Family tree Westers » Gerardus "Gerrit" van Zijl (1786-1860)

Personal data Gerardus "Gerrit" van Zijl 

  • He was born on December 31, 1786 in Utrecht.
  • Profession: schepenmaker.
  • Record: Volkstelling 1830: van Zeijl, schepenmaker, adres: Oosterbuurt 4.Source 1
  • Religion: RK.
  • He died on November 14, 1860, he was 73 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 11, 2009.

Household of Gerardus "Gerrit" van Zijl

He is married to Anthonia "Teuntje" van Hattem.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  2. Geertruida van Zijl  1822-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerardus "Gerrit" van Zijl

Gerardus "Gerrit" van Zijl
1786-1860


Anthonia "Teuntje" van Hattem
1787-1858

Ida Geertruida van Zijl
1818-1894
Geertruida van Zijl
1822-????

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Sources

  1. Volkstelling van 1830

Historical events

Birthday December 31, 1786

  • The temperature on December 31, 1786 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1786: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
    • June 29 » Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
    • August 8 » Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
    • August 11 » Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
    • November 7 » The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
    • December 4 » Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).

Day of death November 14, 1860

  • The temperature on November 14, 1860 was about 9.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
    • March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
    • April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
    • May 27 » Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification.
    • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
    • September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.


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Source: Wikipedia

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