When Wijtze Haitsma was born on 12 July 1874, in Suameer, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Haije Haitsma, was 31 and his mother, Trijntje Broers Roorda, was 35. He married Grietje Tuinstra on 21 May 1904, in Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 1 May 1913, in Garijp, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 38.
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