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Personal data Meindert Gerks Leij 


Household of Meindert Gerks Leij

He is married to Aafke Lubberts Vaatstra.

They got married on May 9, 1863 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Ankje Meinderts Lei  1865-1943 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Meindert Gerks Leij

Meindert Gerrits Leij
± 1770-1847
Antje Jans
± 1774-1834
Sipke Geerts Venema
± 1766-1830
Aaltje Geerts
± 1768-1827

Meindert Gerks Leij
1836-1867

1863

Aafke Lubberts Vaatstra
1842-1926

Ankje Meinderts Lei
1865-1943

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1836, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1867, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1863, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday September 18, 1836

  • The temperature on September 18, 1836 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • March 6 » Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
    • March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
    • May 4 » Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
    • May 14 » The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
    • June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
    • October 16 » Great Trek: Afrikaner voortrekkers repulse a Matabele attack, but lose their livestock.

Day of marriage May 9, 1863

  • The temperature on May 9, 1863 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 22%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
    • March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
    • August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
    • September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
    • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
    • December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Day of death November 15, 1867

  • The temperature on November 15, 1867 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 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)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.


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