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Personal data Foktje Gringhuis 


Household of Foktje Gringhuis

She is married to Jan Scheepstra.

They got married on April 8, 1884 at Emmen, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eelje Scheepstra  1885-1962
  2. Trijntje Scheepstra  1886-1951
  3. Anje Scheepstra  1887-1962
  4. Klaas Scheepstra  1889-1890
  5. Hiltje Scheepstra  1891-1947
  6. Klaaske Scheepstra  1893-????
  7. Jantina Scheepstra  1895-1975
  8. Evert Scheepstra  1898-1982
  9. Grietje Scheepstra  1900-1985
  10. Jacob Scheepstra  1902-1971 


Notes about Foktje Gringhuis

6.33Foktje Gringhuis; geboren 12 juli 1862 te Onstwedde.
Zij trouwde 8 april 1884 te Emmen met Jan Scheepstra, geboren rond 1860 te Leek, zoon van Klaas Scheepstra en Eelje Kobus.
Kinderen:1885:Eelje Scheepstra [7.97]
1886:Trijntje Scheepstra [7.98]
1887:Anje Scheepstra [7.99]
1892:Hiltje Scheepstra [7.100]
1894:Klaaske Scheepstra [7.101]
1896:Jantina Scheepstra [7.102]
1898:Evert Scheepstra [7.103]
1900:Grietje Scheepstra [7.104]
1902:Jacob Scheepstra [7.105]
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  • The temperature on July 12, 1862 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
    • June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
    • September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
    • October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
    • November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
    • December 31 » American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
  • The temperature on April 8, 1884 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
  • The temperature on November 18, 1928 was between 5.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
    • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
    • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
    • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
    • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
    • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.


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