When Wipkje Willems Hooghiemstra was born on 28 October 1857, in Bergum, Friesland, Netherlands, her father, Willem Durks Hooghiemstra, was 29 and her mother, Fokje Michiels Bijlsma, was 33. She married Pieter Dirks van der Woude on 13 May 1882, in Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 5 April 1934, in her hometown, at the age of 76.
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1860–1908 Male
1857–1934 Female
1883–1949 Male
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Dutch, Flemish, and North German: patronymic from Willem . The surname of Flemish and German origin is also common in the Walloon part of Belgium (especially in its German-speaking part).
English (Middlesex): variant of Williams .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Wipkje and Pieter lived with her father Willem Dirks Hooghiemstra who was a widower. This record was from a 1880-1889 population register image #39. The source is allefriezen.nl
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