Ancestors of Gerd Janssen Tjarks
Generation No. 1
| Gerd Janssen Tjarks, b August 11, 1899; d May 8, 1971. Son of Frederich Tjardes Tjarks and Harmina Hinrichs |
| Married July 17, 1921 |
| Dena Johanna Kahman b February 14, 1904, and d February 13, 1999. Daughter of Bertus Johnson Kahman and Altje Christiena "Ella" Ocker. |
Generation No. 2
| Frederich Tjardes Tjarks, b September 18, 1874; d April 28, 1927. Son of Dirk Behrends Tjarks and Anna M Johnson. |
| Married March 4, 1897 |
| Harmina Hinrichs, b January 3, 1874; d May 23, 1948. Daughter of Gerd Harm Hinrichs and Mettje Benjamin Thoben. |
| Children of Frederich Tjarks and Harmina Hinrichs |
| Child Tjarks |
| Dick Frerich Tjarks, b January 8, 1898; d December 26, 1919. |
| Gerd Janssen Tjarks, b August 11, 1899; d May 8, 1971; married Dena Johanna Kahman. |
| Anna Maria Tjarks, b November 3, 1901; d May 20, 1936; married Gustav Adolf Ocker; b January 21, 1896; d June 6, 1974. |
| Mettje "Mattie" Tjarks, b January 11, 1904; d September 22, 1988; married August J. Riese b March 26, 1902; d August 20, 1956. |
| Hinrich Frehrich Tjarks, b February 25, 1906; d November 26, 1981; married Emma C Blobohm; b 1908; d March 27, 1983. |
| Infant Dau Tjarks, b Bef. January 29, 1910; d Bef. January 29, 1910. |
Generation No. 3
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Dirk Behrends Tjarks, b February 25, 1842; d October 21, 1927. Son of Johann Jacob Tjarks and Tiadke Margareta Arends. |
| Married August 29, 1868 in Peoria, IL. |
| Anna M Johnson, b November 9, 1842; d November 25, 1896. |
| Children of Dirk Tjarks and Anna Johnson |
| Margaretha Christina Tjarks, b August 7, 1869. |
| Johanna Christina Tjarks, b June 25, 1871. |
| Frederich Tjardes Tjarks, b September 18, 1874; d April 28, 1927; married Harmina Hinrichs. |
| Unknown Baby Tjarks |
| Unknown Baby Tjarks |
| Unknown Baby Tjarks |
| Anna Maria Tjarks, b April 13, 1879; d March 21, 1941; married Henry John Meester b March 1, 1877 in Illinois; d January 14, 1951. |
| Johann Bernhard Tjarks, b June 21, 1881. |
| Heinrich Gerhard Tjarks, b November 8, 1882; d December 2, 1966 married Anna Margreta Harms; b May 28, 1886; d February 28, 1957. |
| Gerd Harm Hinrichs, b April 1, 1841 in Bedecaspel, Ostfriesland, Germamy; d December 17, 1915 Son of Harm Hinderks and Meeste Tjebben Raveling. |
| Married January 30, 1870. |
| Mettje Benjamin Thoben, b December 13, 1846 in Theene, Ostfriesland, Germany; d March 13, 1909. |
| Children of Gerd Hinrichs and Mettje Thoben |
| Meeste "Mettje" Hinrichs, b September 1, 1870; d October 26, 1874. |
| Gebke Tammon Hinrichs, b July 15, 1872; d September 19, 1967; married Fredrick Christian Ocker February; b August 12, 1875; d May 24, 1960. |
| Harmina Hinrichs, b January 3, 1874; d May 23, 1948; married Frederich Tjardes Tjarks . |
| Johann Peters Hinrichs, b March 1, 1876; d January 10, 1968; married Marie Emilie Louis Frieda Eggers b November 16, 1879; d August 18, 1967. |
| Meta Hinrichs, b September 17, 1880; d August 21, 1882. |
| Harm Hinrichs, b June 12, 1882; d January 28, 1959; married Frauke Elsine Schlachter; b May 6, 1887; d November 29, 1975. |
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