Riekeltje Schuring (dutch link) was born 4 Jan 1813 in Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, 205 yrs ago, daughter of Jurjen Schuring and Geessien Holtman. She is only distantly related to me, she is the wife of my third cousin 5x removed, but her story is an interesting one. She married Klaas Wildeboer …
Hendrik was born 3 Jan 1920, 98 yrs ago. He was my mother’s only sibling, and according to my mother, her parents, especially her mother, favored their son and first-born. Like his father, he became a tax inspector. He ended up in Wageningen, where his children were born. I have …
Afina de Haan (dutch link) was born 31 Dec 1891 in Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, 136 yrs ago. She must have been born close to midnight, because if she had been a boy, she would have been registered as born on 1 January, because of the military draft, at least that is the …
Tjakke Ulbens was baptized 30 Dec 1688, 329 years ago, in Oude Pekela, Groningen. He was my 6th great-grandfather, as well as my 6th great-granduncle, I also descend from his sister Grietje. As I have talked about before, there were hardly any surnames in the north of the Netherlands in …
Grietje was born on 21 Dec 1901, 116 years ago. She is the youngest sister of my grandmother Afina, and the youngest child of Ulpen de Haan (dutch link) en Geertje Starke. The two children born right before had died young, one at 7 months, one at one year, so Grietje …
Aijsse was baptized on 19 Dec 1641 (376 years ago) in Blijham in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. She is …
Halke Beumee was born on 12 Dec 1832 in Nieuwe Pekela, 185 years ago. She is not actually related to me, but …
Tieske Egberts (dutch link) was baptized 240 yrs ago on 5 Dec 1777 in Wedde, Groningen. She is my fourth great-grandmother. Later she is …
Grietje Tjakkes (Dutch link) was born 2 Dec 1783, 234 years ago, in Nieuwe Pekela. She is the sister of my third-great-grandfather …
My great-great-grandmother Aafien Meijering (for whom my grandmother was named, and so for whom I am named) was born the day after …
