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Personal data Durk Sierks Fokkens 


Household of Durk Sierks Fokkens

He is married to Grietje Yjes de Vries.

They got married on April 18, 1790 at Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Tettje Durks Fokkens  1793-1883 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Durk Sierks Fokkens

Fokke Wibbes
± 1705-????
Trijntje Sierks
± 1705-????
Sierk Fokkes
1732-????
Maaike Dirks
1757-????

Durk Sierks Fokkens
1762-1833

1790

Grietje Yjes de Vries
± 1774-1820

Tettje Durks Fokkens
1793-1883

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Sources

  1. www.allefriezen.nl
  2. Overlijdensregister 1833, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Christening day November 7, 1762

  • The temperature on November 7, 1762 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. 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)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1762: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 5 » Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
    • June 24 » Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
    • July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
    • July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
    • September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
    • October 6 » Seven Years' War: The British Capture Manila from Spain and occupy it.

Day of marriage April 18, 1790

  • The temperature on April 18, 1790 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
    • March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
    • May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
    • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
    • July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
    • December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

Day of death June 7, 1833

  • The temperature on June 7, 1833 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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 1833: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 1 » The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
    • May 11 » The Lady of the Lake strikes an iceberg off Newfoundland and sinks with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
    • May 25 » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
    • July 5 » Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
    • November 25 » A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
    • December 18 » The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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