Maria Geurts
Maria was born in 1779 in
Loo and her baptism took place there on February 12th, 1779. Maria's father was
Johannes Geurts and her mother was
Joanna Wolters. Her paternal grandparents were
Henricus Geurts and
Bartje Gödden; her maternal grandparents were
Jacobus Wolters and
Maria Gertrudis van Meurs. She had eight brothers and four sisters, named
Henricus,
Henricus,
Jacobus,
Albertus,
Gerardus Joannes,
Theodorus,
Theodorus,
Hermanus,
Gisberta,
Maria,
Everarda and
Petronella Theorora. She was the second youngest of the thirteen children.