Catharina Coster1,2

F, #8056, ° 1710, +. bet 1787 - 1795
FatherGerrit Coster3,2,4 ° Dec 1673, +. 20 Jan 1760
MotherStijntjen ten Cathe3 ° s 1689, +. a 1751
  • Other names or spelling variations:
  • Catharina Koster (in her parents' will.)3
  • Katrijnne Kosters Gerritsd bij het raathuis (at baptism.)4
  • Proven or possible relations:
  • Jan Coster was the nephew of Catharina Coster.1
  • Elisabeth ten Cate was the niece of Catharina Coster.1
  • Catharina Coster was a sister of Aleida Coster, because the widow of Jan Harmen Coster is a sister of Catharina.5
  • Catharina Coster was a sister of Anna Kosters, because the wife of Lambert ten Cate is a sister of Catharina.1
  • Catharina Coster was a sister of Gerrit Coster Gerritszoon, because Gerrit is mentioned in Catharina's will.1
     Catharina Coster was born in 1710.6 She died bet 1787 - 1795, because she makes a will in 1787, and that is probated in 1795.7

More Information:
She was baptized (Doopsgez.) on 2 Oct 1729 in Almelo by Ds. J. Mol.4,8
Catharina Coster made a will on 4 Jul 1787. She names as sole heir the children of her brothers and sisters, which are living at the time of her death, and the children of her nephew Jan Coster Hzn and her niece Elisabeth ten Cate, wife of Jan Coster Hzn. She names her brother-in-law Lambert ten Cate as administrator of her estate to pay out the inheritance at the child's 25th birthday or weddingday, but until that time the income shall go to their resp. parents. The inheritance shall be split in as many parts as there are children, with the understanding that the children of her nephew Jan Coster Hzn and his wife Elisabeth ten Cate will be counted double. She leaves her brother Gerrit Coster Gzn and her sisters the widow of Jan Harmen Coster and the wife of Lambert ten Cate all her furniture and clothes, plus each ƒ400.-. She leaves to Geertruid Post (maybe Geertruid Post), who presently lives with her as a maid, as thanks for her faithful service 400 car. gld, and to the Mennonite Parish 300 car. gld.5 Catharina Coster's estate was probated in 1795. In Catharina Coster's house Gerrit Coster Gzn, Gerrit Coster Joh.zn, Lambert ten Cate, J. R. van Lennep, Harmannus Coster, Hendrik Coster, Jan Coster and Elisabeth ten Cate present the will of Catharina Coster for probate.1 She was mentioned in the will of Gerrit Coster and Stijntjen ten Cathe on 17 Jun 1739.3

Census records:
1748 Stad Almelo census: Household of Gerrit Coster (1st quarter.)6

Source(s)

  1. [S23] SA, Inv. #2622, Fol. 18v. Probate, 1795. Fol. 9-12v. Testament Catharina Coster, 4 Jul 1787.
  2. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 1 (image 78b), #7. Gerrit Coster Senior.
  3. [S23] SA, Inv. #2619, Fol. 373-376. Testament van Gerrit Koster en Stientjen ten Cate, 17 Jun 1739.
  4. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 1, pg 13 (image 12b), #3. Katrijnne Kosters Gerritsd bij het raathuis, 2 Oct 1729.
  5. [S23] SA, Inv. #2622, Fol. 19-120. Testament Catharina Coster, 4 Jul 1787; Fol. 18v. Probate, 1795.
  6. [S24] Volkstelling Twente, Stad en Landgericht Almelo, 1748. pg. 8v, #19.
  7. [S23] SA, Inv. #2622, Fol. 19-20. Testament Catharina Coster, 4 Jul 1787; Fol. 18v. Probate, 1795.
  8. [S18] Baptist, Almelo, Baptisms, Marriages, Church Members : Bk 2 (1754), pg 12 (image 89b), #2. Catharina Coster Gerritsd J.