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Gerben Pieters Colmjon

Male 1828 - 1884  (56 years)


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  • Name Gerben Pieters Colmjon 
    Birth 27 Apr 1828  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 27y in 1855
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1855 
    boendemaker 
    Reference Number 46656 
    Death 28 Dec 1884  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 56y, weduwnaar
    Burial 31 Dec 1884  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I46656  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2015 

    Father Pieter Pieters Colmjon,   b. Abt 1794, Utrecht, UT, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1858, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother Tietje Edzerda 
    Family ID F21356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marijke Eelkes Groothelm,   b. Abt 1830, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 20 Oct 1855  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Tietje Gerbens Colmjon,   b. 04 Jun 1858, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Eelke Gerbens Colmjon,   b. 27 Dec 1860, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1914, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     3. Hiltje Gerbens Colmjon,   b. 24 Dec 1862, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Pieter Gerbens Colmjon,   b. 23 Oct 1866, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1947, Nijverdal, Hellendoorn, OV, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Jakob Gerrits Colmjon,   b. 18 Nov 1868, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F21355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
    Gerben Colmjon
    Gerben Colmjon
    Article in Friesland Zoals het Was: Jan 1885 Af. 90
    Colmjon Dijkstra art. 1884
    Colmjon Dijkstra art. 1884
    Article in Friesland Zoals het Was: Jan 1885 Af. 90

  • Notes 
    • wrote "Short Frisian Grammar for the Present Day" in which he constructed the basis for Frisian orthography
    • Fokke Atses Dijkstra wrote a book about him: 'Hulde aan Waling Dijkstra en Gerben Colmjon"

  • Sources 
    1. [S211] Friesland Zoals het Was, Jan 1885, afl. 90.


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