Stamboom van Rienk en Bettie van der Beek

Pieter died in 1807 in Deventer at the age of 92, so he must have been born in 1714 or 1715.
According to the citizenship certificate of Pieter van der Beek and his family (see below in this gray window), Pieter comes from Ostend in Belgium.
 
Pieter reached a high age, especially for that time. In the first half of 1807, 219 people died in Deventer; 41 of them were older than 65, but 104 were younger than 10 years.
You can see Pieter’s obituary below.
 

 
He was 92 years according to that message and he lived at Waterstraat 43 in Deventer.
In 1765 he lived there as well, you can see that later at the message of the funeral of daughter Elisabeth van der Beek. So he lived there for at least 40 years.
Here on the right you see a picture of the Waterstraat in 2017, so Pieter van der Beek probably lived in such a kind of house. Unfortunately Waterstraat 43 no longer exists, the houses on the side with the odd numbers (left on the photo) have been demolished and replaced by other buildings.

A year before his death Pieter made a will.
In that will he states that he possesses property of fl. 5000. He also declares that he recognizes the good services and “faithful care” of his two children Pieter and Gerharda living with him, and therefore he “gives his Dogter Gerharda an annual Summa of seventh Guilders, from the 1st January 1788, until His death, and to his son Pieter an annual Summa of fifty guilders, also from the 1st January, 1788, until His death”. Pieter also declares that he names his four children Garrit Hendrik, Gerharda, Francina and Pieter van der Beek as his sole heirs, as well as his grandson Pieter van der Beek, son of the late Pieters son Gerhardus van der Beek.
What remains after Francina and Pieter have paid their “care wages” has to be divided into five equal portions for the five persons mentioned.
Apparently his daughter Johanna Gesina and his son Gerardus had already died in 1806, when the will was made.
You can read the will here.
Where the Waterstraat in Deventer is, you see on the map below, it is near the IJssel.
 

 
Pieter van der Beek and Gesina Jalinks married on November 7, 1745 in Deventer. They could both write, because below you see their wedding date with the names and addresses from the wedding book and underneath they have written their own names. With many couples, the wedding book said that they could not write. Furthermore, they both had a surname, which was also special in those days. Pieter lived in the Assenstraat and Gesina in the Papenstraat (see above map).
 

Gesina was born on 22-10-1719 in Deventer according to a line from the baptismal book of the reformed church, you can see it below.Below that you see the obituary of Gesina, she is buried on 24-07-1780 in Deventer under a half hour of bells. She was then in the Sint Elisabets Gasthuis.
In the Sint Elisabets Gasthuis were mentally ill nursed, apparently she was insane in the last years of her life, or was she just demented?

Pieter and Gesina had 10 children: Gerhardus (08-01-1747), Elisabeth (04-02-1748), Gerharda (03-12-1749), Gerhardus (23-04-1752), Gerrit Hendrik (11-08-27) 1754), Gerharda (05-06-1757), Francina (11-02-1759), Pieter (14-01-1761), Johanna Gesina (25-07-1762), Engele (buried on 18-02-1765, born ?).
My ancestor Gerhardus is the fourth. The first Gerhardus died young, because the same name was used again.
Elisabeth also died young (see below, she was 17 years old) and Johanna Gesina died before 1774, she was at most 11 years old (see the citizenship certificate below).
 
Below you can see a line from Deventer’s baptism book of 1752, in which the baptism of Gerhardus is mentioned. And below that a few lines from the funeral book, in which the funeral of Elisabeth is mentioned. That was on 14-03-1765, she was 17 years old. It also states that the Van der Beek family lived on the Waterstraat.

Pieter and Gesina also had two stillborn children; one on 21-01-1751 and one on 08-08-1753. On the image below you see the report in the funeral book of Deventer.
Many young children then died according to that book, many more children than adults.
How much had to be paid for a funeral depended, among other things, on the number of hours that the clock had to be sounded, and which clock. An hour with the big clock and a bill cost f 4, – can be seen on that picture.

In 1748 a census was held in Deventer. Below is a line from the data of the census of 1748 in the Polstraat in Deventer.Pieter and Gesina apparently lived, after they were married, at Polstraat 127; they lived there with 2 adults and 1 child (later they lived on the Waterstraat, at least in 1765, and also when Pieter died in 1807).
Behind is the profession of Pieter, was that onderconstapel?
A constapel was an artillery officer with orders over several pieces of artillery.

 
In 1774 Pieter van der Beek, with his family, obtained the great citizenship. He got city rights with it.
He had to pay a fee of 360 guilders (50 for each of his sons and 25 for each of his daughters and 160 for Pieter and Gesina himself).
He could also have gone for the small citizenship, that would have cost him fl. 12, – but he would have fewer rights.
 
