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Personal data Geelof Abraham (Gerlof) Griffioen 


Household of Geelof Abraham (Gerlof) Griffioen

He is married to Dirkje van der Heeden.

They got married on October 13, 1864 at Wilnis, Utrecht, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Dirkje Griffioen  1864-1951
  4. Abraham Griffioen  1870-1894
  5. Gerritje Griffioen  1873-1949
  6. Cornelis Griffioen  1876-1966 
  7. Simon Griffioen  1878-1964 
  8. Antje Griffioen  1881-1957


Notes about Geelof Abraham (Gerlof) Griffioen

ook genaamd Geerlof, Geellof en Gerlof
veehouder, watermolenaar in Wilnis

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Birthday October 12, 1840

  • The temperature on October 12, 1840 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
    • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Day of marriage October 13, 1864

  • The temperature on October 13, 1864 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
    • July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
    • July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
    • August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
    • October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
    • December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

Day of death November 14, 1924

  • The temperature on November 14, 1924 was between -2.8 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
    • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
    • April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
    • April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.


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