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Personal data Jan Pieters Pitstra 


Household of Jan Pieters Pitstra

(1) He is married to Wypkje Wybenga.

They got married on May 20, 1866 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Pieter Pitstra  1867-1867
  3. Evert Pitstra  1870-1955 
  4. Pieter Pitstra  1874-1943


(2) He is married to Christina van Rijs.

They got married on May 9, 1885 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 46 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Pitstra  1886-????
  2. Klaaske Pitstra  1888-1933

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Pieters Pitstra

Hendrik Jans Pitstra
± 1766-1821
Gepke Pieters van der Meer
± 1767-1843

Jan Pieters Pitstra
1839-1916

(1) 1866

Wypkje Wybenga
1838-1881

Pieter Pitstra
1867-1867
Levenloos geborene
Evert Pitstra
1870-1955
Pieter Pitstra
1874-1943
(2) 1885

Christina van Rijs
1849-1936

Johanna Pitstra
1886-????
Klaaske Pitstra
1888-1933

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1839, Leeuwarden
  2. Overlijdensregister 1916, Leeuwarden
  3. Huwelijksregister 1866, Leeuwarden
  4. Huwelijksregister 1885, Leeuwarden

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Historical events

Birthday February 1, 1839

  • The temperature on February 1, 1839 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: half bewolkt sneeuw. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • June 14 » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
    • June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
    • September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
    • November 11 » The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
    • November 25 » A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.
    • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Day of marriage May 9, 1885

  • The temperature on May 9, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
    • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
    • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
    • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
    • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
    • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of death January 27, 1916

  • The temperature on January 27, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
    • April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
    • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
    • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.


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