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Personal data Gertrude Jansonius 


Household of Gertrude Jansonius

She is married to George (Garret) Peters.

They got married on March 5, 1902 at Ackley, Butler, Iowa, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. George J. Peters  1904-1964


Notes about Gertrude Jansonius

Gertrude Jansonius was the third child born to John and Margaret NymeyerJansonius. She was born on the Grundy County farm that their folks owned.Not many years later they moved to their Butler County farm where sheattended the Island Grove School along with her brothers and sisters.
In 1902 she married George Peters, who emigrated to Ackley in 1894,from East Friesland with his mother, Mrs. Peter Peters, brother Diedrick(age 15) and a sister. He worked on farms, probably very near theJansonius and Brass farms as his brother Diedrick married Maggie Brass.After marriage, George and Gertrude lived on a Jansonius place nearGeneva, Iowa. (Betty and Calvin Jansonius now live on the place.)Gertrude died in childbirth on Feb. 8, 1904, but baby George JansoniusPeters lived. Baby George was brought up by his mother's family where hehad six doting unmarried aunts. He continued to live with hisgrandparents, moving to town with them in 1918. His grandfather Johndied in 1920 and then he spent much of his high school years. with hisAunt Ida and Uncle George Humke. He graduated from high school in 1922,the same year his father George Peters died. Reemt U. Harken wasguardian (for George J. Peters) of his mother's interest in thegrandparents estate. George graduated from Iowa State in 1928 with ade Gree in forestry. Subsequently he moved to Pennsylvania and marriedHilda Mays in November 1928. They had three daughters.
George Peters, Sr. continued to live for a while on the farm, butlater moved to a farm east if Ackley. He died at the age of 44 in 1922.

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Historical events

Birthday December 20, 1879

  • The temperature on December 20, 1879 was about -4.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
    • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
    • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
    • March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
    • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
    • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

Day of marriage March 5, 1902

  • The temperature on March 5, 1902 was between -1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

Day of death February 8, 1904

  • The temperature on February 8, 1904 was between -1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
    • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
    • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
    • August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.


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