Family tree Weening » Eltje Schuitema (1837-1909)
Personal data Eltje Schuitema
- She was born on December 1, 1837 in Winsum (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: koopvrouw.
- She died on March 26, 1909 in Tinallinge, gem. Baflo (Gr), she was 71 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Stoffers Schuitema and Grietje Mennes Buikema
- This information was last updated on October 16, 2025.
Household of Eltje Schuitema
(1) She is married to Kornelis Jacobs Pettinga.
They got married on April 16, 1859 at Winsum (Gr), she was 21 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Jacob Pettinga 1859-1860
- Aaltje Pettinga 1861-1885
- Grietje Pettinga 1864-1868
- Jakob Pettinga 1866-1885
(2) She is married to Hendrik Meijer.
They got married on May 13, 1871 at Winsum (Gr), she was 33 years old.Source 4
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Historical events
Birthday December 1, 1837
- The temperature on December 1, 1837 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
- July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
- November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
- November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
- December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
- December 25 » Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
Day of marriage May 13, 1871
- The temperature on May 13, 1871 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
- March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
- July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
- December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death March 26, 1909
- The temperature on March 26, 1909 was between 3.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
- January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
- April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
- April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
- April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
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