Aukjen Boonstra was born on 7 December 1838 in Drachten, The daughter of Gerrit Heeres Boonstra and Hermina Lucas van Sinderen [1]
Marriage
On 5 May 1861 in gem. Opsterland, Aukjen at the age of 22 married 27 year old Jelle Gerbens de Vries, born in Ureterp, the son of Gerben Jurjens de Vries and Martzen Jelles van der Harst [2]
Children
A son, Gerben de Vries born 20.03.1862
A daughter, Martzen born about 1864
A son, Gerrit de Vries born 09.05.1866
A daughter, Stillborn on 09.07.1870
A son, Lukas de Vries born 18.07.1871
A daughter, Hermina de Vries born 05.09.1874
A daughter, Aukjen de Vries born 14.02.1877
Death
Aukjen passed away at the age of 74 on 12 September 1913 in Drachten [3]