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Janke Melles Kuiper

Female Abt 1804 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Janke Melles Kuiper was born about 1804 (daughter of Melle Wigles Kuiper and Rigtje Hendriks).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20833

    Notes:

    Birth:
    7y in 1811


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Melle Wigles Kuiper was born about 1768 (son of Wigle Sijbrens Kuiper and Minke Melles); died on 05 Nov 1835 in Utingeradeel, FR, Oost-Indien.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Melle Wigles
    • Reference Number: 20444
    • Occupation: Abt 1792, plaats 1, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; koopman-huisman, rented land from this parcel
    • Living: 1811, huis 78b, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Living: 1829, huis 78b, no. 96, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1829; koopman

    Notes:

    rented from Klaas Dirks Waringa

    bought huis for 263 gulden from "een grote groep erfgenamen van Sijbren Willems", sold huis the same year to veenbaas Wijtse Hendriks te Gersloot for 390 gulden

    bought "ruim zeven pmt" from "de diaconie te Joure" and used it himself

    bought huis for 889 gulden from Janke Freerks

    owner of half with Pieke Sijmens Boersma (plaats 4)

    owner

    eigenaar, koopman

    Birth:
    43y in 1811

    Living:
    sold to Pieter Alberts Haasdijk and wife (E246), or in 1828

    Died:
    68y, weduwnaar; "30 November; Overleden H.T. Bijlsma en vroeger M.W. Kuiper."

    Melle married Rigtje Hendriks on 22 Apr 1792 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Rigtje (daughter of Hendrik Wijtses, I and Janke Hendriks) died on 20 Jul 1829 in huis 189, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rigtje Hendriks (daughter of Hendrik Wijtses, I and Janke Hendriks); died on 20 Jul 1829 in huis 189, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Kuiper
    • Reference Number: 20828

    Notes:

    relationship to parents "vermoedelijk"; but shown to be so from her death certificate

    Died:
    58y, gehuwd; "Zedert den 15 der verleden maand zijn in ons Dorp twee sterke arbeiders aan de borstpleuris, twee befaarde vrouwen aan een uitterende ziekte alsmede een oud man, H.H. Oosterwoud, overleden."

    Children:
    1. Minke Melles Kuiper was born in 1792 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 30 Jul 1861 in huis 189, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    2. Hendrik Melles Kuiper was born about 1797.
    3. Wigle Melles Kuiper was born about 1799.
    4. Sijbren Melles Kuiper was born about 1802 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 19 Dec 1860 in no. 179, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    5. 1. Janke Melles Kuiper was born about 1804.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wigle Sijbrens Kuiper was born about 1740 (son of Sijbren Wigles and Jeltje Teunis); died on 20 Apr 1823 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Wigle Sijbrens
    • Reference Number: 20249
    • Occupation: 1786, plaats 16b, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; veekoopman, also in 1805
    • Living: 1788, huis 84c, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    bought a lovely home with two rooms, celler, "voorhuis, hovinge", etc, for 600 gulden from the heirs of Gauke Jans ten Dam

    one of the heirs of Janke Sijbes of "Metsma-sate"

    along with Jocob Hommes and Rienk Oenes, lent money to Lieuwe Tomas Brouwer (plaats 32)

    "ook aangeslagen voor een deel van de landerijen"

    with IJse Meintes held a debt of 1036 gulden by Tjitske Jacobs, daughter of Jacob Fokkes and Pietje Feikes

    Living:
    with Albert Martens used room and "koestal"

    Died:
    83y, weduwnaar

    Wigle married Minke Melles on 02 Mar 1766 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Minke (daughter of Melle Klases, de Oude and Sjoukje Harings) was born about 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Minke Melles was born about 1740 (daughter of Melle Klases, de Oude and Sjoukje Harings).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20248

    Children:
    1. Sijbren Wigles Kuiper was born about 1765.
    2. 2. Melle Wigles Kuiper was born about 1768; died on 05 Nov 1835 in Utingeradeel, FR, Oost-Indien.
    3. Teunis Wigles Kuiper was born about 1769.
    4. Sjoukje Wigles Kuiper was born about 1773.

