Dambomen, negen verschillende stambomen DAM » Eelke Dam (1837-1882)
Personal data Eelke Dam
- She was born on July 17, 1837 in Kantens.Source 1
- Profession: huishoudster.
- She died on February 4, 1882 in Bierum, she was 44 years old.Source 2
- A child of Hindrik Dam and Geerdina van der Tuuk
- This information was last updated on July 2, 2009.
Household of Eelke Dam
She is married to Garbrand Meter.
They got married on April 24, 1861 at Usquert, she was 23 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Anje Meter 1862-1936
- Hindrik Meter 1863-1942
- Geerdina Meter 1865-1937
- Aafke Meter 1869-1943
- Trijntje Meter 1870-1874
- Jacob Meter 1874-1874
- levenloos geboren kind 1876-1876
- Trijntje Meter 1877-1877
- Trijntje Meter 1878-????
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Sources
- B.S. Kantens, akte 42
- B.S. Bierum, akte 11
- B.S. Usquert, akte 4
Historical events
Birthday July 17, 1837
- The temperature on July 17, 1837 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
- May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
- July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
- September 18 » Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
- November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
- December 25 » Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
Day of marriage April 24, 1861
- The temperature on April 24, 1861 was about 8.5 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
- From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
- May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
- May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
- October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
- October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
Day of death February 4, 1882
- The temperature on February 4, 1882 was about 2.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
- May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
- May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
- June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
- July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
- September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
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