Brief Life History of Hendrik Jans
When Hendrik Jans Tuinstra was born on 11 February 1804, in Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Jan Hendriks Tuinstra, was 29 and his mother, Ytje Kornelis Schuringa, was 27. He married Marijke Hettes Hettema on 16 May 1830, in Rinsumageest, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 11 May 1840, in Rinsumageest, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 36.
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- Hendrik Jans Tuinstra in entry for Ytje Hendriks Tuinstra, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
- Hendrik Jans Tuinstra in entry for Ytje Tuinstra, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
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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.
1814
William VI, prince of Orange, became King William I of the Netherlands.
Name Meaning
West Frisian and Dutch (mainly Groningen): topographic name for someone who lived by a garden or enclosure, from Dutch tuin ‘garden’ + the suffix -stra from Old Frisian sittera ‘inhabitant of’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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