Family tree Weening » Geert Tornga (1839-1924)

Personal data Geert Tornga 


Household of Geert Tornga

He is married to Knelske Bodde.

They got married on May 21, 1870 at Adorp (Gr), he was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jakob Tornga  1871-1924 
  2. Harm Tornga  1872-1954
  4. Aaltje Tornga  1874-1975 
  5. Mattje Tornga  1876-1952
  6. Annegien Tornga  1878-1968
  7. Jan Tornga  1880-1979
  8. Ite Tornga  1881-1977


Notes about Geert Tornga

Emigreert naar Amerika, 13 jaar voor zijn dochter Aaltje met haar gezin gaat!

Emigrant Geert Tornga
60 jaar koopman
Vertrek uit Adorp
Vertrek naar Noord-Amerika
Datum vertrek 1899
Religie Christelijk Gereformeerd
Vrouw 1
Reden van vertrek Lotsverbetering
Welgestelden, Mindergegoeden, Behoeftigen Mindergegoeden
Hoofdelijke omslag Neen
Bron Staat van landverhuizers in 1899
Commissaris der Koningin
Inventarisnummer 5549in 1899

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Hoogkerk 1839
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tornga&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35408475&df=all&
  3. Huwelijksregister Adorp 1870

Historical events

Birthday May 27, 1839

  • The temperature on May 27, 1839 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 19 » The British East India Company captures Aden.
    • April 19 » The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
    • June 14 » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
    • June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
    • July 2 » Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad.
    • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Day of marriage May 21, 1870

  • The temperature on May 21, 1870 was about 24.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
    • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
    • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
    • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
    • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
    • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Day of death August 5, 1924

  • The temperature on August 5, 1924 was between 12.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
    • July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
    • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
    • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
    • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
    • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.


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