  3. 6.  Hendrik Wijtses, I died before 1783.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 22349
    • Living: 1766, plaats 55, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1776, plaats 49, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; pachter, meier, rented plaats 47 as well

    Notes:

    from Akkrum

    Hendrik married Janke Hendriks on 14 May 1758 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Janke Hendriks (daughter of Hendrik Rienks and Trijntje Everts).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 22348

    Children:
    1. 3. Rigtje Hendriks died on 20 Jul 1829 in huis 189, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    2. Wijtze Hendriks Hendriks was born about 1758; died on 10 Sep 1829 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    3. Trijntje Hendriks was born est 1760.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sijbren Wigles (son of Wigle Sijbrens and Taakje Sijtses); died in 1776.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 11041
    • Occupation: 1729, huis 17, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; kuiper, rented from father
    • Occupation: 1746, huis 18/19 pastorieplaats, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; huisman, rented to 1776 along with Kornelis Sijtses

    Notes:

    and huis 45, owner of both

    evicted the family of Gauke Hijlkes

    'eigenaar-gebruiker van een deel, pachter

    rented to Jitse Krijns, but evicted in 1747

    sold 'huis, schuur en buithuis (=koestal)' to smid Folkert Sakes (huis 30) for 650 gulden

    seven over 12 and two under 12, taxed the fourth highest in the village, 58 gulden en 8 stuivers, for a capital of 1200 gulden

    the only son

    Sijbren married Jeltje Teunis on 11 Jul 1728 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jeltje Teunis (daughter of Teunis Jacobs and Feikje Popkes).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 11040
    • Baptism: 08 Oct 1699, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Children:
    1. Sijtse Sijbrens died on 11 Aug 1811 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    2. Antje Sijbrens
    3. Feike Sijbrens was born about 1724; died in 1825.
    4. 4. Wigle Sijbrens Kuiper was born about 1740; died on 20 Apr 1823 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

  3. 10.  Melle Klases, de Oude was born about 1695 (son of Klaas Sikkes); died about 1766 in huis 4, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 19916
    • Occupation: 1721, huis 4, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; gortmaker, timmerman

    Notes:

    owner "namens Klaas Sikkes' erven"

    "diaken van de doopsgezinde gemeente"

    rebuilt the burned farm for Fokke Watses and Aaltje Sijbrens

    eigenaar, Gatse Willems Kalsbeek lived here

    with Bauke Johannes (plaats 57) and Klaas Klases "voogden van de kinderen van Tjerk [Klases] en Jacobje [Lieuwes]"

    was owed 163 gulden by Minke Geerts "voor het resterende bedrag van een 'roeischip'"

    owed 926 gulden to Watse Harings te Haskerdijken

    owner

    rented to Hans Jans en Berber Bartles, sold to them in 1768 for 900 gulden

    Melle married Sjoukje Harings on 26 Oct 1721 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Sjoukje (daughter of Haring Watses, I and Jansen Pieters) was born est 1695. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sjoukje Harings was born est 1695 (daughter of Haring Watses, I and Jansen Pieters).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20245
    • Moved to: 1721, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Moved to:
    from Haskerdijken

    Children:
    1. Klaas Melles
    2. Wijtske Melles
    3. Janke Melles was born about 1725.
    4. 5. Minke Melles was born about 1740.

  5. 14.  Hendrik Rienks (son of Rienk Jans and Antje Watses); died about 1780 in plaats 39/40, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20214
    • Living: 1729, plaats 39/40, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    held a 200 gulden debt by Rienk Gerrits, Rienk was also curator of his children

    Living:
    met zijn moeder

    Hendrik married Trijntje Everts on 09 Sep 1731 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Trijntje (daughter of Evert Sierds and Antje Fokkes) was born in 1709; died before 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Trijntje Everts was born in 1709 (daughter of Evert Sierds and Antje Fokkes); died before 1758.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20215

    Children:
    1. Aaltje Hendriks died about 1804 in huis 48, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    2. Antje Hendriks died on 13 Jan 1824 in huis 47, no. 232, A418, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    3. Schoutje Hendriks died in 1783 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    4. Sijbren Hendriks died in 1819 in Nes, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    5. 7. Janke Hendriks
    6. Fokke Hendriks was born about 1739; died in 1809 in Nes, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.


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