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Personal data Jan Geerts Boersma 


Household of Jan Geerts Boersma

He is married to Joukje Sjoerds Veenstra.

They got married on May 6, 1876 at Baarderadeel (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Geert Boersma  1878-1933 
  2. Johanna Boersma  1879-1933 
  3. Sjoerd Boersma  1881-1958 
  4. Anne Boersma  1883-1884
  5. Antje Boersma  1885-1949
  6. Aaltje Boersma  1887-1947 
  7. Minke Boersma  1889-????
  8. Thijs Boersma  1892-1951

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Geerts Boersma

Jan Geerts Boersma
1851-1940

1876

Joukje Sjoerds Veenstra
1852-1935

Geert Boersma
1878-1933
Johanna Boersma
1879-1933
Sjoerd Boersma
1881-1958
Anne Boersma
1883-1884
Antje Boersma
1885-1949
Aaltje Boersma
1887-1947
Minke Boersma
1889-????
Thijs Boersma
1892-1951

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1851, Baarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1940, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1876, Baarderadeel

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Historical events

Birthday September 20, 1851

  • The temperature on September 20, 1851 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
    • July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
    • August 22 » The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
    • October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
    • November 9 » Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
    • December 8 » Conservative Santiago-based government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of the 1851 Chilean Revolution.

Day of marriage May 6, 1876

  • The temperature on May 6, 1876 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
    • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Day of death December 23, 1940

  • The temperature on December 23, 1940 was between -7.6 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
    • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
    • June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
    • July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
    • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
    • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.


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