Jacobus Geurts
Jacobus was born in 1763 in
Westervoort and his baptism took place there on March 8th, 1763. Jacobus' father was
Johannes Geurts and his mother was
Joanna Wolters. His paternal grandparents were
Henricus Geurts and
Bartje Gödden; his maternal grandparents were
Jacobus Wolters and
Maria Gertrudis van Meurs. He had seven brothers and five sisters, named
Henricus,
Henricus,
Albertus,
Gerardus Joannes,
Theodorus,
Theodorus,
Hermanus,
Gisberta,
Maria,
Everarda,
Petronella Theorora and
Maria. He was the fourth oldest of the thirteen children.