Brief Life History of Jan
When Jan Otter was born on 27 July 1893, in North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Simon Otter, was 35 and his mother, Vrouwtje Bais, was 29. He married Hendrika Looijen on 18 November 1915, in Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 21 February 1979, in Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 85.
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1899 · Hague Peace Convention
The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.
1904 · Weerdinge Couple Found in Bog
Two skeletons were found next to each other in Drenthe, Netherlands. The skeletons were dated back to between 160 BC and 220 AD. One of the skeletons was thought to be a female and the other a male so scientists called them the Weerdinge couple or Mr. and Mrs. Veenstra. It was determined that both skeletons were men and the name was changed to Weerdinge Men.
1917
WWI. Despite Dutch neutrality in World War I (1914-18), the Netherlands suffers from severe food shortages, triggering street riots.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Horst, Johannes, Kurt, Monika, Otto, Wilhelm.
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling an otter, from Middle English, Middle High German oter, Middle Dutch otter, German Otter ‘otter’. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with ōd ‘possession’ + hāri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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