Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Gerrit Nyhof (1852-1935)
Personal data Gerrit Nyhof
- He was born on June 6, 1852 in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands.Sources 1, 2
- Alternative: He was born in the year 1852.Source 3
- (Emigrated) on July 21, 1881.Source 1
- (Emigrated) on August 16, 1881 in Leaving from Amsterdam.Source 2
- (Immigrated) on August 30, 1881 in Arriving at the port of New York on the vessel "Castor".Source 2
- He died on October 13, 1935 in Oostburg, Wisconsin, he was 83 years old.
- Alternative: He died in the year 1935, he was 82 years old.Source 3
- He is buried in Cedar Grove cemetery, Cedar Grove, Wisconsin.
- A child of Hendrik Nijhof and Janna Berendina Konings
Household of Gerrit Nyhof
He is married to Gezina Berendina TeSelle.
They got married on June 5, 1878 at Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands, he was 25 years old.Sources 1, 4, 5
Child(ren):
- Christ Nyhof 1891-1972
- stillborn Nyhof 1892-????
- Ella Nyhof 1898-1985
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Historical events
Birthday June 6, 1852
- The temperature on June 6, 1852 was about 21.6 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 5 » The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
- May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
- August 20 » Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
- September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
- October 11 » The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- November 16 » The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
Day of marriage June 5, 1878
- The temperature on June 5, 1878 was about 12.7 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
- February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
- March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
- May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
- May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
- June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
Day of death October 13, 1935
- The temperature on October 13, 1935 was between 2.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
- February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
- July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
- September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
- November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
- December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Same birth/death day
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- 1844 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter and academic († 1905)
- 1850 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1918)
- 1857 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1918)
- 1862 » Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet († 1938)
- 1867 » David T. Abercrombie, American surveyor and businessman, founded Abercrombie & Fitch († 1931)
- 1926 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
- 1930 » T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
- 1931 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
- 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
- 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
- 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
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