Genealogy Nieboer » Albertus Wiersinga (1860-1899)
Personal data Albertus Wiersinga
- He was born on November 23, 1860 in Appingedam.
- He died on August 16, 1899 in Meppel, he was 38 years old.
- A child of Pieter Wiersinga and Cornelia Willems Tiddens
- This information was last updated on September 6, 2017.
Household of Albertus Wiersinga
He is married to Anje Nieboer.
They got married on May 15, 1885 at Uithuizermeeden, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Cornelia Jantina Wiersinga 1886-1886
- Jantina Cornelia Wiersinga 1888-< 1988
- Pieter Albertus Wiersinga 1890-< 1890
- Cornelia Hillina Wiersinga 1891-< 1991
- Hillina Maria Magdalena Wiersinga 1892-1958
- Hendrik Albert Wiersinga 1896-1969
- Albert Reinhard Christiaan Wiersinga 1899-1899
Notes about Albertus Wiersinga
Uit 'Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek', dl.3:
WIERSINGA (Albertus), geb. 23 Nov. 1860 te Appingedam en overl. 16 Aug. 1898 te Meppel, waar hij sedert 1882 hoofd eener Chr. geref. school was. Zijn vader, Pieter Albert W., overl. in 1878, was pred. bij de Chr. geref. gem. te Appingedam. Reeds op 22-jar. leeftijd werd hij tot waarnemend hoofd van bovengenoemde school benoemd, doch pas het volgend jaar voor goed geïnstalleerd. Weldra werd hij tevens directeur der Chr. Normaalschool te Meppel. Hij was een wakker strijder voor de school met den bijbel. In 1897 werd hij in 't kiesdistr. Hoogezand tot candidaat voor het lidmaatschap der 2de Kamer Stat.-Generaal gesteld, doch niet gekozen.
Wiersinga schreef eenige schoolboekjes voor het onderwijs in de geschiedenis en bezorgde met J. ter Borg herdrukken van de Liefde's Schoolvriend. Een stel leesboeken voor het Chr. onderwijs (1900 e.v.).
Zie: J. Kuiper, Gesch. v.h. Chr. lager onderw. in Nederl., (2de dr.) 355-365.
Zuidema
De Standaard, 8-5-1893:
Donderdag a.s. zal in het vereenigingsgebouw van Patrimonium te Zwolle de reeds vroeger aangekondigde vergadering worden gehouden tot oprichting van een provincialen bond van afdeelingen van Patrimonium, bij welke gelegenheid de heeren Wiersinga van Meppel en Nieboer van Enschedé referaten zullen houden.
Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant, 18-8-1899:
Het behaagde den Heere heden na eene korte, doch hevige ongesteldheid tot zich te nemen mijn innig geliefden Echtgenoot, den WelEdelen Heer Albertus Wiersinga, Hoofd der Gereformeerde School alhier, in den ouderdom van 38 jaar en 9 maanden, mij nalatende zeven nog jeugdige Kinderen, waarvan de jongste hem eenige uren later, na slechts enkele dagen levens, volgde naar het Vaderhuis. Meppel, 16 Aug. '99 A. Wiersinga-Nieboer
Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant, 22-8-1899 en Nieuwsblad van het Noorden,22-8-1899:
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Historical events
Birthday November 23, 1860
- The temperature on November 23, 1860 was about 3.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
- 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).
- In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- March 28 » First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
- April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
- May 3 » Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.
- December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
Day of marriage May 15, 1885
- The temperature on May 15, 1885 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
- April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
- July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
- August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
- September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
- November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Day of death August 16, 1899
- The temperature on August 16, 1899 was about 20.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
- March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
- June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
- July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
- September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
- December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Same birth/death day
- 1858 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director († 1938)
- 1860 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate († 1925)
- 1864 » Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman († 1936)
- 1868 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter († 1953)
- 1869 » Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer († 1942)
- 1871 » William Watt, Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria († 1946)
- 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
- 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
- 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
- 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
- 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
- 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
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