Family tree Jacobs » Geert Jans "Gerrit" Boelens (1790-1863)

Personal data Geert Jans "Gerrit" Boelens 

Is associated with Grietien "Grietje" Boelems's event on March 17, 1826.
Is associated with Hinderikus Boelen's event on October 26, 1822.

Household of Geert Jans "Gerrit" Boelens

(1) He is married to Berendina Alberts.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Emmen on May 2, 1812.

They got married on May 16, 1812 at Emmen, he was 22 years old.

Event shared with Harm Koops (witness), Harm Christoffers (witness), Hendrik Kremers (witness), Jacobus Jansen Lubbi (witness)

Child(ren):

  1. Jan Boelens  1812-1874 
  2. Albert Geerts Boelen  1815-1893 
  3. Gerrit Boelen  1817-1896 
  4. Hindrikus Boelen  1820-1821
  5. Hinderikus Boelen  1822-1883 
  6. Grietien Boelems  1826-1885 
  7. Geertien Boelen  1828-1894 


(2) He is married to Gesien Jans Dreijer.

They got married on April 3, 1839 at Emmen, he was 48 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Boelen  1839-1886 
  2. Berendina Boelen  1842-1848
  3. Albert Boelen  1845-1922 
  4. Berendina Boelen  1850-1851

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Historical events

Birthday April 4, 1790

  • The temperature on April 4, 1790 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: helder winderig half bewolkt. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
    • July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
    • July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
    • August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
    • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
    • December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

Day of marriage April 3, 1839

  • The temperature on April 3, 1839 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken sneeuw. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 26 » The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
    • November 11 » The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
    • November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
    • November 25 » A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.
    • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Day of death October 11, 1863

  • The temperature on October 11, 1863 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
    • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
    • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
    • November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
    • November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
    • November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.


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