![]() ![]() Casper's wife died in 1921 from a stroke. Another child, Hendrick Jan (12 September 1888 - 6 March 1889), died in infancy. He and Cor had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood: Elisabeth "Betsie" (1885-1944), Willem (21 November 1886 - 13 December 1946), Arnolda Johanna "Nollie" (1890 - 22 October 1953), and Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" (1892-1983). ![]() Like his father, he lived and worked in the same building, with the shop on the ground floor and living quarters on the two floors above. In Sunday School he met Cornelia Johanna Arnolda Luitingh (commonly known as "Cor"), whom he married in 1884. While living in Amsterdam, he started a work among the poor people called Tot Heil des Volks (For the Salvation of the People). He had grown up in a family that belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church and had strong faith. When Ten Boom was eighteen years old, he started a jewelry store in Amsterdam. Casper ten Boom died 10 March 1944 at the Scheveningen Prison, ten days after the arrest of the family.Ĭasper was born in Haarlem in 1859, the son of Willem ten Boom, who had a watchshop. He is the father of Betsie and Corrie ten Boom, who also aided the Jews and were sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where Betsie died. Barteljorisstraat 19, Haarlem, NetherlandsĬornelia Johanna Arnolda ten Boom-LuitinghĬasper ten Boom ( – 10 March 1944) was a Dutch Christian who helped many Jews and resisters escape the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II. ![]()
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