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Personal data Janna Janssen Theesen 

  • Alternative name: Janna Theesen Willms
  • She was born on September 6, 1853 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • Emigrated on March 20, 1911, Deutschland to U.S.A.
  • She died on July 2, 1931 in Alcester, Union Co., SD, she was 77 years old.
  • She is buried on July 5, 1931 in Riverside Cem., Akron, Plymouth Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on August 17, 2015.

Household of Janna Janssen Theesen

She is married to Franz Ebbe Willms.

They got married on October 1, 1881 at Engerhafe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, she was 28 years old.

Franz Ebbe Willms oo Janna Janssen Theesen

Marriage source: Johnson, Katherine (Willms), Willms/Groen FGS, (Milbank SD, KOWJ, 31 May 1991)

Higginbotham, Debbi, Johnson-Willms, (Pub. location unknown, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com, xi Apr MMV)

'... Franz Ebbe WILLMS ... Marriage 1 Janna Jannsen THEESEN ... Married: 1 Oct 1881 in Engerhafe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Germany ...'

Child(ren):

  1. Hermann Franz Willms  1894-1964 


Notes about Janna Janssen Theesen

Janna Janssen Theesen

Source: Author: Johnson, Katherine (Willms), Title: Willms/Groen FGS, (Publication loation: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ, Publication date: xxxi May MCMXCI) for name = Janna Janssen Gerdes

Author: Higginbotham, Debbi, Title: "Johnson-Willms", (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com, Publication date: xi Apr MMV), Repository: The Cloud

"... Janna Jannsen THEESEN ... Sex: F Birth: 6 Sep 1853 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Germany Death: 2 Jul 1931 in Alcester, Union Co, SD Baptism: 2 Oct 1853 Engerhafe, Ostfriesland, Germany Burial: 5 Jul 1931 Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Plymouth Co, IA

Emigration: 20 Mar 1911 Came to America

Note: ... See notes for Franz Eppen Willms.

This is a memory of Joyce Willms Atchison of her grandmother, Janna. Written by Joyce after Kathy Johnson sent her poetry written by their grandmother.

I especially found the poetry written by my grandmother fascinating. Oddly enough, although I was only four, I do remember her. She was living with us for awhile. I think she was going from family to family for a few months at a time. Ipicture her always in a black dress - sitting quietly in a rocking chair. But what I remember very vividly is her taking a newspaper and folding it together then taking a scissors and cutting around and around. Then she would open it upand it would be a string of paper dolls, all holding hands hooked together. I was quite fascinated with that. She seemed in my memory to be a very tiny woman. Joyce Atchison Portland, OR Jun 6, 1998

Father: Jan THEESEN Mother: Trientje IPPEN b: in Ostfriesland, Germany

Marriage 1 Franz Ebbe WILLMS b: 14 Jul 1856 in Moordorf, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Germany Married: 1 Oct 1881 in Engerhafe, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Germany ...

Children [1] John Theesen WILLMS b: 30 Jan 1883 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Germany [2] Ebbo Franzen WILLMS b: 11 Nov 1887 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Germany [3] Karl August WILLMS b: 16 Apr 1890 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Germany [4] Katrina WILLMS b: 23 Feb 1892 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Germany [5] Hermann Franz WILLMS b: 23 Apr 1894 in Moorhusen, Ostfriesland, Germany" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janna Janssen Theesen

Janna Janssen Theesen
1853-1931

1881

Franz Ebbe Willms
1856-1930

Hermann Franz Willms
1894-1964

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Birthday September 6, 1853

  • The temperature on September 6, 1853 was about 17.3 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
    • March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
    • April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
    • July 8 » The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
    • October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
    • December 31 » A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.

Day of marriage October 1, 1881

  • The temperature on October 1, 1881 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
    • October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
    • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

Day of death July 2, 1931

  • The temperature on July 2, 1931 was between 12.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
    • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
    • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
    • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
    • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
    • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

Day of burial July 5, 1931

  • The temperature on July 5, 1931 was between 14.8 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
    • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
    • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
    • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
    • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
    • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.


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