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Personal data Trijntje Jans Leegstra 


Household of Trijntje Jans Leegstra


Child(ren):

  1. Aafke Leegstra  1804-1886 
  2. Jacobje Leegstra  1812-1881 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Trijntje Jans Leegstra

Jan Melles
± 1745-????
Aafke Klazes
± 1745-1825

Trijntje Jans Leegstra
1776-1854



Onbekend

Aafke Leegstra
1804-1886
Jacobje Leegstra
1812-1881

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Sources

  1. Herv. gem. Oudwoude en Westergeest, doop 1727-1811
  2. Overlijdensregister 1854-1857, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday January 21, 1776

  • The temperature on January 21, 1776 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1776: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
    • June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
    • June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
    • July 2 » American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4.
    • July 4 » American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
    • July 9 » George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.

Christening day November 28, 1775

  • The temperature on November 28, 1775 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
    • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
    • July 29 » Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
    • August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
    • October 13 » The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
    • October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.

Day of death June 25, 1854

  • The temperature on June 25, 1854 was about 19.5 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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).
  • 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 year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
    • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
    • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
    • May 30 » The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
    • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.


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Source: Wikipedia

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