Fedde Jacobs Braaksma

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 27. He married Maaike Harmens Nicolai on 28 June 1807, in Dantumawoude, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 4 February 1850, in Akkerwoude, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Fedde Jacobs Braaksma
1772–1850
Maaike Harmens Nicolai
1783–1826
Marriage: 28 June 1807
Ytje Feddes Braaksma
1808–1894
Folkje Feddes Braaksma
1809–1888
Jacob Feddes Braaksma
1812–1893
Saakje Feddes Braaksma
1818–1833

Sources (8)

  • Fedde Jacobs Braaksma in entry for Saakje Braaksma, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
  • Fedde Jacobs Braaksma in entry for Jacob Braaksma, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
  • Fedde Jacobs Braaksma in entry for Jacob Feddes Braaksma and Foekje Sakes Dijkstra, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"

World Events (6)

1780

A four year war with England was fought.

1788

An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.

1793

France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.

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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