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Personal data Japke Eelkes 


Household of Japke Eelkes

She is married to Sybe Jacobs Starkenburg.

They got married on April 29, 1781 at Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Ytje Sybes  1782-1809 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Japke Eelkes

Eelke Meinderts
± 1730-????
Lijsbert Martens
± 1730-????

Japke Eelkes
1759-< 1789

1781

Sybe Jacobs Starkenburg
1759-1822

Ytje Sybes
1782-1809

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Sources

  1. Herv. gem. Oudwoude en Westergeest, doop 1727-1811
  2. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Oudwoude Westergeest 1740-1810

Historical events

Christening day August 26, 1759

  • The temperature on August 26, 1759 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
    • September 13 » Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
    • November 25 » An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Day of marriage April 29, 1781

  • The temperature on April 29, 1781 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1781: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
    • January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
    • March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
    • August 5 » The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
    • October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
    • November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

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