When Dirk Geerd Pauels was born on 12 July 1805, in Westerhusen, Hinte, Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany, his father, Geerd Pauëls Pauelsen, was 37 and his mother, Grietje Cornelius, was 36. He married Antje Christina Hinrichs Tholen on 27 April 1834, in Hanover, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 23 March 1888, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Limestone Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
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On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Peoria, Illinois, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: French Alberic, Jacques, Remi.
Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Pauwel, a vernacular form of Paul .
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