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, Friesland, Netherlands, Map Data ©2016 Google

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]

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.