I AM A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF KLAAS WYTZE (NICHOLAS) AND AAFKE (EFFIE) GAUKES (SIXMA)DYKSTRA, KLAAS WAS THE SON OF WYTZE AND LYTZE (CORNELISSE) DYKSTRA, BORN MAY 18, 1809, ROORDAHUIJUM, HOLLAND, MARRIED AAFKE APRIL 22, 1830, BORN JAN 1808, OLDENBORN, HOLLAND, DAUGHTER OF GAUKE AND RENSKE (MODDERMAN) SIXMA. KLAAS AND AAFKE HAD TEN CHILDREN: WYTZE, GAUKE (PETER), ANTZE (ANNA), SYMEN(SIMON), RENSE (RICHARD), LUUTZEN, JELLE KLASS (CHARLES), KAZE CORNELIUS (KAZUM), AND TRIJNTJE (TREMOE). AAFKE DIED JUNE 1, 1857, FRIESLAND, KLAAS REMARRIED SARAH JANE KUIKEN , AUG. 27, 1858, ST. JACOBS PAROCHIE, THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER ANTZE (OTSA). KLAAS DIED SEPT. 5, 1864IN ROORAHUIZUM, HOLLAND.