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Personal data Alke Fokkes Meetstra 


Household of Alke Fokkes Meetstra

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Trijntje Binnes Brinkman) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Geeske Kuipers.

They got married on July 13, 1861 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 24 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Fokke Meetstra  1864-1865


(2) He is married to Trijntje Binnes Brinkman.

They got married on May 12, 1866 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Fokke Meetstra  1871-1872


(3) He is married to Wytske Lubberts van der Horn.

They got married on May 13, 1885 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 48 years old.Source 6

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alke Fokkes Meetstra

Taeke Fokkes Meetstra
± 1765-1845
Trientje Reerts
1768-1843

Alke Fokkes Meetstra
1836-1886

(1) 1861

Geeske Kuipers
1834-1865

Fokke Meetstra
1864-1865
(2) 1866

Trijntje Binnes Brinkman
1839-1884

Fokke Meetstra
1871-1872
(3) 1885

Wytske Lubberts van der Horn
1837-1916


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1836
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1886
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/31061/meetstra
  4. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1861
  5. Huwelijksregister 1866, Kollumerland c.a.
  6. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1885

Historical events

Birthday December 2, 1836

  • The temperature on December 2, 1836 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen weerlicht. 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.
    • May 15 » Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
    • June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
    • June 16 » The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
    • July 29 » Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
    • August 17 » British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
    • October 22 » Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.

Day of marriage May 13, 1885

  • The temperature on May 13, 1885 was about 10.7 °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 44%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
    • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
    • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Day of death November 14, 1886

  • The temperature on November 14, 1886 was about 6.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
    • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.


Same birth/death day

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