Janna Jager

Brief Life History of Janna

When Janna Jager was born on 19 March 1797, in Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands, her father, Derck Jager, was 50 and her mother, Hendrijna van Reeden, was 32. She married Jan Willem Jansen on 19 February 1815, in Hemmen, Gelderland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. She died on 2 May 1839, in her hometown, at the age of 42.

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Family Time Line

Jan Willem Jansen
1789–1855
Janna Jager
1797–1839
Marriage: 19 February 1815
Derk Jansen
1814–1866
Neulke Elizabeth Jansen
1816–1893
Jan Jerfaas Jansen
1817–1902
Hendrina Janssen
1818–1899
Sandrijna Jansen
1820–1857
Hermina Jansen
1821–1874
Jan Hendrik Jansen
1823–
Gerritje Jansen
1825–1899
Hendrika Jansen
1827–1904
Johanna Jansen
1829–1830
Cornelis Jansen
1831–1901
Johanna Jansen
1832–1897
Maria Jansen
1834–1910
Jan Willem Jansen
1836–1902
Jansen
1839–1839

Sources (45)

  • Marriage Record of Jan Jerfaas Jansen & Stintje Blotenburg M. 1874
  • Janna Jager, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
  • Jantje Jager in entry for Hendrina Jansen, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"

World Events (4)

1799

The United East India Company is liquidated.

1813

The Dutch defeated the French.

1813 · Netherlands Regains Independence

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Bernhard, Dieter, Gunter, Hans, Irmgard, Kurt, Wilhelm, Wolfgang.

German (also Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; Jäger); Dutch: occupational name for a hunter, from Middle High German jeger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e), Middle Dutch jagher ‘hunter’. See also Jaeger , compare Yager and Yauger .

Slovenian; Slovak (mainly Jáger, also Jäger): occupational name for a hunter, from jager (Slovak jáger), a colloquial loanword from Middle High German (see Jaeger ). This surname is also found in Czechia (also Jáger) and Croatia. Compare Yager .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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