Klaas Tjerks Tichelaar, born in Midlum on April 24, 1787, christened there on June 3, 1787, son of Tjerk Robijns Tichelaar (worker and farmhand) and Tjetske Klases (daily help), shoemaker's hand, shoemaker and worker, died in Wijnaldum on February 15, 1832, aged 44 years.