When Petronella Kroon was born on 16 March 1888, in Aerdenhout, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Johannes Kroon, was 41 and her mother, Magdalena Cazander, was 32. She married Theodorus Gerardus van der Velden on 13 May 1914, in Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 15 February 1977, in Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 88.
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Death by suicide of van Gogh.
Luxembourg had gained their independence in 1867, but they were still under the possession of the kings of the Netherlands until William III died and the grand duchy passed to the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.
Dutch (also De Kroon): from Middle Dutch croen(e) ‘crown’, a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a crown, or a topographic name from a common field name from this word.
Swedish and North German: variant of Kron .
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