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Charity Gitte Geertje Amerman

1741–1822 (Age 80)
Harlingen, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

The Life of Charity Gitte Geertje

When Charity Gitte Geertje Amerman was born on 2 September 1741, in Harlingen, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, her father, Paules Amerman, was 29 and her mother, Alida Reynierson Van Hengel, was 26. She had at least 5 sons and 7 daughters with Hendrick Gulick. She died on 3 May 1822, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.

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Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

Charity Gitte Geertje Amerman

1741–1822

Hendrick Gulick

1733–1818

Derrick Hulick

1759–1843

Jane Gulick

1784–1828

Pourval Gulick

1763–

Alida Gulick

1764–

Charity Geertje Gulick

1766–1840

Powell Gulick

1768–1826

Catharine Gulick

1770–1858

Arreante Gulick

1774–

Anna Gulick

1776–

Gilbert H. Gulick

1778–1865

Magdalena Gulick

1780–

Hendrick Gulick

1788–1828

Spouse & Children

Charity Gitte Geertje Amerman

Female1741–1822Female

Hendrick Gulick
Male1733–1818Male

children

(12)

Derrick Hulick

Male1759–1843Male

Pourval Gulick

Male1763–Male

Alida Gulick

Female1764–Female

Charity Geertje Gulick

Female1766–1840Female

Powell Gulick

Male1768–1826Male

+7 More Children

Parents & Siblings

Paules Amerman
Male1712–1781Male
Alida Reynierson Van Hengel
Female1715–1784Female

siblings

(9)

Charity Gitte Geertje Amerman

Female1741–1822Female

Eyda Amerman

Female1743–Female

Jannetje Amerman

Female1745–1750Female

Auke Amerman

Male1747–Male

Catharine Amerman

Female1749–Female

+4 More Children

World Events (6)

1775

Age 34

"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."

1776

Age 35

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 45

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

Amerman

Charity

Gitte

Geertje

1 Dutch: occupational name for a charcoal burner.2 Americanized spelling of German Ammermann ( see Ammerman ).

Possible Related Names

Ammerman

Sources (3)

Gerte in entry for Magdelna Gulek, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
Gerte in entry for Anna Geulek, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
Gerte in entry for Catrina Gulik, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"

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