaars was born in Erp on 9 Jun 1829 and died in Uden on 22 Oct 1880. She married Johannes Gerardus Timmers in Uden on 10 May 1862 and died there on 28 Jun 1883. Johannes was born in Uden on 1 Apr 1837, son of Thomas Timmers and Theodora Kemps.
      1. Thomas Adrianus Timmers was born in Uden on 16 Apr 1866 and died there on 15 May 1922. He married Maria Claassen in Uden on 13 May 1892. She was born in Uden on 2 Dec 1868, daughter of Albertus Claassen and Maria Alouisa Spierings.
      2. Adrianus Franciscus Timmers was born in Uden and died there on 30 May 1872
      3. Theodora Maria Timmers was born in Uden and died there on 17 Dec 1886. She was not married.
    3. Anna Maria Ketelaars was born in Erp on 20 Sep 1831 and died in Uden on 10 Nov 1897. She married (1) Henricus van den Elzen in Uden on 1 Feb 1861. He was born in Uden and died there on 29 Spt 1882, the son of Antonius van den Elsen and Joanne Maria Hoefs. She married (2) Antonius Hoevenaars in Uden on 6 Apr 1883. Antonius was born in Uden on 22 Apr 1835.
      1. Johanna van den Elzen was born in Uden on 14 Feb 1862 and died there on 7 Jun 1873
      2. Antonius van den Elzen was born in Uden on 13 Apr 1863 and died there on 11 Aug 1880
      3. Wilhelmus van den Elzen was born in Uden on 6 Mar 1868 and died there on 15 Mar 1869
      4. Wilhelmus van den Elzen was born in Uden on 9 Mar 1870 and died there on 4 Apr 1870.
      5. Lamberdina van den Elzen was born in Uden on 7 Mar 1871 and died there on 4 Sep 1922. She married Johannis van den Akker on 31 Jan 1902. He was born in Nistelrode the son of Francis van den Akker and Anna Maria de Goeij.
    1. Wilhelmus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 3 May 1833 and died there on 9 Jul 1833.
    2. Johannes Ketelaars was born in Erp on 15 Jan 1835 and died there on 24 May 1835
    3. Anna Maria Ketelaars was born in Erp on 23 Jul 1837 and died in Uden on 24 Oct 1900. She married Martinus Sommers in Uden on 6 Feb 1869. Martinus was born in Uden on 23 Jan 1842 and died there on 22 Oct 1913, the son of Johannes Sommers and Petronella van Rosmalen. Again in this family there were two sisters named Anna Maria. One was probably named for her paternal grandmother, Anna Maria Smits and the other for her paternal step grandmother, Anna Maria van Erp.
      1. Rudolph Sommers was born in Uden on 3 May 1871
      2. Wilhelmina Sommers was born in Uden on 25 Apr 1873. She married Marianus Bos in Uden on 21 May 1897. Marianus was born in Uden, son of Joannes Bos and Geertruida Verbossen.
      3. Johanna Sommers was born in Uden on 28 Nov 1874
      4. Johannes Sommers was born in Uden on 24 Oct 1877 and died there on 22 Jun 1878
      5. Johannes Sommers was born in Uden on 5 Sep 1880. He married Johanna de Wild in Uden on 2 Jun 1922. She wasborn in Uden the daughter of Egbertus de Wild and Anna de Wilt.
    4. Johanna Ketelaars was born in Erp on 20 Oct 1838.


  1. Anna Maria Ketelaars was born in Erp and died there on 10 Jul 1835, ten days after giving birth to her son. She married Willem van Santvoort. Willem died in Erp on 29 Jul 1872 and did not remarry.
    1. Gerardus van Santvoort was born in Erp on 20 Jun 1835 and died there on 19 Feb 1836.
  2. Johannes Ketelaars was born in Erp on 3 Jan 1804 and died there on 2 Jun 1879. He married Lamberdina van den Tillaer in Erp on 6 Feb 1836. Lamberdina was born in Erp on 21 Jul 1799, the daughter of Lambert van den Tillaer and Johanna Maria Welte They had two children:
    1. Petrus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 8 Dec 1836 and died there on 17 Jan 1914. He married Maria Goorts in Erp on 7 Feb 1872 and died in Erp on 30 Nov 1895. She was born there on 9 Feb 1838, the daughter of Godefridus Goorts and Maria Kerkhof.
      1. Lamberdina Ketelaars was born in Erp on 18 Dec 1872. She married Bernardus van Genugten in Erp on 27 Aug 1900. He was born in Sint-Oedenrode the son of Adriaan van Genugten and Lamberdina van Eerd.
      2. Maria Ketelaars was born in Erp on 16 Nov 1873 and did in Erp on 19 Feb 1914. She died not marry.
      3. Gerardus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 25 May 1875. He married Lamberdina Delisse in Erp on 3 Jun 1907. She was born in Erp, the daughter of Antonius Delisse and Elisabeth Kerkhof.
    2. Lambertus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 3 Mar 1838 and died there on 19 Mar 1908. He married Leonarda Maria van Lankvelt in Erp on 10 May 1879. She was born in Erp on 12 Feb 1847 and died there on 11 May 1889, the daughter of Gerardus van Lankvelt and Arnoldina Leurs.
      1. Johannes Ketelaars was born in Erp on 17 Dec 1880 and died there on 1 Jul 1902
      2. Geertruij Ketelaars was born in Erp on 28 Apr 1883
      3. Gerardus Ketelaars was born in Erp on 14 Apr 1887. He married Jana Corsten in Boxtel on 11 Jul 1912. Jana was born in Schijndel the daughter of Wilhelmus corsten and Wilhelmina van der Steen
  1. Adrianus Ketelaars was born in Uden and died there on 18 Sep 1865. He married Lamberdina van den Berg, daughter of Petrus van den Berg and Johanna Maria Ansems. She died in Erp on 10 Dec 1876. They had no children.