Brief Life History of Margaretha Magdalena
When Margaretha Magdalena Maarleveld was born on 31 January 1886, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Dirk Maarleveld, was 30 and her mother, Anna Petronella Rem, was 21. She died on 16 April 1886, in Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 0.
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1855–1918 Male
1864–1886 Female
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1886–1886 Female
1886–1886 Female
Name Meaning
An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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