When Jan Sjoukes Geertsma was born on 12 March 1778, in Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Sjouke Jans Geertsma, was 28 and his mother, Antje Jans Martens, was 23. He married Hinke Sjoukes Terpstra on 11 April 1802, in Ureterp, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands in 1820 and Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands in 1837. He died on 23 July 1848, in Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 70, and was buried in Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands.
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As a boy's name this represents a revival of Middle English Jan, a by‐form of John , or an adoption of the common European form with this spelling. As a girl's name it is a short form of names such as Janet and Janice .
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