Genealogy Van Melzen » Jan Okken (1850-1908)

Personal data Jan Okken 


Household of Jan Okken

(1) He is married to Janna Jonkman.

They got married on April 29, 1876 at Hoogeveen 32, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hillegonda Okken  1883-????


(2) He has/had a relationship with Roelofje Lammerts Jutstra.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrikje Jutstra  1880-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Okken

Jan Fritsers Okken
1784-1831
Jantien Alberts Klok
1790-1860
Jan Hendriks Otten
1776-1845
Trijntje Teunis Nijboer
1780-1842
Roelina Otten
1813-1879

Jan Okken
1850-1908

(1) 1876

Janna Jonkman
1856-1885

Hillegonda Okken
1883-????
(2) 

Roelofje Lammerts Jutstra
± 1855-1933

Hendrikje Jutstra
1880-????

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Historical events

Birthday June 8, 1850

  • The temperature on June 8, 1850 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
    • March 18 » American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
    • April 4 » A large part of the English village of Cottenham burns to the ground in suspicious circumstances.
    • April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
    • September 29 » The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
    • December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Day of marriage April 29, 1876

  • The temperature on April 29, 1876 was about 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
    • May 30 » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
    • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
    • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
    • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Day of death April 20, 1908

  • The temperature on April 20, 1908 was between -1.5 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
    • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
    • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
    • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
    • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
    • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.


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