Grietje Dijkman was born on 16 April 1900, in Brantgum, Friesland, Netherlands. She married Jelle Zoutsma on 23 June 1923, in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. She died on 23 February 1950, in Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 49.
English: from Middle English dich(e), dike ‘dike, earthwork’ + man ‘man’ (Old English dīc + mann), hence an occupational name for someone who worked at a ditch or dike, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. See also Dyke and compare Dicker .
English: occupational name meaning ‘servant (Middle English man) of Dick ’.
Americanized form of Dutch Dijkman, see Dykman .
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