Complete stambomen van der Meulen, Visser, Alkema, Zondervan, van Gorkum, de Vries. » Hendrik Dircksz van Gorkum (1741-< 1843)

Personal data Hendrik Dircksz van Gorkum 

  • He was born in the year 1741.
    Sneek, dopen, doopjaar 1741
    Dopeling: Hendrik
    Gedoopt op 25 augustus 1741 in Sneek
    Kind van Dirk Philippus en Grietje Hendriks

    Gestandaardiseerde namen (voornaam en patroniem):
    Dopeling : HENDRIK of HENDRIKJE
    Vader : DIRK FILIPPUS
    Moeder : GRIETJE HENDRIKS
  • He was christened on August 25, 1741 in Sneek.
  • Profession: koster te Bolsward..
  • He died before 1843.
  • A child of Durk Philippus van Gorkum (Gercken, Gorcum) and Margryta Hendriks Grijpenkarel
  • This information was last updated on October 16, 2009.

Household of Hendrik Dircksz van Gorkum

(1) He is married to Sytske Obes Posthumus.

They got married

Sneek, huwelijken 1764
Vermelding: Bevestiging huwelijk op 15 januari 1764
Man : Hendrik van Gorkum afkomstig van Sneek
Vrouw : Sytske Posthimus afkomstig van Bolsward

Gestandaardiseerde namen: HENDRIK en SIETSKE

Bolsward, huwelijken 1782
Vermelding: Ondertrouw op 20 september 1782
Man : Hendrik van Gorcum afkomstig van Bolsward
Vrouw : Trijntje Tamsma afkomstig van Amsterdam
Opmerking : aangegegen door de bruidegom en de broeder van de bruid....op de
pelmolen alhier

Gestandaardiseerde namen: HENDRIK en TRIJNTJE

Child(ren):

  1. Obbe van Gorkum  1764-1819
  2. Dirk van Gorkum  1766-1831 
  3. Ytske van Gorkum  1769-????
  4. Claes van Gorkum  1771-1843


(2) He is married to Trijntje Tamsma.

They got married on October 6, 1782 at Bolsward, he was 41 years old.

Bolsward, huwelijken 1782
Vermelding: Ondertrouw op 20 september 1782
Man : Hendrik van Gorcum afkomstig van Bolsward
Vrouw : Trijntje Tamsma afkomstig van Amsterdam
Opmerking : aangegegen door de bruidegom en de broeder van de bruid....op de
pelmolen alhier

Gestandaardiseerde namen: HENDRIK en TRIJNTJE

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Historical events

Christening day August 25, 1741

  • The temperature on August 25, 1741 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: helder regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1741: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
    • May 20 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses.
    • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
    • July 15 » Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
    • July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
    • September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Day of marriage October 6, 1782

  • The temperature on October 6, 1782 was about 10.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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)
  • In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
    • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
    • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
    • December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
    • December 16 » British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.

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