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Personal data Willem Rinderts Leegsma 


Household of Willem Rinderts Leegsma

He is married to Doetje Jakobs Iestra.

They got married on May 10, 1879 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  2. Sjoukje Leegsma  1881-1882
  3. Sjoukje Leegsma  1883-1883
  4. Jacob Leegsma  1884-1967 
  5. Sjoukje Leegsma  1886-1974 
  6. Jitske Leegsma  1889-1889
  7. Jitske Leegsma  1890-1918 
  8. Willem Leegsma  1892-1959
  9. Jenze Leegsma  1895-1968 
  10. Trijntje Leegsma  1900-1974

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Rinderts Leegsma

Jenze Willems Leegsma
± 1774-1853
Tjetje Rinderts
± 1775-????
Alle Klazes Wedzinga
1773-1836
Antje Hendriks Kronemeyer
± 1776-1849

Willem Rinderts Leegsma
1850-1930

1879

Doetje Jakobs Iestra
1858-1946

Rindert Willems Leegsma
1880-1957
Sjoukje Leegsma
1881-1882
Sjoukje Leegsma
1883-1883
Jacob Leegsma
1884-1967
Sjoukje Leegsma
1886-1974
Jitske Leegsma
1889-1889
Jitske Leegsma
1890-1918
Willem Leegsma
1892-1959
Jenze Leegsma
1895-1968
Trijntje Leegsma
1900-1974

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1850, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1930, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/179519/leegsma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1879, Tietjerksteradeel

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Birthday August 18, 1850

  • The temperature on August 18, 1850 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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 1850: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Los Angeles is incorporated as a city.
    • May 15 » The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
    • June 29 » Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
    • July 9 » Persian prophet Báb is executed in Tabriz, Persia.
    • July 10 » U.S. President Millard Fillmore is sworn in, a day after becoming president upon Zachary Taylor's death.
    • September 9 » California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

Day of marriage May 10, 1879

  • The temperature on May 10, 1879 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
    • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
    • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
    • June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
    • September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
    • October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

Day of death November 17, 1930

  • The temperature on November 17, 1930 was between -1.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
    • March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
    • May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
    • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.


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