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Interesting relatives
Most people working on genealogy find some famous or interesting relatives from the past or present.
I am no exception there :-)

  		•  Jan Haken (1912-1956)
    Member of the communist resistance during WWII.
    Member of the 'Second Chamber of Governement' (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) between 1946 and 1956.
    Member of the Communist Party (CPN) Board between 1946 and 1956. Secretary of the Communist Party between 1947 and 1952.
  		• Harm Haken (1919-1972)
    Brother of Jan Haken.
    Active in local governement of the city council of Finsterwolde between 1946 and 1960.
    Member of the Provincial Governement of the Province of Groningen (Provinciale Staten van Groningen) between 1956 and 1963.
    Member of the Communist Party (CPN) Board between 1953 and 1960.
    Member of the 'First Chamber of Governement' (Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal) between 1958 and 1963.
  		• Fedde Schurer (1898-1968)
    Important writer/poet in the Frisian language.
    Member of the Provincial Governement of the Province of North-Holland (Provinciale Staten van Noord-Holland) between 1935 and 1937.
    Member of the 'Second Chamber of Governement' (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) between 1956 and 1963.
  		• Jacobus Sibrandi Mancadan (1602-1680)
    Well-known Frisian landcape painter. Some works of his hand are part of the 'Goudstikker' collection.
    Also mayor of Franeker for some time. See also Het familieboek Siderius - Auteur: J Woudstra
  		• Wubbo Johannes Ockels (1946- )
    In 1978 was selected by ESA as one of the Payload Specialists for Spacelab-1. From 1980 to 1983 underwent training as Backup for Spacelab-1 at Johnson Space Center, Houston and Basic Training on the ESA Spacelab Module. In November/December 1983 was a Ground-communicator for the Spacelab-1 mission. Flew in space in October/November 1985 as Payload Specialist on STS-61A / Spacelab D-1, performing over 70 different experiments from 5 science fields aboard the shuttle Challenger.