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Durk Jans van der Duim was born in Zuiderdrachten on 2 February
1806. He was christened in Drachten on 9-4-1806. He died in Opsterland on 6 May 1882. He
married for the second time on 28 September 1868 with Jantje Klazes Dragt. He married for the
first on 16 December 1824 with Sytske Gerrits Visser. Sytske was born in 1801 in Terwispel,
daughter of Gerrit Annes and Trijntje Klazes. Sytske died in Opsterland on 25 February 1867.
children:
1. Hiltje, b. Luxwolde 8 August 1825. She died on 10 September 1837.
2. Gerrit, b. Luxwolde 22 September 1826.
3. Jan, b. Terwispel 16 October 1829. He died in Opsterland on 26 October 1829
4. Jan, b. Terwispel 27 September 1830. He died in Franeker on
24 September 1880. He married Antje Imkes van Zwol
5. Trijntje, b. Terwispel 30 March 1833. She married on 19 December 1851 with Gauke Annes
Stobbe.
6. Metje, b. Terwispel 28 November 1835. She died on 4 December 1835.
7. Metje, b. Terwispel 17 December 1836. She died on 27 February 1839.
8. Hendrik, b. Terwispel 23 February 1839.
9. Klaas, b. Terwispel 7 May 1842. He died on 27 June 1843.
10. Klaas, b. Terwispel 7 April 1844. He died on 20 May 1897.
Gerrit was born on 22 September 1826. On 20 November 1852 he married
in Opsterland with Harmina Annes Zinderen. Harmina was born in Blokzijl in 1823, daughter of
Anne Hotzes Zinderen and Marje Dirks van Dijk. Gerrit died on 6 October 1887. Harmina died
on 20 March 1902.
children all born Terwispel:
1. Durk, b. 17 July 1853.
2. Anne, b. 2 May 1855.
3. Sietze, b. 9 November 1856.
4. Sietske, b. 12 June 1859. She died 23 June 1949. She married Utingeradeel
17 September 1897 with Sjoerd Sjoukes Dykstra.
5. Marcus, b. 15 August 1861.
6. Hiltje, b. 21 November 1863.
8. Trijntje, b. 11 December 1865.
Durk Gerrits van der Duim was born 17 July 1853. He died on 23 March
1921 in Beets. On 6 March 1879 he married in Opsterland with Hendrikje Pieters Drost.
Hendrikje was born in Terwispel on 15 July 1852, daughter of Pieter Harmens Drost and
Hendrikje Martens Tromp.
children:
1. Gerrit, b. Beets 10 December 1879.
2. Hendrikje, b. Beets 7 November 1881. She died 8 October 1888.
3. Pieter, b. Beets 16 March 1883.
4. Harmina, b. Beets 25 March 1885. She died on 27 January 1958. On 10 March 1910 she
married Pieter Hof.
5. Sytske, b. Beets 6 March 1888.
6. Harm, b. Beets 2 August 1890. He married on 10 May 1917 with Uilkje Zwier, born
19 September 1894. Harm and Uilkje had 6 children.
7. Anne, b. Terwispel 6 July 1896. He died 14 December 1941.
Gerrit Durks van der Duim was born 10 December 1879 in Beets. He died
on 26 October 1949. He married in Beetsterzwaag on 14 May 1909 with Wytzke Zylstra.
Wytzke was born in Duurswoude on 25 May 1879, daughter of Eeuwe Zylstra and Elizabetha
Scheeringa.
child:
1. Durk, b. Terzool 8 October 1910. He died on 5 August 1944. He married on 12 March 1938
with Jantje Middendorp. Jantje was daughter of Luite Middendorp and Joukje de Roos. Durk
and Jantje had two children, Gerrit and Luite.
