Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Pieter (Pyter) Dirks (Durks) (1726-1785)

Personal data Pieter (Pyter) Dirks (Durks) 

  • He was born in the year 1726.
  • He died on January 15, 1785, he was 59 years old.
    Overlijdensdatum uit de huwelijkse bijlagen van Bontje: "Extract uit de schriftelijke aanteekeningen in een gewone Bijbel gehouden door Antje Pieters, woonachtig te Burum, 1785 Den 15e Januari is ons vader Pieter Durks overleden, in 't 59e jaar oud zijnde. 1809, den 21e Januari is ons moeder Gaatske Jans overleden, omtrent twee en seventig jaar oud."
  • This information was last updated on August 10, 2017.

Household of Pieter (Pyter) Dirks (Durks)

He is married to Gaatske (Gaaitske Gatske Gaeitske) Jans.

They got married on October 5, 1755 at Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, he was 29 years old.

Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Drachten
Bron: DTB Trouwen
Soort registratie: DTB inschrijving trouwen
Aktedatum: 05-10-1755
Plaats: Drachten
Soort akte: bevestiging huwelijk
Bruidegom Pyter Durks wonende te Zuiderdrachten
Bruid Gaaitske Jans wonende te Zuiderdrachten

Child(ren):



Notes about Pieter (Pyter) Dirks (Durks)

Lidmatenregister Herv. Gemeente Dantumawoude, Driesum en Wouterswoude
Bron: DTB Lidmaten
Soort registratie: DTB inschrijving lidmaten
Datum: 24-11-1788
Plaats: Dantumadeel
Bijzonderheden:
Op 24 november 1788 zij vertrokken naar Twijzel
Op 19 mei 1765 zij belijdenis, hij gedoopt op belijdenis te Wouterswoude
Voor 24 november 1788 hij overleden
Man: Pieter Dirks wonende te Zwaagwesteinde
Vrouw: Gatske Jans

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Historical events

Day of marriage October 5, 1755

  • The temperature on October 5, 1755 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1755: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
    • April 15 » Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
    • July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
    • July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
    • November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.
    • November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.

Day of death January 15, 1785

  • The temperature on January 15, 1785 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
    • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
    • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
    • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.


Same birth/death day

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About the surname Dirks (Durks)


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