Family tree Jacobs » Jan Timmer (1854-1928)

Personal data Jan Timmer 

  • He was born on March 14, 1854 in Emmen.
  • He died on May 27, 1928 in Chicago VS, he was 74 years old.
  • This information was last updated on August 19, 2019.

Household of Jan Timmer

He is married to Johanna Christina Bats.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Nicholas Timmer  1882-1950
  2. Alice Timmer  1885-1946


Notes about Jan Timmer

Op 17 april 1873 arriveerde Jan Timmer op de leeftijd van 18 jaar met zijn vader Klaas Timmer (57 jaar oud) en broer Geert op de SS Maas in de haven van New York.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Timmer

Jan Timmer
1854-1928


Johanna Christina Bats
1857-1944

Nicholas Timmer
1882-1950
Alice Timmer
1885-1946

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Historical events

Birthday March 14, 1854

  • The temperature on March 14, 1854 was about 17.4 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
    • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
    • February 17 » The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
    • March 1 » German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
    • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
    • August 19 » The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.

Day of death May 27, 1928

  • The temperature on May 27, 1928 was between 7.5 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
    • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
    • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
    • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
    • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
    • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.


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