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Witveen
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| Born | Witveen, a hamlet in the Dutch province of Friesland, the seat of a Mennonite congregation now called Rottevalle. The congregation at Witveen was probably founded ca. 1620, when the peat fens (Dutch, veen) in this area were broken up. | |
| Gender | ♀️ Female | |
| Died | The first peat diggers were mostly Mennonites; at first meetings were held in a peat digger's hut, but in 1671 a plain meetinghouse was erected, which was considerably remodeled and enlarged in 1712. First called Oostermeer. | |
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Anjum | |
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♂️ Wopcke Lourens
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📍 Witveen, a hamlet in the Dutch province of Friesland, the seat of a Mennonite congregation now called Rottevalle. The congregation at Witveen was probably founded ca. 1620, when the peat fens (Dutch, veen) in this area were broken up.
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📍 The first peat diggers were mostly Mennonites; at first meetings were held in a peat digger's hut, but in 1671 a plain meetinghouse was erected, which was considerably remodeled and enlarged in 1712. First called Oostermeer.