Gelderman » Roelof Jans (1731-1786)
Personal data Roelof Jans
- He was born in Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove.
- He was christened on February 25, 1731 in NG Kerk Vollenhove.
- Resident:
- Leeuwte (1759).
- Wendelo.
- He died on July 15, 1786.
- The birth parents are Jan Roelofs and Geertje Boes
- This information was last updated on September 13, 2011.
Household of Roelof Jans
He is married to Aafje Lange.
They got married on May 6, 1759 at Blokzijl.
Child(ren):
- Hendrik Roelofs 1759-????
- Geertje Roelofs 1761-????
- Jan Roelofs 1768-????
- Lubbigje Roelofs 1770-????
- Jannetje Roelofs 1772-????
- Klaas Roelofs 1776-????
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Relationship Roelof Jans
- Roelof Jans is the 3rd great grandfather of Gerrigje Gelderman:
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Historical events
Christening day February 25, 1731
- The temperature on February 25, 1731 was about 3.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1731: Source: Wikipedia
- March 24 » Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
Day of marriage May 6, 1759
- The temperature on May 6, 1759 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. 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)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
- May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
- August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
- September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
- November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
- December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Day of death July 15, 1786
- The temperature on July 15, 1786 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1786: Source: Wikipedia
- January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
- June 10 » A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
- June 25 » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
- August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- August 29 » Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
- September 11 » The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
Same birth/death day
- 1750 » Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1686)
- 1765 » Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
- 1767 » Michael Bruce, Scottish poet and composer (b. 1746)
- 1789 » Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)
- 1828 » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
- 1839 » Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)
The Gelderman publication was prepared by Guus Nijhuis.
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Guus Nijhuis, "Gelderman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/gelderman/I10804.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Roelof Jans (1731-1786)".
Guus Nijhuis, "Gelderman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/gelderman/I10804.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Roelof Jans (1731-1786)".