When Grietje Meinderts Smit was born on 4 February 1790, in Borgercompagnie, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands, her father, Meindert Harmens Smit, was 29 and her mother, Grietje Freerks, was 28. She married Luitje Alons on 27 December 1813, in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 February 1829, in Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, at the age of 39.
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France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.
France and Napoleon conquered the Netherlands.
The Dutch defeated the French.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kuno, Kurt.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Meinhard (see Meinert ).
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