Family tree Menting » Jan Kersten (± 1802-1862)
Personal data Jan Kersten
- He was born about 1802 in Groesbeek.
- He died on May 17, 1862 in Groesbeek.Source 1
- Death registration on May 20, 1862.
- The birth parents are Nn Nn and Nn Nn
- This information was last updated on July 11, 2016.
Household of Jan Kersten
He is married to Mechel Janssen.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Matthijs Kersten 1835-1835
- Gertruida Kersten 1840-????
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Day of death May 17, 1862
- The temperature on May 17, 1862 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
- March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
- August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
- August 30 » American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.
- September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
- December 26 » Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USSRed Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
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Peter Menting, "Family tree Menting", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-menting/I19598.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Jan Kersten (± 1802-1862)".