Death Do Us Not Part
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In the city cemetary of Roermond, a grave can be found that gives special meaning to the words "til death do us part".
The grave you see on the left is of "jonkvrouwe J.C.P.H. van Aefferden", of Dutch nobility. She had the Roman Catholic religion, but when she was about 21, she fell in love with a man eleven years older than she was, Colonel J.W.C. van Gorcum, who was not of noble upbringing had the Protestant religion. To make things worse: the colonel worked for the army of The Netherlands that had in 1839 repossessed the province of Limburg. Needless to say: their love and marriage (in 1842) caused a bit of an uproar. In spite of all this, their marriage lasted for 40 years, ending in the death of Colonel Van Gorcum. Since he was of the protestant religion he had to be buried in the protestant part of the city cemetary, which is on the opposite side of the wall. When his wife died 8 years later, upon her request she was not buried in her family grave, but out of line next to the wall dividing the catholic and protestant parts of the cemetary, where from her grave rose a hand, reaching the hand of Colonel Van Gorcum. Death Did Not Part Them.
The grave you see on the left is of "jonkvrouwe J.C.P.H. van Aefferden", of Dutch nobility. She had the Roman Catholic religion, but when she was about 21, she fell in love with a man eleven years older than she was, Colonel J.W.C. van Gorcum, who was not of noble upbringing had the Protestant religion. To make things worse: the colonel worked for the army of The Netherlands that had in 1839 repossessed the province of Limburg. Needless to say: their love and marriage (in 1842) caused a bit of an uproar. In spite of all this, their marriage lasted for 40 years, ending in the death of Colonel Van Gorcum. Since he was of the protestant religion he had to be buried in the protestant part of the city cemetary, which is on the opposite side of the wall. When his wife died 8 years later, upon her request she was not buried in her family grave, but out of line next to the wall dividing the catholic and protestant parts of the cemetary, where from her grave rose a hand, reaching the hand of Colonel Van Gorcum. Death Did Not Part Them.
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Thanks for sharing the picture and the history!
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