Family tree Weening » Annegien Tornga (1837-1917)
Personal data Annegien Tornga
- She was born on November 23, 1837 in Hoogkerk (Gr).Source 1
- Profession: dienstmeid.
- She died on July 18, 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, she was 79 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jacob Tornga and Aaltje Geerts Ipema
- This information was last updated on April 2, 2023.
Household of Annegien Tornga
She is married to Pieter Smit.
They got married on May 27, 1864 at Adorp (Gr), she was 26 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Anna Smit 1865-????
- Janna Smit 1867-1941
- Hindrik Pieter Smit 1874-????
- Aaltje Smit 1878-1961
Notes about Annegien Tornga
Geemigreerd naar Amerika. Aankomst in New York op 26 april 1888.
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Sources
Geboorteregister Hoogkerk 1837
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/148052015/annechien-jacobs-smit
Huwelijksregister Adorp 1864
Historical events
Birthday November 23, 1837
- The temperature on November 23, 1837 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 26 » Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
- March 4 » The city of Chicago is incorporated.
- June 11 » The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
- July 4 » Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
- November 7 » In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
- November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
Day of marriage May 27, 1864
- The temperature on May 27, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
- April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
- April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
- May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
- December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
Day of death July 18, 1917
- The temperature on July 18, 1917 was between 13.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
- November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
Same birth/death day
- 1820 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author († 1884)
- 1837 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1923)
- 1838 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece († 1928)
- 1858 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director († 1938)
- 1860 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate († 1925)
- 1864 » Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman († 1936)
- 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
- 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
- 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
- 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
- 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
- 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
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