The city of Deventer knew residents and citizens. The former had received permission to live within the city, but they had no further rights there. Citizens, on the other hand, were allowed to trade in the city without restrictions, were exempted from the payment of tolls that the city levied and were allowed to use the city pastures, at least if they were big-goers, but they could not.
A future great citizen had to come to the town hall with his own gun (as a sign that he wanted to help defend the city) and with two fireblowers in his hand (as a sign that he was willing to help with the fire department). Thus equipped, the newcomer paid off the city government for the city government.
 
You can see Pieter’s citizenship certificate below, there you also see that Pieter came from Ostende.
 

Pieter is the great-grandfather of my grandfather.
He was born on 18-09-1785 in Stavoren, see the following lines from the baptismal book of the reformed church.
 

He is from 1810 shoemaker in Ferwerd (address: Vrijhof nr 8), in 1817 shoemaker in Birdaard, later merchant and shopkeeper in Jislum, and in 1832 he was according to the birth certificate of Arrentje gardenier, and his wife Grietje shopkeeper.
 
Pieter was rejected for military service due to lack of length.
 
From the member book Ferwerderadeel of 1831 it appears that Pieter van der Beek made confession on 13 March 1831 in the reformed congregation.
In 1808 Pieter received a message from the notary of Hallum, stating that Pieter Gerardus van der Beek, Hallum, 20 years old, inherits 1/5 of his grandfather’s estate. His mother is Akke Baukes, Amsterdam, co-applicant, and his grandfather is Pieter van der Beek, recently deceased in Deventer.
Pieter inherited from his grandfather Pieter van der Beek from Deventer.
You can read that document from the notary from Hallum here, it is very difficult to read.
And you can read the will of Pieter van der Beek from Deventer here.
 
Akke, Pieter’s mother, has lived in Birdaard in the last years of her life with her son Pieter and his family.
 
Below you see the birth certificate of Akke, on which you see that Pieter was a master cobbler in Ferwerd at the Vrijhof nr. 8; click on it for an enlargement.
You can also see the birth certificate of Arrentje, where you can see that Pieter was a gardener in Jislum and his wife Grietje a shopkeeper.
There under a list with the members of the Van der Beek family during the census of 1830.
 

In 1821 Pieter bought a house in Jislum with house number 19 for f 601, – from Aaltje Lieuwes Zwart in Jislum, widow of Tjeerd Oenes Straatsma and from Binne Ritskes Memerda. Click here for the purchase deed.
 
Grietje died on 06-02-1858, and Pieter died about a month later.
A notarial deed was then drawn up with the inventory of Pieter and Grietje i.v. the inheritance. That deed covers 14 pages. Click here for that deed.
Because that deed is difficult to read, I have typed it over, you will find that typed version here.

Some things from that deed:
There was in the room: An oak cabinet, estimated at f 28, -; two chair bells f 7, a bed and bolster f 26; nine chairs and a highchair f 8.20; six tea leaves, three paintings, four drums, a mirror and twenty-six large and small plates estimated at f 5.40 etc, etc.
In the cabinet: seventeen short sheets f 34; six blankets, a ditto shirt and a leg bag f 5.70 etc.
In the shop: A fire cabinet f 10; two tables, a kift, a staircase, a window, a cupboard, a tine, a box and egg-box f 5.35; a pot with salt, a jar with syrup, and two drums with raisins and candij f 2.40; four cubs of black furs, four woolen caps, seventeen shaving rags, three cubes and nine colored cloths f 7,35 etc, etc.
Furthermore: a sheep f 18; a golden earring, weighing seventy-one wedges six grains, twenty carats f 98 etc.

Gerardus Pieters was my great-great-grandfather. He was first farmer, and from about 1840 on he was a professional peatmeter. The digging of peat has an effect on the water state. And in order to be able to control this water state, the water board needed money. One and a half cents per square meter of dredge spread over the land, the shipper was guilty of the water board and the peat meter was the man who had to determine the number of square meters.

Gerardus was in military service. The inspection data can be found below on the left. It can be seen that he was about 1.62 m., That he had a round head, blue eyes, dark brown hair and a pointed chin.

Gerardus could not write when he married. You can see the marriage certificate below, right. If you click on it you will see it in full size.
The birth certificate of son Romke states that he did not sign because he could not write. Later he learned it, because when a notarial deed was drawn up in 1858 with the inventory of his parents’ house, his signature was included. And as a peat meter he probably also had to write things down.

