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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

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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 9 » The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
    • June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
    • 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.
    • September 4 » Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
    • September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
    • November 25 » A cyclone slams into south-eastern India, with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.

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.
    • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
    • July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
    • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
    • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Day of death August 5, 1924

  • The temperature on August 5, 1924 was between 11.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.1 °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.
    • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
    • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
    • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
    • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
    • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).


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