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Personal data John Geersema 


Household of John Geersema

He is married to Geerdje (Geertje) (Gertje) Bosman.

They got married on August 26, 1870 at St. Peters Ev. &, Ref. Chr., German Twp., Grundy Co., IA, he was 32 years old.

John Geersema oo Gertje Bossman

Marriage source: Knock, Marvin, Knock Family Genealogy, (Sioux Fls., MN, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I319, xxxi Dec MMVIII)

"... John GEERSEMA ... Sex: M Birth: 1 Oct 1837 in Wiemer, , , Germany Death: 21 Feb 1917 in ? Burial: Feb 1917 Davis, Turner County, South Dakota, USA ... Change Date: 13 Nov 2009 ...

Marriage 1 Gertje BOSSMAN b: 6 Dec 1847 in Wiemer, , , Germany Married: 3 Jul 1870 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Change Date: 31 Dec 2008

Marriage Register, St. Peters Church, Wellsburg, Iowa 1863 - 1872

Groom Bride Date ... 11. John Geersema Geertje Bossmann 26 August 1870 ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Swantje Geersman  1873-1948 


Notes about John Geersema

John Geersema

Source: Geiman, Becca, Geiman/Gilland, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=geiman-gilland&id=I4686, xxi Jan MMIX)

"... Swantje Geersman ... Sex: F Birth: 7 Jul 1873 in Grundy Co., IA Death: 11 Apr 1948 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Co., SD ... Change Date: 21 Jan 2009 ...

Father: John Geersema Mother: Gertie Bossman ..."

Knock, Marvin, Knock Family Genealogy, (Sioux Fls., MN, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I319, xiii Nov MMIX)

"... John GEERSEMA ... Sex: M Birth: 1 Oct 1837 in Wiemer, , , Germany Death: 21 Feb 1917 in ? Burial: Feb 1917 Davis, Turner County, South Dakota, USA ADDR: Turner County First Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Davis, SD Davis, SD _NAME:Turner County First Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Davis, SD ... Change Date: 13 Nov 2009 ...

Marriage 1 Gertje BOSSMAN b: 6 Dec 1847 in Wiemer, , , Germany Married: 3 Jul 1870 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Change Date: 31 Dec 2008

Children

1. Swantje GEERSEMA b: 7 Jul 1873 in , Grundy County, Iowa, USA 2. Maggie GEERSEMA b: 28 Sep 1877 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, USA 3. Jerry GEERSEMA b: 2 Aug 1879 in , , Iowa, USA 4. John GEERSEMA b: 1880 in ? 5. Dino GEERSEMA b: 1884 in ? 6. Ralph J. GEERSEMA b: 23 May 1885 in , Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA 7. George J. GEERSEMA b: 6 Mar 1890 in , , South Dakota, USA"

More on the St. Peters United Church of Christ, German Township, Grundy County, IA, Ostfriesen "NeuesBlatt," Vol. XVII # 1, (Grundy Ctr., IA, Ostfriesen Heritage Soc., Feb. 2013), pg. 11

"... Thanks to Rick Gersema and Ebalena Kruse for finding and translating these records.

Marriage Register, St. Peters Church, Wellsburg, Iowa 1863 - 1872

Groom Bride Date ... 11. John Geersema Geertje Bossmann 26 August 1870 ..." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Geersema

John Geersema
1837-1917

1870

Geerdje (Geertje) (Gertje) Bosman
1847-1941

Swantje Geersman
1873-1948

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Birthday October 1, 1837

  • The temperature on October 1, 1837 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
    • February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
    • June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
    • September 18 » Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
    • November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
    • December 25 » Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.

Day of marriage August 26, 1870

  • The temperature on August 26, 1870 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
    • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
    • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
    • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
    • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
    • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death February 21, 1917

  • The temperature on February 21, 1917 was between 0.6 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
    • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
    • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
    • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
    • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
    • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.


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