On May 18, 1901, at age 23 and singleSjoerd Tammes van der Woude
leased a skûtsje
from Fokke Zwart, Buitenpost
Source:
Notarized by H.Th. Sickler, Buitenpost.
Sjoerd Tammes van der Woude's best time of his life was
when he sailed skûtsjes for a living and in sailing competitions.
In this picture he wears a skipper's cap and a skippers "trui" (sweater).
However trucks and railroads became the faster means
of moving cargo to and from Leeuwarden.
Diminishing earnings and some health problems
eventually forced him to make a living
off the canals and lakes.
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by his father Tamme Wobbes in Drogeham for two years.
In 1919 he moved to Boornbergum after the store and
house were sold at auction.
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He entered into a partnership with his
brother Andries operating a grocery and
a livestock feed dealership in Boornbergum.
After he separated from his brother in 1927he worked on a farm for two years.
In 1929 he moved his family to Bakhuizen
where he had purchased a freight truck
and a skûtsje from Broer de Vreeze.
The skûtsje was sold and he became a trucker.
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As the years passed his hip joints started to give
him more trouble and lugging cargo
became too burdensome.
In 1938 he moved to Naaldwijk.
Two of his children were married.
At that time his only son Pieter Sjoerds van der Woude
had married An Klijnsma in 1933.
Pieter had begun his own trucking business in Bakhuizen.
His daughter Pieternella and her husband
lived in Naaldwijk (below The Hague).
Sjoerd van der Woude was also a fine carpenter.
He built and repaired cabinetry in Naaldwijk
until his retirement at age 65.
During the war he was in the Resistance in Naaldwijk.
After the war he was part of the NBS.
(Nederlandse Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten)
Photo about 1950.
He was always very alert and well read.
He was a very religious man and was an
elder in the Gereformeerde churches in
Boornbergum, Hemelum/Bakhuizen and Naaldwijk.
He was also active in politics with the A.R.P party.
He died on Nov. 21, 1953 in Naaldwijk at age 76.
He was buried in the local cemetery.
Memoriam published in the daily newspaper "Trouw"
written by the minister of the Geref. Church in Naaldwijk
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