Hendrik Jurriaan Damman

Brief Life History of Hendrik Jurriaan

When Hendrik Jurriaan Damman was born on 21 June 1865, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Antoni Willem Hermanus Damman, was 24 and his mother, Cecilia Geertruida Welling, was 27. He married Margaretha Moolhuizen on 28 May 1896, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 13 January 1941, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75.

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Hendrik Jurriaan Damman
1865–1941
Margaretha Moolhuizen
1874–1948
Marriage: 28 May 1896
Cecilia Geertruida Damman
1898–
Antonette Wilhelmina Hendrika Damman
1900–

Sources (7)

  • Hendrik Jurriaan Damman, "Netherlands Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910"
  • Hendrik Jurriaan Damman, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"
  • Hendrik Jurriaan Damman in entry for Cecilia Geertruida Damman, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"

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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

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Name Meaning

Dutch: topographic or habitational name for a man who lived by a dam or at a place or farm named Ten Dam, a variant of Dam ‘dam, wall, dike’ + man ‘man’.

Americanized form of North German Dammann .

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

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