Family tree familie Eilders » Gretje Peters (1838-1912)

Personal data Gretje Peters 

  • She was born on November 4, 1838 in Loga, Ostfriesland, Germany.
  • Immigrated in the year 1884 vanuit USA.
  • She died on March 16, 1912 in Iowa, she was 73 years old.
  • She is buried in Aplington, Butler County Iowa.

Household of Gretje Peters

(1) She is married to Fokke Folkerts.

They got married in the year 1858, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Tillie Folkerts  1863-1939 
  2. Amelia Folkerts  1872-1967


(2) She is married to Rikkert Leerhoff.

They got married in the year 1891, she was 52 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gretje Peters

Gretje Peters
1838-1912

(1) 1858

Fokke Folkerts
????-1877

Tillie Folkerts
1863-1939
Amelia Folkerts
1872-1967
Fokke Folkerts
Harm Folkerts
NN Folkerts
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NN Folkerts
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(2) 1891

Rikkert Leerhoff
1838-1895


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Historical events

Birthday November 4, 1838

  • The temperature on November 4, 1838 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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.
    • 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).
    • July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
    • August 18 » The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.

Day of death March 16, 1912

  • The temperature on March 16, 1912 was between 4.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
    • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
    • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
    • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
    • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
    • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.


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