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Personal data Syke Jans Torpstra 


Household of Syke Jans Torpstra

She is married to Willem Nicolaus Bolt.

They got married on August 23, 1789 at Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel (Fr).Source 3


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Syke Jans Torpstra

Syke Jans Torpstra
-1835

1789

Willem Nicolaus Bolt
± 1767-1827

Aleida Theodora Bolt
1813-1834

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Sources

  1. Doopboek Herv. gem. Kollum, archiefnummer 28, Collectie doop-, trouw-, lidmaten- en begraafboeken - Tresoar, inventarisnummer 449, aktenummer 2966
  2. Overlijdensregister 1835, Achtkarspelen
  3. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Akkerwoude Murmerwoude, archiefnummer 28, Collectie doop-, trouw-, lidmaten- en begraafboeken - Tresoar, inventarisnummer 158, aktenummer 751

Historical events

Christening day May 13, 1770

  • The temperature on May 13, 1770 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • May 26 » The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.
    • June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
    • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
    • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Day of marriage August 23, 1789

  • The temperature on August 23, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
    • April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
    • May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
    • July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
    • September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
    • September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.

Day of death September 20, 1835

  • The temperature on September 20, 1835 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. 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 1835: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 24 » Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
    • June 2 » P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
    • November 27 » James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
    • December 9 » Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
    • December 17 » The second Great Fire of New York destroys 50 acres (200,000 square meters) of New York City's Financial District.
    • December 28 » Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.


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