Aukje (Aurelia) Sikkes Jonker

Aurelia, Effie, and Gerrit (Harry) Schuitema ~ click image to enlarge

was born to Sikke Sijtze Jonker and Feikje Hendriks Bruinsma. She had a twin sister named Beertje.

Aurelia and sister, Bessie Bylsma ~ click image to enlarge

Record Number 221

At the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and sixty-six at the twenty-seventh day of the month September shown up for us, Epeus Manger Cats, Clerk of the Civil Administration of the municipally Smalingerland, Province Friesland: Sikke Sijtze Jonker, twenty-five years old, laborer, living at Drachten who declared that at the twenty-fourth day of this month at 4 AM is born at his house a female child from his housewife Feikje Hendriks Bruinsma, laborer. The child will be named: Aukje.
 This record is made in presence of Halbe van der Kuip, forty years old, Clerk, living at Drachten and Kornelis Veenstra, thirty years old, clerk, living at Drachten.
 This record is after reading out signed by the father and the witnesses.

Record Number 222

At the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and sixty-six at the twenty-seventh day of the month September shown up for us, Epeus Manger Cats, Clerk of the Civil Administration of the municipally Smalingerland, Province Friesland: Sikke Sijtze Jonker, twenty-five years old, laborer, living at Drachten who declared that at the twenty-fourth day of this month at 4.30 AM is born at his house a female child from his housewife Feikje Hendriks Bruinsma, laborer. The child will be named: Beertje.
 This record is made in presence of Halbe van der Kuip, forty years old, Clerk, living at Drachten and Kornelis Veenstra, thirty years old, clerk, living at Drachten.
 This record is after reading out signed by the father and the witnesses.

She married Beerd Gerrits Schuiteman, who by then had Americanize his name to ‘Bert Schuitema’.