This page shows the genealogy of my father's mother's father: PIETER HIEMSTRA. He came from the province of Friesland in the N.E. Netherlands.
JELLE JAN HIEMSTRA, a skipper, (b.?, d.Tzum) married BOUKJEN PIETERS HILMA (b.?,d.Tzum)
Children from this marriage:
PIETER HIEMSTRA (b.6.2.1840 Tzum, d.26.2.1890 Groningen)
others?
PIETER HIEMSTRA, a skipper, (b.6.2.1840 Tzum, d.26.2.1890 Groningen)
First marriage (14.2.1872) was to MARTHA DE JONG (b.?, d.11.1878)
Children from this marriage:
1. JELLE HIEMSTRA (b.17.12.1873, d.?)
2. GRIETJE HIEMSTRA (b.24.1.1875 Purmerend, died young)
3. GRIETJE HIEMSTRA (b.18.1.1876, d.?)
4. BOUKJE HIEMSTRA (b.21.8.1878, d.?)
Second marriage
(31.3.1881) was to MIJNTJE PERDON
(b.17.10.1856 on board ship"Johanna"in Hogezand, d.9.4.1945
Groningen)
MIJNTJE was housekeeper on ship "Hoop op Zegen" after
Pieter's first wife died.
Children from this marriage:
1. BOUKTJE PERDON (b.14.7.1880 on board ship "Hoop op Zegen" in Hogezand, d.5.12.1961 Hague)
(Bouktje was born before they were married.)2. JOHANNA HIEMSTRA (Anna) (b.8.9.1881 on board ship in Amsterdam, d.?)
3. MIJNTJE HIEMSTRA (b.9.2.1883 Groningen, d.young in Groningen)
4. PIETERTJE HIEMSTRA (b.29.9.1884 Groningen, d.young in Groningen)
5. AALTJE HIEMSTRA (Aaltje) (b.17.6.1886 Groningen, d.?)
6. POPKO HIEMSTRA (b.2.9.1888 Groningen, d.26.6.1890 Groningen)