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Personal data Geertruida Melles van der Laan 


Household of Geertruida Melles van der Laan

She is married to Sjoerd Martens Veenstra.

They got married on May 14, 1863 at Leeuwarden (Fr), she was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Melle Sjoerds Veenstra  1865-1952 
  2. Antje Sjoerds Veenstra  1867-1925 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertruida Melles van der Laan

Geertruida Melles van der Laan
1838-1899

1863

Sjoerd Martens Veenstra
1838-1905

Melle Sjoerds Veenstra
1865-1952
Antje Sjoerds Veenstra
1867-1925

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1838, Leeuwarden
  2. Overlijdensregister 1899, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1863, Leeuwarden

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Historical events

Birthday August 10, 1838

  • The temperature on August 10, 1838 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen bui. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
    • January 26 » Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
    • October 5 » The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
    • November 3 » The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

Day of marriage May 14, 1863

  • The temperature on May 14, 1863 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
    • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
    • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
    • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
    • July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
    • November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

Day of death August 5, 1899

  • The temperature on August 5, 1899 was about 20.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
    • February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
    • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
    • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
    • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
    • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.


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