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Household of Frouwke (alias: Frouke) "Florence" Selders

(1) She is married to Eltje de Graaf.

They got married on August 29, 1861 at Onstwedde (Gr), she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Grietje de Graaf  1862-1928
  2. Frederika de Graaf  1866-1934
  3. Taatje de Graaf  1868-1868
  4. Taatje de Graaf  1869-1925
  5. Andreas de Graaf  1872-1937
  6. Geertje de Graaf  1875-> 1930
  7. Jan de Graaf  1879-1948


(2) She is married to Harm (alias: Harm Antonie) van Wijk.

They got married on February 13, 1890 at Onstwedde (Gr), she was 50 years old.


Notes about Frouwke (alias: Frouke) "Florence" Selders

Frouwke was born in Diele, Prussia, but the family moved to the Netherlands (just accross the border) when she was one. She married Eltje Kaspers de Graaf in 1861.

They raised a family of nine children (one dying as an infant). Husband Eltje died in 1886 when the youngest was almost two years old. She remarried to Harm Antonie van Wijk, but Harm Antonie passed away before she came to America with her younger children. The older ones had already come over, except one daughter who was married and stayed in the Netherlands.

Research in the Archives of Groningen-Holland (2nd February 2019) learned that Frouwke (Frouke) actually was born on 3rd Februariy1840 at 23.30 hrs (instead of 1st February 1840) and that she was babtized on the 9th February 1840.

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  • The temperature on February 3, 1840 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
    • June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
  • The temperature on February 9, 1840 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig bui hagel. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
    • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
    • July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
    • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
  • The temperature on February 13, 1890 was about -2.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
    • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
    • October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
    • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
  • The temperature on December 11, 1931 was between -4.4 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
    • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
    • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
    • July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
    • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
    • November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
  • The temperature on December 15, 1931 was between 2.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
    • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
    • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
    • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
    • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
    • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.


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