Family tree de Bruijn » Christiaan van Gorkum (± 1706-1755)

Personal data Christiaan van Gorkum 

  • He was born about 1706 in Leeuwarden.
  • Profession: Scherprechter.
    In 1726 volgde hij zijn vader Dirk van Gorcum op als scherprechter te Leeuwarden
  • He died February 1755 in Leeuwarden.
    Het begraven van Christiaan van Gorcum op 23 februari 1755 kan best wel eens traumatisch zijn geweest voor zijn zoon Dirk van Gorcum en andere naaste familieleden. Niet alleen was het graf op het Oldehoofsterkerkhof "voor luiden van zyne bedieninge en hunne familie" afgezonderd, maar ook konden pas na langdurig getouwtrek tussen de buren en justitie kistdragers worden geregeld. Bovendien kwam nog eens een uitzonderlijk groot aantal nieuwsgierigen op de begrafenis af.
  • He is buried on February 23, 1755 in Leeuwarden.Source 1
  • A child of Dirk van Gorkum and Maria Augustijn
  • This information was last updated on April 2, 2014.

Household of Christiaan van Gorkum

He is married to Petronelle Geerts.

They were married in church about 1726.


Child(ren):

  1. Theodorus van Gorkum  1727-1807 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christiaan van Gorkum

Philippus van Gorkum
1635-1688
Elsken Muller
± 1617-± 1670
Hans Augustus
Freerchen Pesmans

Christiaan van Gorkum
± 1706-1755

± 1726

Petronelle Geerts

Theodorus van Gorkum
1727-1807

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Sources

  1. 2.http://www.gemeentearchief.nl/html/nl/1244/Dirk_van_Gorkum_-_Een_spraakmakend_scherprechter

Historical events

Day of burial February 23, 1755

  • The temperature on February 23, 1755 was about -3 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
    • April 2 » Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
    • July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
    • August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
    • September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
    • November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

About the surname Van Gorkum


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