When Fetje Alberts Hofman was born on 11 March 1797, in Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, Netherlands, her father, Albert Berends Hofman, was 40 and her mother, Froukje Baukes Planting, was 38. She married Roel Popkes Popma on 9 April 1818, in Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 July 1841, in her hometown, at the age of 44.
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The United East India Company is liquidated.
The Dutch defeated the French.
In 1810, when Louis Bonaparte resigned from the throne, the Netherlands was annexed from the French. Finally in 1814, the Netherlands became sovereign and independent.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Bernd, Claus, Fritz, Hans, Henrich, Matthias, Otto, Volker, Waltraud, Wolf. Dutch Dirk, Marinus, Roelf, Cornelus, Gerrit, Gert, Harmen, Hendrick, Jilles, Willem, Willen, Wim.
Dutch: equivalent of German Hoffmann . Also a topographic or habitational name for someone living and working on the main farm or estate in a community (see Hof , compare Vanderhoff ), often derived from a short form of a compound farm name, for instance the Drewerderhof in Groningen.
Americanized form of German Hofmann (see Hoffmann ) and a variant of the Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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