Brief Life History of Beerent Beerents
When Beerent Beerents Snijder was born on 9 November 1814, in Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Beerent Beerents Snijder, was 28 and his mother, Japke Pieters Bosje, was 26. He married Antje Paulus Beimers on 12 April 1838, in Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 7 daughters. He died about 1875, at the age of 62.
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- Birth Record of Beerent Beerents Snijder
- Berend Berends Snijder in entry for Trijntje Berends Snijder, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
- Berend Berends Snijders in entry for Klaasje Snijders, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
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1815
Sunday observance in Netherlands was regulated by law.
1830
Belgium rebelled against Netherlands.
1853
Birth of Vincent van Gogh.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schneider ‘tailor’ and of its Slavicized (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian) form Šnajder (Czech mostly Šnajdr). The Slovenian and Croatian surname is in most cases derived from the dialect loanword šnajder ‘tailor’. Compare Sneider 1 and Snyder 1.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Snieder or Snijder ‘tailor’ (see Snyder 2).
In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Žnider: variant of Žnidar, from žnidar ‘tailor’, an archaic word of German origin (see Schneider , compare 1 above and Znidarsic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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