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J.M. Kleefstra



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  J.M. Kleefstra

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Meindert Jans Kleefstra was born on 21 Jan 1876 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD (son of Jan Jelles Kleefstra and Akke Meinderts Postma).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 23464
    • Occupation: 1902, no. 341, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; slager, veehouder
    • Occupation: 1914, huis 1a, no.341, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; slager
    • Occupation: 1931, A169, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; rented Doumaleen perceel 5 for 138 gulden

    Notes:

    "sticht een veestal..., die hij in 1911 [no.335a], 1926, 1927 [D6] en 1936/1937 uitbreidt"

    rented Doumaleen perceel 4 for161 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 3 with Ruurd Baukes Dijkstra for 153 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 5 for 255 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 3 for 257 gulden

    wrote to the Doumaleen board on behalf of all the "pachters" to lower the rents of the lands

    rented all of the Doumaleen lands for 531.20 gulden, "verzocht tevens toestemming voor een alternatieve manier van bemesten. Niet met kunstmest, zoals was ofgesproken, maar met afgegraven grond die hij met gier wilde vermengen"

    "bouwde ... een woonhuis bij de schuur en stallen"

    Birth:
    25y in 1901

    Meindert married Wijtske Baukes Dijkstra on 09 May 1901 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Wijtske (daughter of Bauke Baukes Dijkstra and Gerbrigje Ruurds de Roos) was born on 15 Sep 1878 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Wijtske Baukes Dijkstra was born on 15 Sep 1878 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (daughter of Bauke Baukes Dijkstra and Gerbrigje Ruurds de Roos).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Kleefstra
    • Reference Number: 23465
    • Living: 1890, no. 501, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD
    • Moved to: 1901, no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Birth:
    22y in 1901

    Children:
    1. Akke Meinderts Kleefstra was born on 26 Oct 1901 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    2. Gerbrigje Meinderts Kleefstra was born on 02 May 1903 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    3. Geertje Meinderts Kleefstra was born on 28 Apr 1905 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    4. Bauke Meinderts Kleefstra was born on 13 May 1908 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    5. 1. J.M. Kleefstra


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jan Jelles Kleefstra was born on 27 Feb 1839 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (son of Jelle Nannes Kleefstra and Geertje Jans Gorter); died on 25 Oct 1921 in no. 339 (or 53), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 23453
    • Occupation: 1850, huis 181a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; schoolleerling
    • Occupation: 1890, no. 346, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; slager
    • Moved to: Abt 1905, no. 339, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: Abt 1905, no. 339 (later 53), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; veehouder

    Notes:

    slagerij, verbouwt in 1891

    rented Doumaleen percelen 1 and 2 with Jan Aukes van der West for 302 and 135 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 3 for 100 gulden and perceel 4 for 118 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 1 for 344 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 1 for 371 gulden

    eigenaar

    rented Doumaleen perceel 1 for 306 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 1 for 405 gulden

    rented Doumaleen perceel 1 for 500 gulden, but soon the parcel had to be rerented because of his death

    Birth:
    27y in 1866

    Died:
    82y, gehuwd; begraven in Oldeboorn, Hervormd kerkhof

    Jan married Akke Meinderts Postma on 27 May 1866 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Akke (daughter of Meindert Sijbes Postma and Antje Sijbrens Visser) was born on 10 Feb 1841 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 14 May 1901 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Akke Meinderts Postma was born on 10 Feb 1841 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD (daughter of Meindert Sijbes Postma and Antje Sijbrens Visser); died on 14 May 1901 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Kleefstra
    • Reference Number: 23454
    • Occupation: 1850, huis 175, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; schoolleerling

    Notes:

    Birth:
    25y in 1866

    Children:
    1. Geertje Jans Kleefstra was born on 16 Sep 1868 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    2. 2. Meindert Jans Kleefstra was born on 21 Jan 1876 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

  3. 6.  Bauke Baukes Dijkstra was born on 09 Dec 1849 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD (son of Bauke Atses Dijkstra and Wijtske Hijlkes Hijlkema); died on 26 Oct 1933 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21480
    • Living: 1850, no. 256, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Living: 1884, huis 63b, no.256, B464, plaats 75/77, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1890, no. 501, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; veehouder als hoofd voor eigen rekening
    • Living: 1914, huis 63b, no.489, plaats 77, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    borg for Meindert Kleefstra, "slager te Aldeboarn", renter of Doumaleen perceel 5

