Jacob Halbe Veenstra, born in Leeuwarden on September 28, 1857, son of Watze Jacob Feenstra (barge hand, bargeman and baker's man) and Anna Geertruida van Berkel, tobacco worker, died in Leeuwarden on March 25, 1942, aged 84 years.


Jacob was married in Leeuwarderadeel on March 15, 1884, at the age of 26 to
Hendrika Symens Sjollema (aged 26 years), born in Oldeboorn on November 2, 1857, daughter of Symen Andries Sjollema and Tjettje Jelles Hoekstra, died in Leeuwarden on August 18, 1926, aged 68 years.

From this marriage: