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Personal data Gelske Meerstra 


Household of Gelske Meerstra

(1) She is married to Hendrik van der Bij.

They got married on December 10, 1892 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 30 years old.Source 3

Met legitimatie van een kind

Child(ren):

  1. Grietje van der Bij  1894-1984


Child(ren):

  1. Aaltje van der Bij  1885-???? 


Child(ren):

  1. Jarig van der Bij  1888-1940 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gelske Meerstra

Jinke Hendriks Hopperus
1799-1863
Aan Hendriks Wijma
1788-1847
Gelske Keimpes Kempenaar
1791-1860

Gelske Meerstra
1862-1897

(1) 1892

Hendrik van der Bij
1872-1940

Grietje van der Bij
1894-1984


Onbekend

Aaltje van der Bij
1885-????


Onbekend

Jarig van der Bij
1888-1940

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1862, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1897, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1892, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday August 30, 1862

  • The temperature on August 30, 1862 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
    • April 29 » American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
    • May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
    • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
    • September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
    • December 1 » In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

Day of marriage December 10, 1892

  • The temperature on December 10, 1892 was about -3.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
    • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
    • July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
    • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
    • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
    • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

Day of death August 2, 1897

  • The temperature on August 2, 1897 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
    • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.


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