    Died:
    83y, gehuwd; begraven in Oldeboorn, Hervormd kerkhof

    Bauke married Gerbrigje Ruurds de Roos on 30 Apr 1874 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Gerbrigje (daughter of Ruurd Klazes de Roos and Tetje Hotzes Hofstra) was born on 13 Dec 1854 in no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 26 Jan 1940 in Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Gerbrigje Ruurds de Roos was born on 13 Dec 1854 in no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (daughter of Ruurd Klazes de Roos and Tetje Hotzes Hofstra); died on 26 Jan 1940 in Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Dijkstra
    • Reference Number: 23463
    • Living: 1890, no. 501, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Birth:
    20y in 1874

    Died:
    begraven in Oldeboorn, Hervormd kerkhof

    Children:
    1. Tettje Baukes Dijkstra was born on 09 May 1875 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    2. Bauke Baukes Dijkstra was born on 06 Sep 1876 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    3. 3. Wijtske Baukes Dijkstra was born on 15 Sep 1878 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    4. Jeltje Baukes Dijkstra was born on 16 Dec 1880 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 15 Sep 1972.
    5. Ruurd Baukes Dijkstra was born on 29 Aug 1883 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    6. Hijlke Baukes Dijkstra was born on 12 Aug 1886 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 27 Sep 1950.
    7. Atje Baukes Dijkstra was born on 24 Mar 1889 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jelle Nannes Kleefstra was born in 1804 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (son of Nanne Jelles Kleefstra and Janke Jilles); died on 17 Feb 1886 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Jelle Nannes
    • Reference Number: 23450
    • Occupation: 1850, huis 181a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; boerearbeider
    • Living: 1884, huis 91a, no.69,70, E112, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Birth:
    29y in 1834

    Living:
    "blijkbaar in de Waag"

    Died:
    81y, gehuwd

    Jelle married Geertje Jans Gorter on 13 Apr 1834 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Geertje (daughter of Jan Foekes Gorter and Aaltje Heeres van der Veen) was born on 11 Mar 1810 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 29 Oct 1894 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Geertje Jans Gorter was born on 11 Mar 1810 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (daughter of Jan Foekes Gorter and Aaltje Heeres van der Veen); died on 29 Oct 1894 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Kleefstra
    • Reference Number: 23449
    • Baptism: 08 Apr 1810, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Living: 1850, huis 181a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Died:
    83y, weduwe

    Children:
    1. Nanne Jelles Kleefstra was born on 16 Oct 1834 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    2. Janke Jelles Kleefstra was born on 24 Oct 1836 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 29 May 1856 in huis 181a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    3. 4. Jan Jelles Kleefstra was born on 27 Feb 1839 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 25 Oct 1921 in no. 339 (or 53), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    4. Akke Jelles Kleefstra was born on 22 Aug 1841 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    5. Trijntje Jelles Kleefstra was born on 04 Apr 1844 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 27 Aug 1849 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    6. Hendrik Jelles Kleefstra was born on 18 Feb 1847 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 10 May 1934 in C180, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    7. Heere Jelles Kleefstra was born on 04 Nov 1849 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 27 Jul 1932 in D83, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    8. Hotze Jelles Kleefstra was born on 01 Aug 1852 in huis 181a, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 24 Jan 1853 in huis 181a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    9. Hotze Jelles Kleefstra was born on 23 May 1854 in huis 181a, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 04 Apr 1921 in no. 382 (376), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

  3. 10.  Meindert Sijbes Postma was born in 1809 in Ureterp, Opsterland, FR, NLD (son of Sijbe Engberts Postma and Corneliske Meinderts).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Meindert Sijbes
    • Reference Number: 23455
    • Occupation: 1850, huis 175, Oldeboorn, FR, vlNLD; vleeshouwer

    Notes:

    Birth:
    31y in 1840

    Meindert married Antje Sijbrens Visser on 16 Feb 1840 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Antje (daughter of Sijbren Thomas Visser and Aukjen Sjoukes Geertsma) was born on 28 Feb 1818 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 14 Sep 1899 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Antje Sijbrens Visser was born on 28 Feb 1818 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (daughter of Sijbren Thomas Visser and Aukjen Sjoukes Geertsma); died on 14 Sep 1899 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Postma
    • Reference Number: 23456
    • Living: 1850, huis 175, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Birth:
    21y in 1840

    Children:
    1. 5. Akke Meinderts Postma was born on 10 Feb 1841 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 14 May 1901 in no. 346 (or389,340), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    2. Janke Meinderts Postma was born on 08 Sep 1845 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    3. Sijbe Meinderts Postma was born on 03 Aug 1858 in huis 175, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.

