Family tree Meiling » Geertjen Jansen (1762-1837)

Personal data Geertjen Jansen 

  • She was born in the year 1762 in Holten, Overijssel, The Netherlands.
  • She was christened on August 8, 1762 in Holten, Overijssel, The Netherlands.
  • She died on November 26, 1837 in Holten, Overijssel, The Netherlands, she was 75 years old.
  • This information was last updated on August 20, 2025.

Household of Geertjen Jansen

She is married to Berend Meilink.

They got married on November 9, 1788 at Holten, Overijssel, The Netherlands, she was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Meilink  1795-1859

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertjen Jansen

Geertjen Jansen
1762-1837

1788

Berend Meilink
1755-1810

Maria Meilink
1795-1859

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Historical events

Christening day August 8, 1762

  • The temperature on August 8, 1762 was about 18.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly west. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1762: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
    • May 22 » Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
    • May 22 » Trevi Fountain is officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
    • June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
    • July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
    • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

Day of marriage November 9, 1788

  • The temperature on November 9, 1788 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 2 » Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
    • January 9 » Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
    • February 9 » The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
    • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
    • July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
    • December 22 » Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.

Day of death November 26, 1837

  • The temperature on November 26, 1837 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen bui. 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 year 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
    • July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
    • July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
    • December 7 » The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
    • December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
    • December 25 » Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.


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