Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Gerritje Root (1861-1938)

Personal data Gerritje Root 


Household of Gerritje Root

She is married to Jacob Engel.

They got married on May 7, 1885 at Zaandijk, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Simon Engel  1890-????
  2. Simon Willem Engel  1892-????
  3. Jan Engel  1893-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerritje Root

Jan Root
1798-1866
Gerretje Centen
1798-1860
Jan Huijg
1802-1838
Sijtje Kuiken
1801-????
Willem Root
1833-1873
Grietje Huijg
1832-1914

Gerritje Root
1861-1938

1885

Jacob Engel
1859-????

Willem Simon Engel
1890-????
Simon Willem Engel
1892-????
Jan Engel
1893-????

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage May 7, 1885

    • The temperature on May 7, 1885 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
      • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
      • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
      • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
      • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
      • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

    Day of death March 27, 1938

    • The temperature on March 27, 1938 was between 2.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
      • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
      • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
      • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
      • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
      • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
    

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