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Personal data Johann Friederich (Johann Friederich "John") "John" Borchers 

  • Nickname is John.
  • He was born on March 5, 1837 in fortasse, Diele, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • He was christened on March 21, 1837 in Diele, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • He died on June 15, 1907 in Freeport, Stephenson Co., IL, he was 70 years old.
  • He is buried after June 15, 1907 in Silver Creek Ref. Cem., Ridott Twp., Stephenson Co., IL.
  • This information was last updated on April 30, 2014.

Household of Johann Friederich (Johann Friederich "John") "John" Borchers

He is married to Elisabeth (Elizabeth) Louise Garrels.

They got married on December 23, 1865 at Stephenson Co., IL, he was 28 years old.

Johann Friederich Borchers oo Elisabeth Louise Garrels

Marriage source: Myers, Sharon H., "Heeren-Westera Family," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sharonhmyers&id=I10601, Publication date: ix Feb MMVIII), Repository: TheCloud

"... Johann Friederich BORCHERS ... Sex: M ... Change Date: 9 Feb 2008 Birth: 5 MAR 1837 in Diele, Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany Death: 15 JUN 1907 in Freeport, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA Christening: 21 MAR 1837 Diele, Leer,Ostfriesland, Germany Burial: Silver Creek Reformed Church Cemetery, Ridott, Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA ... Marriage 1 Elizabeth (Louise Elizabeth) GARRELS b: 14 MAR 1843 in Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 23 DEC 1865 in Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA ..."

Koens, Rolf u. Christian, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Stapelmoor 1709 - 1900, (Publication location: Westerstede, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Eigenverlag, Publication date: MMV), ISBN 3-9809065-3-1, Seite 73, Repository: MN Gen. Soc.Lib., S. St. Paul, MN

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"455 Borchers, Johann Friederich * 5.3.1837, ~ 21.3. in Diele, S.d. 457; oo USA /Quelle AP./, Elisabeth Garrels * 14.3.1843 in Leer" <>

Child(ren):

  1. Deborah B. Borchers  1865-1933 


Notes about Johann Friederich (Johann Friederich "John") "John" Borchers

Johann Friederich "John" Borchers

Source: Myers, Sharon H., "Heeren-Westera Family," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sharonhmyers&id=I10601, Publication date: ix Feb MMVIII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Johann Friederich BORCHERS ... Sex: M ... Change Date: 9 Feb 2008 Birth: 5 MAR 1837 in Diele, Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany Death: 15 JUN 1907 in Freeport, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA Christening: 21 MAR 1837 Diele, Leer,Ostfriesland, Germany Burial: Silver Creek Reformed Church Cemetery, Ridott, Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA

Father: Johann Heinrich Conrad BORCHERS b: 2 JAN 1802 in Alt-Culenburg, Jeinsen, Germany Mother: Dievertje Adden FRIESENBORG b: 30 AUG 1811 in Diele, Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany c: 5 SEP 1811 in Evang.ref parish, Stapelmoor, Weener, Germany

Marriage 1 Elizabeth (Louise Elizabeth) GARRELS b: 14 MAR 1843 in Leer, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 23 DEC 1865 in Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA

Children

1. Deborah BORCHERS b: 3 JUL 1865 in Illinois, USA 2. Herman BORCHERS b: 10 AUG 1866 in Freeport, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA 3. John J BORCHERS b: 8 DEC 1868 in Freeport, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA 4. Mary BORCHERS b: 20 SEP 1871 in Freeport, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA 5. Henry J BORCHERS b: 27 JUN 1873 in Illinois, USA 6. William J BORCHERS b: 9 FEB 1877 in German Valley, Stephenson Co., Illinois, USA 7. Louis (James) BORCHERS b: 13 APR 1879 in Illinois, USA 8. George John BORCHERS b: 15 AUG 1881 9. Frank J BORCHERS b: 19 FEB 1885 in Illinois, USA 10. Elizabeth L BORCHERS b: 11 NOV 1886 in Freeport, Stephenson Co, Illinois, USA"

Koens, Rolf u. Christian, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Stapelmoor 1709 - 1900, (Publication location: Westerstede, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Eigenverlag, Publication date: MMV), ISBN 3-9809065-3-1, Seite 73, Repository: MN Gen. Soc.Lib., S. St. Paul, MN

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"455 Borchers, Johann Friederich * 5.3.1837, ~ 21.3. in Diele, S.d. 457; oo USA /Quelle AP./, Elisabeth Garrels * 14.3.1843 in Leer"

Appledorn, C. Robert, compiler, Strong, Lin Cornelius, Ed.: The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley Illinois, Vol. i, (S. St. Paul, MN, Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, MMXII), Pg. 120, Repository: MN Gen. Soc. Lib., S. St. Paul, MN

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"0606. Borchers, John 0605, farmer, * 5 MAR 1837 Dele, Weener, OSTF, ~ 21 MAR 1837 Diele, Weener, OSTF, + 15 JUN 1907 GVI, # SCRC Cemetery, [1010] oo 23 DEC 1865 Stephenson Co., IL [1011, KB marriage # 0072], Elisabeth "Eliza" (Louisa) Garrelts, * 14 MAR 1843 Leer, OSTF, + 31 MAR 1933 Silver Creek, Stephenson Co., IL [1012], # SCRC Cemetery, immigration: 185o

1. Deborah B. 4234 ... [1010] Germans to America, Ira A. Glazier & P. William Filby, Scholarly Resources; name: Borchers, Jan; age 16; occupation: Farmer; final dest: USA ship's name: Germania; manifest ID: 00007413; embark: Bremen; immigration: 26 AUG 1853New York, New York Dir Familien der Kirchengemeinde Stapelmoor, Family 457 1860 USA Census: Ridott, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: 0230 1917-1918World War 1 Draft Registration; state: IL; roll: 1642743 1870 USA Census: Silver Creek, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: M593_275 1880 USA Census: Silver Creek, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: T9-0253 1900 USA Census: Silver Creek, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: T623_346 [1012] IL, Stephenson Co. - Death Certificate No. 0890041 [1011] Kirchenbuch der Reformirten Protestantischen Niederlandischen Kirche Silver Creek 1856 [1013] IL, Stephenson Co. - Death Certificate No. A: 2136 Ostfriesische Nachrichtenn, Boyken & Boyken Pub., vol. 20-1890 [1014] IL, Stephenson Co. - Death Certificate No. 0038171 [1015] SCRC: * Aug 1882; 1900_USA: * Aug 1881" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johann Friederich Borchers

Johann Friederich Borchers
1837-1907

1865

Elisabeth (Elizabeth) Louise Garrels
1843-1933

Deborah B. Borchers
1865-1933

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Birthday March 5, 1837

  • The temperature on March 5, 1837 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken winderig 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
    • June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
    • July 25 » The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
    • 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 7 » In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
    • December 25 » Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.

Christening day March 21, 1837

  • The temperature on March 21, 1837 was about -3 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
    • March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
    • June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
    • June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
    • November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
    • November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.

Day of marriage December 23, 1865

  • The temperature on December 23, 1865 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
    • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
    • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
    • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
    • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
    • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Day of death June 15, 1907

  • The temperature on June 15, 1907 was between 11.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
    • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
    • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
    • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
    • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.


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