Purvis Farquhar » Biem Timmer (1862-1952)

Personal data Biem Timmer 

  • He was born on April 28, 1862 in Oosterend.
  • Emigrated in the year 1899, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, VS.
  • Profession: visserman in Oost.
  • (Passenger List) on May 10, 1899 in New York, VS.
    Met de SS Amsterdam van Rotterdam naar New York waar ze op 10 mei 1899 aankwamen en doorreisden naar Michigan
  • He died in the year 1952, he was 89 years old.
  • A child of Biem Maartensz Timmer and Pietertje Cornelis Dogger

Household of Biem Timmer

He is married to Letje Gerrits Roosendaal.

They got married on March 24, 1887 at Texel, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ida Timmer  1898-????
  2. Jan Timmer  1895-????
  3. ??  1893-????
  4. Pietje Timmer  1891-????
  5. Gerrit Timmer  1890-????

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    Birthday April 28, 1862

    • The temperature on April 28, 1862 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
      • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
      • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
      • June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
      • August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
      • August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

    Day of marriage March 24, 1887

    • The temperature on March 24, 1887 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
      • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
      • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
      • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
      • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
      • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
    

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