Brief Life History of Fedde Jacobs
When Fedde Jacobs Braaksma was born in 1772, in Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Jacob Jelkes Braaksma, was 44 and his mother, Folkje Douwes Feddema, was 28. He married Maaike Harmens Nicolai on 28 June 1807, in Dantumawoude, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 4 February 1850, in Akkerwoude, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 78.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Fedde Jacobs Braaksma in entry for Jacob Feddes Braaksma and Foekje Sakes Dijkstra, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
- Fedde Jacobs Braaksma in entry for Thijs Pieters Postma and Ytje Feddes Braaksma, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
- Fedde Jacobs Braaksma in entry for Cornelis Ates van Ek and Folkje Feddes Braaksma, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
Spouse and Children
1772–1850 Male
1783–1826 Female
Children (3)
1809–1894 Female
1809–1888 Female
1812–1893 Male
Parents and Siblings
1728–1814 Male
1744–1816 Female
Siblings (6)
1770–1808 Female
1772–1850 Male
1775–1846 Male
1778–1829 Female
1780–1868 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (6)
1780
Age 8
1788
Age 16
1793
Age 21
Name Meaning
West Frisian and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a piece of wasteland or newly cultivated land, from Frisian, Dutch braak ‘fallow, waste’ or ‘place where a dike burst’ + the Frisian suffix -ma, which originally denoted ‘(one of the) men of’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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