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Haijtse Gerkes Looienga

Male Abt 1762 - 1846  (~ 84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Haijtse Gerkes Looienga was born about 1762 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD (son of Gerke Dirks and Japke Haijtses); died on 12 Jul 1846 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Haijtse Gerkes
    • Name: Haitze Gerks Looijenga
    • Reference Number: 21244
    • Living: 1796, plaats 79, same as huis 54a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Living: 1818, plaats 79, same as huis 54a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1832; landbouwer

    Notes:

    bought along with brother Dirk, still owners in 1829 and 1832

    "hadden het huis in 1816 van de kerkvoogden gekocht en verhuurden het"

    "Boelgoed ten huize Haaitze Gerks Looyinga in 't Dorp."

    "Boelgoed ten huize Jan Wietzes de Vries. Den 2den bevorens ten huize Thaeke D. van der Kooij. En den 21sten der vorige maand ten huize Douwe Hettes Wiersma en den 29sten Maart ten huize Haaitze Gerks Looyenga in ons Dorp. De eerste onder Henswoude, de twede Sorremorre en de derde in de Suipschuur sectie de Wierren, allen onder ons Dorp. Dezen laastes land is duur verkocht deze winter, en op de andere drie komen nieuwe boeren, als mijn [Lieuwe Jans de Jong] zwager of kinderen oom H.D. Hooghiemster, de twede Jan van der West, en de derde K.H. Hemminga."

    "Dezen nacht brand in ons [Lieuwe Jans de Jong] Dorp. Afgebrand is de schuur van H.J. Looyenga, met eenige andere schadens. Was er wind geweest: O ongelukkig ons Dorp, daar alles zoo brandend droog was."

    Birth:
    63y!! in 1831

    Living:
    unmarried owner of half with brother Dirk

    Living:
    owner occupant, also in 1829

    Died:
    84y, gehuwd; "13. Overleed Haaitze Gerks Looyinga, oud rentenier, oud 84 jaar; verzwakking, uitgeleefd."

    Haijtse married Mootske Jans de Jong on 23 Oct 1831 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. Mootske (daughter of Jan Gerrits de Jong and Janke Pieters van der Werf) was born in 1794 in Drachten, Smallingerland, FR, NLD; died on 09 Nov 1875 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gerke Dirks was born about 1715 (son of Dirk Baukes and Klaaske Gerkes); died before 1766.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20871
    • Religion: lidmaat van het Nieuwe Huis, along with son Auke
    • Moved to: 1751, huis 30, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1752; schoenmaker

    Notes:

    bought from Antje Ales, widow of Gerrit Koerts for 400 gulden, lived in in 1746, and sold in 1751

    sold to Dirk Jans and Jetske Sierks of Tjallehuizen for 903 gulden

    inherited house, sold to Dirk Jans te Lutjewierum for 903 gulden

    bought huis from Gerben Tomas for 600 gulden

    owner

    "voogden van de vier kinderen" of Goije Tjalkes and Trijntje Everts

    loaned, along with Wijtse Johannes (huis 30), 1990 gulden to Sjoerd Gerbens to buy huis 54a (plaats 79)

    he and Wijtse Johannes II loaned Sjoerd Gerbens 1990 gulden to buy plaats 79

    sold huis to veerschipper Pieter Jans for 514 gulden

    Gerke married Japke Haijtses on 16 Nov 1738 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Japke (daughter of Haijtse Piers and Antje Aukes) was born about 1715. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Japke Haijtses was born about 1715 (daughter of Haijtse Piers and Antje Aukes).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20870
    • Living: 1779, plaats 79, same as huis 54a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    inherited house from her sister Jetske

    still owner, source says 1786!

    bought from Hinke and Minke Geerts for 602 gulden, still owner in 1786

    lent 400 gulden to Harm Martens and Jeltje Jans to financa the purchase of huis 33

    bought from IJbe Dirks for 725 gulden

    sold to Jan Pieters Boonstra (Family 7) for 1100 gulden

    Living:
    hypotheekverschafster, owns half

    Children:
    1. Auke Gerkes Looienga was born in 1751; died on 01 Aug 1833 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    2. Dirk Gerkes Looienga was born about 1752; died on 04 May 1836 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.
    3. 1. Haijtse Gerkes Looienga was born about 1762 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; died on 12 Jul 1846 in Utingeradeel, FR, NLD.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Dirk Baukes was born about 1690 (son of Bauke Dirks and Jetske Johannes); died about 1746.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: kleermaker
    • Reference Number: 21237
    • Living: 1716, huis 26, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    "diaken van de doopsgezinde gemeente"

    bought huis from Gerrit Goijes for 890 gulden, but a protest was made and the sale did not go through

    bought from Jan ten Dam for 305 gulden

    Dirk married Klaaske Gerkes on 15 May 1713 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Klaaske was born about 1690; died about 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Klaaske Gerkes was born about 1690; died about 1750.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21238

    Children:
    1. 2. Gerke Dirks was born about 1715; died before 1766.

