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Personal data Jan van der Wit 


Household of Jan van der Wit

He is married to Dieuwke Klazes Elzinga.

They got married on May 1, 1869 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Roelof van der Wit  1870-1870
  2. Jitske van der Wit  1871-1916 
  4. Klaas van der Wit  1878-1958
  5. Hinke van der Wit  1884-1884
  6. Roel van der Wit  1885-1893

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1841, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1917, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1869, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday September 19, 1841

  • The temperature on September 19, 1841 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 20 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
    • March 9 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
    • March 30 » The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
    • June 28 » The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.
    • July 5 » Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough.
    • October 16 » Queen's University is founded in the Province of Canada.

Day of marriage May 1, 1869

  • The temperature on May 1, 1869 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
    • December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

Day of death June 30, 1917

  • The temperature on June 30, 1917 was between 13.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
    • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
    • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
    • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
    • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
    • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.


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