Gerardus was only 50 years old. They lived in Jislum at number 2. After he had died Akke moved with her children in 1864 to Oenkerk, to her birthplace.
After she died in 1870 four of the children went back to Jislum, they were admitted to the family of their older brother Gaatze.
You can read this below in a section of the population register of Tietjerksteradeel.
Romke no longer lived with his mother, he was a farmer in Oenkerk. And Grietje and Arjen were already married, and Doeke had left for Dronrijp.

Gaatze was a brother of my great-grandfather.
Gaatze was one of the founders of the Christian school in Wanswerd.
The founding meeting of the Christian School Association in Wanswerd took place on February 12. 1882, you can read that in the article below, left.
Gaatze was also for years elder and church guardian, see the ads below, right.
 
The family of Gaatze van der Beek lived from 1865 to 1897 to Iedyk 1 in Birdaard. It was a cottage of the diaconie of Jislum. It was located on the east side of the Jislumervaart between the Iedijk and Jislum. Gaatze and Baukje lived here with their 7 children. And 4 brothers and sisters of Gaatze also lived with them from 1870, after the parents of Gaatze both died. They were Bauke, Trijntje, Antje and Gerardus.

Dieuwke was a cousin of my grandfather Jan Romkes van der Beek.
Her husband Sytse was a laborer, later a cattle farmer.

Aede was a cousin of my grandfather Jan Romkes van der Beek.
Aede was a cattle farmer; for many years he was a deacon of the church, chairman of the youth association of Wanswerd, and board member of the Chr. School club in Wanswerd / Jislum.

Gaatze was a second cousin of my father Jan van der Beek.
Gaatze and Aaltje emigrated to Australia.

Kornelis was a second cousin of my father Jan van der Beek.

Gerardus Aedes was a second cousin of my father Jan van der Beek.
Gerardus and Aaltje first lived in Jislum, later in Marrum.

Baukje was a second cousin of my father Jan van der Beek.
Baukje and Waatze had no children. They lived in Birdaard, first on Bourboomweg 3, from 1992 on Wijtsmastraat 11

Arjen Gerardus was a brother of my greatgrandfather Romke.

According Volgens bovenstaande gezinskaart woonden Arjen and Tietje lived at Vliet 82a.
The street Vliet you see below, they probably lived in the third last house.

After Arjen was deceased Tietje lived at the street Ens in Rinsumageest.

Arjen Gerardus was a brother of my great-grandfather Romke.

His son Jan Arjens was a cousin of my grandfather Jan Romkes van der Beek.Jan Arjens married, at the age of 24, on 19-05-1894 with Elisabeth de Kok, at the age of 22. Elisabeth was born on 25-02-1872 in Akkerwoude, daughter of Daniël Franzes de Kok and Sytske Jans Vijverda.
They first lived in Molenend for a few years, then they went to Jislum. There they had three children.
In April 1900 they emigrated to Hospers in Iowa, USA. There they had four children.

Gerardus was also a cousin of my grandfather Jan Romkes van der Beek.
Gerardus married, at the age of 25, on 20-05-1899 with Trijntje Tuininga, at the age of 21. Trijntje was born on 02-05-1878 in Rinsumageest, daughter of Jacob Siedzes Tuinenga and Antje Philips Scheffer.
Gerardus and Trijntje first lived in Rinsumageest, where they had 7 children.
In 1921 they emigrated to the US. First they went to Hecla, South Dacota, but after a few years they went to Crookston and still some years later to Brooten, Minnesota
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Gerardus and Trijntje have been back in Holland twice, in 1926 and in 1950.

Romke was my great-grandfather.
Romke was a worker. He was rejected for military service because of physical defects, below you see the details of the inspection. Apparently he missed one or more fingers, that was lack No. 76 at the militia.
He was not tall either, he was 1 el 530 stripes, and you should read that as 153 cm. His grandfather Pieter was even smaller, because he was rejected for military service because of lack of length.
 


Romke was convicted on 3 April 1872 for ill-treatment, together with his brother Doeke. So they were not sweeties. They were then sentenced to 8 days in prison (see a section from the police archive below).

The children Gerardus and Tjipke van Romke and Jiskje were in 1889 in court when they were 11 and 10 years old.
They had only taken some branches from the forest. That was in the winter, probably their parents needed the wood to burn the stove.
They were sentenced to 2 days in prison! You can see the court record below (G.R. v.d. B. is Gerardus Romkes van der Beek and T.R. v.d. B. is Tjipke Romkes van der Beek).

