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Personal data Gerrit Wierenga 


Household of Gerrit Wierenga

He is married to Stijntje Vinkmulder.

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They got married on April 21, 1881, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Rennie Wierenga  1884-1956


Notes about Gerrit Wierenga

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Gerrit Wierenga, son of Renne and Geertje M. Wierenga from Netherlands was born 28 Sep 1859, MI, USA

He was united in marriage with Styntje "Stena" Vinkmulder, born 25 May 1863, Mi, USA on 21 April 1881. Stena died 6 Apr 1936.

This union was blessed with 12 children:

Geertje, b. 03 May 1882,
Georgetown Twp, Ottawa Co, MI, USA

Renna, b. 08 Aug 1884, MI, USA

Berendina, b. 20 Sep 1886,
Ottawa Co, MI, USA

Filippas "Philip" b. 03 Jun 1889, MI, USA

Albert, b. 12 Aug 1891,
Georgetown Twp, Ottawa Co, MI, USA
d. 09 Sep 1891

Albert, b. 22 Oct 1892, MI, USA,
d. 23 Nov 1909, MI, USA

Andrew, b. 12 Aug 1894, MI, USA,
d. 25 Aug 1894, MI, USA

Annie, b. 13 Nov 1895, MI, USA,
d. 14 Jul 1896, MI, USA

Willie, b. 18 May 1898, MI, USA,
d. 08 May 1971

Louis, b. 05 Jul 1901,
Jenison, Ottawa Co, MI, USA, d. 05 Oct 1960

Infant, b. 11 Jul 1904, d. 11 Jul 1904, MI, USA

Norma Grace, b, 23 Nov 1906, MI, USA

From the Wierenga family Bible,
written in the native language.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Wierenga

Jan Jans Wierenga
1796-1871
Anje Drewes Bakema
1798-1839

Gerrit Wierenga
1859-1917

1881

Stijntje Vinkmulder
1863-1936

Rennie Wierenga
1884-1956

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 28, 1859

    • The temperature on September 28, 1859 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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).
    • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
    • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • January 24 » The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
      • February 4 » The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
      • April 4 » Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
      • June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
      • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
      • October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

    Day of marriage April 21, 1881

    • The temperature on April 21, 1881 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
      • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
      • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
      • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
      • June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
      • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.

    Day of death February 13, 1917

    • The temperature on February 13, 1917 was between -2.9 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
      • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
      • 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).
      • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
      • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
      • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
      • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
    

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