Genealogy Van Melzen » Jan Otto Benjamins (1839-1905)

Personal data Jan Otto Benjamins 


Household of Jan Otto Benjamins

(1) He is married to Johanna Kroezen.

Opmerking ; vader bruidegom overleden (Hoogeveen 02-06-1857); moeder bruidegom overleden (Hoogeveen 19-07-1866); vader bruid overleden (Hoogeveen 20-08-1866)

They got married on September 22, 1866 at Hoogeveen 95, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Trijntje Benjamins  ± 1870-???? 


(2) He is married to Egbertje Eleveld.

They got married on May 30, 1900 at Hoogeveen 1900, he was 60 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Otto Benjamins

Gosen Benjamins
1757-1812
Arendje Jans Otten
1763-1807
Roelof Egberts IJmker
< 1757-????
Beekje Jacobs Kats
1757-1837

Jan Otto Benjamins
1839-1905

(1) 1866

Johanna Kroezen

Trijntje Benjamins
± 1870-????
(2) 1900

Egbertje Eleveld
1846-????


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Birthday September 14, 1839

  • The temperature on September 14, 1839 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
    • June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
    • June 14 » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
    • July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
    • September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
    • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Day of marriage May 30, 1900

  • The temperature on May 30, 1900 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
    • May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
    • May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
    • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
    • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
    • November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

Day of death June 3, 1905

  • The temperature on June 3, 1905 was between 14.4 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
    • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.


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