Frisian & Friesland Genealogy

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Comment by Patty Wimpsett Killion on August 15, 2009 at 1:59pm

My ggGrandfather Jan-Willem Eisma (1822-1913) was from Friesland. My ggGrandmother Dietwertje deLeeuw (1822-1860) was from Amsterdam. I searched the Frisian Archives that Elizabeth suggested and came up with the following information for my ggGrandfather:
Geboorteakte Ferwerderadeel, 1822
Aangiftedatum 3 december 1822, blad nr. 109 (suppl. nr. 1-1)
Jan Eisma, geboren 30 november 1822
Zoon van Arnoldus Willem Eisma en Riemke Pieters Velzen
Wonende te Marrum
The only problem I have with this information is that I don't understand the German words. I can see that it has his birthday. Could someone please explain what this data says? Also if anyone else has any information on the Eisma Friesland research I would really appreciate it.

Comment by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on August 8, 2009 at 6:45pm

I recently bought the book Mother And Child Were Saved - by Catharina Schrader, midwife in Friesland in the
17th, 18th century. She left a diary in which she not only noted the
number of children she helped to deliver, but also a lot of details.
Maybe she delivered one of your ancestors. I found one of my ancestors in there.
There is a preview here

Comment by Sylvia Binch-Talma on July 19, 2009 at 2:39pm

This is great ! I've even got your great-grandfather's info in my tree !

I think I know the family you mean: Gerben and Maaike Talma. They had 7 boys and 1 girl: Sieds Klaas (he is on facebook !), Jan Berend, Klaas Gerben, Berend (Benny), Eduard, Rudolf Robert, Sieuwke Johanna and Marcel Irmo (he is a dentist now).

Can I send you a copy of the family tree ? If so, where do you want me to send it to ?

Comment by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 19, 2009 at 2:14pm

That is so cool !!!!!!!!
Hessel Meinderts Talma's daughter
Jantje Hessels Talma,( 01 May 1800 ) who married Pieter Watses Hoogstra, their daughter Lutske Pieters Hoogstra married Hemke Pieters van der Zwaag, who was my great - grandfather (van der zwaag)
I too have some information about Gabe Doedes, however it's only names and dates. I have not much information on the women on that side.
Would appreciate any helpful info.
I remember, when we lived in Akkerwoude, there was afamily of Talmas with 6 boys( maybe 7 - and one girl) We always played with these boys - I remember there was a Klaas, Sijtse-Klaas, and a Benny. Oh those childhood memories.
It is great to have a distant relative!

Comment by Sylvia Binch-Talma on July 19, 2009 at 1:59pm

Elisabeth: we are actually related ! Meindert Gerbens and Romkjen Pieters are also my ancestors !

How are you related to them ? My family are descended from their son Hessel Meinderts Talma, born in 1773 in Rinsumageest.

I can give you a family tree going back another 5 generations to Gabe Doedes, who died in 1625.

You can contact me at bintal_ms@hotmail.com .

Comment by Liz Loveland on July 19, 2009 at 1:47pm

Hi everyone, Thank you for all the comments. I have found others with the name Vedder from the same time period but as far back as I have traced my own line, they have spelt it Veeder. Perhaps they changed it when they came to the Colonies; I don't know. I will keep all your ideas in mind as I continue to try to trace them.

Comment by Henk van Kampen on July 19, 2009 at 11:02am

Veeder was probably Vedder, originally. The earliest Vedders I could find in the church books in Tresoar are from 1667, which is already too late for someone from New Netherland. The church books probably don't go back far enough.

Comment by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 19, 2009 at 11:01am

Hi Sylvia, I checked my family tree, and I actually have a few Talmas in my family tree, the first one was Hessel Meinderts Talma, born in 1773 in Godloos Tolhuis, Ringsumageest, the son of Meindert Gerbens and Romkjen Pieters.

Comment by Sylvia Binch-Talma on July 19, 2009 at 10:08am

Hi Liz,
Like Elisabeth, I have checked the Frisian records, but found no Veeder. I think your family is more likely to come from Ostfriesland in Germany, as the name looks more German to me ..

Comment by Elisabeth Nieuwhof on July 19, 2009 at 9:57am

Hi Liz, what time frame are you talking about. I checked the Frisian archives online, and there is not a surname with Veerder to be found. There are names like Van der Veer, Veerman and Der Veer. If you are looking before 1811, people in Friesland did not have a last name, and you would be looking for people by their father's first name.

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