Gezinsreconstructies Steenwijk » Jan Brouwer (1851-1930)

Personal data Jan Brouwer 

  • He was born on February 2, 1851 in Steenwijk.
  • Profession: Pettenmaker (1877), Hoedenfabrikant (1897).
  • Religion: Geref.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1900: Oosterstraat Wijk 1 nr 29 Steenwijk.
    • in the year 1923: Oosterstraat 25 Steenwijk.
  • He died on January 9, 1930 in Steenwijk, he was 78 years old.
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  • A child of Jan Brouwer and Aaltje Wind
  • This information was last updated on March 1, 2022.

Household of Jan Brouwer

(1) He is married to Jantje Kok.

They got married on October 4, 1877 at Steenwijk, he was 26 years old.

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Child(ren):

  2. Bastiaan Brouwer  1880-1930 
  3. Jan Brouwer  1883-????
  4. Roelof Brouwer  1884-1884
  5. Roelof Brouwer  1885-????
  6. Ada Mina Brouwer  1887-????


(2) He is married to Zwaantje van Laar.

They got married on November 24, 1897 at Den Ham, he was 46 years old.


Notes about Jan Brouwer


Jan werd niet opgeroepen voor de Nationale Militie.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Brouwer

Jan Brouwer
1822-1867
Aaltje Wind
1820-1865

Jan Brouwer
1851-1930

(1) 1877

Jantje Kok
1850-1894

Aaltje Roelina Brouwer
1879-1948
Bastiaan Brouwer
1880-1930
Jan Brouwer
1883-????
Roelof Brouwer
1884-1884
Roelof Brouwer
1885-????
Ada Mina Brouwer
1887-????
(2) 1897

Zwaantje van Laar
1865-1932


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Historical events

Birthday February 2, 1851

  • The temperature on February 2, 1851 was about 2.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 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 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
    • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
    • May 21 » Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
    • July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
    • September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
    • November 9 » Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.

Day of marriage November 24, 1897

  • The temperature on November 24, 1897 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 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)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of death January 9, 1930

  • The temperature on January 9, 1930 was between 1.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • February 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
    • September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
    • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
    • December 29 » Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.


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