Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Gerrit Jan Voskuil (1847-1923)

Personal data Gerrit Jan Voskuil 


Household of Gerrit Jan Voskuil

He is married to Dena Obrink.

They got married on June 1, 1876 at Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands, he was 28 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Hanna Voskuil  1879-????
  2. Minnie Voskuil  1881-1969 
  3. John W. Voskuil  1885-1950 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Jan Voskuil

Gerrit Jan Voskuil
1788-????
Janna Willemina Duenk
1787-????
Jan Willem Papiermolen
1789-????
Hendrika Vossers
1784-1846

Gerrit Jan Voskuil
1847-1923

1876

Dena Obrink
1848-1925

Hanna Voskuil
1879-????
Minnie Voskuil
1881-1969
John W. Voskuil
1885-1950

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Sources

  1. Wie Was Wie
    geboorteakten Aalten
  2. Garret J. Voskuil gravestone, Union cemetery, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
  3. Emigration records Gelderland
  4. familysearch.org
    bevolkingregister Aalten
  5. 1905 Wisconsin Census
    Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, dated 6/1/1905

Historical events

Birthday September 21, 1847

  • The temperature on September 21, 1847 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
    • February 23 » Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
    • April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
    • September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
    • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

Day of marriage June 1, 1876

  • The temperature on June 1, 1876 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Day of death April 27, 1923

  • The temperature on April 27, 1923 was between 0.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
    • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
    • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
    • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
    • October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
    • November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.


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