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Personal data Geert Heikens 


Household of Geert Heikens

He is married to Antje Ryke Riekena.

They got married on December 18, 1864 at Hardin Co., IA, he was 25 years old.

Geert Heikens oo Antje Ryke Riekena

Marriage source: Morelli, Jill, The Bode, Wientjes, Rykena Family History, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bjmgen&id=I3173, Publication date: v Aug MMVIII), Repository:The Cloud

"... Geert HEIKENS ... Sex: M Birth: 24 Mar 1839 in Campen, Ostfriesland, Germany 1 Death: 30 May 1900 in Ackley, Hardin Co, IA 2 Burial: Oakwood Cemetary, Ackley, Hardin Co, IA 2 ...

Immigration: Spring 1860 Freeport, IL then Grundy Co, IA Change Date: 28 Jan 2001 ... ... Marriage 1 Antje Ryke RIEKENA b: 14 Jan 1842 in Loquard, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 1864 ... Sources:

1. Title: The Heikens Heritage Author: Phyllis Winter Beving Publication: 1978 Note: The history and story of Heikens family migration from Holland to Germany and Geert Heikens and Antje Riekena immigration from Ostfiesland, Germanyand their descendants.

2. Title: The Heikens Heritage Author: Phyllis Winter Beving Publication: 1978"

Morelli, Jill, The Bode, Wientjes, Rykena Family History, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bjmgen&id=I3173, Publication date: xv Oct MMVII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Antje R. RYKENA Sex: F Change Date: 08 DEC 2007 Birth: 12 JAN 1842 in Loquard, Ost Friesland Death: 28 AUG 1923 in at the home of her daughter, Magret Cobie, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa Christening: 13 FEB 1842 Loquard, Ost FrieslandBurial: Oakwood Cemetery, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa ... Marriage 1 Geert HEIKENS b: 24 MAR 1839 in the ancestral home, Campen, Ost Friesland Married: 18 DEC 1864 in Hardin County, Iowa ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Trientje Geert Heikens  1868-1940 
  2. Tjeste Geert Heikens  1872-???? 


Notes about Geert Heikens

Geert Heikens

Source: Morelli, Jill, The Bode, Wientjes, Rykena Family History, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bjmgen&id=I3173, v Aug MMVIII)

"... Geert HEIKENS ... Sex: M Birth: 24 Mar 1839 in Campen, Ostfriesland, Germany 1 Death: 30 May 1900 in Ackley, Hardin Co, IA 2 Burial: Oakwood Cemetary, Ackley, Hardin Co, IA 2 ...

Immigration: Spring 1860 Freeport, IL then Grundy Co, IA Change Date: 28 Jan 2001 ...

Father: Heye Gossen HEIKENS b: 1806 Mother: Trientje Berends KURTZLEBEN b: 1807

Marriage 1 Antje Ryke RIEKENA b: 14 Jan 1842 in Loquard, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 1864

Children

1. Tettje Geert (Theodora) HEIKENS b: 4 Apr 1870 2. Heye Geert (Harry) HEIKENS b: 20 Oct 1865 3. Rieka Geert (Richard) HEIKENS b: 20 Dec 1866 4. Trientje Geert (Tena) HEIKENS b: 26 Aug 1868 5. Berendtje Geert (Bertha) HEIKENS b: 4 Apr 1870 6. Tjeste Geert (Elma) HEIKENS b: 20 May 1872 7. Magret Geert (Margaret) HEIKENS b: 9 Sep 1873 8. Jakobina Geert (Bena) HEIKENS b: 26 Aug 1875 9. Isbrand Geert (Isaac) HEIKENS b: 7 Mar 1878 10. Wilhelm Geert (William) HEIKENS b: 21 Jan 1880 11. Hinderina Geert (Rena) HEIKENS b: 7 Aug 1882 12. Rosina Geert (Rose) HEIKENS b: 19 Sep 1884

Sources:

1. Title: The Heikens Heritage Author: Phyllis Winter Beving Publication: 1978 Note: The history and story of Heikens family migration from Holland to Germany and Geert Heikens and Antje Riekena immigration from Ostfiesland, Germanyand their descendants.

2. Title: The Heikens Heritage Author: Phyllis Winter Beving Publication: 1978" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Heikens

Geert Heikens
1839-1900

1864

Antje Ryke Riekena
1842-1923

Trientje Geert Heikens
1868-1940
Tjeste Geert Heikens
1872-????

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Birthday March 24, 1839

  • The temperature on March 24, 1839 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 26 » The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
    • June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
    • August 19 » The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
    • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
    • September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
    • September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

Day of marriage December 18, 1864

  • The temperature on December 18, 1864 was about -8.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
    • August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
    • September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
    • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
    • November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.

Day of death May 30, 1900

  • The temperature on May 30, 1900 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 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)
  • 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 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
    • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
    • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
    • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
    • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
    • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.


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