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Personal data Willem Rinses Damstra 


Household of Willem Rinses Damstra

(1) He is married to Sytske Melles Steringa.

They got married on September 8, 1864 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Rinse Damstra  1864-1891
  2. Hiltje Damstra  1868-1930 


(2) He is married to Froukje Jans Havinga.

They got married on December 3, 1885 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 47 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Damstra  1889-1963 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Rinses Damstra

Wiebe Gerlofs Damstra
1788-1856
Baukje Rinses Triemstra
1790-1874
Willem Jogchums
± 1756-1808
Antje Alles
± 1760-1828

Willem Rinses Damstra
1838-1905

(1) 1864

Sytske Melles Steringa
1830-1879

Rinse Damstra
1864-1891
Hiltje Damstra
1868-1930
(2) 1885

Froukje Jans Havinga
1854-1935

Antje Damstra
1889-1963

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1838, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1905, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1864, Dantumadeel
  4. Huwelijksregister 1885, Dantumadeel

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Birthday August 24, 1838

  • The temperature on August 24, 1838 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
    • February 28 » Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
    • July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
    • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
    • December 16 » Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Day of marriage December 3, 1885

  • The temperature on December 3, 1885 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
    • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
    • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

Day of death November 19, 1905

  • The temperature on November 19, 1905 was between -3.7 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
    • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.


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