G4F - Galama, Michiel Ysbrand (1821-1901)

(February 24, 1821 Tjerkwerd – September 17, 1901 Bolsward)

Michiel Ysbrand, is my great great grandfather. He is the fourth son of Ysbrand Klazes Galema and Ytje (also spelled Ijtje) Jans Simonsma.

He was not always named Michiel Galama. Actually, he was registered as Gaele Galema (note the e!). However, as a child, they apparently always called him Michiel, and not Gaele, and so over time he became Michiel.
And to complicate it even further, when he marries, the person in charge of registering the marriage, by mistake, registers him as a Galama, instead of a Galema. And so we have now, within one family, children named Galama and Galema.

These are the only pictures we have of him. And although they seem the same, they are a bit different.

As the son of a farmer, it is clear that he will become a farmer as well, just like all his siblings. His father had made sure all of his 13 children will get a farm.

On June 11, 1843, he marries Elizabeth van den Oever. He is 22, she is 19.

Their story continues at the Galama-van den Oever Family page

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