Emigranten » Willemijna Roest (1769-1809)

Personal data Willemijna Roest 

  • She was christened on February 7, 1769 in Eimeren (GL).
    date uncertain. Daughter of Gerardus Roest & Willemina Teunisd. Lippes
  • She died on January 30, 1809 in Herveld (GL).
    she died in a terrible flood in 1809, which affected a large area in Midden Netherlands. There were 200 victims
  • This information was last updated on August 18, 2019.

Household of Willemijna Roest

She is married to Gijsbertus Gerritsen.

They got married on April 9, 1792 at Herveld (GL).


Child(ren):

  4. Maria Gerritsen  -1867 
  5. Johannes Gerritsen  1805-????

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Historical events

Christening day February 7, 1769

  • The temperature on February 7, 1769 was about 4.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: hagel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1769: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
    • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
    • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
    • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Day of marriage April 9, 1792

  • The temperature on April 9, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
    • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
    • June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    • August 16 » Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
    • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
    • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of death January 30, 1809

  • The temperature on January 30, 1809 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zwaar storm(achtig). 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 1809: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
    • April 19 » An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
    • May 5 » Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
    • May 5 » The Swiss canton of Aargau allows citizenship to Jews.
    • May 21 » The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
    • September 18 » The Royal Opera House in London opens.


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