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Personal data Wessel Jans (3rd GGF) 

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Household of Wessel Jans (3rd GGF)

He is married to Hilje Geurts Ritsema.

They got married on May 26, 1793 at Westeremden, Loppersum, Groningen, The Dutch Republic, he was 22 years old.Sources 1, 2


Child(ren):

  1. Trientje Wessels  1793-± 1806
  2. Geurt Wessels RITSEMA  1799-1875 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wessel Jans

Jan Wessels
1740-????

Wessel Jans
1770-1806

1793

Hilje Geurts Ritsema
1767-1849

Trientje Wessels
1793-± 1806
Geurt Wessels RITSEMA
1799-1875
Geertruid Wessels Ritsema
1805-1858

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Tree, VERX2 (gverver)
  2. Netherlands, Marriage Index, 1575-1938, Ancestry.com, AlleGroningers; Den Haag, Nederland; Trouwen / Ancestry.com
  3. Netherlands, Baptism Index, 1557-1902, Ancestry.com, AlleGroningers; Den Haag, Nederland; DTB Baptism / Ancestry.com
  4. Netherlands, Burial Index, 1474-1879, Ancestry.com, AlleGroningers; Nederland; BS Burial / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday December 16, 1770

  • The temperature on December 16, 1770 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
    • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

Day of marriage May 26, 1793

  • The temperature on May 26, 1793 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
    • April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
    • July 9 » The Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada bans the importation of slaves and will free those who are born into slavery after the passage of the Act at 25 years of age.
    • July 13 » Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
    • July 22 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
    • September 17 » War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.

Day of death January 29, 1806

  • The temperature on January 29, 1806 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1806: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
    • January 18 » Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
    • August 12 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
    • September 23 » Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
    • October 14 » War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
    • December 26 » Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.


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