# van der Meer family — Dylan Slagh genealogy research

> 2 people, 1759–1808. Each record gives dates, places, parents, spouses, children and the person's own page. From Dylan Slagh's research, which started from an Ancestry tree and is being checked against original records: treat it as leads, not proof. Living people and people without verified dates are left out. Contact: dylanslagh@gmail.com.

Web page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/van-der-meer · JSON: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/van-der-meer.json · All surnames: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames.md

## Married into the van der Meer family

Wives of men in this family. Records often call them by the van der Meer name; their full records are filed under their maiden names.

- [Tettje Klazes Terpstra (died 1826)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tettje-terpstra-1826-r-tettje-klazes-terpstra), wife of Douwe Hessels van der Meer (1759–1826) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/terpstra.md

## Douwe Hessels van der Meer (1759–1826)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/douwe-van-der-meer-1759-1826-r-douwe-hessels-van-der-meer
- ID R-douwe-hessels-van-der-meer · Dylan Slagh's 5th great-grandfather · Scholten side of the family
- Born: about 1759
- Died: 20 Feb 1826, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Occupation: Farmer, Westergeest then Anjum
- Spouse: [Tettje Klazes Terpstra (died 1826)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tettje-terpstra-1826-r-tettje-klazes-terpstra)
- Children: [Tjetske Douwes van der Meer (1808–1836)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjetske-van-der-meer-1808-1836-i222687763147)
- Original source: [1831: 1831 Dutch civil marriage act page, Oostdongeradeel, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Tjetske Douwes van der Meer](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1831-1831-dutch-civil-marriage-act-page-oostdongeradeel-gerrit-pa-94da8a)

## Tjetske Douwes van der Meer (1808–1836)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjetske-van-der-meer-1808-1836-i222687763147
- ID I222687763147 · Dylan Slagh's 4th great-grandmother · Scholten side of the family
- Married name: Tjetske Douwes Bouma
- Born: 1808
- Died: 25 Jan 1836, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Father: [Douwe Hessels van der Meer (1759–1826)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/douwe-van-der-meer-1759-1826-r-douwe-hessels-van-der-meer)
- Mother: [Tettje Klazes Terpstra (died 1826)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tettje-terpstra-1826-r-tettje-klazes-terpstra)
- Spouse: [Gerrit Paulus Bouma (1806–1863)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1806-1863-i222687763124), married 2 Feb 1831, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Children: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Research summary: She was working as a servant near Anjum when she married in 1831, and she was born near Westergeest, where she was baptized in January 1809. Both of her parents had died by then. She died at Anjum on 25 January 1836, aged 27, according to an index.
- Original source: [1831: 1831 Dutch civil marriage act page, Oostdongeradeel, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Tjetske Douwes van der Meer](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1831-1831-dutch-civil-marriage-act-page-oostdongeradeel-gerrit-pa-94da8a)
- Original source: [1862: 1862 Dutch civil marriage act, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Antje Sytzes Miedema, Oostdongeradeel](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1862-1862-dutch-civil-marriage-act-gerrit-paulus-bouma-and-antje--ef4a59)