Nederveld Genealogie » Tjeerd Fokke/Heemstra (Tjeerd Fokke) Hiemstra (1824-1901)

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Household of Tjeerd Fokke/Heemstra (Tjeerd Fokke) Hiemstra

He is married to Syke Jans Hoekstra.

They got married on March 19, 1846 at Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.


Notes about Tjeerd Fokke/Heemstra (Tjeerd Fokke) Hiemstra

Tjeerd and Syke Heemstra immigrated to America with their church congregation from Friesland, The Netherlands, on the ship Vesta arriving in New York in June 1847. Their migration route to Michigan is believed to be as follows: New York, Hudson River, Albany, Erie Canal, Buffalo, Lake Erie, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, St. Clair River, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Black Lake, Holland, MI.
They settled in Holland with the Van Raalte group, staying there until about 1854 at which time they moved to Kalamazoo, MI. In 1856 they relocated to the Vriesland, MI, area where they lived until April 1870.
In April 1870 they sold their last piece of land in Vriesland, MI, and traveled to Pella, Iowa, having decided to join the new colony in northwest Iowa that the Pella Dutch were establishing. Tjeerd appeared in court in Knoxville, Iowa, (just outside of Pella, Iowa) and applied for a homestead in Sioux County, IA. During the week of April 23, 1870, he left Pella to relocate to what would become Orange City, Iowa. He arrived in Le Mars on May 3, 1870. It was shortly after that, that Tjeerd collected the needed supplies and headed up to his land in Sioux County. He was one of the first Dutchmen on the land.
He was the son of Fokke Tjeerds Heemstra and Berber Hoekstra; he was an only child. He married Sijke Hoesktra on 19 Mar 1846 in Hijum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherland. They were the parents of 11 children, an unnamed infant died in 1847/48. He and his wife lived the rest of their lives in the Orange City, Iowa, area.

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    Birthday November 8, 1824

    • The temperature on November 8, 1824 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 22 » The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
      • March 5 » First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
      • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
      • May 10 » The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
      • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
      • December 9 » Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.

    Day of marriage March 19, 1846

    • The temperature on March 19, 1846 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen sneeuw. 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 1846: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 19 » In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
      • May 1 » The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
      • June 15 » The Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
      • June 28 » Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
      • September 14 » Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
      • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.

    Day of death April 15, 1901

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    • 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
      • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
      • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
      • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
      • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
      • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
    

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