Brief Life History of Joanna Maria Augustina
When Joanna Maria Augustina Wessels was born on 28 August 1786, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Andreas Wessels, was 40 and her mother, Margaretha Elisabeth Duitscher or Dutscher, was 31. She married Bernardus Michael Beumer on 1 May 1816, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 4 August 1849, in her hometown, at the age of 62.
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- Joanna Maria Augustina Wessels, "Netherlands, Deaths and Burials, 1668-1945"
- Joanna Maria Augustina Wessels im Eintrag für Andreas Wilhelmus Beumer, „Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950“
- Jaanna Maria Augustina Wessels in entry for Nicolaas Ferdinand Beumer and Catharina Susanna Libert, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
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1787 · Prussian Rule
In 1787, Amsterdam was forced to surrender to the Prussians. The country was under Prussian rule until the French Invaded in 1795.
1788
An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.
1813
The Dutch defeated the French.
Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Wessel 1. This surname is also established in South Africa.
History: One of the most prominent fur traders in New Netherland (now NY) in the 1660s was Dirck Wessels(e) (1637–1717), who probably came to New Netherland before 1650 with his father, Wessel Wesselse, a West India Company employee. He also bore the surname Ten Broeck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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