Purvis Farquhar » Martha Tanis (1857-1920)

Personal data Martha Tanis 


Household of Martha Tanis

She is married to Adrian (Adrianus) Vanderkloot.

They got engaged.

They got married on December 26, 1882 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, VS, she was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Vanderkloot  1899-1978 
  2. Aletta Vanderkloot  1891-1973 
  3. Matthew Vanderkloot  1883-1962 

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  • The temperature on March 28, 1857 was about 5.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
    • May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
    • May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
    • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
    • November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
    • December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
  • The temperature on December 26, 1882 was about 4.7 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
    • August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
  • The temperature on October 25, 1920 was between -0.5 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
    • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
    • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
    • August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
    • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
    • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".


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