Pieter Durks van der Duim was born in Beets on 16 March 1883. He died
in Opsterland on 1 November 1959. He married on 8 May 1913 with Margje Kuiper. Margje
was born in Opsterland on 3 January 1887.
children:
1. Durk
2. Fokje
Anne Gerrits van der Duim was born on 2 May 1855 in Terwispel. He
married on 16 May 1879 in Utingeradeel with Trijntje Siebrens Mulder. Trijntje was born on
1 November 1856. Anne died in Hennaarderadeel on 11 February 1941. His wife died on 24
March 1940.
children:
1. Gerrit, b. Opsterland 6 February 1880. He died 3 June 1880.
2. Hiltje, b. Opsterland 1 September 1881. She died on 14 February 1953. She married on
18 May 1907 with Gerrit de Vries.
3. still-born child, b. and d. Utingeradeel 22-7-1884
4. Gerrit, b. Utingeradeel 23 January 1886. He died on 18 December 1969. He married Trijntje
Slotegraaf on 17 August 1907. They had two children, Johanna and Anne. Trijntje was born
5 october 1886.
5. Hermina, b. Utingeradeel 16 February 1888, d. Utingeradeel 23 February 1888.
6. Sytske, b. Utingeradeel 16 February 1888, d. Utingeradeel 24 February 1888.
7. Sybren, b. Utingeradeel 16 February 1888, d. Utingeradeel 24 February 1888.
8. Sybren, b. Utingeradeel 22 June 1889, d. Utingeradeel 11 January 1892
9. Durk, b. Utingeradeel 5 November 1891. He died on 18 December 1961. He married Antje
Koldyk on 19 January 1918. They had two children, Anne and Sjoerd. On 11 January 1946
Durk married Baukje Jelsma. Durk and Baukje had a son Pieter.
10. Sybren, b. Utingeradeel 4 October 1894. He died on 25 March 1947. He married Fokje
Wilman. Fokje was born 29 November 1898. Sybren and Fokje had a daughter Trijntje.
Sietze Gerrits van der Duim was born on 9 November 1856 in Terwispel.
He died in Opsterland on 13 June 1940. He married there on 10 December 1881 with Fokje
Melles de Haan. Fokje was born on 4 November 1861 in Tolbert (Leek), daughter of Melle de
Haan and Minke de Wagt.
children all born Beets:
1. Harmina, b. 14 August 1882. She died on 7 September 1958. She married on 26 February
1904 with Jan de Groot.
2. Melle, b. 12 October 1884. He died on 5 December 1952. He married on 7 June 1915 with
Grada Wilhelmina Helmink. Grada Wilhelmina was born on 21 September 1892. They
had three children, Willemina Fokje Grada, Fokje Martha and Johanna Harmine.
3. Minke, b. 29 September 1887. She married Johannes Heida.
4. Sytzke, b. 11 March 1890. She died on 12 May 1968. She married on 28 March 1912 with
Tjerk van Zwol.
5. Gerrit, b. 2 February 1893.
6. Douwe, b. 10 November 1895. He married on 15 November 1917 with Anna Maria de Vos,
born Opsterland 21 March 1898, daughter of Gerrit de Vos and Grietje van der Kooy. One
child known. Douwe remarried with Hiltje.
7. Hiltje, b. 3 April 1898. She died on 29 August 1953. She married Abele de Wit.
8. Aaltje, b. 1 June 1900.
9. Trijntje, b. 19 May 1902. She died 2 January 1967. She married on 12 January 1922 with
Klaas Dykstra.
10. Cornelia, b. 1 January 1904.
11. Martha, b. 19 October 1905.
Marcus Gerrits van der Duim was born on 16 August 1861. He died on
11 December 1949. He married on 4 April 1884 in Opsterland with Jantje Annes Lageveen.
Jantje was born on 4 December 1863 in Terwispel, daughter of Anne Meines Lageveen and
Antje Andries Bus.
children all born Opsterland:
1. Gerrit, b. 27 December 1884.
2. Anne, b. 13 December 1885. He married on 12 October 1922 in Opsterland with Jacoba
de Vries.
3. Harmina, b. 8 April 1887. She married on 5 August 1909 in Opsterland with Hendrik Krist.
4. Meine, b. 25 June 1888. He married on 23 May 1918 in Opsterland with Elisabeth Bergsma.
Marcus remarried on 17 September 1892 with Loltje Oosterbaan. Loltje was born on 21 July
1849 and died on 21 February 1906. Marcus married for the third time in Opsterland on 14
March 1907 with Aukje Alberts Schokker, born in Terwispel on 8 January 1877, daughter of
Albert Hendriks Schokker and Grietje Berends de Groot. Marcus and Aukje had a daughter
Grietje, born Terwispel June 1910 and died in the Tijnje on 15 April 1911.
