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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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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