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Personal data Pieter Zwier 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Pieter Zwier

(1) He is married to Trijntje Zwier.

They got married in the year 1864 at Opperdoes, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, he was 23 years old.Source 3


(2) He is married to Neeltje Zwier.

They got married on April 23, 1868 at Andijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Trijntje Zwier  1880-1969 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Zwier

Pieter Zwier
1840-1908

(1) 1864

Trijntje Zwier
1839-< 1868

(2) 1868

Neeltje Zwier
1846-1928

Trijntje Zwier
1880-1969

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  1. Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894 (Web Site)
  2. 1920 Federal Census (Census)
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Birthday September 1, 1840

  • The temperature on September 1, 1840 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
    • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
    • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
    • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
    • July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
    • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

Day of marriage April 23, 1868

  • The temperature on April 23, 1868 was about 14.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
    • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
    • May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
    • July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
    • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
    • October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.

Day of death May 19, 1908

  • The temperature on May 19, 1908 was between 7.7 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
    • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
    • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.


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