Biography

52 Ancestors – #5: Hendrik Noorderbroek

Hendrik Noorderbroek is my 7th great-grandfather on my father’s mother’s side of the family.  He was born in approximately 1700 in the Netherlands.  He married Marijke Boerboom on July 28, 1725 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.  They had one known daughter, Elizabeth.  It is unknown what happened to Hendrik.1

Blaeu_1652_-_Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden, Bleau’s Toonneel der Steden, Dutch City Maps, Edited by Willem and Joan Blaeu, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

  1.  “Hendrik Noorderbroek”, Stamboom Dusseljee, (Coret Genealogie 1997-2016), https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-dusseljee/I427.php, Accessed: 2 January 2016. ↩

52 Ancestors – #4: Sijke Andries

Sijke Andries is my 8th great-grandmother on my father’s mother’s side of the family.  She was born on September 26, 1680 in Oenkerk, Friesland, the Netherlands.  She married Sije Sjoukes Noteboom on October 9, 1702 and was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.  She is know to have one son Sjouke Sijes Noteboom.  She died in approximately 1728 in Oenkerk.1

oenkerk

Oenkerk, Friesland, Netherlands, Map Data ©2016 Google

  1.  “Sijke Andries,” Stamboom Dusseljee, (Coret Genealogie 1997-2016), https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-dusseljee/I385.php, Accessed: 2 January 2016. ↩

52 Ancestors – #3: Sije Sjoukes Noteboom

Sije Sjoukes Noteboom is my 8th great-grandfather on my father’s mother’s side of the family.  Sije Sjoukes Noteboom was born in approximately 1680 in the Netherlands.  As an adult he was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.  His occupation was that of a master carpenter.  Sije married Sijke Andries on October 9, 1702.  Both took confession in the Dutch Reform Church in 1707 in Oenkerk, Friesland, Netherlands.  They had one child they named Sjouke Sijes Noteboom.  Sije died in about 1728 in Oenkerk.[^1]

800px-Kerkje_Oenkerk

Kerkje Oenkerk,
By http://picasaweb.google.com/molenaarserf/ [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

[^1] “Sije Sjoukes Noteboom”, Stamboom Dusseljee, (Coret Genealogie 1997-2016), https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-dusseljee/I386.php, Accessed: 2 January 2016.

52 Ancestors – #2: Fennigje Jans

Fennigje Jans is my 8th Maternal Great-Grandparent on my father’s mother’s side of the family.  Her origins are unknown.  She married Jan Zweersen on May 16, 1712 in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands.  There is a Fennigje Jans buried at Broerenkerkhof on September 26, 1747, but it is not confirmed that this is the same Fennigje Jans.

Broerenkerk, Zwolle, Netherlands

Broerenkerk, Zwolle, Netherlands, By Marycke Naber (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

52 Ancestors – #1: Jan Zweersen

Jan Zweersen is my 8th great-grandparent, on my father’s mother’s side of the family.  He was from Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands.  Jan married Fennigje Jans on May 16, 1712 in Zwolle, which is the capital of Overijssel, Netherlands.  At the time of their marriage, he lived on the dike in Zwolle, and began using the name Jan Zwiers.1

Map of Zwolle

Map of Zwolle, from “Blaeu’s Toonneel der Steden”, Dutch City Maps, edited bye Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1652. [Public Domain], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blaeu_1652_-_Zwolle.jpg

 

 

  1.  “Jan Zweersen”, Stamboom Dusseljee, (Coret Genealogie 1997-2016), https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-dusseljee/I587.php, Accessed: 1 January 2016. ↩