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
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- Marriage Record of Jan Jerfaas Jansen & Stintje Blotenburg M. 1874
- Johanna ter Maat in entry for Jan Hendrik Jansen and Harmina Maria Ordelman, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
- Janna Jager, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
Spouse and Children
1789–1855 Male
1797–1839 Female
Children (15)
1814–1866 Male
1816–1893 Female
1817–1902 Male
1818–1899 Female
1820–1857 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1748–1811 Male
1764–1852 Female
Siblings (4)
1782–1834 Female
1783–1861 Female
1797–1839 Female
1804– Male
World Events (4)
1799
Age 2
1813
Age 16
1813 · Netherlands Regains Independence
Age 16
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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