DYKSTRA (DIJKSTRA) Family

The earliest known person of this line is Gatse b1548. The surname DYKSTRA (originally DIJKSTRA) literally means "on or by the dyke" and was taken by the family in the early 1800s when Napoleon occupied the Netherlands and required that each family take on a surname.

Names

Eelse Lolkes 1799-1830

Gatse ? b1548

Ietje (NYDAM/NIJDAM) 1897-1983

Joucke Taeckles 1620-91

Lolke Eelses 1824-93
Lolke Ybes 1705-58
Lolke Ybes 1763-1829
Lolke 1932-83 died early of diabetes

Piet 1938-87 died of apparent heart failure while ice skating in race

Sjouke 1865-1938
Sjouke 'Stan' 1926-2008

Taeckle Gatses b1588
Tunis 'Ted' 1935-2005

Uilke 1899-1977

Ybe Jouckes 1670-1718
Ybe Lolkes 1736-1816

Descent Chart

12 Gatse ? b. c1548 m. c1573 ?
- 11 Jouwer b1574
- 11 Taeckle Gatses b1588 m1613 at Heeg Saak Ebedochter of Smallbrugge d1626-36
  - 10 Tet b1616
  - 10 Ebe b1618
  - 10 Joucke Taeckles b1620 Westhem d. c1691 ~71yo m. Acke Oenes b. c1630 d. 11-11-1693 ~63yo dau of Oene Sybrens
    - 9 Taeckle b. c1655 Wolsum
    - 9 Trijntje b. c1657 Wolsum
    - 9 Riemer b. c1659 Wolsum
    - 9 Saak b. c1661
    - 9 Oene b. c1663
    - 9 Sybren b. c1665
    - 9 Ybe Jouckes b1670 d. bef. 1718 m1694 Mencke Claeses b1670
      - 8 Joucke bap 3 Dec 1699
      - 8 Lolke Ybes bap 7 Jun 1705 m1731 at Tjerkwerd Frouckjen Sijmens d1736-40
        
        7 Simen bap 14 Nov 1734
        
        7 Ybe Lolkes bap 20 Jan 1736 Tjerkwerd d. 4-12-1816 80yo Tjerkwerd m1761 Tjetske Jans dates?
        
        6 Lolke Ybes b. 2 Jan 1763 Tjerkwerd d. 3-14-1829 66yo m1782 at Hieslum Aukjen Annes b. 7-13-1760 Exmorra d?
        
        5 Tjitske b. 4-2-1783
        
        5 Saakjen b. 10-30-1784
        
        5 Tjaltie b. 3-9-1787 DY
        
        5 Tjaltie b. 5-4-1788
        
        5 Ybe b. 4-17-1790
        
        5 Anna b. 10-4-1791
        
        5 Minke b. 11-20-1793
        
        5 Anne b. 6-13-1796
        
        5 Eelse Lolkes b. 3-8-1799 Hieslum d. 3-15-1830 31yo m1822 at Witmarsum Durkjen Joekes BERNARDA b1794 Hijlaard d. 1-6-1831 37yo Parrega
        
        4 Lolke Eelses b. 5-19-1824 Parrega orphaned at 6yo d. 5-11-1893 8 days shy of 69yo Heeg m1849 at Sneek Johantje Jans WIJNIA b. 6-5-1824 Hijdaard d. 8-9-1907 83yo Hemdijk near Oosthem
        
        3 Grietje b. 3-19-1850
        
        3 Durkjen b. 4-18-1851
        
        3 Auke b. 4-1-1853
        
        3 Jan b. 10-7-1855
        
        3 Bregtje b. 11-21-1857
        
        3 Eeltje b. 5-16-1861
        
        3 Bouke b. 11-2-1863
        
        3 Sjouke b. 6-8-1865 Oosthem d. 3-17-1938 73yo Andijk m1892 Trijntje NAUTA b. 6-20-1862 Heeg d. 1-17-1936 73yo Andijk
        
        2 ? b. 2-22-1893 (stillborn boy)
        
        2 Lolke b1896
        
        2 Uilke 1899-1977 m. Ietje NIJDAM 1897-1983 86yo
        
        1 Sjouke 'Stan' 1926-2008 82yo - living
        
        1 Sietze 'Sid' 1930-2013 83yo - Klaaske 'Clara' MINNEMA 1932-2017 84yo
        
        1 Lolke 10/7 1932-83 3/3 51yo - living
        
        1 Dirk 1/25 1934-2023 Fr 1/27 89yo - living
        
        1 Tunis 'Ted' 1935-2005 70yo never married
        
        1 Akke 1936-2015 79yo (b. 10/10 Andijk d. 1/20 DenHelder) never married
        
        1 Piet 8/27 1938-87 49yo - Ida KOOIMAN 12/12 1941-2017 Tu 5/16 75yo
        
        3 Grietje b. 1-9-1870
        
        4 Baukjen b. 9-13-1826 Parrega
        
        6 Vrouwkjen b. 4-30-1764 Tjerkwerd
        
        6 Klaas
        
        7 Wilmke b. Aug 1745 DY
        
        7 Herre bap 8-28-1746
        
        7 Klaas bap 10-1-1747
  - 10 Hylck b1626
- 11 Rieme b1594
- 11 Edger b1596