De Open Hof te Leeuwarden
9 febr. 1985
Presentation Andringa Book 1
Sjoerd and Janke Andringa - van der Heide with niece Tetsje (van Sleat) Andringa (all ZG) in historical clothing from the city of Sloten.
Aggy Nota (LE), Janke (ZG) and Eppy Andringa – Buma (SA) with the colorful business cards
Article from Leeuwarder Courant of Monday 11 February 1985
History of the Andringas recorded in a book.
LEEUWARDEN – The Andringa book was launched last Saturday afternoon in De Open Hof in Leeuwarden. It is the family book of all Andringa branches, which can be called a rarity. The first copy of the family book was presented by Sjoerd Andringa, the chairman of the Andringa working group. He expressed the hope that the book would make a good contribution to the family history. Saturday was the third Andringa day that has been held in the past four years. Among the 250 Andringas present were also family members who do not come from Friesland. One of them was Johan Nota from Driebergen, whose origin is clear enough because he himself speaks of that place of residence of “Trijebulten”. There were also people from Venlo, Haarlem, The Hague and Amsterdam. Chairman Sjoerd Andringa, who lives in Exloo himself, had an explanation for this. "In the past and now, Friesland could not provide bread for everyone and that is why many have sought their fortune elsewhere, as goldsmiths, ship's cooks or farmers". Mrs Jacoba Andringa, who lives on the other side of the world (New Zealand), has also ordered a copy. "We find this so special that we are going to deliver it personally in two weeks' time", said Sjoerd Andringa to loud applause from the family members present.
The initiator of compiling a family book is Ype Brouwers. He himself is not a blood relative, but in his search for his own ancestors he became curious about this family. Thanks to the telephone book he was able to contact a number of current Andringas. Under the motto "back to the roots" a working group was set up in 1981.
The ancestor was Tyard Andringa, who lived in Akkrum in 1450. "He lived on a farm with his family and when they started to feel posh, they named their farm Andringastate. Andringa itself means son of Anders", according to Ype Brouwers. But even today there are still many Andringas. The youngest is Jacob Andringa, born on January 1st in Hoogkerk, while the oldest, the couple Ida (90) and Sierd (97) Andringa live in faraway Grand Rapids.
