Family tree Weening » Gertje Elzes Kiestra (-1819)

Personal data Gertje Elzes Kiestra 


Household of Gertje Elzes Kiestra

She is married to Jan Jelles.

They got married on May 22, 1791 at Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Jans Sikkema  1808-1899 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gertje Elzes Kiestra

Grietje Durres
± 1745-????

Gertje Elzes Kiestra
-1819

1791

Jan Jelles
-1809

Jan Jans Sikkema
1808-1899

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Sources

  1. Overlijdensregister 1817-1824, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Burum Munnekezijl 1772-1811

Historical events

Christening day April 9, 1769

  • The temperature on April 9, 1769 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. 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 1769: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
    • July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
    • December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
    • December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.

Day of marriage May 22, 1791

  • The temperature on May 22, 1791 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 2 » Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
    • August 4 » The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
    • August 22 » Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
    • August 30 » HMSPandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.
    • September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
    • November 4 » Northwest Indian War: The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.

Day of death November 6, 1819

  • The temperature on November 6, 1819 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1819: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 6 » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore.
    • February 19 » British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III.
    • May 22 » SSSavannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
    • July 1 » Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
    • August 7 » Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
    • December 14 » Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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