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Personal data Christiaan Dirks van Gorkum (Gercken, Gorcum) 

  • He was born in the year 1702 in Groningen.
    Doop 20-01-1702 Groningen; Grote Kerk

    Dopeling Christiaen
    Geslacht m
    Geboorteplaats Groningen; Kleine Raamstraat
    Geboortedatum

    Vader Derk Gorkum
    Moeder Maria
    Getuige

    Opmerkingen

    Bron Algemeen doopboek Groningen 1676-1705
    Collectie DTB (toegang 124)
    Inventarisnummer 148, folio 214v
  • He was christened on January 20, 1702 in Groningen (Grote Kerk).
  • Profession: scherprechter te Leeuwarden..
    Christiaan van Gorkum vraagt zijn vader te mogen opvolgen, hetwelk wordt toegestaan. Hij zinspeelt daarbij op de grote armoede waarin zijn moeder, een weduwe met 8 kinderen was komen te vervallen.

    met dank aan Joke van Gorcum.
  • He died on February 23, 1755 in Leeuwarden, he was 53 years old.
  • He is buried in Leeuwarden (Oldehoofsterkerkhof).
  • A child of Dirk Philippus (Jan) van Gorkum (Gercken, Gorcum) and Maria Augustijnus
  • This information was last updated on October 15, 2009.

Household of Christiaan Dirks van Gorkum (Gercken, Gorcum)

He is married to Petronella Geerts Postmus.

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  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1702: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 8 » Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
    • March 11 » The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
    • July 19 » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII in the Battle of Klissow.
    • November 10 » English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.
    • December 30 » Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
  • The temperature on February 23, 1755 was about -3 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
    • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
    • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
    • June 16 » French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
    • July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
    • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.


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