Family tree Weening » Gerben van Dekken (1863-1928)
Personal data Gerben van Dekken
- He was born on December 20, 1863 in Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- arbeider.
- schipper.
- stoker.
- He died on June 1, 1928 in Groningen (Gr), he was 64 years old.Source 2
- A child of Durk Luitzens van Dekken and Gepke Gerbens Tuinstra
- This information was last updated on March 31, 2023.
Household of Gerben van Dekken
He is married to Hendrikje van der Lijn.
They got married on November 22, 1896 at Groningen (Gr), he was 32 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Aaltje van Dekken 1897-1920
- Gepke van Dekken 1898-1964
- Harmannus van Dekken 1900-1901
- Harmannus van Dekken 1901-1968
- Dirk van Dekken 1904-1952
- Antje van Dekken 1906-
- Pieter van Dekken 1909-1967
Timeline Gerben van Dekken
This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info.
Symbols used: 
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben van Dekken
Gerben van Dekken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hendrikje van der Lijn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
Matches in other publications
This person also appears in the publication:
View allHistorical events
Birthday December 20, 1863
- The temperature on December 20, 1863 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
- May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
- June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
- June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
- July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
- November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
Day of marriage November 22, 1896
- The temperature on November 22, 1896 was about -1.1 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of death June 1, 1928
- The temperature on June 1, 1928 was between 7.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
- September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
- December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
- December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Same birth/death day
- 1861 » Ferdinand Bonn, German actor († 1933)
- 1861 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter († 1926)
- 1865 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator († 1950)
- 1868 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company († 1938)
- 1869 » Charley Grapewin, American actor († 1956)
- 1871 » Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor († 1937)
- 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
- 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
- 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
- 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)
- 1938 » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
- 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
About the surname Van Dekken
- View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Van Dekken.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Van Dekken.
- Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Van Dekken.
The Family tree Weening publication was prepared by Hans Weening.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Hans Weening, "Family tree Weening", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-weening/I38759.php : accessed October 8, 2026), "Gerben van Dekken (1863-1928)".
Hans Weening, "Family tree Weening", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-weening/I38759.php : accessed October 8, 2026), "Gerben van Dekken (1863-1928)".