Brief Life History of Cornelia
When Cornelia Hessen was born on 6 February 1785, in Holland, Netherlands, her father, Johann Heinrich Hesse, was 48 and her mother, Antonia van Berk, was 33. She married Anthony Knops about 1810. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 April 1851, in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 66.
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Family Time Line
Sources (27)
- Cornelia Hesse in entry for Knops, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"
- Cornelia Hesse in entry for Unknown, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"
- Cornelia Hesse in entry for Hendrik Anthonij Knops, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"
Spouse and Children
1793–1869 Male
1785–1851 Female
Children (5)
1817–1865 Male
1820–1820 Male
1821–1821 Male
1823–1823 Female
1824–1890 Female
Parents and Siblings
1737–1798 Male
1751–1800 Female
Siblings (2)
1785–1851 Female
1788– Female
World Events (6)
1788
Age 3
1793
Age 8
1813
Age 28
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erna. Scandinavian Hjalmer.
German:
habitational name for someone from the territory of Hesse (German Hessen), a region (present-day federal state) in Germany named with the German dative plural form of the name of its inhabitants, the Hessians. Compare Hess 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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