Brief Life History of Grietje Harms
When Grietje Harms Boekweg was born in 1799, in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands, her father, Harm Harms Boekweg, was 40 and her mother, Stijntje Gerrits ten Cate, was 29. She married Jan Fridriks Mulder on 27 October 1821, in Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 8 June 1880, in Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands, at the age of 81.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Grietje Boekweg - Government record: death: 8 June 1880; Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands
- Grietje Boekweg, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
- Grietje Boekweg in entry for Harm Mulder, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records"
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1799
The United East India Company is liquidated.
1813
The Dutch defeated the French.
1830
Belgium rebelled against Netherlands.
Name Meaning
North German, Dutch, and Danish: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Herman(n) (see Hermann ).
English (London and southeastern England): variant of Harm , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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