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Personal data Pieter Cornelisz Groot 


Household of Pieter Cornelisz Groot

He is married to Neeltje Jans Geel.

They got married on February 20, 1907 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.


Notes about Pieter Cornelisz Groot

Zijn halfzus Maria Martha schreef in haar levensverhaal : dat Pieter in Zuid Afrika een vrouw en een kind had.
Hij kreeg van zijn vader f 350, - om de boottocht te betalen, maar moest zich verder zien te redden in Zuid-Afrika.
Hij werkte oa in de goudmijnen in Transvaal.
Hij verdiende goed, maar maakte het ook weer op met reizen door Zuid Afrika.
Hij werkte ook als machinist om slaven aan een ketting te vervoeren.
Verhaal Maria Martha schrijft "Gronje" : Mogelijk had Piet contact met Piet Cronjé 1836-1911, een Zuid Afrikaanse generaal tijdens de Boerenoorlog.
Piet is door de Engelsen het land uitgezet, en moest vrouw en kind achterlaten.
Pieter kwam 22 jan. 1902 terug uit Pretoria, Transvaal, Zuid Afrika.
Thuis hadden ze hem dood gewaand.
Hij heeft nog geprobeerd om terug te gaan om vrouw en kind op te halen, maar dat is niet gelukt.
Hier had hij veel verdriet van.

Hij vertrok 20 februari 1907 naar Duisburg, Duitsland.
Pieter staat op de passagierslijst van het schip de "Nieuw Amsterdam".
Vertrek uit Rotterdam. En komt aan op Ellis Island, Amerika 6 juni 1910.
Zijn bestemming was Schreveport, Louisiana.
Hij kocht een tuinderij waar toevallig een oliebron in zat, en verkocht deze aan de Compie Maatschappij.

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Pieter Cornelisz Groot
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    Historical events

    • The temperature on March 9, 1875 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 46 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
      • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
      • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
      • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
      • July 9 » The Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule begins, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans.
      • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
    • The temperature on February 20, 1907 was between 0.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
      • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
      • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
      • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
      • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
      • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
      • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    

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