When Gergje Eilander was born on 2 June 1851, in Veessen, Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands, her father, Coendert Eilander, was 25 and her mother, Egberdina IJsseldijk, was 23. She married Jan Bijsterbosch on 5 December 1874, in Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 26 April 1929, in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 77.
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Dutch: habitational name for someone from a place or a house named ‘t Eylant, for example one near Hattem in the province of Gelderland, from Middle Dutch eylant ‘island’ (possibly denoting a piece of land between two streams). Compare Eiland .
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