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Personal data Geesje Fokkes 


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Notes about Geesje Fokkes

Zuidbroek- fol. 36 - 5 mei 1789 - Harm Epkes, als gemachtigde van zijn vader Epko Fokkes, Jannes Harms, Fokko Harms, Elzo Harms, Pieter Jans, als diaken te Sappemeer, voor Geesje Harms, Fokko Onnes, Geesje Onnes, met haar man Rembt Hindriks,Trijntje Deddes, met haar man Aiko Louwerts en Reinder Hermannus [=Reinder H. Smit] voor zijn vrouw Aukjen Harms, te samen erfgenamen van Geesien Fokkes, verkopen aan de landschrijver R.T. van Iddekinge en A.S. van Iddekinge (ehel.), vertegenwoordigd door mr. T.J. van Iddekinge, een behuizing met de overdracht van huisplaats en tuin, zijnde Stadsgrond, doende 2 gld. aan huur, aan de Heereweg te Zuidbroek. Ten noorden en oosten landschrijver R.T. van Iddekinge, ten zuiden de Heereweg of pad, ten westen koopman Menno Sijpkes. Bewoond en gebruikt geweest door Geesien Fokkes. Prijs 700 gld.
Getuigen H.J. Kuipers en Renko Willems.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geesje Fokkes

Onne Edzes
????-< 1681
Eppe Sijntkes
Jan Jansen
Geeske Epkens
Focko Onnes
????-< 1714
Aaltjen Jans
1672-1758

Geesje Fokkes
1708-1788


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Birthday July 3, 1708

  •  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 1708: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
    • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
    • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
    • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Christening day July 15, 1708

  •  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 1708: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
    • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
    • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
    • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Day of burial November 14, 1788

  • The temperature on November 14, 1788 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-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 1788: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
    • January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
    • February 6 » Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
    • March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
    • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
    • September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.


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