When Anna Margaretha Voest was born on 7 June 1786, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Franciscus Voest, was 42 and her mother, Catharina Bendels, was 35. She married Jan Baptist Libert on 9 May 1806, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 14 December 1849, in her hometown, at the age of 63.
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In 1787, Amsterdam was forced to surrender to the Prussians. The country was under Prussian rule until the French Invaded in 1795.
An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.
The Dutch defeated the French.
Dutch and North German: topographic name for someone who lived in a vorst ‘forest’ or habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Vorst or Voorst.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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