When Antje Beets was born in August 1779, in Beemster, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Willem Jansz Beets, was 34 and her mother, Grietje Jacobs Beets, was 30. She married Willem Teunisz Olie on 15 April 1798, in Beemster, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in June 1808, in her hometown, at the age of 28, and was buried in Beemster, North Holland, Netherlands.
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A four year war with England was fought.
An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.
France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.
Dutch: mainly a habitational name from either of two villages called Beets, in North Holland and Friesland.
English: variant of Beet, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from the Middle English personal name Bete, a pet form of Betris (see Beatrice ). In East Anglia, however, where the name is concentrated, it is of Dutch origin (see 1 above), as evidenced by the census of 1881. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Probably an altered form of German Beetz .
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