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Personal data Geert Jans Braaksma 


Household of Geert Jans Braaksma

(1) He is married to Sjoerdtje Pieters Terpstra.

They got married on May 10, 1883 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Geerts Braaksma  1884-1885


(2) He is married to Tetje Dirks Kamminga.

They got married on April 18, 1885 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):



(3) He is married to Riekeltje Dirks Poortinga.

They got married on May 2, 1914 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 55 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Jans Braaksma

Geert Jans Braaksma
1791-1847
Aaltje Siegers Jaalstra
1793-1848
Ruurd Eelkes Kooistra
± 1803-1880
Klaaske Klazes Visser
± 1803-< 1880

Geert Jans Braaksma
1859-1929

(1) 1883

Sjoerdtje Pieters Terpstra
1850-????

Jan Geerts Braaksma
1884-1885
(2) 1885

Tetje Dirks Kamminga
1845-????

Kindje Braaksma
1886-1886
(3) 1914

Riekeltje Dirks Poortinga
± 1864-????


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Birthday January 14, 1859

  • The temperature on January 14, 1859 was about -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
    • March 3 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
    • May 17 » Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
    • June 28 » The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    • July 30 » First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
    • October 26 » The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.

Day of marriage May 2, 1914

  • The temperature on May 2, 1914 was between 0.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
    • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
    • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Day of death April 9, 1929

  • The temperature on April 9, 1929 was between 4.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
    • May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
    • June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
    • August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
    • October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
    • November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.


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