Marriage and Family
In Sunday School he met Cor Luitingh, whom he married in 1884. 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. He and Cor had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood: Elisabeth "Betsie" (1885-1944), Willem (November 21, 1886-December 13, 1946),Arnolda Johanna "Nollie" (1890-October 22, 1953), and Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" (1892-1983)). Another child, Hendrick Jan (September 12, 1888-March 6, 1889), died in infancy. Casper's wife died in 1921 from a stroke.
While Willem and Nollie both married and moved away, ten Boom lived with his two unmarried daughters Betsie and Corrie in their home and watchmaking workshop. The ten Boom family were members of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church.
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