Gosse Botes Bruinsma

Brief Life History of Gosse Botes

When Gosse Botes Bruinsma was born on 5 January 1783, in Molkwerum, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Bote Gosses Bruinsma, was 40 and his mother, Sijbrig Piers Kleiterp, was 27. He married Antje Joostes Gercama on 6 May 1804, in Tjum, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 31 December 1847, in Tjum, Friesland, Netherlands, at the age of 64, and was buried in Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands.

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Family Time Line

Gosse Botes Bruinsma
1783–1847
Antje Joostes Gercama
1775–1838
Marriage: 6 May 1804
Boote Bruinsma
1805–1806
Antje Gosses Bruinsma
1807–1853
Bote Gosses Bruinsma
1809–1880
Sibrig Gosses Bruinsma
1812–1830

Sources (17)

  • Netherlands: Original birth record for Sibrig Bruinsma, Daughter of Gosse Botes Bruinsma and Antje Justus Gercama
  • Netherlands: Original death record for Sybrigje Bruinsma, 18 years old, single, daughter of Gosse Botes Bruinsma and Antje Justus Gerkama
  • Gosse, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"

World Events (5)

1788

An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.

1793

France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.

1813

The Dutch defeated the French.

Name Meaning

West Frisian: patronymic, formed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’, from a genitivized form of the personal name Bruin .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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