Attje Jans Posthumus, born in Ureterp circa 1811, daughter of Jan Tjeerds Posthumus and Tjitske Hielkes Veenstra.

Attje was married in Smallingerland on June 13, 1835, at the age of approximately 24 to
Ernst Fokkes Beek (aged 31 years), born in Drachten on October 27, 1803, christened there on November 27, 1803, son of Fokke Ernst Beek and Maaike Wybes Feenstra, died in Smallingerland on January 31, 1876, aged 72 years.