Johannes Cornelis Bakker & Johanna Magdalena Foppen
Johannes Cornelis Bakker was born on 18 August 1851 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland. His parents were milkman Leendert Bakker and his wife, Gerarda van Steen. Leendert died in 1866 when Johannes was 14, and his mother then worked as a milk seller until her remarriage in 1877.
Johanna Magdalena Foppen was born on 18 March 1850 in Maastricht, Limburg. Her parents were a retired Sergeant, working on farms, Johannes Foppen and his wife, Johanna Jansen. Johannes died in 1858 when Johanna was eight, and her mother remarried to shoemaker Martinus Verheugt in 1865. However, Johanna died in 1867 leaving her daughter an orphan aged seventeen.
Johannes and Johanna married in Amsterdam on 25 November 1885. Due to insolvency, they didn't have to pay the marriage fees. They already had two children, and went on to have two more. Johannes worked as a porter and labourer.
Johanna died on 20 May 1907 aged 57; Johannes died on 29 January 1930 aged 78.
Children: Leonardus Gerardus Bakker (1883-1962) Gerarda Johanna Bakker (1885-1972) Johanna Maria Bakker (1888-1962) Petrus Johannes Bakker (1891-?)