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Personal data Geertje Zijlstra 


Household of Geertje Zijlstra

She is married to Sjouke Broekstra.

They got married on November 30, 1878 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Egbert Broekstra  1884-1922 
  2. Hijltje Broekstra  1886-1958 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Zijlstra

Jan Egberts Zijlstra
± 1782-1853
Froukje Jans Achttien
1791-1857

Geertje Zijlstra
1851-1927

1878

Sjouke Broekstra
1848-1914

Egbert Broekstra
1884-1922
Hijltje Broekstra
1886-1958

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1851
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  3. Huwelijksregister 1878, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday October 17, 1851

  • The temperature on October 17, 1851 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • April 2 » Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
    • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
    • June 5 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
    • November 14 » Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
    • December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.
    • December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.

Day of marriage November 30, 1878

  • The temperature on November 30, 1878 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

Day of death August 19, 1927

  • The temperature on August 19, 1927 was between 10.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
    • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
    • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
    • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
    • May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
    • May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.


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Source: Wikipedia

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