Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Gerrit Foekens (1862-1935)

Personal data Gerrit Foekens 


Household of Gerrit Foekens

He is married to Pietertje Ottens.

They got married on March 13, 1885 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Pietertje Foekens  1910-1985

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Foekens

Cornelis - Kornelius Foekens
1797-1866
Mettje - Mattje - Martje Olman
1796-????
Gerrit Vietje
1792-1829
Jantje Niks
1799-????

Gerrit Foekens
1862-1935

1885

Pietertje Ottens
1864-????

Pietertje Foekens
1910-1985

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Sources

  1. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/18912580
    22 in 1885, 48 in 1910, gemeente Onstwedde
  2. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14960116
  3. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14666349

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Historical events

Birthday May 21, 1862

  • The temperature on May 21, 1862 was about 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
    • January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
    • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
    • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
    • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
    • December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

Day of marriage March 13, 1885

  • The temperature on March 13, 1885 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
    • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Day of death April 21, 1935

  • The temperature on April 21, 1935 was between 7.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
    • April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
    • June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
    • July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
    • September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
    • December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.


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Source: Wikipedia

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