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Personal data Cornelis "Knels" Douwes 

  • Nickname is Knels.
  • He was born in Tolbert, Gelderland, Nederland.
  • This information was last updated on August 4, 2025.

Household of Cornelis "Knels" Douwes

(1) He is married to Jantien Roelfs.

They were married in church on April 28, 1742 at Kerkelijke gemeente Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1

Trouwen (registratie) op 28 april 1742 te Kerkelijke gemeente Oldehove
=
Bruidegom
Cornellis Douwes, van Tolbert
Bruid
Jantien Roelfs, van Noordhorn
=
Bronvermelding
AlleGroningers te Groningen, DTB Trouwen; Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken enz. in de provincie Groningen, Bron: boek, Deel: 345..., Kerkelijke gemeente Oldehove, archief 124, inventaris­num­mer 345, 28 april 1742, Doop- en trouwboek 1661-1811, folio 244v

Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Cornelis  ± 1742-????


(2) He is married to Hiltie Meertens.

They got married on November 23, 1760 at Noordhorn, Groningen, Nederland.Source 2

Trouwen (huwelijk) op 23 november 1760 te Kerkelijke gemeente Noordhorn
=
Bruidegom
Knels Douwes, van Noordhorn
Bruid
Hiltie Meertens, van Zuidhorn
=
Bronvermelding
AlleGroningers te Groningen, DTB Trouwen; Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken enz. in de provincie Groningen, Bron: boek, Deel: 335..., Kerkelijke gemeente Noordhorn, archief 124, inventaris­num­mer 335, 23 november 1760, Doop- en trouwboek 1667-1811, folio 121v

Child(ren):

  2. Josephina Cornelis Douwes  < 1765-1830 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelis Douwes

Cornelis Douwes

(1) 1742

Jantien Roelfs
-< 1760

Douwe Cornelis
± 1742-????
(2) 1760

Hiltie Meertens

Meerten Kornelis Douwes
-1833
Josephina Cornelis Douwes
< 1765-1830

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Sources

  1. AlleGroningers te Groningen, DTB Trouwen; Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken enz. in de provincie Groningen, Bron: boek, Deel: 345..., Kerkelijke gemeente Oldehove, archief 124, inventaris­num­mer 345, 28 april 1742, Doop- en trouwboek 1661-1811, folio 244v
  2. AlleGroningers te Groningen, DTB Trouwen; Doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken enz. in de provincie Groningen, Bron: boek, Deel: 335..., Kerkelijke gemeente Noordhorn, archief 124, inventaris­num­mer 335, 23 november 1760, Doop- en trouwboek 1667-1811, folio 121v

Historical events

Day of marriage November 23, 1760

  • The temperature on November 23, 1760 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1760: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 4 » Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
    • June 23 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.
    • June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
    • July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
    • October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
    • November 15 » The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

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