Joseph Lorenz was born on 31 October 1788, in Casti-Wergenstein, Graubünden, Switzerland as the son of Stephan Lorenz and Maria Kadosi. He married Wilhelmina Knoop on 7 May 1835, in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 13 April 1854, in Beuningen, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 65.
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France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.
France and Napoleon conquered the Netherlands.
The Dutch defeated the French.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Alois, Erwin, Juergen, Dieter, Fritz, Gerhard, Guenter, Helmut, Ilse, Klaus.
German, Dutch, and Spanish: from local forms (German Laurenz, Lorenz, Dutch Laurens, Catalan Llorenç) of the Latin personal name Laurentius (see Lawrence ). This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, France (Alsace and Lorraine), Sweden, and Denmark. Compare Lorance , Lorence , and Lorentz .
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Lorenc .
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