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Personal data Willem Jans Zeinstra (Seinstra) 


Household of Willem Jans Zeinstra (Seinstra)

He is married to Foekje Jans (Foeckje) Jorna.

They got married on May 10, 1789 at Ried, Franekeradeel, Friesland.

They were married in church on May 17, 1789 at Kubaard, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland.


Child(ren):

  6. Akke Willems Zeinstra  1802-> 1864
  8. Jantje Willems  1807-< 1810


Notes about Willem Jans Zeinstra (Seinstra)

Willem neemt op 28 december 1811, wonende te Franeker, in de Mairie Franeker, folio 31v, voor zich en zijn kinderen Jeltje (21, te Sneek), Jan (19, te Dongjum), Durk (bijna 18, te Beetgum), Pieter (15), Anne (12), Akke (10) en Jantje (1) de familienaam Seinstra aan.

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Historical events

Christening day June 15, 1765

  • The temperature on June 15, 1765 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken omtrent helder. 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1765: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
    • March 9 » After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide.
    • March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
    • March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
    • August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
    • November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.

Day of marriage May 10, 1789

  • The temperature on May 10, 1789 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
    • June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
    • August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
    • September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
    • November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

Day of death September 10, 1817

  • The temperature on September 10, 1817 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: donder weerlicht. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 24 » Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.
    • April 15 » Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
    • June 12 » The earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse, is driven by Karl von Drais.
    • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
    • July 19 » Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
    • November 3 » The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.


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About the surname Zeinstra (Seinstra)


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