When Cornelia Haartsen was born on 10 December 1832, in Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands, her father, Adriaan Haartsen, was 42 and her mother, Janna van den Broeke, was 37. She married Abraham de Vos on 16 July 1856, in Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands. She died on 10 April 1857, in her hometown, at the age of 24.
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From the Latin feminine form of the old Roman family name Cornelius . It was borne in the 2nd century bc by the mother of the revolutionary reformers Tiberius and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus . Its use in England dates from the 17th century, when it was probably brought in by Dutch immigrants.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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