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Personal data Jan Twiest 


Household of Jan Twiest

He is married to Hiemke Meijer.

They got married on October 23, 1884 at Scheemda, provincie Groningen, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Catharina Twiest  1889-1956
  2. Harm Twiest  1892-1894


Notes about Jan Twiest

Jan Twiest

Source: Author: Eilders, Berend, Title: "Eilders and Eilderts Family from Germany (Ost-Friesland), The Netherlands and the USA, (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xxiii Dec MMXVII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=eilders%2Deilderts&id=I52715

"... Jan TWIEST Sex: M Birth: 05 OCT 1855 in Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands

Occupation: Smid

Death: 24 JAN 1927 in Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands

Father: Derk TWIEST b: ABT 1820 in Blijham, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
Mother: Etske TAKENS b: in Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands

Marriage 1 Hiemke MEIJER b: 14 APR 1864 in Wagenborgen, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands Married: 23 OCT 1884 in Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands

Children

1. Catharina TWIEST b: 16 APR 1889 in Nieuw Schemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
2. Harm TWIEST b: 28 DEC 1892 in Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Twiest

Derk Twiest
± 1820-1858
Etske Takens
1830-< 1941

Jan Twiest
1855-1927

1884

Hiemke Meijer
1864-1944

Catharina Twiest
1889-1956
Harm Twiest
1892-1894

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Birthday October 5, 1855

  • The temperature on October 5, 1855 was about 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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).
  • 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 1855: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
    • February 11 » Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
    • June 1 » The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
    • July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
    • September 9 » Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
    • September 29 » The Philippine port of Iloilo is opened to world trade by the Spanish administration.

Day of marriage October 23, 1884

  • The temperature on October 23, 1884 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of death January 24, 1927

  • The temperature on January 24, 1927 was between -0.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
    • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
    • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
    • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
    • December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
    • December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.


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