When Cornelis Ariens Pleijsier was born in 1739, in Rijsoord, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Arien Arense Pleijsier, was 42 and his mother, Jacomijntje Ariense Pasman, was 29. He married Annigje Smouter in 1756, in Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters.
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England, Austria, Saxony and the Netherlands formed an alliance against Russia.
A four year war with England was fought.
An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.
From an old Roman family name, Cornélius, which is of uncertain origin, possibly a derivative of Latin cornu ‘horn’. This was the name of a 3rd-century pope who is venerated as a saint. The name was particularly popular in the Low Countries, and immigrants contributed to its frequency in the north of England from the 1400s. However, it is now seldom used in Britain.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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