Dirk Tiemersma

Brief Life History of Dirk

When Dirk Tiemersma was born on 17 April 1915, in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Siebe Petrus Tiemersma, was 27 and his mother, Janke van den Berg, was 24. He married Sijke Hoekstra on 6 June 1939, in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 23 September 1957, in his hometown, at the age of 42.

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Family Time Line

Dirk Tiemersma
1915–1957
Sijke Hoekstra
1917–1989
Marriage: 6 June 1939
Elizabeth Tiemersma
1940–
Aaltje Tiemersma
Dirk Petrus Tiemersma
Siebe Tiemersma
Janke Grietje Tiemersma
1941–
Grietje Tiemersma
1944–1991
Oege Tiemersma
1948–2013
Rinske Tiemersma
1950–
Sietske Tiemersma
1953–1964

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    World Events (8)

    1917

    WWI. Despite Dutch neutrality in World War I (1914-18), the Netherlands suffers from severe food shortages, triggering street riots.

    1922

    Dutch women get the vote.

    1928

    Amsterdam, Netherlands hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Cornie, Dirk, Gerrit, Roelof.

    West Frisian: patronymic, formed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’, from a genitivized form of the personal name Riemer, see Reimer .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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