Brief Life History of Janna
When Janna Beneker was born on 9 March 1823, in Serooskerke, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands, her father, Kornelis Beneker, was 24 and her mother, Dina VAN DER LINDE, was 24. She married Adriaan van Burgh on 25 October 1854, in Haamstede, Zeeland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 January 1897, in Haamstede, Zeeland, Netherlands, at the age of 73.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Janna Beneker - Government record: birth-name: Janna Beneker
- Janna Beneker in entry for Adriaan Overbeke and Adriana van Burgh, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
- Janna Beneker in entry for Adriaan Overbeke and Adriana van Burgh, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
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World Events (6)
1830
Belgium rebelled against Netherlands.
1853
Birth of Vincent van Gogh.
1863
The Dutch abolished slavery in Suriname. The Dutch were among the last Europeans to abolish slavery.
Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: habitational name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle Low German beke ‘stream, brook’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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