Luitzen van der Meer, born in Oostermeer on February 12, 1892, son of Hendrik van der Meer (worker) and Wipke van der Meer, coppersmith.

Luitzen was married in Idaarderadeel on August 31, 1918, at the age of 26 to
Martha Feenstra (aged 26 years), born in Wartena on February 19, 1892, daughter of Wytze Gerrits Feenstra (barge hand, merchant and shopkeeper) and Grietje Martens Veenema, died in Winsum on May 8, 1938, aged 46 years.