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Personal data Jacob Douwes Zijlstra 


Household of Jacob Douwes Zijlstra

He is married to Pietje Berends Reitsma.

They got married on May 13, 1871 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Zijlstra  1873-1913 
  2. Berend Zijlstra  1875-1927 
  3. Jitske Zijlstra  1883-1966 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacob Douwes Zijlstra

Klaas Alberts
± 1755-1807
Saapke Theunis Zijlstra
± 1757-1833
Jippe Gabes Wadman
1764-1832
Grietje Jacobs van Dijk
1772-1844

Jacob Douwes Zijlstra
1842-1902

1871

Pietje Berends Reitsma
1838-1922

Douwe Zijlstra
1873-1913
Berend Zijlstra
1875-1927
Jitske Zijlstra
1883-1966

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1842, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1902, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1871, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday April 22, 1842

  • The temperature on April 22, 1842 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
    • March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
    • May 8 » A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
    • August 1 » The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
    • November 26 » The University of Notre Dame is founded.

Day of marriage May 13, 1871

  • The temperature on May 13, 1871 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 26 » The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
    • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
    • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
    • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
    • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

Day of death January 1, 1902

  • The temperature on January 1, 1902 was between 7.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
    • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.


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