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Personal data Johannes Willem Sijnja 


Household of Johannes Willem Sijnja

(1) He is married to Louisa Maria Eekhout (Eekhoud).

They got married on February 27, 1850 at Soerabaja, Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, he was 26 years old.


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(2) He is married to Maria Dorothea Geurs.

They got married on March 27, 1868 at Batavia, Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, he was 44 years old.


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Notes about Johannes Willem Sijnja

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Stamvader van de Indische Sijnja's.

JW is in 1842 in dienst gegaan en in 1848 betrokken bij een expeditie op Bali.
Hij was KNIL-militair.

In oktober 1865 komt Johannes Willem met verlof uit Indië naar Amsterdam, samen met zijn vrouw Louisa Maria Eekhout en drie kinderen: Augusta Margaretha, Sophia Frederika Mathilda en Willem Alexander P.F.L.
JW laat zich als 'Oost-Indisch ambtenaar' bij de BR inschrijven; ze wonen op de Leijdschegracht nr. 51, later vernummerd tot 102.

Het gezin komt uit Breda. Met hen mee komt de Bredase Adriana Maria van Achterberg (geb. 4-8-1845), misschien een kindermeisje.
Vanaf oktober 1865 hebben ze een Amsterdamse dienstbode, Engelina Gedina Casteleijn, een Evangelisch Lutherse schippersdochter; zij is een buurmeisje van JW's moeder Betske!
Op 24-5-1866 komt Elisabeth Gallman (geb. 3-1-1840, Bergen op Zoom) vanuit Breda als dienstbode bij de Sijnja's wonen.
In maart 1867 reizen de Sijnja's weer af naar Indië.

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Birthday June 3, 1823

  • The temperature on June 3, 1823 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1823: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 2 » Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia.
    • July 15 » A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
    • July 24 » Afro-Chileans are emancipated.
    • July 24 » In Maracaibo, Venezuela, the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla defeats the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia.
    • August 25 » American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
    • September 22 » Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.

Day of marriage March 27, 1868

  • The temperature on March 27, 1868 was about 5.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
    • July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
    • August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 Mw  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
    • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
    • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
    • November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.

Day of death June 28, 1869

  • The temperature on June 28, 1869 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
    • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.


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