Romke died of tbc on 19-02-1900 in Oenkerk, at the age of 56.
After he had died, everything he had been in touch with in the house had to be burned (see the report of the municipal authorities at Jiskje below).

after reading it was signed by us with the Comparanten and the witnesses, with the exception of the bridegroom and the bride, who stated that they could not do this since they never learned to write(see below).

 
Click here for the marriage certificate of Romke and Jiskje.
Romke later on learned to write. For the first four children, the birth certificate always stated that the father could not write, but from that moment on he started to sign the birth certificates. Below you can see, for example, the birth certificate of my grandfather Jan, with the signature of his father Romke underneath.
 

 
Romke and Jiskje went to live at Flokhernepaad 4 in Molenend when they were married. Around 1880 they moved and they went to live on Dr. Kijlstraweg 50. That is next to the house where later son Tjipke went to live (Dr. Kijlstraweg 48) and two houses from the house where later son Gaatze and grandson Rom went to live (Dr. Kijlstraweg 54).

Flokhernepaad 4, as it is in 2020

In the house at Flokhernepaad 4 a sister of Romke was living: Trijntje van der Beek. She was married to Sierk Martens Piekstra and they lived there until 1883. Then Trijntje died, she was only 31 years old. Half a year later Sierk married Martens Piekstra again and moved. Then Romke and Jiskje went back to Flokhernepaad 4. They lived there until 1900 until Romke died.
A brother of Romke has also lived in them, you can see that from the population register below. That was Gerhardus, he lived with them from 1874 to 1877.
Opposite them was a sister of Romke at Flokhernepaad 1: Antje van der Beek; she was married to Doeye van der Woude.
 

Romke died on tbc on 19 February 1900.
After he had died, everything with which he had been in contact with the house had to be burned (see the picture opposite).
Six children had already died of them, Jan in 1879 (6 years), Gaatze in 1888 (1.5 years), Akke in 1893 (17 years), Antje in 1894 (1 year), Jantje (died very young) and another Akke in 1896 (14 days). A few weeks later their daughter Grietje (14 years old) died and a year later their son Gerardus (22 years old).
After that Jiskje stayed behind with four children.
 
She had to peddle with bread to get money, she was “bôlekoerrinster“.
Furthermore, her daughter Hinke died in 1913 at the age of 21 from an accident: Hinke walked two and a half months after she was married to a house when a wall fell over because of the strong wind. She came under the wall and died.
 
Jiskje lived, after her husband died, in many different places, often with other people in and near her birth house. She was born on Dr. Kijlstraweg 67 in 1854.
In 1869 she went with her father to the house next door (which has been demolished and therefore no longer exists).
In 1872 she married and her father moved shortly thereafter, he married again and now with Tjipkje Pieters van der Beek (he was the fourth man of Tjipkje, and Tjipkje was an aunt of Romke, the man of Jiskje), see 1.1.4.
From 1918 to 1928 she lived in a part of the house on Dr. Kijlstraweg 75, then she went to the house opposite, Dr. Kijlstraweg 66. She had one room there in the old “skoallehûs” until 1930.
In 1930 her son Gaatze bought the house from the Dr. Kijlstraweg 54 (where later Rom van der Beek went to live). Jiskje then went into the southern part of that house, and until her death in 1940 she lived there.
 
During Floralia, a celebration in Trynwâlden that was held once every two years, Jiskje was depicted as a “bôlekoerrinster” by means of flowers in Stania State, see below.
 
More about my great-grandparents Romke and Jiskje can be found under Mijn verhaal/Mijn overgrootouders

Bauke was a brother of my great-grandfather Romke.
Bauke was a shoemaker in Wijns, his wife helped him with that. He was flawed, his one leg was shorter than the other.
In the birth certificates of all children it says: “Father because of illness prevented from declaring the birth“.
 
On the site http://www.wynzertsjerkje.nl/Schaafsma.html a certain Symen Schaafsma tells from Wijns about the family, see below.
 
Bauke and Antje lived right next to the church, in a house of the board. Bauke hardly had any work as a shoemaker. In 1899, the council asked the town council whether the Bauke family could be admitted to the hospice. You can see the beginning of that letter below. If you click on it, you will see the whole letter.
 

Grietje was convicted for begging on Nov. 9. 1870, she was sentenced to a prison sentence of 6 months (see below).
 

 
From 1869 Grietje and Anne live in Dr. Kijlstraweg 67, about where the Kingma’s carpentry business is now, but the house is no longer there.
Anne was a laborer and had a pub. They lived in the small house with 12 children, and another illegitimate child (Jurjen, born 19-11-1894) of daughter Aaltje (not married).
A sign with the following inscription hung over the door of their house: