Genealogy Noardeast-Fryslân » Catharina Romkes van der Mey (1845-1924)

Personal data Catharina Romkes van der Mey 


Household of Catharina Romkes van der Mey

She is married to Klaas Tjerks Oreel.

They got married on December 9, 1865 at Ferwerderadeel, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Tjerk Klazes Oreel  1868-1890
  3. Aukje Klazes Oreel  1870-????
  5. Romke Klazes Oreel  1872-????
  7. Foppe Klazes Oreel  1876-1954 

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Birthday April 27, 1845

  • The temperature on April 27, 1845 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
    • March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
    • March 13 » Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
    • September 9 » Possible start of the Great Potato Famine.
    • October 10 » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
    • December 29 » In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

Day of marriage December 9, 1865

  • The temperature on December 9, 1865 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
    • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
    • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
    • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.

Day of death January 22, 1924

  • The temperature on January 22, 1924 was between 1.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
    • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
    • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.

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