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Hoorn

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in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Hoorn is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality has just over 75,000 inhabitants and a land area of 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi), making it the third most densely populated municipality in North Holland after Haarlem and Amsterdam. Apart from the city of Hoorn, the municipality includes the villages of Blokker and Zwaag, as well as parts of the hamlets De Bangert, De Hulk and Munnickaij.

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Civil registry of marriages, Amsterdam, 1915, record 991
Civil registry of marriages, Amsterdam, 1915, record 991
Civil registry of deaths, Hoorn, 1922, records 69-70
Civil registry of deaths, Hoorn, 1922, records 69-70
Civil registry of marriages, Abbekerk, 1927, record 7
Civil registry of marriages, Abbekerk, 1927, record 7

References

  1. Gemeente Amsterdam. "Burgerlijke Stand Amsterdam". Amsterdam, Marriage record for Johannes Isaäc Lankester & Dingena Cornelia van Strien, civil registry of marriages, Amsterdam, 1915-12-16, record 991.
  2. Gemeente Hoorn. "Burgerlijke Stand Hoorn". Hoorn, Death record for Dingena Cornelia van Strien, civil registry of deaths, Hoorn, 1922-06-01, record 70.
  3. Gemeente Abbekerk. "Burgerlijke Stand Abbekerk". Abbekerk, Marriage record for Johannes Isaäc Lankester & Neeltje Zwagerman, civil registry of marriages, Abbekerk, 1927-08-20, record 7.

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