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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
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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 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.
    • March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
    • May 21 » Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
    • October 18 » Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
    • October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
    • November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
    • December 29 » The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

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 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • 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.
    • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
    • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.

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.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
    • August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
    • October 31 » World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
    • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
    • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
    • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.


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