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Personal data Gerlof Geerts Damstra 


Household of Gerlof Geerts Damstra

(1) He is married to Ymkje Pieters van der Meulen.

They got married on May 12, 1853 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Wybe Damstra  1862-1934 
  2. Geert Damstra  1869-1944 
  3. Jeltje Damstra  1873-1948 


(2) He is married to Klaaske Jans Posthumus.

They got married on September 15, 1881 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 54 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerlof Geerts Damstra

Gerlof Wybes
± 1755-????
Antje Geerts Damstra
± 1757-1817

Gerlof Geerts Damstra
1826-1895

(1) 1853

Ymkje Pieters van der Meulen
1829-1878

Wybe Damstra
1862-1934
Geert Damstra
1869-1944
Jeltje Damstra
1873-1948
(2) 1881

Klaaske Jans Posthumus
1852-1921


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1826, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1895, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1853, Dantumadeel
  4. Huwelijksregister 1881, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday November 3, 1826

  • The temperature on November 3, 1826 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen . 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).
  • In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 11 » University College London is founded as University of London.
    • March 13 » Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
    • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
    • November 25 » The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
    • December 21 » American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
    • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

Day of marriage September 15, 1881

  • The temperature on September 15, 1881 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
    • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
    • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

Day of death September 8, 1895

  • The temperature on September 8, 1895 was about 17.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
    • March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
    • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
    • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
    • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.


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