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Personal data Roelof Broers Voetberg 

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Household of Roelof Broers Voetberg

He is married to Hielkje Johannes Visser.


Huwelijksakte Schoterland, 1863
Bruidegom: Roelof Voetberg, oud 27 jaar, geboren te Lemmer, gemeente Lemsterland
Vader: Broer Roelofs Voetberg
Moeder: Aafje Rinkes Hornstra
Bruid: Hielkjen Johannes Visser, oud 21 jaar, geboren te Delfstrahuizen
Vader: Johannes Hylkes Visser
Moeder: Symentje Wubbes Blom
Datum: 10 september 1863, akte nr. 55

They got married on September 10, 1863 at Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands, he was 27 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Broer Voetberg  1863-????
  2. Johannes Voetberg  1865-????
  3. Siementje Voetberg  1867-1868
  4. Rinke Voetberg  1869-????
  5. Aafje Voetberg  1874-????
  6. Femmigje Voetberg  1876-????
  7. NN Voetberg  1877-1877
  8. Saakje Voetberg  1881-????


Notes about Roelof Broers Voetberg


Son Rinke immigrated 3 years earlier. In 1895, Rinke was in Platte, So Dakota. When the rest of the family came in 1896, they must have first lived near Rock Valley Iowa, since that is where Roelof died in May 1897, but later many of them moved to Platte.

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  1. Tresoar - Friesland Provincial Archives (Web Site)
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  3. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Web Site)

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  • The temperature on July 17, 1836 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. Source: KNMI
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    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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 25 » Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
    • March 6 » Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
    • April 21 » Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
    • May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
    • June 16 » The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
    • December 14 » The Toledo War unofficially ends.
  • The temperature on September 10, 1863 was about 13.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
    • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
    • May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
    • May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
    • August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
    • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
  • The temperature on May 14, 1897 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
    • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
    • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.


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