Durk Jans Bakker, born in Benedenknijpe on August 18, 1855, son of Jan Durks Bakker and Geesje Roelofs de Jong.
Durk was married in Baarderadeel on May 27, 1882, at the age of 26 to
Pietje Baukes Feenstra (aged 22 years), born in Baarderadeel on December 3, 1859, daughter of Bauke Ottes Feenstra (journeyman baker and baker) and Grietje Jacobs Piersma, died in Oosterlittens on June 21, 1907, aged 47 years.
From this marriage:
- 1 : Jan Bakker, born in Baarderadeel on October 27, 1882.
- 2 : Bauke Bakker, born in Baarderadeel on April 23, 1884, died there on April 12, 1886, aged 1 year.
- 3 : Grietje Bakker, born in Baarderadeel on June 16, 1886, died there on September 28, 1907, aged 21 years.
- 4 : Bauke Bakker, born in Baarderadeel on February 14, 1889, died on September 2, 1906, aged 17 years.
- 5 : Geesje Bakker, born in Baarderadeel on March 4, 1891, died in Leeuwarden on October 27, 1938, aged 47 years.