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Personal data Willem Rienks van der Graft 


Household of Willem Rienks van der Graft

(1) He is married to Tettje Tunnis Brandsema.

They got married on March 15, 1855 at Oldehove (Gr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Auktje Vlietstra.

They got married on November 29, 1865 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 37 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Rienks van der Graft

Hemme Brugts Jager
± 1757-1807
Lutske Jans Spoelstra
1764-1837

Willem Rienks van der Graft
1828-1907

(1) 1855

Tettje Tunnis Brandsema
1825-1865

Jantje van der Graft
1861-1940
(2) 1865

Auktje Vlietstra
1832-1914


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1828
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1907
  3. Huwelijksregister Oldehove 1855
  4. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1865

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Birthday March 12, 1828

  • The temperature on March 12, 1828 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1828: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
    • February 21 » Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.
    • April 14 » Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
    • May 19 » U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
    • October 7 » Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
    • November 16 » Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.

Day of marriage November 29, 1865

  • The temperature on November 29, 1865 was about 6.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
    • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
    • May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
    • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
    • December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

Day of death July 4, 1907

  • The temperature on July 4, 1907 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
    • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
    • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
    • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.


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