Family:Jan Bijker and Sytske Gerrits (1)
Parents: Jan Wybes and Hylkjen Hendriks
Jan Jans Bijker
b. 13 Nov 1767 Nieuwehorne, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
d. 10 Mar 1844 Noorderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
Parents: Gerrit Berends and Janke Fokkes
Sytske Gerrits
b. 16 May 1768 Rottevalle, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
d. 19 Sep 1822 Noorderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
m. 2 Dec 1798 Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
Facts and Events
Marriage? 2 Dec 1798 Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Jan Jans Bijker
11 Feb 1801 Zuiderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
9 May 1858 Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
2.
Gerrit Jans Bijker
11 Aug 1803 Zuiderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
10 Aug 1862 Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
3.
Hielke Jans Bijker
14 Mar 1806 Zuiderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
8 Feb 1892 Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
4.
Janke Jans Bijker
14 Jun 1810 Zuiderdrachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
16 Mar 1849 Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
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Jan Jans took the surname "Bijker" in the early 1800s during the civil registration of surnames mandated by Napoleon Bonaparte. The Frisian surname apparently has a double meaning, the first referring to the trade of bee-keeper and the second being a crude expression. Apparently some Frisians who were not in fact bee-keepers took this surname, to publicly indicate their contempt for the French who were forcing them to register but did not understand the local vernacular and thus the second meaning.

References
  1.   Byker Family Register. (privately published in 1997).
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