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.
- January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
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- May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
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- August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
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Peter Menting, "Family tree Menting", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-menting/I19598.php : accessed January 6, 2026), "Jan Kersten (± 1802-1862)".