  5. 12.  Bauke Atses Dijkstra was born in 1801 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (son of Atze Jacobs Dijkstra and Gerbrigje Baukes Veldman); died in 1873.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21163
    • Living: 1830, plaats 75/77, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1850, no. 256, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; boer

    Notes:

    "Begrafenisplegtigheid van Mevrouw Lyklama ? Nyeholt geb. Blomkolk. Zij is begraven te Nes op het kerkhof, daar het begraven in de kerken niet meer mag plaats hebben. ... Heden morgen 8? was onze zamenkomst bepaald bij de kastelein Arend Raadsveld, kastelein te Oldeboorn, als: Pieter Pieters de Jong, Dirk Geerts Bethlem, Klaas Lieuwes Schoustra, Gerrit Pieters Eisinga, Willem Sytzes Nijdam, Frans Hendriks Postma, Uiltje Tjerks Westerterp, Jan Gales van der West. Wij, Lieuwe Jans de Jong, Johannes Aukes Vleer, Pieter Johannes Bottema, en Bauke Atze Dijkstra, 12 meiers zijner zathen onder deze Dorpen. What follows is the account of the burial in Nes

    89y, weduwe; "Overleden dezen morgen Tiet Atzes, weduw K.H. de Groot, oud 89 jaar en 7 maanden, arm en uitgeleefd, toch nog al den tijd haar volle verstand, nog dagelijks spinnende om iets te verdienen. Hadden lange jaren boer geweest op de zathe thans bij ons bewoond. Naderhand op de zathe thans bij B.A. Dijkstra in gebruik. Is het lest gealimenteerd door de Hervormde Kerk."

    "Hier in onze [Lieuwe Jans de Jong] sectie schatting van vee voor her Provinciaal Veefonds bij de onteigenng (in geval der longziekte). Vroeger eigen aangifte, nu be?digde mannen in ons Dorp, S.M. Bottema en B.A. Dijkstra. 19 koeijen boven de 2 jaar ? ? 60 is ? 1140; 6 rieren beneden de 2 jaar ? ? 44 is ? 264; 7 hoklingpinken ? jaar ? ? 17 is ? 119; 8 kalfjes beden ? jaar ? ? 3 is ? 24. Hoofdzom ? 1547, tegen 1 procent Belasting ? 15,47. Vroeger was het ? procent, nu verdubbeld, 1 procent. Deze geschatte waarde is rechtvaardig. De eigen aangifte helde vaak tot jaloerschheid."

    "Schatting van het vee voor de Provinciale Veefondskas, die nu wekelijks zeer gedund owrdt door de nog ergste doding van longziek vee in Februarius. De zelfde schatters als verleden jaar 8 April, S.M. Bottema en B.A. Dijkstra. Heffing 1 procent." [details followed]

    "Heden schatting van het vee voor het Provinciaal Veefonds, dat ten achteris, en veel sterfte en dooding. 1853 het hoogste jaar. De schatters zijn B.A. Dijkstra en W.S. Nijdam." [details follow]

    "Ten gevolge het overlijden onzer [Lieuwe Jans de Jong] buurman van der Laan en het ten uitvoer brengen van zijn testament, waarbij de langstlevende universeel erfgenaam is van alles, niets uitgezonderd of hoegenaamd, is er een inventaris opgemaakt van alle eigendommen, levende have, boerereeuw, meubilair, goud en zilver, linnen en wollen, geld en papieren, waarvan de wet successie eischt, met kosten enz. ongeveer 6 procent. De onroerende goederen zijn rechterlijk getaxeerd, K.H. Nijdam en B.A. Dijkstra, den 16den en 17den. Wij hebben het roerende getaxeerd. Eerst de onroerende ook, doch de Heer Evertsz oordeelde het voor de weduw best en ongevaarlijkst. Zoude nog twee jaar voor een regerlijke taxatie kunnen blootliggen."

