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Personal data Gerrit Jan BLANKESTIJN 


Household of Gerrit Jan BLANKESTIJN

(1) He is married to Catharina van VIEGEN.

They got married on February 3, 1877 at Amerongen (Utrecht, The Netherlands), he was 39 years old.


(2) He is married to Pietje van REE.

They got married on January 15, 1875 at Amerongen (Utrecht, The Netherlands), he was 36 years old.


Notes about Gerrit Jan BLANKESTIJN


Archieflocatie: Utrecht; Toegangnr: 281; Inventarisnr: 793; Gemeente: Amerongen; Soort akte: Huwelijksakte; Nummer: 1; Datum: 15-01-1875
Man: Gerrit Jan Blankestijn, Geboortedatum: 01-01-1839, Plaats: Amerongen
Vrouw: Pietje van Ree, Geboortedatum: 01-01-1828, Plaats: Amerongen
Vader man: Cornelis Blankestijn
Vader vrouw: Hendrik van Ree
Moeder man: Hillegonda van Viegen
Moeder vrouw: Klaasje van Hoeven

Archieflocatie: Utrecht; Toegangnr: 281; Inventarisnr: 793; Gemeente: Amerongen; Soort akte: Huwelijksakte; Nummer: 2; Datum: 03-02-1877
Man: Gerrit Jan BLANKESTIJN, Geboortedatum: 01-01-1838, Plaats: Amerongen Vrouw: Catharina VAN VIEGEN, Geboortedatum: 01-01-1844, Plaats: Amerongen
Vader man: Cornelis BLANKESTIJN
Vader vrouw: Suffrijn VAN VIEGEN
Moeder man: Hillegonda VAN VIEGEN
Moeder vrouw: Hendrina HUIBERS

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Jan BLANKESTIJN

Adrianus BLANKESTIJN
1773-1858
Rijkje van DIJK
± 1767-1845
Gijsbert van VIEGEN
1773-1850
Alida van VEENENDAAL
1773-1848

Gerrit Jan BLANKESTIJN
1838-1915

(1) 1877

Catharina van VIEGEN
1843-1923

(2) 1875

Pietje van REE
1827-1876


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Birthday January 31, 1838

  • The temperature on January 31, 1838 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
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    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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
    • February 28 » Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
    • April 30 » Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
    • July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
    • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.

Day of marriage January 15, 1875

  • The temperature on January 15, 1875 was about 8.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
    • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
    • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
    • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
    • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
    • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Day of death January 10, 1915

  • The temperature on January 10, 1915 was between 0.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
    • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
    • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.


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