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Household of Jacob Pieters Steensma

(1) He is married to Geertje (Gertje) Rijkens Meyer.

They got married on February 2, 1840 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Pieter Steensma  1840-????
  2. Aaltje Steensma  1841-1921
  4. Rijken Steensma  1846-????
  5. Maaike Steensma  1846-1846


(2) He is married to Geeske Pieters Steenstra.

They got married on February 9, 1850 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 34 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maaike Steensma  1850-1886
  3. Janke Steensma  1854-????
  5. Antje Steensma  1858-????
  6. Antje Jacobs Steensma  1862-1935 

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Day of marriage February 9, 1850

  • The temperature on February 9, 1850 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 5 » The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
    • March 7 » Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
    • April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
    • July 9 » U.S. President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore.
    • September 9 » The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
    • December 16 » The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Day of death September 18, 1888

  • The temperature on September 18, 1888 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
    • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
    • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.


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