Geert Jans Braaksma

Brief Life History of Geert Jans

When Geert Jans Braaksma was born on 19 April 1791, in Niawier, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Jan Lubberts Braaksma, was 40 and his mother, Tjetske IJnzes, was 38. He married Aaltje Siegers Jaalstra on 30 November 1818, in East-Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 21 February 1847, in East-Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Geert Jans Braaksma
1791–1847
Aaltje Siegers Jaalstra
1793–1848
Marriage: 30 November 1818
Johannes Braaksma
1821–1901
Jan Braaksma
1824–1828
Tjisse Braaksma
1827–1901
Jan Geerts Braaksma
1830–1895
Gerrit Braaksma
1835–1835
Grietje Braaksma
1836–1847

Sources (15)

  • Geert Jans Braaksma / Aaltje Siegers Jaalstra Marriage
  • Geert Jans Braaksma Death
  • Geert, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"

World Events (5)

1793

France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.

1795

France and Napoleon conquered the Netherlands.

1813

The Dutch defeated the French.

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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