Genealogy Noardeast-Fryslân » Geert Jans Damstra (1787-1861)

Personal data Geert Jans Damstra 


Household of Geert Jans Damstra

(1) He is married to Antje Reinders van der Pijp.

They got married on December 7, 1815 at Mairie Ternaard.


Child(ren):

  1. Aafke Geerts Damsma  1822-1877 


(2) He is married to Renske Eddes Zaturdag.

They got married on March 22, 1828 at Westdongeradeel.


Child(ren):

  2. Grietje Geerts Damstra  1835-1874 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Jans Damstra

Jan Geerts
1755-????
Aafke Wiebes
1755-????

Geert Jans Damstra
1787-1861

(1) 1815

Antje Reinders van der Pijp
1790-1826

Aafke Geerts Damsma
1822-1877
(2) 1828

Renske Eddes Zaturdag
1802-1873

Geertje (Gertrude) Geerts Damstra
1844-1926
Grietje Geerts Damstra
1835-1874

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Historical events

Christening day March 4, 1787

  • The temperature on March 4, 1787 was about 7.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
    • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
    • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
    • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
    • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
    • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

Day of marriage March 22, 1828

  • The temperature on March 22, 1828 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui regen hagel. 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 1828: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 21 » Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.
    • April 14 » Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
    • April 20 » René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter (and the first to return from) Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing.
    • November 5 » Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
    • December 1 » Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.
    • December 19 » Nullification crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828.

Day of death June 1, 1861

  • The temperature on June 1, 1861 was about 17.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 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).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
    • March 20 » An earthquake destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
    • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
    • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
    • October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
    • October 17 » Aborigines kill Nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

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