Brief Life History of Johannes
When Johannes Drost was born on 28 March 1905, in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Johannes Drost, was 24 and his mother, Ariette Clara Agatha van der Stok, was 25. He married Hanna Maria van Stolk on 2 June 1938, in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 1 February 1991, in his hometown, at the age of 85.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Johannes Paulus Drost, „Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000“
- Johannes Drost, „Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000“
- Johannes Drost, „Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Population Registers“
Spouse and Children
1905–1991 Male
1908– Female
Children (1)
1939–1939 Female
Parents and Siblings
1880–1954 Male
1879–1947 Female
Siblings (3)
1905–1991 Male
1910–1997 Female
1912–1988 Male
World Events (8)
1913 · Rotterdam School of Commerce opens
Age 8
1914 · WWI and the Netherlands
Age 9
1928
Age 23
Name Meaning
German, Dutch, and Danish: occupational name or status name from drost, title for the head of the court, respectively a high ranked administrative functionary, originally in the early Middle Ages a steward or head of the servants, from Middle Low German drotsete, drossete (cognate with Middle High German truhsæze). This surname is also found in Poland (see also 2 below). Compare Durost .
Germanized form of Polish Drozd . In Poland it occurs almost exclusively in Upper Silesia, Pomerania and Greater Poland, regions that were strongly influenced by German language in the past.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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