Sjoerd van der Veen, born in Leeuwarden on October 20, 1899, son of Minne van der Veen (butcher) and Elisabeth van Dijck, undertaker's man and baker's man, died in Leeuwarden on December 15, 1964, aged 65 years.

Sjoerd was married in Harlingen on July 9, 1936, at the age of 36 to
Jetske Tigchelaar (aged 31 years), born in Harlingen on May 16, 1905, daughter of Roelof Gerrits Tigchelaar (potatodealer, workman, shopkeeper, bargeman, worker, workman and earthenware baker) and Gerritje Elisabeth Koster, maid servant, died in Sneek on December 5, 1982, buried in Leeuwarden on December 9, 1982, aged 77 years.