BEFORE 1812



 

genealogy before 1812

 

 

 

louwe jans(en)                                                                                                                                                 probably was louwe jansen the father of claes louwes

? -16011677                                                                                                                                                     he died  januari 16th 1677 at oldekerk and was married before

|                                                                                                                                                                           (or around) 1650 wirh reina harkes  who died  april 30th 1673 oldekerk

|                                                                                                                                                                           (louwe is the only mentioned in the death register of oldekerk

|                                                                                                                                                                           moreover the name jan is found again among the children of

x                                                                                                                                                                           claes louwes)

<+/- 1650             

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reina harkes

? -30041673

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claes louwes                                                                                                                                                   claes louwes was born before 1653 which is the year that the

< ? 1653-23101703                                                                                                                                        baptism and wedding record book of oldekerk niekerk en het faan

|                                                                                                                                                                           was started and he died october 23rd 1703 at the wijk at niekerk

|                                                                                                                                                                           (from oldekerk a death register was preserved from 1653-1723)

x                                                                                                                                                                           married april 29th 1677 at  oldekerk with hillie pieters from niekerk

29041677                                                                                                                                                          who was also born before 1653

|                                                                                                                                                                           claes louwes and hillie pieters lived at eeckenburen of oldekerk (eecke neighborhood)

hille pieters

< ? 1653- ?

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louwe clasen(s)                 jan clasen(s) ?                    eenje clasen(s) ?                                              baptized from this marriage were louwe clasen(s) may 5th 1678

05051678 baptized            25021681 baptized            01041683 baptized                                           jan clasen(s) february 25th 1681 and eenje clasen(s) january 4th 1683

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x                                                                                                                                                                           louwe clasen(s) (farmer) married may 6th 1703 romkjen franks

06051703                                                                                                                                                          (age unknown) in oldekerk

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romkjen franks

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romke louwes                    claes louwes                      frank louwes                       pieter louwes

< 1704 ???                          30081705 baptized            30121708 baptized            28081712 baptized

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|                                                                                                                                                                           romke louwes was there oldest son born at oldekerk in 1704 ?

|                                                                                                                                                                           and for one reason or another was named after his mother

|                                                                                                                                                                           (maybe born before they married in 1703 or an other reason )

|                                                                                                                                                                           further children baptized were claes louwes august 30th 1705

|                                                                                                                                                                           frank louwes december 30th 1708 pieter louwes august 28th 1712

x

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|                                                                                                                                                                            romke louwes was not baptized (unknown) a common farmer

?                                                                                                                                                                          he was a common farmer and not married in kollum oldekerk

?                                                                                                                                                                          grijpskerk  or visvliet  so the name of his wife is unknown

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pijtter romkes                                                                                                                                                  pijtter romkes (probably named after pieter louwes) date of born

?                                                                                                                                                                          and/or baptized unknown (not in kollum)

|                                                                                                                                                                            was a common laborer in the uiterdijkster kluft  (a particular area)

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x

01071742                                                                                                                                                          married at kollum on july 1th 1742 grijtie joukes (not baptized in kollum)

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grijtie joukes

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romke pijtters                                                                                                                                                 romke pijtters  (probably not the eldest and the only child)

12031752-<  ? 1811                                                                                                                                       baptized at kollum on march 12th 1752 and died before 1811

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x                                                                                                                                                                           married on may 17th 1778 at kollum with ank fransen  who was

17051778                                                                                                                                                          baptized at kollum on march 30th 1757

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ank fransen

30031757

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jan romkes                                                                                                                                                       jan romkes was born august 16th 1780 at buitenpost and died

16081780-24071828                                                                                                                                      in july 24tyh 1828 at waarden near grijpskerk

|                                                                                                                                                                            (he was a labourer)

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x                                                                                                                                                                           married december 9th 1810 at visvliet  with ijtje willems kooij

09121810                                                                                                                                                          baptized on february 29th 1784 at chistian reformed church of visvliet

|                                                                                                                                                                            (she was a store clerk in visvliet)

ijtje willems kooij                               geertie willems kooij                                                                         place and date of death unknown

29021784- ? 1844                             14061795- ?

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|                                                                                                                                                                            a sister of ijtje willems kooij named geertie willems kooij  was baptized

|                                                                                                                                                                            june 14th 1795 at visvliet and she had a son on october 23th 1816

|                                                                                                                                                                            at visvliet who was given the name romke louwes steursma

                                                                                                                                                                             (father unknown but probably jan romkes steursma ?)

 

─1812   steursma                                                                                                                                            the 28th of may 1812 by a decree of the emperor of france

                                                                                                                                                                             the name steursma  was adopted at grijpskerk  in groningen

 

 

>1834    stuursma                                                                                                                                           the name stuursma is a clerical error when they gave notice of

                                                                                                                                                                             birth of jan stuursma  in 1834

                                                                                                                                                                             (not so strange most of the people couldn't read or write at that time)

 

>1889    stursma                                                                                                                                             some of  the stuursma's dropped one '˜u' when they lived in america

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                            © stuursma