Ook genoemd Reinders, Swolle, Swol.
Hij is getrouwd met Harmke Willems.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 14 december 1766 te Sintjohannesga, gem. Schoterland (Fr).Bron 1
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Harmen Reinders Geertz (Zwolle) Swole -Into the Water We Go!
October 12, 2008 at 8:20 pm (Hiemstra Genealogy Information)
Harmen Reinders Geerts (Zwol) (Zwolle) Swolle, the great great grandfather of Willem Kornelius Hiemstra through his mothers side, was born around 1740 in Suidveen, a small village near the town of Steenwijk in Overrijssel. He was married to Harmtje Willems. In the years between 1764 and 1769 he moved to Rotsterhaule. In 1769 he was listed as an owner of a peat bog and also as shop owner. Although Harmen had moved from Steenwijk, he remained friendly with people there, so it is known in 1769that he borrowed 1100 carolus guilders from Harmen Deddes, who lived in Steenwijkerwold, a village near Steenwijk.
Zwolle, Swol, Swolle, and then Zwolstra, are the names used by Harmen descendants. It is likely that Harmen and his ancestors came from the town Zwolle, the capital of the province, Overijssel. He or his ancestors moved to Suidveen and Harmen movedas a peat owner from Suidveen to Rotsterhaule, because in the area of Rotsterhaule and the Tijnje there was many peat bog areas. If they dug away the peat bog, there remained no dry land, such as in the peat moor areas of Witveen, Surhuisterveen, and Zevenhuizen, because the water table was above the bottom of the peat bog. Thus, when people worked in the peat bog they were always standing in water.
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