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Dirk Hendriks Posthumus

Male 1874 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dirk Hendriks Posthumus was born on 15 Feb 1874 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD (son of Hendrik Posthumus and Wilhelmina Sipkes Metskes).

    Dirk married Margaretha Wilhelmina Meijer on 07 Dec 1898 in Amsterdam, NH, NLD, and was divorced on 16 Mar 1923 in Amsterdam, NH, NLD. Margaretha (daughter of Frederik Christiaan Meijer and Carolina Dorothea Schnauss) was born about 1876 in Amsterdam, NH, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Frederik Christiaan Posthumus was born about 1902 in Amsterdam, NH, NLD.

    Dirk married Margje Wiegers Boltje on 12 Mar 1924 in Amsterdam, NH, NLD. Margje (daughter of Wieger Jentjes Boltje and Hiltje Jacobs Waterlander) was born about 1888 in Haskerland, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hendrik Posthumus

    Hendrik married Wilhelmina Sipkes Metskes on 30 May 1868 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD. Wilhelmina (daughter of Sipke Sipkes Metskes and Aafje Hendriks Klooster) was born on 22 Feb 1845 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Wilhelmina Sipkes Metskes was born on 22 Feb 1845 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD (daughter of Sipke Sipkes Metskes and Aafje Hendriks Klooster).
    Children:
    1. Jan Hendriks Posthumus was born on 03 Jun 1869 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    2. Willem Hendriks Posthumus was born on 29 Oct 1871 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    3. 1. Dirk Hendriks Posthumus was born on 15 Feb 1874 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    4. Sipkje Hendriks Posthumus was born on 12 Jul 1876 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    5. levenloos kind Posthumus was born on 23 Mar 1879 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD; died on 23 Mar 1879 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    6. Aaltje Hendriks Posthumus was born on 07 Sep 1882 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Sipke Sipkes Metskes was born on 03 Nov 1807 in Harlingen, FR, NLD (son of Sipke Willems Metskes and Welmoed Christiaans Kingma); died on 22 Aug 1879 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.

    Sipke married Aafje Hendriks Klooster on 17 Nov 1833 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD. Aafje (daughter of Hendrik Jogchums Klooster and Aaltje Wijgers Kruis) was born about 1806 in Giethoorn, OV, NLD; died on 16 Jun 1857 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Aafje Hendriks Klooster was born about 1806 in Giethoorn, OV, NLD (daughter of Hendrik Jogchums Klooster and Aaltje Wijgers Kruis); died on 16 Jun 1857 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    Children:
    1. Christina Sipkes Metskes was born on 15 Apr 1834 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    2. Aaltje Sipkes Metskes was born on 30 May 1836 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    3. Willem Sipkes Metskes was born on 09 Dec 1838 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD; died on 14 Feb 1922 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    4. Hendrik Sipkes Metskes was born on 20 Mar 1841 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD; died on 08 May 1886 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    5. 3. Wilhelmina Sipkes Metskes was born on 22 Feb 1845 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Sipke Willems Metskes was born on 17 May 1778 in Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, FR, NLD (son of Willem Sipkes and Grietje Jans); died on 24 Oct 1807 in Harlingen, FR, NLD.

    Sipke married Welmoed Christiaans Kingma on 21 Dec 1806 in Harlingen, FR, NLD. Welmoed was born about 1780; died on 03 Mar 1815 in in het huis in de Doelesteeg Letter E, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Welmoed Christiaans Kingma was born about 1780; died on 03 Mar 1815 in in het huis in de Doelesteeg Letter E, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.
    Children:
    1. 6. Sipke Sipkes Metskes was born on 03 Nov 1807 in Harlingen, FR, NLD; died on 22 Aug 1879 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.

  3. 14.  Hendrik Jogchums Klooster

    Hendrik married Aaltje Wijgers Kruis in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Aaltje Wijgers Kruis
    Children:
    1. 7. Aafje Hendriks Klooster was born about 1806 in Giethoorn, OV, NLD; died on 16 Jun 1857 in Leeuwarden, FR, NLD.


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