Researching Maria Martens
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19 people with the Martens surname? In that year Martens was ranked number 3560 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maria means "form of MARY -- bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Maria Martens on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maria Martens and the Martens Family History
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Some Famous People called Maria Martens
Maria Martens
Maria Johanna Theodora Martens (born 8 January 1955 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a Dutch politician. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. From 2011 until 2019 she was a member of the Dutch Senate.
From 1999 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). There she was a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.
She was also a substitute for the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
Source: Maria Martens, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Martens
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