Dirk Hendriks EERDMANS

1749 - 1817  (68 years)

• Name	Dirk Hendriks EERDMANS
  Born	18 Jan 1749	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Civic Position 2	1781 - 1786	Bolsward Friesland, Netherlands
  	'Vroedsman' (Councillor)
  Civic Position	1787	Bolsward Friesland, Netherlands
  	'Burgemeester' (Mayor)
  Died	26 Jul 1817	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
  Notes	Dirk was a 'Meester Loodgieter / Leijdekker' (Master Plumber and Slate Roofer) by profession. During the 1780s Dirk became involved in local politics and in the period 1781 - 1786 was a 'Vroedsman' (Councillor) and in 1787 became Burgemeester (Mayor) of Bolsward. This was a period of instablility in the Netherlands and was referered to as the 'Patriotic Times'. France had undergone a bloody revolution and 'patriots' in the Netherlands also sort there own liberation from the dominance of the House of Orange later to become the Dutch royal family. Burgemeester Eeerdmans and other leading citizens of Bolsward successfully lead an uprising against the House of Orange seeking trading concessions from the Hague allowing Bolsward to continue its tradition of international commerce. The patriotism they displayed was to Friesland not necessarily the Netherlands. Dirk's son Suffridus Eerdmans a Surgeon stationed in the West Indies was a prisoner of war (1811 - 1814) during the Napoleonic War. Following his imprisonment Suffridus was Officer Surgeon in the Dutch army from 1814 serving in the V Gezondheid (Medical) 6e Battalion Artillerie. source: Leeuwarder Courant, 05-08-1817 source: An Eerdmans Century: 1911 - 2011, by Larry Ten Harmsel source: Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical List of Dutch Zoological Cabinets and Menageries, by Hendrik Engel. Edited by Pieter Smit et al,1986 Note: Dirk Hendriks Eerdmans is referred to in some texts as Durk Hendriks Eertmans.
  Person ID	I1140	langenberg
  Last Modified	27 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Hendrik Hendriks EERTMANS
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Siffridus KRAMER,   b. 29 May 1754, Workum, Friesland, Netherlands
  Married	11 Dec 1774	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
  Children	1. Suffridus EERDMANS,   b. 17 Mar 1779, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 30 Oct 1838, Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands  (Age 59 years)   2. Cornelis Dirks EERTMANS,   b. 25 Jun 1791, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 26 Jan 1840, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 48 years)   3. Bernardus Dirk EERDMANS,   b. 9 Feb 1784,   d. 1853  (Age 68 years)   4. Matthijs Dirks EERDMANS   5. Hendricus EERDMANS,   b. 16 Feb 1782   6. Catherina EERDMANS,   b. 12 Oct 1775   7. Elizabeth EERDMANS,   b. 3 Jun 1786   8. Petrus EERDMANS,   b. 11 Oct 1793
  Last Modified	27 May 2014
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Jan 1749 - Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands Married - 11 Dec 1774 - Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands Died - 26 Jul 1817 - Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth
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  Eerdmans, Dirk Hendriks : Death notice for Dirk Hendriks Eerdmans in the Leeuwarder Courant, 5th August 1817. Death notice for Dirk Hendriks Eerdmans in the Leeuwarder Courant, 5th August 1817. The death notice was placed by Dirk's son Bernardus on behalf of Bernardus and Bernardus's brothers and sisters. The notice mentions Dirk's passing on the 26 July 1817 and his occupation as slate roofer and plumber and as an 'old Burgemeester (mayor)' of this town (Bolsward).