When Pieter Elsinga was born on 15 April 1923, in Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Einte Elsinga, was 31 and his mother, Neeltje Haarsma, was 28. He married Rindertje de Boer on 16 December 1952, in Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands. He died on 4 March 2012, in Zwolle, Oost Gelre, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 88.
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Gerrit, Martinus, Pieter, Roelof.
West Frisian:
habitational name from an estate or farm so named, once owned by a certain Elze and his kin. Elze is a personal name derived from an ancient Germanic name with the element adel ‘noble’. The surname is formed with the patronymic suffix -ing and genitive plural ending -a.
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