  3. 6.  Haijtse Piers (son of Pier Haijtses and Meinie Jans); died in 1758.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20463
    • Baptism: 05 Apr 1672, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD
    • Occupation: 1716, huis 25, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; kuiper, owner occupant

    Notes:

    Jetske is mother of Antje, but the mother of other five daughters unsure

    Died:
    widower, his piece of plaats 80 sold

    Haijtse married Antje Aukes on 15 Nov 1716 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Antje (daughter of Auke Aukes, de Oude and Aaltje Alles) was born about 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Antje Aukes was born about 1690 (daughter of Auke Aukes, de Oude and Aaltje Alles).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20858
    • Moved to: 1716, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    Moved to:
    from Haskerdijken

    Children:
    1. 3. Japke Haijtses was born about 1715.
    2. Meinie Haijtses was born about 1720.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Bauke Dirks was born about 1650.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21551
    • Occupation: 1713; kleermaker with a debt of 200 gulden to koopman Dirk Klases
    • Occupation: 1716, huis 87a, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD; lakenkoper, renter "van de doopsgezinde gemeente"

    Bauke married Jetske Johannes on 04 Dec 1680 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Jetske (daughter of Johannes Feikes and IJmkje Sijbes) was born about 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jetske Johannes was born about 1650 (daughter of Johannes Feikes and IJmkje Sijbes).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 21552

    Notes:

    relation of Jetske to her "parents" to be proven!!

    There is another Jetske Johannes who married as widow to Heert Wijbes! She is possibly the sister of Gosse and Sijtse Johannes

    Children:
    1. Johannes Baukes was born about 1690.
    2. 4. Dirk Baukes was born about 1690; died about 1746.

  3. 12.  Pier Haijtses (son of Haijtse); died before 1680.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: kuiper
    • Reference Number: 20231
    • Living: 1668, huis 25 op de Weaze, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    In 1678 zijn kuiper Pier Haijtses (huis 25) en Sijmen Tjeerds te Akkrum, toentertijd vermoedelijk elk met een zuster van Berber getrouwd, voogden van de drie kinderen van Hans en Berber. Als Pier overleden is, wordt in 1686 Teunis Tjeerds te Akkrum curator.

    Pier married Meinie Jans on 12 Jan 1668 in Oldeboorn, FR, NLD. Meinie (daughter of Jan Nannes and Trijntje Hendriks) was born about 1635; died in 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Meinie Jans was born about 1635 (daughter of Jan Nannes and Trijntje Hendriks); died in 1681.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20230
    • Moved to: 1667, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    In 1678 zijn kuiper Pier Haijtses (huis 25) en Sijmen Tjeerds te Akkrum, toentertijd vermoedelijk elk met een zuster van Berber getrouwd, voogden van de drie kinderen van Hans en Berber. Als Pier overleden is, wordt in 1686 Teunis Tjeerds te Akkrum curator.

    Moved to:
    from Stiens

    Notes:

    Married:
    beide van Oldeboorn

    Children:
    1. Grietje Piers
    2. Martsen Piers died in 1753 in huis 106, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD.
    3. 6. Haijtse Piers died in 1758.

  5. 14.  Auke Aukes, de Oude was born about 1670; died before 1736.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: plaats 7/8, Haskerdijken, Haskerland, FR, NLD; huisman
    • Reference Number: 20859

    Notes:

    sold (along with Hiltje Alles, widow of Gerrit Watses) to Jan Tjebles for 260 gulden

    sons Klaas and Gerben only from Groen!

    Auke married Aaltje Alles. Aaltje (daughter of Alle) was born about 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Aaltje Alles was born about 1670 (daughter of Alle).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 20860
    • Living: 1735, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD

    Notes:

    with sister sold huis

    from Haskerdijken

    Children:
    1. Klaas Aukes
    2. Gerben Aukes
    3. 7. Antje Aukes was born about 1690.
    4. Pietje Aukes was born about 1695.
    5. Auke Aukes, de Jonge was born about 1700.


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