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Personal data Jacobus Groffen 


Household of Jacobus Groffen

(1) He is married to Maria Johanna Bechtholt.

They got married on January 28, 1876 at Oud-Vossemeer, ZE, NLD, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Catharina Groffen  1877-????
  2. Johannes Adam Groffen  1879-1960 
  3. Adriaan Groffen  1885-1954
  4. Petrus Groffen  1887-1889
  5. Helena Anna Groffen  1888-????
  6. Petrus Groffen  1890-1978


(2) He is married to Anna van Driel.

They got married on May 25, 1870 at Oud-Vossemeer, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maarten Groffen  1872-1872
  2. Jannetje Groffen  1873-1954
  3. Maria Groffen  1875-1876


Notes about Jacobus Groffen

Jacobus is in de 2e Wereldoorlog (1940-1945) uit Zeeland naar zijn zoon Petrus in ?s-Hertogenbosch
geëvacueerd. (Zeeland werd aan het eind van de oorlog door de Duitsers gedeeltelijk onder
water gezet)
Hij was toen slecht ziende en was ondanks dat hij bij familie was zijn oriëntatie kwijt.
Hierdoor heeft hij de100 jaar niet mogen volmaken
stoker,timmerman

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Historical events

  • The temperature on January 19, 1845 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 1845: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
    • March 3 » Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
    • May 19 » Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
    • September 9 » Possible start of the Great Potato Famine.
    • November 20 » Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
    • December 29 » In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
  • The temperature on May 25, 1870 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
    • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
    • March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
    • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
    • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
    • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
  • The temperature on April 23, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
    • April 25 » The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
    • April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
    • August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
    • October 8 » World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
    • October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.


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