When Abraham Prins was born on 20 October 1890, in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands, his father, Gerrit Prins, was 39 and his mother, Adriana Susanna Hendrika Niessen, was 31. He married Margaretha Albertha van Ramshorst on 22 August 1916, in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands. He died on 2 January 1962, at the age of 71.
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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.
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.
During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Gerrit, Tonnis, Cornie, Harm, Hendrik, Herm, Kees, Robertus.
Dutch: from Middle Dutch prince ‘prince’, a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named In de Prins (‘In the Prince’).
Jewish (from the Netherlands): artificial name from Dutch prins ‘prince’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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