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Personal data Jan Geerts Bergsma 


Household of Jan Geerts Bergsma

He is married to Aaltje de Boer.

They got married on May 17, 1869 at Zuidhorn (Gr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Niesjen Bergsma  1869-1947 
  2. Aaltje Bergsma  1872-1960 
  3. Grietje Bergsma  1874-1917

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Geerts Bergsma

Jan Reinders de Boer
± 1788-1864
Berendina Eltjes Apol
1793-1859

Jan Geerts Bergsma
1844-1909

1869

Aaltje de Boer
1841-1914

Niesjen Bergsma
1869-1947
Aaltje Bergsma
1872-1960
Grietje Bergsma
1874-1917

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Leek 1844
  2. Overlijdensregister Zuidhorn 1909
  3. Huwelijksregister Zuidhorn 1869

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Historical events

Birthday January 2, 1844

  • The temperature on January 2, 1844 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt hagel . 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 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » A gun on USSPrinceton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing six people, including two United States Cabinet members.
    • June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
    • June 6 » The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
    • September 28 » Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
    • October 22 » Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.
    • December 21 » The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.

Day of marriage May 17, 1869

  • The temperature on May 17, 1869 was about 12.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of death May 19, 1909

  • The temperature on May 19, 1909 was between 4.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
    • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
    • April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
    • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
    • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
    • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.


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