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THE PRAAMSMA FAMILY
 Before
the reign of Napoleon, not all families in the Netherlands had family
names. In many regions - including Friesland - the patronym system was used: the
father's first name became the child's last name. For instance,
Auke and Trijntje, the son and daughter of Lolke Hotzes, were named Auke
Lolkes and Trijntje Lolkes; Auke's sons Petrus and Lolke were named Petrus
Aukes
and Lolke Aukes. This
led to confusion, and in 1811 Napoleon decreed that each family in the Netherlands
was to select a family name. The
children and grandchildren of Auke Lolkes chose three
different names: Praamsma,
Bargsma and Viss(ch)er.
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Lolke
HOTZES
(c. 1673-?)
m. Aukje AUKES
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Trijntje
LOLKES
(c. 1709-?)
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Auke
LOLKES
(1712-?)
m. Trijntje Petrus KEVERLING
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Petrus
AUKES
(1736-c.1771)
m. Antje Jacobs
KEVERLING
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Lolke
AUKES
BARGSMA
(1754-1827)
m. Pietje
REDMERS
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Auke
PETRUS
VISS(SC)ER
(1761-bef. 1811)
m. Akke
FREERKS
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Jacob
PETRUS
PRAAMSMA
(1763-1826)
m. Geeske Jans CORNEL
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BARGSMA
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VISS(CH)ER
line continues |
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PRAAMSMA
line continues |
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Joure, in Friesland, home of Jacob Petrus,
the first Praamsma
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Here, you will see their family
trees. Why Lolke Aukes chose the name Bargsma, or why
Akke Freerks, the widow of
Auke Petrus, chose the name Viss(ch)er, is not known,
but the name Praamsma was taken by
Jacob Petrus because
he worked as a carpenter making small inland boats called a
praam.
On this website you will
also find family trees of related Frisian
families
Bommer
and Bangma,
and the ancestors of our distant relative
Mata
Hari. In addition, you will find ancestral trees
of my maternal line, Uittenbroek and
Rodenrijs,
families which hailed from the southwest region
of the Netherlands. --Rosalinde Praamsma
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