Family tree Weening » Roelof Romkes Topstra (1782-± 1813)

Personal data Roelof Romkes Topstra 

  • He was born on June 28, 1782 in Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
  • He was christened on September 22, 1782 in Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
  • Profession: dagloner.
    Militairen in leger en marine van Napoleon 1810-1813 uit de gemeente Kollumerland c.a. door J. Paasman: Broersma, Abe Heddes, geb.in 1790; zoon van Hedde Broersma; loteling lichting 1790 mairie Kollum; Vervangen door Roelof Romkes Topstra dagloner te Buitenpost Bronnen: RAF toegang 8/4059 nr.201. Fopstra, Roel Romkes, geb.te Kollum in 1782, wonende in Augsbuurt, namen ouders onbekend; Plaatsvervanger voor Abe Broersma, ( nadere gegevens onbekend) loteling canton Buitenpost Legeronderdeel onbekend; Bronnen: toegang 8 inv.nr.4059 nr.201.
  • He died about 1813 in Augsbuurt, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).
    Geen overlijdensakte gevonden. Waarschijnlijk in het leger van Napoleon omgekomen.
  • A child of Romke Lieuwes Top and Ytje Roelofs
  • This information was last updated on March 29, 2019.

Household of Roelof Romkes Topstra

He is married to Trijntje Berends Lanting.

They got married on May 12, 1805 at Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Berend Roelofs  1805-< 1808
  3. Ietske Roelofs Topstra  1810-1879 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelof Romkes Topstra

Romke Lieuwes Top
± 1755-1828
Ytje Roelofs
± 1748-1824

Roelof Romkes Topstra
1782-± 1813

1805

Trijntje Berends Lanting
± 1778-1851

Berend Roelofs
1805-< 1808
Berend Roelofs Lantinga
1808-1871
Ietske Roelofs Topstra
1810-1879
Romke Roelofs Topstra
1812-1814

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Sources

  1. Herv. gem. Kollum, doop 1696-1811
  2. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Kollum 1718-1811

Historical events

Birthday June 28, 1782

  • The temperature on June 28, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest by west. Weather type: 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
    • April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
    • April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
    • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
    • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
    • September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

Christening day September 22, 1782

  • The temperature on September 22, 1782 was about 15.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. 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)
  • In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
    • February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
    • March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
    • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    • August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.

Day of marriage May 12, 1805

  • The temperature on May 12, 1805 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1805: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 17 » Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
    • June 10 » First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
    • June 11 » A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
    • October 14 » War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
    • November 1 » Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
    • December 26 » Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.


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