Family tree Weening » Grietje Jans van Driesum (1851-????)
Personal data Grietje Jans van Driesum
- She was born on February 16, 1851 in Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: dagloonster.
- She died in -.
- A child of Jan Feikes van Driesum and Cornelia Jans Bijlsma
- This information was last updated on June 9, 2024.
Household of Grietje Jans van Driesum
(1) She is married to Frans Douwes Hoekstra.
They got married on January 22, 1870 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 18 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Douwe Hoekstra ± 1869-1874
- Kornelia Hoekstra 1871-????
- Frans Hoekstra 1874-????
(2) She is married to Pier Lieuwes Meijer.
They got married on September 3, 1879 at Amsterdam (NH), she was 28 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Wietsche Meijer 1881-????
- Fokje Meijer 1883-????
- Pier Meijer 1885-????
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Historical events
Birthday February 16, 1851
- The temperature on February 16, 1851 was about 6.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
- March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- May 21 » Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
- August 12 » Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
- December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
- December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
- December 29 » The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of marriage September 3, 1879
- The temperature on September 3, 1879 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
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- February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
- April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
- July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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