German term for Maundy Thursday is Gründonnerstag (Green Thursday). If confirmation ceremony includes 1st communion, then what better day to take 1st communion than the date commorating the very first Lord's table in the upper room, the Thursday before Easter.
Marriage sources: 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. 285, Repository: Tazewell Co. Gen. & Hist. Soc., Pekin, IL.
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"1615. Freese, Christian B., farmer, * 20 DEC 1816, + 7 JUL 1890, # East Friesland Cemetery, Grundy Co., IA oo Hilke Schligt, * 19 SEP 1824, + 8 APR 1900, # East Friesland Cemetery, Grundy Co., IA
1. Jan C., farmer, * 7 FEB 1857 GVI, ~ 5 APR 1857 SCRC, + 14 AUG 1916, # East Friesland Cemetery, Grundy Co., IA ..." <>
Sources: Appledorn, C. Robert, Compiler; Strong, Lin Cornelius, Ed.; «u»The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley, Illinois«/u», vol. i, (Publication location: S. St. Paul, MN, Publisher: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, Publication dae: MMXII), pg. 285, Repository: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of Am., Mendota, MN, with holdings at MN Gen. Soc. lib., Mendota Hts., MN.
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"1615. Freese, Christian B., farmer, * 20 DEC 1816, + 7 JUL 1890, # East Friesland Cemetery, Grundy Co., IA oo Hilke Schligt, * 19 SEP 1824, + 8 APR 1900, # East Friesland Cemetery, Grundy Co., IA
1. Jan C., farmer, * 7 FEB 1857 GVI, ~ 5 APR 1857 SCRC, + 14 AUG 1916, # East Friesland Cemetery, Grundy Co., IA ... 1880 USA Census: Etna, Hardin, IA; NA Film Number T9-0342"
Christian Berends Vryze/Freese was married twice: first to Hilke Emmen Garrels/Garelts, then to Hilke Harms Sligt/Schligt - D. A. Navorska - ii May MMXXI - in proximo Grove, OK.
Author: Boyken, Hans-Georg, Title: «u»Wo Sind sie geblieben? - Ostfriesen in Amerika«/u» - Teil i, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MCMXCVIII), Pg. 54, ISBN 0-9670802-1-5, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
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"Christian FREESE * 20 Dec 1816 Neermoor/Ostfriesland \\ > 1855 IL \\ >> Hardin Co., IA \\ + 7 Jul 1890 Hardin Co., IA \\ R: w, 5 ch \\\\ O: ON#15-1890"
Might Vryze be a form of de Vries? - just a thought - D. A. Navorska - iv Oct MMXXI - in proximo Grove, OK.
Author: van der Linde, Benjamin, Title: «u»Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Tergast (1661 - 1900)«/u», Ostfrieslands Ortssippenbücher Band LXXXV, (Publication location: Aurich, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Upstalsboom - Gesellschaft, Publication date: MMIX), Seiten 344 u. 345, Repository: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc., George, IA, with holdings at George, IA pub. lib.
The temperature on December 20, 1816 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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).
April 14 » Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
May 2 » Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
May 22 » A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, and the riots spread to Ely the next day.
July 9 » Argentina declares independence from Spain.
August 24 » The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
September 5 » Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
Day of death July 7, 1890
The temperature on July 7, 1890 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
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