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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    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.
      • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
      • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
      • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
      • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
      • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
      • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

    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.
      • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
      • March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
      • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
      • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
      • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
      • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
    

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