Family tree Weening » Sierk Douwes Dijkstra (± 1801-1864)

Personal data Sierk Douwes Dijkstra 

  • He was born about 1801 in Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.
  • Profession: gardenier.
  • He died on July 3, 1864 in Westerhorn, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
  • A child of Douwe Sierks Dijkstra and Seeske Johannes
  • This information was last updated on March 22, 2023.

Household of Sierk Douwes Dijkstra

He is married to Grietje Alderts van der Wal.

They got married on May 24, 1838 at Zuidhorn (Gr).Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Geeske Dijkstra  1840-1876
  2. Johanna Dijkstra  1848-1903 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sierk Douwes Dijkstra

Seeske Johannes
± 1757-1807

Sierk Douwes Dijkstra
± 1801-1864

1838

Grietje Alderts van der Wal
1805-1860

Geeske Dijkstra
1840-1876
Johanna Dijkstra
1848-1903

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Sources

  1. Overlijdensregister Grijpskerk 1864
  2. Huwelijksregister Zuidhorn 1838

Historical events

Day of marriage May 24, 1838

  • The temperature on May 24, 1838 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt weerlicht 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
    • July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
    • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
    • August 18 » The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
    • September 18 » The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.

Day of death July 3, 1864

  • The temperature on July 3, 1864 was about 19.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
    • May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
    • June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
    • July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
    • July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
    • December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.


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