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Jacob Sjoerds Gaastra

Male 1779 - 1856  (77 years)


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  • Name Jacob Sjoerds Gaastra 
    Birth 14 Sep 1779  Gorredijk, Opsterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 03 Oct 1779 
    Name Jacob Sjoerds  [1
    Occupation 1805  huis 27, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    zilversmid, rented this house from Klaas Dirks Waringa, but lived in huis 106 
    Occupation 1850  huis 125, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    waagmeester 
    Reference Number 2163 
    Death 09 Dec 1856  huis 125, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I2163  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 10 May 2017 

    Father Sjoerd Saakes Gaastra,   b. Heerenveen, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1809 
    Mother Lysbeth Hendriks,   b. Bef 1760, Heerenveen, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Gorredijk, Opsterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1760  Heerenveen, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gatske Tjibbes Talma,   b. 05 Nov 1782, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1867, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 13 May 1804  Gorredijk, Opsterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Elisabeth Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 12 May 1805, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1839 (Age 34 years)
     2. Tjibbe Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 19 Nov 1806, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1881, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Sjoerd Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 28 Aug 1809, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jun 1847 (Age 37 years)
     4. Wijtske Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 06 Jan 1812   d. 28 Dec 1882 (Age 70 years)
     5. Saake Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 07 Mar 1815, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1889, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     6. Hendrik Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 14 Nov 1817, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1900, "in't schip", Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     7. Jelle Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 30 Sep 1820, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1878, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     8. Pietje Jacobs Gaastra,   b. 12 Mar 1823   d. 23 Feb 1907 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F1226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
    Old 106 C63 Andringastrjitte 2
    Old 106 C63 Andringastrjitte 2
    Old 110 C51 Andringastrjitte 1
    Old 110 C51 Andringastrjitte 1

  • Notes 
    • possibly lived here, since this was the "zilversmederij",
    • "laatste huurder"
    • bought from smid Jan Martens for 1600 gulden, but sale did not go through
    • koopt huis voor 1100 gulden van Dirk en Trijntje Fokkes
    • sold huis to Douwe Tjitses de Groot for 750 gulden
    • Was also Turfmaker 1804, zilversmid 1812
    • "heeft de zilversmederij van Jacob Abes de Nes overgenomen?" [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S41] Marten Groen, Groen's History of Oldeboorn, (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1991), p. 211.

    2. [S41] Marten Groen, Groen's History of Oldeboorn, (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1991), p. 42,211.

    3. [S58] Groen, Marten, Oldeboorn Meiers 18-de Eeuw, (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 1992), p. 127.

    4. [S85] Bev Reg, Old. 1850 1295-208-1-125.


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