Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Jan Root (1862-1945)

Personal data Jan Root 


Household of Jan Root

He is married to Grietje Engel.

They got married on July 25, 1886 at Zaandam, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Antonia Root  1887-1949
  2. Cornelis Root  1888-????
  3. Neeltje Root  ± 1890-1891
  4. Neeltje Root  1894-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Root

Klaas Root
1793-1856
Jannetje Bakker
1793-1849
Jan Huig
1809-????
Neeltje Voogt
1806-????
Cornelis Root
1829-1885
Neeltje Huijg
1830-????

Jan Root
1862-1945

1886

Grietje Engel
1861-1932

Antonia Root
1887-1949
Cornelis Root
1888-????
Neeltje Root
± 1890-1891
Neeltje Root
1894-????

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    Historical events

    Birthday October 3, 1862

    • The temperature on October 3, 1862 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
      • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
      • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
      • June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
      • July 1 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Louis of Hesse, the future Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.
      • July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
      • November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

    Day of marriage July 25, 1886

    • The temperature on July 25, 1886 was about 22.6 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
      • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
      • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
      • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
      • August 31 » The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
      • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

    Day of death October 6, 1945

    • The temperature on October 6, 1945 was between 10.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • February 13 » World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
      • March 15 » World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
      • March 21 » World War II: Operation Carthage: Royal Air Force planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also accidentally hit a school, killing 125 civilians.
      • April 25 » United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
      • May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
      • September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
    

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