Jan Durks van der Duim was born in Terwispel on 27 September 1830. He
died in Franeker on 24 September 1880. On 29 December 1853 He married in Opsterland with
Antje Imkes van Zwol. She was born about 1827 in Terwispel, illegitimate daughter of Emke
Harmens van Zwol.
children all born in Terwispel:
1. Durk, b. 26 August 1854. He died on 16 January 1855.
2. Durk, b. 3 March 1856.
3. Otze, b. 18 April 1858.
4. Klaas, b. 19 October 1859, d. Opsterland 22 January 1865.
5. Emke, b. 10 June 1862. She died 20 January 1867.
6. Gerrit, b. 29 November 1864.
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Jan Durks van der Duim married for the second time on 17 December 1870 with Froukje Annes
Huitema. She was born in Ureterp on 13 July 1847.
Gerrit Jans van der Duim was born on 29 November 1864. He married on
26 August 1888 with Grietje Annes Lageveen. Grietje was born on 26 July 1865 in Terwispel,
daughter of Anne Meines Lageveen and Antje Andries Bus.
children:
1. Antje, b. Opsterland 29 May 1886. She married 5 September 1906 with Menno Rienks Clasz.
2. Antje, b. Opsterland 22 August 1887. She died 29 May 1888.
3. Anne, b. Beets 11 December 1888. He died on 18 October 1961. He married on 22 May 1917
with Antje Dam. Antje was born 28 February 1894 in Opsterland (daughter of Jan Dam and
Lammigje Zwerver). They had four children, Gerrit, Lammigje Anna, Jantje and Anne.
4. Jan, b. Opsterland 19 September 1890, d. Opsterland 12 November 1892.
5. Antje, b. Beets 11 January 1893.
6. Jan, b. Beets 26 May 1894, d. Opsterland 5 December 1896.
Durk Jans van der Duim was born in Terwispel on 25 March 1856. He died
in Beets on 6 September 1923. He married in Smallingerland on 23 February 1884 with Johanna
Roelofs Mast. Johanna was born on 1 October 1851 in Echten, Lemsterland. Johanna died in
Opsterland on 19 September 1934.
children all born Beets:
1. Jan, b. 5 January 1885. He died on 14 March 1966. He married on 25 March 1911 with Jantje
Vaartjes. Jantje was born on 11 October 1888 in Opsterland. Jan and Jantje had seven
children - Johanna, Egbert, Dirk, Baukje, Roelof, Atze and Evert.
2. Neeltje, b. 14 October 1886. She died 23 May 1956. She married on 12 May 1906 with Siebe
Bethlehem.
3. Roel, b. 19 September 1888. He died on 5 April 1979. He married Grietje de Wagt on
5 March 1914 in Opsterland.
4. Jantje, b. 14 June 1896. She died on 30 September 1958. She married on 17 June 1926 with
Hendrik van der Duim.
Otze Jans van der Duim was born on 18 April 1858 in Terwispel. He died
on 25 July 1927 in Groningen. He married on 10 March 1880 in Opsterland with Aaltje Bron.
Aaltje was born on 5 January 1857 in Idzard, daughter of Brand Jans Bron and Geertje Jans de
Jonge. Aaltje died on 24 April 1942.
children all born Beets:
1. Antje, b. 15 March 1881. She died on 4 April 1969. She married on 24 May 1901 with Tjibbe
de Vries.
2. Brant, b. 1 January 1883. He died on 28 March 1955. He married on 11 November 1920 with
Willemke Wierda. Willemke was born in Utingeradeel on 5 September 1884. They had a
daughter Elizabeth Aaltje.
3. Geertje, b. 15 December 1884. She died in Oudega on 16 October 1916. She married Pieter
de Grauw in Opsterland on 18 March 1904.
4. Jan, b. 13 February 1887. He died on 20 June 1968. He married on 9 November 1916 with
Tjitske Pieters Veldema. Tjitske was born in Westdongeradeel on 6 September 1888,
daughter of Pieter Veldema and Hitje Dijkstra. Jan and Tjitske had a daughter Hitte.
5. Jantje, b. 13 February 1887. She died on 28 July 1969. She married on 25 May 1911 with
Ruurd Kort.
