Ds. Pieter Feenstra, doopsgezind predikant te Sappemeer 1824-30, predikant te Leer 1830-37 and predikant te Sappemeer-Hoogezand 1837-71, born in Sneek on June 27, 1800, died in Smilde on January 5, 1886, aged 85 years, son of Ds. Pieter Wepkes Feenstra (doopsgezind predikant te Holwerd 1792-97, doopsgezind predikant te Sneek 1797-1842, kapitein wapenkorps te Holwerd (1797) and president-curator Latijnse school te Sneek) and Anna Hiddema.
Ds. was married in Wateringen on April 7, 1825, at the age of 24 to
Pietje de Jong (aged 17 years), born in Leeuwarden on September 16, 1807, died in Smilde on May 22, 1876, aged 68 years, daughter of Gerrit de Jong and Syke Wassenbergh.
From this marriage:
- 1 : Anna Hiddema Feenstra, born in Sappemeer on October 8, 1826, died in Groningen on July 6, 1898, aged 71 years.
- 2 : Sijke Feenstra, born in Sappemeer on September 26, 1828, died in Leiden on October 17, 1909, aged 81 years.
Sijke was married in Groningen on May 7, 1856, at the age of 27 to Hendrik Petrus Braaksma (aged 25 years), commissionnair te Groningen, born in Assen on June 5, 1830, died in Groningen on February 19, 1884, aged 53 years, son of Andries Braaksma and Magdalena van Gorcum.
- 3 : Tjitske Feenstra, born in Leer (O.-Fr) on August 30, 1830, died in Sappemeer on May 23, 1838, aged 7 years.
- 4 : Johanna Feenstra, born in Leer (O.-Fr) on February 3, 1832, died in USA after 1872, aged at least 40 years.
Johanna was married in Groningen on May 7, 1856, at the age of 24 to Ernestus Daniël Henderikus Schutter (aged 25 years), steendrukker,later fotograaf te Groningen, born in Groningen on September 4, 1830, died in USA (Rochester (NY)) after 1872, aged at least 42 years, son of Harco Ilpsema Schutter and Jantien ter Spill.
- 5 : Cornelia Feenstra, born in Leer (O.-Fr) on July 3, 1834, died in Haren on December 26, 1912, aged 78 years.
Cornelia was married in Groningen on December 26, 1912, at the age of 78 to Egbert Oortman (aged 78 years), koopman te Groningen, born in Groningen on June 1, 1834, died in Burum on October 15, 1878, aged 44 years, son of Jochum Pieters Oortman and Ida Egberts Sterenberg.
- 6 : Maria Clarissa Feenstra, born in Leer (O.-Fr) on June 25, 1836, died in Groningen on December 20, 1920, aged 84 years.
Maria was married in Sappemeer on June 2, 1868, at the age of 31 to Georg Hendrik Kraus (aged 36 years), leerlooier, later commissionnair, born in Groningen on December 18, 1831, died there on November 27, 1883, aged 51 years, son of Johannes Kraus and Frederika Magdalena Siegfried.
- 7 : Trijntje Feenstra, born in Hoogezand on May 14, 1838, died in Groningen on March 14, 1890, aged 51 years.
- 8 : Clarissa Maria Feenstra, born in Sappemeer on August 11, 1841, died in Arnhem on December 18, 1924, aged 83 years.
Clarissa was married in Sappemeer on May 4, 1865, at the age of 23 to Lodewijk Frederik Philippus Lehnkering (aged 27 years), linnenfabrikant, born in Oosterhout (NB) on August 5, 1837, died in Arnhem on January 30, 1914, aged 76 years, son of Gerrard Hendrik Growich Lehnkering and Johanna Ephraima Pichot.
- 9 : Gerrit Feenstra, kapt. inf., born in Sappemeer on May 26, 1846, died in Arnhem on February 9, 1916, aged 69 years.
Gerrit was married in Ootmarsum on October 26, 1874, at the age of 28 (1) to Johanna Petronella Lydia Backer van Leuven (aged 27 years), born in Nijmegen on February 1, 1847, died in Doesburg on January 9, 1879, aged 31 years, daughter of Jacob Joris van Leuven and Heloïse Lydia Wilhelmina Vrouwe van B..
Gerrit was married in Goes on April 24, 1885, at the age of 38 (2) to Wilhelmina Christina de Backer (aged 34 years), born in Kortgene on September 3, 1850, died in Arnhem on July 19, 1926, aged 75 years, daughter of Mr. Johannes Gerardus de Backer and Sara Petronella Johanna Geene.
- 10 : Ds. Pieter Feenstra, doopsgezind predikant te Witmarsum-Pingjum 1873-8, predikant te Nijmegen 1881-91 and predikant te Amsterdam 1891-1916, born in Sappemeer on October 18, 1850, died in Amsterdam on August 16, 1936, aged 85 years.
Ds. was married in Zwolle on February 13, 1873, at the age of 22 to Anna Maria Catharina Tjeenk Willink (aged 20 years), born in Zwolle on January 22, 1853, died in Amsterdam on August 18, 1920, aged 67 years, daughter of Wolterus Everhardus Jonas Tjeenk Willink (boekhandelaar and uitgever) and Judith Geertruid Stroink.
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