Pieter Magnus

Brief Life History of Pieter

When Pieter Magnus was born on 26 September 1596, in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands, his father, Jacob Simonsz Magnus, was 34 and his mother, Petronella Simons Merxssen, was 17. In 1651, at the age of 55, his occupation is listed as rådmann i middelburg. He died on 25 August 1652, in his hometown, at the age of 55.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Simonsz Magnus
1563–1625
Petronella Simons Merxssen
1580–1624
Sijmon Magnus
1591–1605
n.n. Magnus
1593–1593
Pieter Magnus
1595–1595
Pieter Magnus
1596–1652
Ferdinandus Magnus
1598–1598
Elisabeth Magnus
1599–1625
Cornelia Magnus
1601–1601
Constantinus Magnus
1603–1603
Constantinus Magnus
1604–1804
Maria Magnus
1605–1669
Simon Magnus
1607–1637
Cornelia Magnus
1609–1609
Carel Magnus
1612–1612
Constantia Magnus Tot Bergambacht
1614–1681

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    World Events (5)

    1600

    Britain waged wars against the Dutch.

    1602

    The United East India Company (V.O.C.), destined to become a powerful force in Holland's "Golden Age"of discovery, exploration, and trade, is founded.

    1624

    The Dutch conquered Salvador, Brazil.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhard, Bernd, Egon, Erwin, Kurt, Otto, Reinhard, Volker, Wilhelm, Wolfgang.

    German, Flemish, and Walloon: from the personal name Magnus, which is from the Latin adjective magnus ‘great’ or a Latinized form of a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element magan ‘strength, might’. The name was borne by several early Christian saints, including St. Magnus (8th century), a monk in St. Gallen in Switzerland and missionary in Allgäu in southern Germany, whose real name was Magnoald. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In Belgium, it may also be a Latinized (humanistic) form of Walloon Legrand .

    English, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and North German: from the Scandinavian personal name Magnus, borne by Magnus the Good (died 1047), king of Norway and Denmark, who was named for the Emperor Charlemagne, Latin Carolus Magnus ‘Charles the Great’, under the impression that Magnus was a personal name. The name spread from Norway to the eastern Scandinavian royal houses, and became popular all over Scandinavia and thence in the English Danelaw. It has also been adopted as a Jewish name.

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

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