6. Durk, b. 18 April 1889. He died 22 July 1948.
7. Bauke, b. 10 August 1891. He died 10 April 1967. He married on 11 April 1916 with
Hendrikje van der Klok. Hendrikje was born on 2 May 1896 in Opsterland, daughter of
Wieger van der Klok and Antje Bies. Bauke and Hendrikje had a daughter Antje.
8. Aantje, b. 17 November 1893.
9. Gerritje, b. 3 May 1896.
10. Imkje, b. 15 December 1898.
11. Hendrik, b. 25 August 1900.
12. Klaasje, b. 1 December1902. She died in Beets on 14 February 1927. She was married to
Rinze de Vries on 11 May 1922..
Hendrik Durks van der Duim was born in Terwispel on 23 February
1839. He died on 11 March 1893. He married on 17 March 1864 in Opsterland with Rienkje
(Rinske, Rintje) Jans van der Berg. Rienkje was born 24 December 1839 in Tjalleberd,
daughter of Jan Arends van der Berg and Janke Pieters Zwerver. She died on 7 April 1921.
children:
1. Siedske (Sytske), b. Terwispel 16 September 1864. She married 25 February 1889 with Jan
Zwart.
2. Janke, b. Beets 8 January 1866. She died 17 May 1940. She married on 21 March 1890 with
Matthys Velkers.
3. Trijntje, b. Kortezwaag 1 October 1867. She married on 21 May 1891 with Gerrit Wienstra.
4. Hendrikje, b. Kortezwaag 11 February 1870. She died on 23 February 1941. On 1 May 1903
she married with Durk Bethlehem.
5. Durkje, b. Beets 15 August 1872. She died on 7 January 1947. She married on 25 August
1899 with Jochum de Vos.
6. Janna, b. Beets 12 June 1875.
7. Durk, b. Beets 5 September 1878.
Klaas Durks van der Duim was born 7 April 1844 in Terwispel. He died on
20 May 1898. On 11 March 1867 he married in Opsterland with Tryntje Gerrits Smit (Smid).
Trijntje was born on 13 May 1845 in Tjalleberd, daughter of Gerrit Jans Smit and Grietje
Hendriks Dam. Trijntje died on 6 April 1929.
children:
1. still-born daughter, Terwispel 19 December 1867.
2. Durk, b. Terwispel 24 August 1869. He died on 10 February 1948. He married on 7 April
1893 with Geertje Moed. Geertje was born on 17 November 1872 in Opsterland, daughter of
Roelof Moed and Jantje Kluitenberg. Geertje and Durk had 5 children - Gerritje, Roelof,
Trijntje, Jantje and Rinskje Hendrikje.
3. Gerrit, b. Terwispel 29 October 1871. He died on 14 November 1953. He married on 20
April 1894 with Gepke Kalsbeek. Gepke was born on 18 April 1871 in Opsterland, daughter
of Bonne Kalsbeek and Wytzke van Zwol. Gerrit and Gepke had 8 children - Wietske, Klaas,
Albertje, Bonne, Dirk, Jantje, Hendrik and Trijntje.
4. Hendrik, b. Terwispel 16 June 1874. He married on 17 April 1896
with Joukje Ubeles Walstra. Joukje was born in Terwispel on 1 November 1874. .
5. still-born daughter, Terwispel 13 October 1876.
6. Hendrik, b. Terwispel 28 May 1881. He died 5 December 1956. He married 13 January 1916
with Gepke van der Meer. Gepke was born in Schoterland on 26 February 1892. She died in
Alkmaar on 16 April 1948. Hendrik died in Den Helder. They had 5 children - Romke,
Trijntje, Klaas, Durk and Froukje.
Hendrik married on 17 April 1896 with Joukje Ubeles Walstra. Joukje
was born in Terwispel on 1 November 1874, daughter of Uebele Wybes Walstra and Froukje
Joukes de Boer.
children:
1. Trijntje, 13 February 1897
2. Froukje, 10 Arpil 1899
3. Klaaske, 6 August 1901
4. child
5. Oebele, 28 November 1904
6. Lummigje, 1906
7. Durk, 13 April 1908. Durk married Marie de Groot. 1 child known.
8. Gerrit, 29 January 1910 in Warga
9. Jouke, 5 May 1912