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Personal data Jan Moes 

  • He was born on February 10, 1844 in Nes, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: schoenmaker.
  • He died on September 12, 1923 in Highland, Lake County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten, he was 79 years old.Source 2
  • This information was last updated on August 4, 2025.

Household of Jan Moes

He is married to Jantje van der Molen.

They got married on May 1, 1873 at Aduard (Gr), he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Siepke Moes  1874-1942
  2. Hendrik Moes  1875-1876
  3. Stientje Moes  1877-1975
  4. Hendrik Moes  1879-1959
  5. Geeske Moes  1881-????
  6. Douwe Moes  1884-1962
  7. Herman Moes  1890-1981
  8. Katie Moes  1894-????


Notes about Jan Moes

vertrekt in 1887 met vrouw en 67 kinderen naar Noord-Amerika

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Moes

Jan Moes
1844-1923

1873

Jantje van der Molen
1851-1940

Siepke Moes
1874-1942
Hendrik Moes
1875-1876
Stientje Moes
1877-1975
Hendrik Moes
1879-1959
Geeske Moes
1881-????
Douwe Moes
1884-1962
Herman Moes
1890-1981
Katie Moes
1894-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1844, Westdongeradeel
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  3. Huwelijksregister Aduard 1873

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Historical events

Birthday February 10, 1844

  • The temperature on February 10, 1844 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 8 » King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
    • March 30 » One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
    • May 23 » Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Bahá'í Faith; Bahá'ís celebrate the day as a holy day.
    • May 24 » Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
    • June 6 » The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
    • August 8 » The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Day of marriage May 1, 1873

  • The temperature on May 1, 1873 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
    • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
    • March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
    • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
    • June 18 » Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
    • October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

Day of death September 12, 1923

  • The temperature on September 12, 1923 was between 10.0 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (58%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
    • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
    • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
    • September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
    • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
    • September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.


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