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Personal data Gerlof Geertsma 


Household of Gerlof Geertsma

He is married to Grietje Pot.

They got married on May 11, 1878 at Oldekerk (Gr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Egbert Geertsma  1879-1957
  2. Klaas Geertsma  1880-1883
  3. Wilhelmina Geertsma  1893-1980 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerlof Geertsma

Gerlof Egberts Geertsma
± 1775-1848
Bregtje Auts
1779-1833
Harm Luitjens Koning
-1868
Martje Jans Hamstra
1798-????

Gerlof Geertsma
1852-1935

1878

Grietje Pot
1857-1913

Egbert Geertsma
1879-1957
Klaas Geertsma
1880-1883
Wilhelmina Geertsma
1893-1980

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1852, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister Grijpskerk 1935
  3. Huwelijksregister Oldekerk 1878

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Historical events

Birthday August 20, 1852

  • The temperature on August 20, 1852 was about 19.9 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United Kingdom signs the Sand River Convention with the South African Republic.
    • February 5 » The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
    • February 14 » Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
    • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
    • May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
    • October 11 » The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

Day of marriage May 11, 1878

  • The temperature on May 11, 1878 was about 14.3 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Day of death April 27, 1935

  • The temperature on April 27, 1935 was between 7.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
    • May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
    • June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
    • September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
    • November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
    • December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.


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