Family:Geert Hamstra and Berber Klases (1)
Parents: Oebele Geerts and Aukje Binnes
Geert Oebeles Hamstra
b. Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
d. 8 Oct 1826 Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Parents: Klaas Brouwer and Jeltje Jans
Berber Klases
b. Sep 1762 Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
d. 21 Jun 1827 Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
m. 20 Oct 1782 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
Facts and Events
Marriage[2] 20 Oct 1782 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederlandcivil
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Aukie Geerts
9 Aug 1783 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Bef 1792
2.
Oebele Geerts Hamstra
29 Dec 1784 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
31 Dec 1855 Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
3.
Jeltje Geerts Hamstra
17 Sep 1787 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
16 Jul 1860 Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
4.
Klaas Geerts Hamstra
14 Nov 1789 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
16 Nov 1870 Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
5.
Aukje Geerts
10 Mar 1792 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Bef 1796
6.
Benne Geerts Hamstra
16 Jun 1793 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
25 Dec 1856 Blija, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
7.
Aukje Geerts Hamstra
8 Aug 1796 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
26 Jan 1858 Wanswerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
8.
Jan Geerts Hamstra
9 Jul 1799 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
31 Dec 1878 Oudkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
9.
Anne Geerts Hamstra
1 Apr 1803 Birdaard, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
25 Nov 1860 Blija, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
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Geert Oebeles took the surname "Hamstra" in 1811 during the civil registration of surnames mandated by Napoleon Bonaparte.

Five sons + two daughters survived to take the Hamstra surname.

The archives in Leeuwarden indicate that 27 different families took the surname "Hamstra".

Hamstra (Frisian) is a toponymic name for someone living on a flood plain or water meadow, or land in a river bend, derived from Middle Low German "ham" (ie flood plain). The surnames van der Ham, De Ham or Hamster in other parts of the Netherlands come from the same root. Locally it probably referred to one who came from the "hamlet" of Drogeham between the towns of Bergum and Buitenpost in Friesland. The region between Bergum and Drogeham contains several large lakes and marshes, so the name Drogeham is apt. Some but not all of the 27 Hamstra clans can trace their roots to the vicinity of Bergum and Drogeham.

Although Geert Oebeles Hamstra and his siblings were born at Birdaard, his parents married at Bergum (birthplace of Oebele Geerts and his ancestors) before moving northwest to Birdaard.

References
  1.   Calvin Arthur Hamstra. The Life and Times of Anne and Grietje's Kids. (privately published in 1997).
  2. ↑ Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Birdaard Janum 1645-1811, Hiaat 1667-1772, in Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands. Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafboeken
    DTB 163, 1782.

    Vermelding: Bevestiging huwelijk op 20 oktober 1782 in Birdaard
    Bruidegom: Geert Oebles afkomstig van Birdaard
    Bruid: Berber Clases afkomstig van Oenkerk

    Gestandaardiseerde namen:
    Bruidegom: GEERT OEBELES
    Bruid: BERBER KLASES

  3.   Naamsaanname Hamstra, in Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands. Naamsaannemingen, 1811
    deel 1 folio 49, 1811.

    Rinsumageest
    Hamstra, Geert Oebeles, Birdaard
    Kinderen:
    Oebele 26, Jeltje 24, Klaas 22, Binne 18, Akke 14, Jan 12, Anne 8. Afbeelding

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