    betovergrootouders van Marten Groen

    had 11 children 'op diverse boerderijen in Utingeradeel in de 19-de eeuw'

    Birth:
    23y in 1824

    Bauke married Wijtske Hijlkes Hijlkema on 29 May 1824 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Wijtske (daughter of Hijlke Sjoukes Hijlkema and Wikje Bonnes Groeneveld) was born in 1806 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died in 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Wijtske Hijlkes Hijlkema was born in 1806 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (daughter of Hijlke Sjoukes Hijlkema and Wikje Bonnes Groeneveld); died in 1882.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Dijkstra
    • Name: Wijtske Hijlkes
    • Reference Number: 21162
    • Occupation: 1850, no. 256, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; boerin

    Notes:

    Birth:
    18y in 1824

    Children:
    1. Wikje Baukes Dijkstra was born on 13 Dec 1826 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 16 Dec 1911 in Boornberbum, Smallingerland, FR, NLD.
    2. Gerbrig Baukes Dijkstra was born on 02 Mar 1829 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 08 Aug 1890 in huis 4, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    3. Hijlke Baukes Dijkstra was born in 1830 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died in 1898.
    4. Attje Baukes Dijkstra was born in 1832 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    5. Oene Baukes Dijkstra was born on 20 Nov 1835 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 18 Oct 1890 in Beets, Opsterland, FR, NLD.
    6. Bonne Baukes Dijkstra was born about 1838 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    7. Pieke Baukes Dijkstra was born on 11 Feb 1841 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 21 Feb 1917 in no. 311, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    8. Tette Baukes Dijkstra was born on 26 Nov 1843 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 05 Feb 1917 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    9. Atze Baukes Dijkstra was born in 1824 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    10. Sjouke Baukes Dijkstra was born in 1846 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 26 Jun 1863 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    11. Gatske Baukes Dijkstra was born on 30 Jan 1854 in no. 256, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 07 Nov 1854 in no. 256, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    12. 6. Bauke Baukes Dijkstra was born on 09 Dec 1849 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 26 Oct 1933 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

  7. 14.  Ruurd Klazes de Roos was born on 25 Oct 1816 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (son of Klaas Harmens de Roos and Jeltje Ruurds Watzema); died on 27 Jun 1856 in no. 45, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 5197
    • Occupation: Abt 1840, huis 102, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; molenaar, also in 1850
    • Occupation: 1850, no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; korenmolenaar

    Notes:

    Birth:
    25y in 1842

    Died:
    39y, gehuwd

    Ruurd married Tetje Hotzes Hofstra on 11 May 1842 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Tetje (daughter of Hotse Tettes Hofstra and Gerbrigje Piers Piersma) was born on 01 Nov 1816 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 29 May 1904 in no. 501 (or 491,489,385,182), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Tetje Hotzes Hofstra was born on 01 Nov 1816 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD (daughter of Hotse Tettes Hofstra and Gerbrigje Piers Piersma); died on 29 May 1904 in no. 501 (or 491,489,385,182), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: de Roos
    • Name: de Zee
    • Reference Number: 5196
    • Living: 1850, no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Moved to: Jun 1860, no. 98, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Living: 1884, huis 121, no.44f(102), E433, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Moved to: Abt 1900, no. 501 (or 491,489,385,182), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    "bouwt ... een nieuw huis"

    "bouwt zij nogal wat nieuwe huizen, waaronder de herberg Veldzicht"

    Birth:
    25y in 1842, 43y in 1860

    Living:
    "gesticht in 1873"

    Moved to:
    from no. 164

    Children:
    1. Klaas Ruurds de Roos was born in 1843 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    2. Hotze Ruurds de Roos was born on 01 May 1846 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 12 Sep 1914 in Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    3. Jelle Ruurds de Roos was born on 16 Apr 1851 in no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 29 Aug 1856 in no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    4. 7. Gerbrigje Ruurds de Roos was born on 13 Dec 1854 in no. 45, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 26 Jan 1940 in Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, FR, NLD.


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