Hi, I cannot confirm when Divertje Claasz was born and to whom. I know she was married to Jacob Thijs in 1756 in Grootebroek and they had the following kids: Thijs Matthias in 1756; Klaas in 1759; Cornelia in 1763; Aaltje in 1765; and Divera in 1767.

I think her brother is Roelof Claasz (birth also unknown), because Divertje is a witness for Roelof's children. Roelof was married to Divertje Sijmens in 1753 (children: Joanna in 1755, Simon in 1757, Maria in 1759, Geertje in 1761 and Nicolaus in 1763). 

Any good guesses for their parents (presumably their father is called Claas or Nicolaus)?

Hello Ciska,

When inquiring into Dutch families before 1812 it is imperative that you mention their religion, as baptism and marriage records were recorded separately for each denomination. I see now from the links they were Roman Catholics.
From the fact that the first two daughters were called Cornelia and Aaltje it maybe that the two grandmothers were called Cornelia and Aaltje.
So, you may want to search for a couple Claas and Cornelia or Claas and Aaltje, who had at least two children: Divertje and Roelof.

The fact that Roelof named his second son and fifth child Nicolaus and had no daughters Cornelia or Aaltje makes him a less likely candidate to be a brother of Divertje. And the patronimic Claas is very common in West-Friesland. But it doesn't rule him out.

As Divertje married in 1756 a fair guess is  that she was baptised in ±1731 ±5 years. So that is the year range in which you should search.

Luckily for you the Saint John the Baptist records in Grootebroek go as far back as 1686, which is exceptional for West-Friesland.
https://www.westfriesarchief.nl/archieven/schematisch-archievenoverzicht/?mivast=136&mizig=210&miadt=136&miview=inv2&milang=nl&micode=1702-10#inv3t2

I get the impression that the BMD records of Grootebroek have not been indexed that far back yet, so you will have to go through the RC baptism records page by page.

Michaël

Bij het doorbladeren van het  RK doopboek van Grootebroek kom ik de naam Divera/Diver regelmatig tegen maar niet in combinatie met een vader die Claes/Klaas heet (of ik heb het gemist).   

Wél een doop gevonden met een "Diever Claes" in buurgemeente Wervershoof.  

Daar wordt gedoopt op 18 februari 1736:  Diever, dochter van Claes Wit en Marij Ariens.  Doopgetuige is Griet Ariens

https://hdl.handle.net/21.12114/5603E6ED8B234F87AB0EF3899E1068DC

https://hdl.handle.net/21.12114/9C9C7B951EFB4AE8980779E934331BAB

Maar of zij degene is die u zoekt, is nog maar de vraag...

Roelof was in 1753 weduwnaar. Misschien van deze Geert:

DTB Trouwen met Roelof Claasz

Bruidegom

Roelof Claasz

Woonplaats

Grootebroek

Bruid

Geert Cornelis

Woonplaats

Grootebroek

Gebeurtenis

Trouwen

Datum

03-03-1738

Gebeurtenisplaats

Grootebroek

Documenttype

DTB Trouwen

Erfgoedinstelling

Westfries Archief

Plaats instelling

Hoorn NH

Collectiegebied

Noord-Holland

Archief

1702-10

Registratienummer

16

Pagina

56

Registratiedatum

03-03-1738

Akteplaats

Grootebroek

Collectie

DTB Grootebroek 16. Trouwinschrijvingen 1723-1795.

Boek

DTB Grootebroek 16. Trouwinschrijvingen 1723-1795.

De mogelijke doop van de vrouw van Roelof Claasz:

Doop (Katholiek) op 4 oktober 1729 te Grootebroek

Kind

• Divertje

Getuige

• Cornelia Gerrits

Thank you Michael, M Jacobs and Liesbeth. I couldn't find any positive leads in the baptismal records of Grootebroek from 1729-1736. I will look more closely at the records you have provided. Thank again!