Tjerk Tigchelaar, born in Harlingen on September 6, 1886, son of Rommert Tjerks Tigchelaar (kruidenier en grossier in aardappelen, werkman en winkelier, grocer, koopman en winkelier and merchant) and Jantje Leijenaar (maid servant), merchant, shopkeeper, vegetable coster and grocer, died in Harlingen on February 27, 1962, buried there on March 3, 1962, aged 75 years.


Tjerk was married in Groningen on August 25, 1912, at the age of 25 to
Saakje Harmina Kijlstra (aged 20 years), born in Groningen on September 24, 1891, daughter of Gerhardus Kijlstra (vleeschhouwer) and Jantje Holsteijn, died in Noord Bergum on December 19, 1981, buried in Goutum on December 23, 1981, aged 90 years.

Tjerk's grocery shop on the corner of the Hoogstraat and Zoutsloot