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Personal data Menso Tonkes 


Household of Menso Tonkes

He is married to Gezijn Pieters Gravers.

They got married on May 18, 1770 at Meeden, Groningen.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Menso Tonkes

Ayolt Menses
1660-1706
Syben Tonckens
-1709
Eenje (Edzes) Edzens
± 1665-± 1745
Imke Harms
1671-± 1735
Eetje Eenjes
1693-1784

Menso Tonkes
-1785

1770

Gezijn Pieters Gravers
1743-1811


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Sources

  1. - Dirk Beerta

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Historical events

Christening day April 1, 1733

  • The temperature on April 1, 1733 was about 7.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1733: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 12 » Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
    • May 29 » The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
    • July 30 » The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
    • November 23 » The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

Day of marriage May 18, 1770

  • The temperature on May 18, 1770 was about 14.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: regen. 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 1770: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
    • April 20 » The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
    • July 1 » Lexell's Comet is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 astronomical units (2,180,000km; 1,360,000mi).
    • July 7 » The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
    • August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
    • November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.

Day of death May 15, 1785

  • The temperature on May 15, 1785 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1785: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
    • January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
    • January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
    • November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.


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Source: Wikipedia


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