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Personal data Tjitze Gerrits 


Household of Tjitze Gerrits

He is married to Ytje Wiegers Hellema.

They got married on November 8, 1789 at Hallum, gem. Ferwerderadeel (Fr).Source 2


Child(ren):

  2. Doeke Tjitzes Memerda  1799-1878 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tjitze Gerrits

Tjitze Gerrits
1739-1808

1789

Ytje Wiegers Hellema
1768-1831

Grietje Tjitzes Memerda
1792-1870
Doeke Tjitzes Memerda
1799-1878

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Sources

  1. register van overledenen Grietenij Ferwerderadeel 1806-1811
  2. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Hallum 1699-1811

Historical events

Christening day September 6, 1739

  • The temperature on September 6, 1739 was about 18.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1739: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
    • February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
    • February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
    • September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
    • November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

Day of marriage November 8, 1789

  • The temperature on November 8, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer 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)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
    • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
    • August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
    • August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
    • September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
    • October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

Day of death October 23, 1808

  • The temperature on October 23, 1808 was about 7.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
    • April 6 » John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.
    • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
    • July 8 » Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
    • July 28 » Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • November 23 » French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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