When Willem Klein Kranenbarg was born on 21 November 1805, in Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands, his father, Garrit Jan Klein Kranenbarg, was 31 and his mother, Hendrica Tigchelman, was 32. He married Aleida Brummelman on 29 October 1830, in Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. In 1860, at the age of 55, his occupation is listed as daghuurder in Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands. He died on 3 January 1891, in Veldwijk, Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 85.
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The Dutch defeated the French.
In 1810, when Louis Bonaparte resigned from the throne, the Netherlands was annexed from the French. Finally in 1814, the Netherlands became sovereign and independent.
Belgium rebelled against Netherlands.
German, Flemish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic); Dutch (also De Klein): from Middle High German, German, Dutch klein ‘small’, or Yiddish kleyn. This was a nickname for a person of small stature, but is also often found as a distinguishing name for a junior male, usually a son, in German names such as Kleinhans and Kleinpeter . The surname of German origin is also found in many other European countries, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Belgium, Poland, Hungary, Czechia, and Slovakia. It is often a German translation of corresponding Slavic surnames, for example Czech and Slovak Malý (see Maly ). Compare Klain , Klien , and Kline .
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