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Hi!
Recently I've been researching my family tree again and I discovered that there's a woman called Richarde Schrijnemakers in our family. She wasn't married and had a daughter called Marie Mechtilde Schrijnemakers (the father was unknown). Marie Mechtilde was born on September 20, 1791.
I live in the Netherlands, so Richarde Schrijnemakers and her daughter are also Dutch. However, their first names are French, because in and around 1791, the Netherlands was 'possessed' by the French, by Napoleon Bonaparte.
So, I'm wondering if Richarde is an existing female French name? I've never came across it. If it isn't, then I guess there must've been a mistake or something in the birth certificate of Marie Mechtilde (in which I found her mother's name).
Please, would some of you confirm if Richarde is indeed an existing French female name? Thank you very much in advance!
Regards,
Lu
Recently I've been researching my family tree again and I discovered that there's a woman called Richarde Schrijnemakers in our family. She wasn't married and had a daughter called Marie Mechtilde Schrijnemakers (the father was unknown). Marie Mechtilde was born on September 20, 1791.
I live in the Netherlands, so Richarde Schrijnemakers and her daughter are also Dutch. However, their first names are French, because in and around 1791, the Netherlands was 'possessed' by the French, by Napoleon Bonaparte.
So, I'm wondering if Richarde is an existing female French name? I've never came across it. If it isn't, then I guess there must've been a mistake or something in the birth certificate of Marie Mechtilde (in which I found her mother's name).
Please, would some of you confirm if Richarde is indeed an existing French female name? Thank you very much in advance!
Regards,
Lu
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No idea about Richarde, but Richarda would be possible and the final e and a final a would sound close enough in Dutch. If it is, then the Spanish connection would be more convincing - Ricardo -> Ricarda? Have any Spanish names survived in Ndl, or were they too politically incorrect?
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Hmmm, yes, perhaps she was called Richarda and the French wrote her name down as Richarde in Marie Mechtilde's birth certificate.
Spanish names have indeed survived in the Netherlands, but mostly only the female names, like Gertrudis, Catherina, Cecilia, Isabella, etc. Most Spanish male names were translated into Dutch, Latin, French or German (at least here in the province of Limburg), like: Eduardo --> Eduard, Nicolás --> Nicolaas, Alfonso --> Alphonse, etc.
But thanks for helping! :-)
Regards,
Lu
Spanish names have indeed survived in the Netherlands, but mostly only the female names, like Gertrudis, Catherina, Cecilia, Isabella, etc. Most Spanish male names were translated into Dutch, Latin, French or German (at least here in the province of Limburg), like: Eduardo --> Eduard, Nicolás --> Nicolaas, Alfonso --> Alphonse, etc.
But thanks for helping! :-)
Regards,
Lu
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