When Dirk Alink was born on 12 October 1824, in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Bernardus Alink, was 36 and his mother, Dina Wagenvoorde, was 38. He married Jantje van Boerum on 16 September 1860, in Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
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Belgium rebelled against Netherlands.
Birth of Vincent van Gogh.
The Dutch abolished slavery in Suriname. The Dutch were among the last Europeans to abolish slavery.
Sorbian: topographic name or nickname from a derivative (in Lower Sorbian a diminutive) of klin ‘wedge, wooden peg’. Compare Clink .
German: topographic name, a variant of Klinge 1, 2.
German: habitational name from any of the places called Klink or Klinke in Rhineland, Mecklenburg, Silesia, or East Prussia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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