Fokjen de Vries (1791 - 1845)

Born 8 Dec 1791 in Terwispel, Friesland, Nederland

Wife of Fedde Zwanenburg — married 6 May 1815 in Gorredijk, Friesland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1845 at age 53 in Terwispel, Friesland, Nederland

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Biography

Fokjen Sytses (de Vries), born 8 December 1791 and baptized 26 December 1791^[1] in Terwispel, daughter of Sytse Jalkes (de Vries) and Frouwtje Aijses. She died 18 June 1845^[2] in Terwispel

Fokjen Sytses de Vries married 6 May 1825^[3] in Gorredijk with Fedde Gooitsens Zwanenburg

Name

Sytse Jalkes, who was the father of Fokjen Sytses, living in Terwispel, adopted 10 April 1812 the name De Vries as familyname for himself and his children^[4]

Sources

• Daniël Bouman, firsthand knowledge.

1. ↑ Birth and baptism: Netherlands, Friesland Province, Church Records, 1543-1911," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99Q-CVF1?cc=2040000&wc=SBN3-2J3%3A382150501%2C382325101%2C382325102 : 30 January 2015), Nederlands Hervormd > Terwispel > Dopen 1747-1811 Trouwen 1747-1811 Lidmaten 1772-1850 > image 143 of 366; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague)
2. ↑ Death: Civil Registration Nederland, Friesland, Opsterland, Deaths, 1845, page 29
3. ↑ Marriage: Civil Registration Nederland, Friesland, municipality Gorredijk, Opsterland, Marriages 1815, # 8
4. ↑ Name adoption