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Personal data Gerrit Gjalts Kootstra 


Household of Gerrit Gjalts Kootstra

He is married to Jeltje Klazes Scheper.

They got married on May 10, 1862 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Lutske Kootstra  1863-1941 
  2. Pietje Kootstra  1867-1946 
  3. Saapke Kootstra  1870-1943 
  4. Gjalt Kootstra  1874-1954 
  5. Saakje Kootstra  1879-1929 
  6. Klaaske Kootstra  1884-1919

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Gjalts Kootstra

Klaas Wiebes
± 1756-1811
Saapke Gjalts
1759-1839
Gerrit Foppes de Haan
1784-1858
Gaatske Remmelts de Bos
± 1789-1869

Gerrit Gjalts Kootstra
1837-1915

1862

Jeltje Klazes Scheper
1839-1921

Lutske Kootstra
1863-1941
Pietje Kootstra
1867-1946
Saapke Kootstra
1870-1943
Gjalt Kootstra
1874-1954
Saakje Kootstra
1879-1929
Klaaske Kootstra
1884-1919

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1837, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1915, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1862, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday September 2, 1837

  • The temperature on September 2, 1837 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
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    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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
    • May 10 » Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
    • June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
    • July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
    • July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
    • November 8 » Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.

Day of marriage May 10, 1862

  • The temperature on May 10, 1862 was about 13.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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.
    • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
    • May 5 » Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
    • May 12 » American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
    • June 19 » The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford.
    • September 22 » A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
    • December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

Day of death March 31, 1915

  • The temperature on March 31, 1915 was between -2.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
    • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
    • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
    • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
    • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
    • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.


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