Grietje Hindriks Lever

Brief Life History of Grietje Hindriks

When Grietje Hindriks Lever was born on 20 September 1821, in Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands, her father, Hindrik Hindriks Lever, was 24 and her mother, Geertje Jacobs Hagen, was 20. She married Hendrik Willems Schuur on 5 January 1843, in Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 1 March 1902, in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Hendrik Willems Schuur
1815–1854
Grietje Hindriks Lever
1821–1902
Marriage: 5 January 1843
Anna Schuur
1844–1888
Henderika Schuur
1846–1927
Willemina Schuur
1848–1850
Wilhelmina Schuur
1849–1925
Willemina Schuur
1851–1934
Hendrik Schuur
1853–1916

Sources (28)

  • Birth Record: Netherlands, Groningen Province, Civil Registration, 1811-1940; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15700-25262-51
  • 2nd Marriage of Grietje: Netherlands, Groningen Province, Civil Registration, 1811-1940; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18920-85660-9
  • Death Record: Netherlands, Groningen Province, Civil Registration, 1811-1940; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19264-11012-83

World Events (7)

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

English (of Norman origin): nickname for a fleet-footed or timid person, from Old French levre ‘hare’ (from Latin lepus, genitive leporis). It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of hares.

English: topographic name for someone who lived in a place thickly grown with rushes, from Old English lǣfer ‘rush, reed, iris’. Compare Laver . Great and Little Lever in Greater Manchester are named with this word (in a collective sense), so the surname may also be a habitational name from these places.

Dutch and North German: from the medieval personal names Lever, a variant of Liever (see Lieber ), and Levert, a variant of Lievert (see Liebhart ). This surname is very rare in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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