Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Geertje Janse West (± 1789-1862)

Personal data Geertje Janse West 


Household of Geertje Janse West

She is married to Hendrik Root.

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Child(ren):

  1. Trijntje Root  1809-1887 
  2. Grietje Root  ± 1811-1829
  3. Maartje Root  ± 1814-1817
  4. Jansje Root  1816-1857
  5. Maartje Root  1820-???? 
  6. Simon Root  1826-1898 
  7. Jan Hendriks Root  1829-1886 
  8. Cornelis Root  1833-1834

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Janse West

Geertje Janse West
± 1789-1862


Hendrik Root
± 1785-1862

Trijntje Root
1809-1887
Grietje Root
± 1811-1829
Maartje Root
± 1814-1817
Jansje Root
1816-1857
Maartje Root
1820-????
Simon Root
1826-1898
Jan Hendriks Root
1829-1886
Cornelis Root
1833-1834

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Day of death January 8, 1862

  • The temperature on January 8, 1862 was about 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
    • April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
    • 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.
    • September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
    • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
    • September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
    • September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.


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