Rutten Vlaanderen Meems Huizing » Freerk Harms Spier (1838-1919)

Personal data Freerk Harms Spier 

  • He was born on April 6, 1838 in Stadskanaal Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1869 Arbeider.
    • between 1862 and 1916 in the year 1869 arbeider in Arbeider (Laborer).
  • Religion: Nederlands Hervormd.
  • Resident starting 1862: Odoorn Drenthe Nederland.
  • (Birth registration) on April 6, 1838.
  • (Death registration) on July 23, 1919.
  • He died on July 23, 1919 in Munsterscheveld Emmer-Compascuum Emmen Drenthe Nederland, he was 81 years old.
  • A child of Harm Harms Spier and Maria Bernardus Wilkens

Household of Freerk Harms Spier

He is married to Kornelsien Drenth.

They got married on March 15, 1862 at Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland, he was 23 years old.

Huwelijksreg. Onstwedde 1862, Aktenr. 6

Child(ren):

  1. Hilbert Spier  1862-1868
  2. Harm Spier  1865-1911 
  3. Hilvert Spier  1869-1942
  4. Elsien Spier  1872-1916 
  5. Maria Helena Spier  1875-1970 
  6. Jan Spier  1879-1976 
  7. Freerk Spier  1885-1971 

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Birthday April 6, 1838

  • The temperature on April 6, 1838 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen bui. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
    • February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
    • February 28 » Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
    • October 5 » The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
    • December 16 » Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Day of marriage March 15, 1862

  • The temperature on March 15, 1862 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
    • 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.
    • September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
    • December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

Day of death July 23, 1919

  • The temperature on July 23, 1919 was between 10.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
    • May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
    • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
    • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
    • October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
    • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)


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