When Geertien Abels was born in 1573, in Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands, her father, Abel Geerds, was 17 and her mother, Geeske Everts, was 15. She married Hilwert Engelkens about 1600, in Groningen, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died before 1647, in her hometown.
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The siege of Leiden between the rebels and the Spanish. 1574 The dikes were opened allowing a Dutch fleet to sail over the flood waters and rescue Leiden.
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The Dutch declared their independence from Spain.
German and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Abel . Compare Ables .
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