Hijke married Walter Tjipkes Fennema, son of Tjipke Folkerts Fennema and Foekje Minzes van der Sluis, in 1848 in Huizum (Huzum) Leuwarden Friesland Netherlands. (Walter Tjipkes Fennema was born on 26 Apr 1816 in Sumar (Suameer) Tietjerksteradeel Friesland Netherlands and died in 1872 in Schraard.)
