Family tree Weening » Pieter Ritskes Tuinstra (1839-1919)
Personal data Pieter Ritskes Tuinstra
- He was born on July 23, 1839 in Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- arbeider.
- boerenknecht.
- He died on October 17, 1919 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, he was 80 years old.Source 2
- A child of Ritske Rapkes Tuinstra and Riemkjen Loonstra
- This information was last updated on June 11, 2023.
Household of Pieter Ritskes Tuinstra
(1) He is married to Maaike Bakker.
They got married on May 24, 1863 at Marum (Gr), he was 23 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Ritske Tuinstra 1863-1940
(2) He is married to Baukje Hoogstra.
They got married on June 4, 1870 at Marum (Gr), he was 30 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Riemke Tuinstra 1871-± 1941
- Fokke Tuinstra 1872-± 1959
- Roelf Tuinstra 1874-1890
- Hendrik Tuinstra 1876-1945
- Wiebe Tuinstra 1878-1881
- Berend Tuinstra 1880-1881
- Wiebe Tuinstra 1882-± 1934
- Sjoukje Tuinstra 1884-1886
Notes about Pieter Ritskes Tuinstra
Emigreert in 1892 met vrouw en drie kinderen naar Noord-Amerika.
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Historical events
Birthday July 23, 1839
- The temperature on July 23, 1839 was about 22.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 6 » The Night of the Big Wind, the most damaging storm in 300 years, sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- January 19 » The British East India Company captures Aden.
- September 4 » Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
- September 9 » John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
- November 25 » A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.
- November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
Day of marriage June 4, 1870
- The temperature on June 4, 1870 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
- May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- 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.
- August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
Day of death October 17, 1919
- The temperature on October 17, 1919 was between 2.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
- June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
- June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
- August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
- September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
- November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
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