Genealogy Noardeast-Fryslân » Jan Geerts Venema (1774-1865)

Personal data Jan Geerts Venema 


Household of Jan Geerts Venema

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Renske Koudenburg) is 47 years younger.

(1) He is married to Antje Sybrens Koop.

They got married on October 20, 1799 at Veenwouden, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gertje Jans Venema  1807-1841


(2) He is married to Renske Koudenburg.

They got married on September 1, 1844 at Dantumadeel, he was 70 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Geerts Venema

Sipke Gabes
1705-????
Henke Geerts
1705-????
Jan Folkes
1705-????
Lijsbeth Sijbbes
1705-????
Geert Sipkes
1732-1782
Folkjen Jans
1742-1814

Jan Geerts Venema
1774-1865

(1) 1799

Antje Sybrens Koop
1778-1837

Gertje Jans Venema
1807-1841
(2) 1844

Renske Koudenburg
1821-1915


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Birthday June 16, 1774

  • The temperature on June 16, 1774 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. 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 1774: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • June 13 » Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
    • June 22 » The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
    • July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
    • September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
    • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".

Christening day November 9, 1777

  • The temperature on November 9, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1777: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
    • April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
    • June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
    • July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
    • August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
    • October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.

Day of marriage September 1, 1844

  • The temperature on September 1, 1844 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    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 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
    • June 6 » The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
    • June 15 » Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
    • July 3 » The last pair of great auks is killed.
    • September 28 » Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
    • October 22 » Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.

Day of death October 3, 1865

  • The temperature on October 3, 1865 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
    • February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
    • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
    • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
    • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
    • October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

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