Family tree Weening » Jan Gerrits Steringa (1840-1924)

Personal data Jan Gerrits Steringa 


Household of Jan Gerrits Steringa

He is married to Agnieta Ijes Kastma.

They got married on May 26, 1870 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Fokje Steringa  1871-1952 
  2. Jacob Steringa  1875-1949 
  3. Geertje Steringa  1878-1958 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Gerrits Steringa

Jasper Lurks Steringa
1761-1835
Sytske Jacobs
± 1756-1826
Jacob Tjeerds Huizinga
± 1763-1832
Sytske Jans Algra
1767-1845

Jan Gerrits Steringa
1840-1924

1870

Agnieta Ijes Kastma
1850-1930

Fokje Steringa
1871-1952
Jacob Steringa
1875-1949
Geertje Steringa
1878-1958

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1840, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1924, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1870, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday September 6, 1840

  • The temperature on September 6, 1840 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. 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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
    • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

Day of marriage May 26, 1870

  • The temperature on May 26, 1870 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
    • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
    • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Day of death October 16, 1924

  • The temperature on October 16, 1924 was between 6.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
    • May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
    • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
    • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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