When Jantje Weerman was born on 29 December 1888, in Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands, her father, Christiaan Pieters Weerman, was 33 and her mother, Hitje Hoekstra van den Akker, was 27. She died on 3 June 1978, at the age of 89.
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Death by suicide of van Gogh.
Luxembourg had gained their independence in 1867, but they were still under the possession of the kings of the Netherlands until William III died and the grand duchy passed to the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.
Altered form of English or Irish Dearman 1, 2.
Americanized form of German Deermann: unexplained.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Diermann (see Dearman 3).
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