Amersfoort

City

in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

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Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had a population of 160,902, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—due to its location on two of the Netherlands' main east to west and north to south railway lines. The city was used during the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.

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Marriage of Thomas Lankester, Henrickgen Willemse
February 26, 1626 ^[1]
Baptism of Thomas Lankester
March 11, 1627 ^[2]
Residence of Thomas Lankester
around January 10, 1652 ^[3]
Birth of Evert Van Ling
March 26, 1727
Marriage of Evert Van Ling, Johanna Brom
July 20, 1750
Birth of Johannes Van Ling
June 26, 1754
Marriage of Johannes Van Ling, Geertruy Overeem
February 1, 1778
Birth of Bartholomeus Van Ling
December 4, 1789
Birth of Geertruy Harmse Boumans
1791
Marriage of Bartholomeus Van Ling, Geertruy Harmse Boumans
August 21, 1811
Birth of Hermanus Van Ling
January 17, 1815
Marriage of Hermanus Van Ling, Johanna Admiraal
April 28, 1852
Birth of Geertruida Van Ling
September 23, 1852 ^[4]
Death of Hendrika Van der Wel
August 22, 1936

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Civil registry of marriages, Amsterdam, 1873, sheet 81v

Baptism of Thomas Lankester

Marriage license for Thomas Lanckister & Henrickgen Willems

Marriage license for Thomas Lanquester & Geertruijd Reijniers

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"Unknown". Marriage record for Thomas Lanckister & Henrickgen Willems, 1626-02-26.
"Unknown". Baptism record for Thomas Lankester, 1627-03-11.
"Unknown". Marriage record for Thomas Lanquester & Geertruijd Reijniers.
Gemeente Amsterdam. "Burgerlijke Stand Amsterdam". Amsterdam, Marriage record for David Marinus Lankester & Geertruida Van Ling, 1873-09-24.

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