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Personal data Jan "John" Tornga 


Household of Jan "John" Tornga

He is married to Wietske Fongers.

They got married on July 8, 1908 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 28 years old.Source 3


Notes about Jan "John" Tornga

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First Name: Jan
Last Name: Tornga
Ethnicity: Holland, Dutch
Last Place of Residence: Sanwerd
Date of Arrival: Jul 09, 1899
Age at Arrival: 19y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Rotterdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam, Holland
Manifest Line Number: 0019

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Tornga

Jacob Tornga
1804-1853
Aaltje Geerts Ipema
1813-1853
Harm Lukas Iwes Bodde
1805-1886
Matje Jans Horn
1806-1883
Geert Tornga
1839-1924
Knelske Bodde
1845-1916

Jan Tornga
1880-1979

1908

Wietske Fongers
1880-1925


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Adorp 1880
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tornga&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35408660&df=all&
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Historical events

Birthday March 21, 1880

  • The temperature on March 21, 1880 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of marriage July 8, 1908

  • The temperature on July 8, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
    • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
    • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
    • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
    • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

Day of death April 25, 1979

  • The temperature on April 25, 1979 was between 2.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • April 10 » Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
    • July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
    • July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
    • July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    • August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
    • December 12 » The 8.2 Mw  Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.


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