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Personal data Fokke Menkes 


Household of Fokke Menkes

He is married to Berendina Dirks.

They got married on August 16, 1874 at groningen, he was 27 years old.Source 1

Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk
Archieflocatie Groninger Archieven
Algemeen Gemeente: Groningen
Soort akte: Huwelijksakte
Aktenummer: 254
Datum: 16-08-1874
Bruidegom Fokke Menkes
Geboortedatum: 16-04-1847
Geboorteplaats: Hoogezand
Bruid Berendina Dirks
Geboortedatum: 10-03-1848
Geboorteplaats: Groningen
Vader bruidegom Harm Jans Menkes
Moeder bruidegom Geertje Freerks Boer
Vader bruid Dirk Alberts Dirks
Moeder bruid Anna Margaretha Geertsema
Nadere informatie beroep bruidegom: buitenvaarder; beroep vader bruidegom.: kleermaker; bruidegom 27 jaar; bruid 26 jaar

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Fokke Menkes

Fokke Menkes
1847-1899

1874

Berendina Dirks
1848-1918


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  1. Groninger Archieven

Historical events

Birthday April 16, 1847

  • The temperature on April 16, 1847 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt sneeuw bui. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
    • February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
    • March 29 » Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
    • April 16 » Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
    • October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
    • November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.

Day of marriage August 16, 1874

  • The temperature on August 16, 1874 was about 21.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
    • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

Day of death August 10, 1899

  • The temperature on August 10, 1899 was about 23.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
    • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
    • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
    • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
    • October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
    • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.


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