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Personal data Jan Freerks "John" Bosgraaf 


Household of Jan Freerks "John" Bosgraaf

He is married to Betje Harmens Dijkstra.

They got married on August 29, 1885 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Minke Bosgraaf  1885-1951
  2. Harm Bosgraaf  1886-1915
  3. Freerk Bosgraaf  ± 1889-± 1892
  4. Agnes Bosgraaf  1894-1963


Notes about Jan Freerks "John" Bosgraaf

In 1890 vertrokken naar Noord-Amerika

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Freerks Bosgraaf

Jan Freerks Bosgraaf
1805-1897
Reintje Paulus Smids
1804-1885
Jurjen Pieters Blikker
1786-1850
Geertje Cornelis van Dijk
1796-1859

Jan Freerks Bosgraaf
1859-1944

1885

Betje Harmens Dijkstra
1859-1947

Minke Bosgraaf
1885-1951
Harm Bosgraaf
1886-1915
Freerk Bosgraaf
± 1889-± 1892
Agnes Bosgraaf
1894-1963

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1859, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/36798265/john-freerks-bosgraaf
  3. Huwelijksregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday March 28, 1859

  • The temperature on March 28, 1859 was about 9.0 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
    • April 25 » British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
    • June 15 » Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between American and British/Canadian settlers.
    • June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
    • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
    • August 16 » The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.

Day of marriage August 29, 1885

  • The temperature on August 29, 1885 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
    • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
    • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • May 2 » Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

Day of death February 9, 1944

  • The temperature on February 9, 1944 was between 0.2 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
    • February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
    • July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
    • September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
    • October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
    • October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.


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