Family tree Velthuis-Delissen » Jan Drost (1856-1933)

Personal data Jan Drost 

  • He was born on October 21, 1856 in Medemblik (NH).
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    opzichter provinciale waterstaat
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    bouwkundig opzichter
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    Godsdienst: Ned. Hervormd.
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    Jan Drost werd geboren in Medemblik aan de Oosterhaven no 39.
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    Woonde bij overlijden in Haarlem aan de Leidsevaart 248.
  • He died on March 9, 1933 in Haarlem (NH), he was 76 years old.
  • He is buried on March 13, 1933 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland Algemene Begraafplaats, Kleverlaan.
  • A child of Jan Drost and Adriana de Boer
  • This information was last updated on June 8, 2012.

Household of Jan Drost

He is married to Geertje Nes.

They got married on June 24, 1880 at Medemblik (NH), he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Adriana Drost  1880-1880
  2. Jan Drost  1881-1881
  3. Jan Drost  1883-1957
  4. Gerrit Pieter Drost  1885-????


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Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1856

  • The temperature on October 21, 1856 was about 15.1 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
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    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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USSDecatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
    • January 29 » Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
    • April 21 » Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.
    • May 1 » The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
    • May 24 » John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
    • July 31 » Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.

Day of marriage June 24, 1880

  • The temperature on June 24, 1880 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of death March 9, 1933

  • The temperature on March 9, 1933 was between -0.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
    • February 28 » Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
    • April 3 » First flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
    • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
    • September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
    • December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Day of burial March 13, 1933

  • The temperature on March 13, 1933 was between -0.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
    • April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
    • May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
    • August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
    • September 13 » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
    • October 14 » Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1845 » Will Carleton, American poet and journalist († 1912)
  • 1847 » Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright († 1906)
  • 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
  • 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
  • 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
  • 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)

Source: Wikipedia


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