Joannes Geurst

Joannes was born in 1703 in Groessen and his baptism took place there on December 16th, 1703.

• Birth Notes

  getuigen: Bernt Guertz en Evertje Elshoff

Joannes' father was Jan Geurts and his mother was Willemke/Wilhelmina Elshoff.  His paternal grandparents were Godefridus Berns and Jenneken Thuijssen (Lamers); his maternal grandparents were Henricus Elshoff and Geertie Goosens Sweeckhorst. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Henricus, Petrus, Everardus, Joanna and Godefridus.  He was the third youngest of the six children.  He died at the age of 39 in 1742.