Tjerkje Tichelaar, born in Harlingen on January 29, 1882, daughter of Gerrit Tjerks Tichelaar (worker, workman, barge hand and dock hand) and Hinke de Wit (maid servant), died in Haarlem on August 12, 1950, aged 68 years.

Tjerkje was married in Amsterdam on May 15, 1907, at the age of 25 to
Douwe Sparrius (aged 24 years), born in Amsterdam on January 17, 1883, son of Klaas Douwes Sparrius (brouwer) and Gertje van der Meij, carter, died in Apeldoorn on December 13, 1967, aged 84 years.