Gezinsreconstructies Steenwijk » Berend Volkers (1817-1888)
Personal data Berend Volkers
- He was born on August 9, 1817 in Steenwijk.
- Profession: Timmerman, Houthandelaar, Ten Bruggencatenummer 01465 b.
- Religion: NH.
- Resident in the year 1861: Kalverstraat wijk 5 nr 42.
idem 1870, 1880
- He died on May 25, 1888 in Steenwijk, he was 70 years old.
- A child of Hendrik Volkers and Geertje Toebus
- This information was last updated on March 15, 2019.
More informationHousehold of Berend Volkers
Child(ren):
- Geertje Volkers 1836-1913
- Thijs Volkers ± 1838-1857
- Aaltje Volkers ± 1840-1840
- N N Volkers 1841-1841
- Hilligje Volkers ± 1845-1846
- Thijs Volkers ± 1859-1859
Notes about Berend Volkers
Zijn molen heette ·ÄòHet Klaverblad·Äô en stond aan het Steenwijkerdiep.
De molen was in 1842 gebouwd op het Bickerseiland in Amsterdam en werd in 1878 verkocht, afgebroken en weer opgebouwd in Steenwijk. In 1908 door brand verwoest.
Het was een molen met 3 sleearmen, waarvan de grootste een doorlaat had van 1,80 m (bron: Molens in en rond Steenwijk, G.M. Laar, artikel in Historische Mededelingen, 1985-1).
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Birthday August 9, 1817
- The temperature on August 9, 1817 was about 16.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
- January 19 » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
- January 24 » Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
- March 8 » The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
- April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
- October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
- October 30 » Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.
Day of death May 25, 1888
- The temperature on May 25, 1888 was about 10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
- March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
- June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
- August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
- September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
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- 1845 » André Bessette, Canadian saint († 1937)
- 1847 » Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain († 1876)
- 1848 » Alfred David Benjamin, Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. († 1900)
- 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
- 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
- 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
- 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
- 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
- 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
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