Family tree Lukens - van der Borgh » Roelof Smith (1840-1919)
Personal data Roelof Smith
- Alternative name: Roelof Smith (maiden name, name before first marriage)
- He was born on November 17, 1840 in Wildervank, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland.
- Occupations:
- Arbeider.
- Verveener.
- Resident: Drouwenermond, Gemeente Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland.
- He died on December 2, 1919 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 79 years old.
- He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
- A child of Otte Pieters Smith and Janna Roelofs Sloots
- This information was last updated on June 27, 2022.
Household of Roelof Smith
He is married to Jantje Baas.
They got married on May 9, 1867 at Gasselte, Gemeente Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 26 years old.
Child(ren):
- Otto Smith 1870-1870
- Jessie Julie Smith 1887-1966
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Historical events
Birthday November 17, 1840
- The temperature on November 17, 1840 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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.
- January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
- June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
- July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of marriage May 9, 1867
- The temperature on May 9, 1867 was about 22.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
- July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
- November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
- December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
- December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
Day of death December 2, 1919
- The temperature on December 2, 1919 was between 2.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
- February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
- June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
- July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
- October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
- November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
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- 1854 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1934)
- 1857 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic († 1932)
- 1866 » Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist († 1912)
- 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
- 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
- 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
- 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
- 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
- 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
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