Lodewijk Tigchelaar, born in Harlingen on July 1, 1886, son of Harmen Tigchelaar (stoneware baker, stoneworkbaker's hand, earthenware baker, tilebaker and fuel dealer) and Antje Knol (maid servant), teacher, died in Den Helder on January 4, 1965, buried in Driehuis-Westerveld on January 8, 1965, aged 78 years.


Lodewijk was married in Zijpe on March 27, 1909, at the age of 22 to
Hendrika de Vries (aged 23 years), born in Anna Paulowna on October 1, 1885, daughter of Pieter de Vries (worker) and Grietje Mosk, died in Schagen on May 20, 1972, aged 86 years.