Koik family
Hans (Ans) Koik
c. 1780–1834
Hans Koik is the earliest known ancestor of the Koik line. Born about 1780, he was a farmhand at Kama Peter farm on the Vana-Kariste estate in 1811, before peasants there had surnames. In the list of peasants released from serfdom in January 1825 he and his wife Kert are named “Koik”, the first appearance of the family name. He died of a fever on 25 January 1834 (Old Style) and was buried at Halliste.
In the family history: How the two families connect · The Koiks of Karksi · Places connected with the families · Family and record details
Family
- Spouse
- Kert (Kärt) Koik, Endrik’s daughter b. c. 1781
- Children
- Endrik Koik, Hans’s son b. c. 1804, Peter Koik, Hans’s son (b. about 1807) b. c. 1807, Hans Koik, Hans’s son (b. about 1815) b. c. 1815, Märt Koik c. 1821–1874
Working research notesWhat each record says, with dates as written and readings that are still uncertain. The family history gives the edited account.
Vital facts as recorded
| Also recorded as | Ans, Ans S. (Hans, Hans's son) |
|---|---|
| Born | about 1780 (36 in 1816, 46 in 1826) |
| Died | 25 Jan 1834 O.S., evening, Alt-Karrishof; "Hitzfieber" (fever); register age 58 (about 54 by the revisions) |
| Buried | 30 Jan 1834 O.S., Halliste |
Life events
| Date | Event | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1795–1811 | "Knecht Hans" (farmhand), 16 in 1795 and 32 in 1811, at farm 44 Kama Peter under the farm holder "Kama peter Hans" (38 in 1795); with sons Hindrich (8) and Peter (5). No surname yet (identification medium-high: same farm, forenames and ages) | Alt-Karrishof | EAA.1865.3.171/4 img 16 (SL-132) |
| 18 Jan 1825 | Release-from-serfdom list (third wave), Alt-Karrishof, Gesinde 42 "Kammapeter": "Hans Koik" 44, wife "Kert Koik" 43, Tina 19, Hans 9, Els 6; on the same farm Hans Jein 66 and Peter Murro 46 with their families. The earliest record of the surname so far | Alt-Karrishof | EAA.931.1.22 img 15 (Pärnumaa 3rd parish court) (SL-138) |
| 1 Aug 1826 | Head of family CXXXIX "Koik" at farm 44 Kama Peter, aged 46, with wife Kert (45), sons Endrik (22), Peter (19), Ans (11), Mert (4) and daughters Anne (13), Tina (11), Els (6) | Alt-Karrishof | EAA.1865.3.171/11 img 35 (SL-99) |
| Mar 1834 | Not listed; "Kert Koik, Ans Wittwe" (his widow) heads the family | Alt-Karrishof | EAA.1865.3.172/4 img 27 (SL-98) |
Archive pages
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- 1834 revision, Vana-Kariste, image 27 (file _00029) · EAA.1865.3.172/4
- 1826 revision list, Vana-Kariste, image 35 (file _00037) · EAA.1865.3.171/11
- image 16 · EAA.1865.3.171/4 (Alt-Karrishof 1811)
- image 15 of 118 (left page) · EAA.931.1.22 (release lists, third wave, 1825)
- image 45 (file 00046; p. 42/43), deaths No. 46 · EAA.1275.1.102 (Halliste yearly book 1834)
Research questions
- KA-01Märt and Mari Koik of Vana-KaristePartly answered
- KA-04Other Vana-Kariste Koiks and the origin of the namePartly answered
Notes
- Neighbourhood: the Alt-Karrishof Wackenbuch of 1805–06 (EAA.567.3.240 img 5; SL-168) lists "Kamma Petri Hans" (the farm holder, not our Hans) and the two Koiksaar farms ("Koiksaar Jann", "do. Hans") one after another in the village (Dorf) Maerraste. In 1811 the Koiksaar farms are Nos. 45 and 46, directly after Kama Peter (44); nobody at Nos. 44–46 bears a "Koik" byname, and Koiksaar was a farm name by 1795 at the latest. The family therefore lived in the same hamlet as Koiksaare, but at Kama Peter.
- Death: Halliste yearly book 1834, EAA.1275.1.102 img 45 (p. 42/43), deaths No. 46: "Altkarris, Hans Koik, Wirths Vater", married, d. 25 Jan 1834 evening, buried 30 Jan, aged 58, Hitzfieber (SL-157). He is not in the pre-1834 Alt-Karrishof burial lists (EAA.1275.2.7, viewer img 299–306); the research’s "Koiksare Hanso … Lena" there is a 7-week-old girl, not his. Ages: 58 at death against 46 in 1826 and 44 in Jan 1825; the revisions are preferred (b. about 1780).
- Children's birth dates: Hendrik 26 Dec 1803, Peter 10 Aug 1806, Hans 12 Sep 1815, Märt 7 Sep 1821; the widow Kert b. 1778.
- Surname by Jan 1825. The surnames were written into the 1822–26 release lists (EAA.931.1.18–.24). Alt-Karrishof farm holders already had surnames in Jan 1823; Hans appears first in the third-wave list of Jan 1825 because he was not a farm holder. So Koik was probably taken in 1822–23 (medium). Three households on Kama Peter had three different surnames (Jein, Murro, Koik), which counts against a name taken from the farm. The lists give no reason for the name.
- The 1825 children's ages (Tina 19, Hans 9) differ from the 1826 revision (Tina 11, Ans 11): compare the two pages side by side.
- A farmhand, not a farm holder. In 1811 he was a Knecht at Kama Peter; the holder was another Hans ("Kama peter Hans", b. about 1757), whose relationship to him is not stated. No one called Koik, as forename or byname, appears at Kama Peter or Koiksaar in 1811, and no Koik lived at Koiksare before 1850.
- Märt Koik's father; his own father was also a Hans. New person. Daughters Anne (b. about 1813), Tina (b. about 1815) and Els (b. about 1820) are not given separate files yet. His death (1826–1834) is not yet found in the Halliste burials. Dead by Mar 1845 (Märt's marriage entry: both parents dead). Research note: the pre-1834 Alt-Karrishof death lists are in EAA.1275.2.7, images 300–306; image 301 has no Hans Koik; images 302 (lower half) to 306 still to read.
