Jan Bouman
Honor Code SignatorySigned 12 Nov 2023 | 2,045 contributions | 16 thank-yous | 614 connections
Signed 12 Nov 2023 | 2,045 contributions | 16 thank-yous | 614 connections
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I am interested in the genealogy of the northern part of the Netherlands and Lower Saxony in Germany.
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Jan Bouman
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Harm Bouman
and Anna Fennechiena Wiersema
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Nov 2023
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Biography
I am Jan Bouman, and around 2008, I started genealogical research. Initially, I focused on my own family, where, in addition to the genealogical data, I also tried to reconstruct the life stories of my ancestors. My family mainly hails from Groningen (Netherlands) and Ostfriesland (Germany), two regions that border each other and have close historical, linguistic, and cultural ties. The family has spread since the mid-19th century, especially in the 20th century, to the USA and Canada. For several years, I have also been working on family trees that interest me but are not related to my own family. From November 2023, I have started documenting my genealogical data on Wikitree.
Newspaper message of birth[1]
Newspaper message of marriage[2]
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Jan Bouman at registration.
- ↑ Birth: Gemeente Appingedam; Newspaper message 'Winschoter Courant'; Secondary Source; December 6, 1955; Link to Delpher.nl; Text: Appingedam, 1-30 Nov. 1955. Jan Folkert, z. v. H. Bouman en A.F. Wiersema.
- ↑ Marriage: Gemeente Heerenveen; Newspaper message 'Leeuwarder Courant'; Secondary Source; June 28, 1982; Link to Delpher.nl; Text: Heerenveen, 14-21 juni, gehuwd J.F. Bouman, Amersfoort en G. Houwink, Heerenveen.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jan:
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Featured German connections: Jan is 31 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 34 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 32 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 32 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 31 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 31 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 32 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 22 degrees from Alexander Mack, 36 degrees from Carl Miele, 25 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 31 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 29 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
How are you connected to the Freys? I have quite a bit of informtion in the States but am trying to find more for their pre-immigration. I guess I need to follow your trail back.
Tom Simon (Grandson of Richard Frey (1892-1956)
Thank you very much for your comment.
I am a direct descendant of Fokke Richerts Vrij/Frey (Profile ID: Vrij-23) and Gepke Dirks (Profile ID: Dirks-1103). This couple were also the parents of Richert Fokken Frey of whom you have accepted the merge I proposed. They lived in the border area of present-day Netherlands and Germany, where there was no border at the time of Napoleon. It was to Napoleon's credit that surnames were made compulsory in our regions and a civil registry was introduced.
Immediately after Napoleon's final defeat (1815), new borders were created, including the current one between the Netherlands and Germany. This is very relevant for the Frey family because they lived on both sides of the new border.
In the French period (Napleon), the children of Fokke Richerts Vrij/Frey and Gepke Dirks took on different surnames in the Netherlands and Ost-Friesland (now part of Germany). Frey is the German spelling and Vrij or Freij are Dutch spellings. A son has also adopted the patronymic Fokken (son of Fokke) as his surname. My ancestor, son of Fokke Richerts Vrij, took the name Bou(w)man.
By the way, I have strong doubts about the date of birth of Geeske Hinderks Santjer, as I have described in comments on the sources. If date 26 Mar 1815 is right ten she must have been 11 at marriage. I have also another source (transcripted church book) that specifies 1810 as year of birth.
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