Family tree Kaper » Jan Tonkens (1877-????)
Personal data Jan Tonkens
- He was born on August 1, 1877 in Stootshorn, GR, NLD.
- Occupations:
- on March 23, 1901 arbeider.
- on May 17, 1901 arbeider.
- on March 8, 1902 arbeider.
- on May 26, 1903 arbeider.
- on December 16, 1903 arbeider.
- on November 22, 1904 arbeider.
- on April 21, 1908 Landbouwer.
- on June 27, 1934 Landbouwer.
- on January 15, 1942 Landbouwer.
- A child of Abel Tonkens and Jantje Heiting
Household of Jan Tonkens
He is married to Helena Regina Ketelaar.
They got married on March 23, 1901 at Noordbroek, GR, NLD, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Jantje Tonkens 1901-1902
- Janna Tonkens 1903-1903
- Abel Tonkens 1904-1942
- Janna Tonkens 1908-
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Historical events
Birthday August 1, 1877
- The temperature on August 1, 1877 was about 18.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
- March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
- April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
- July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
- October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
- November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
Day of marriage March 23, 1901
- The temperature on March 23, 1901 was between -1.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (20%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
- June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
- August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
- August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
- October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Same birth/death day
- 1865 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter († 1917)
- 1871 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player († 1969)
- 1877 » George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman († 1968)
- 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
- 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
- 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I70965.php : accessed February 16, 2026), "Jan Tonkens (1877-????)".