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Personal data Menso Tonkes 


Household of Menso Tonkes

He is married to Gezijn Pieters (Graver).

Their notice of marriage was on April 22, 1770 in Meeden, Groningen, Nederland.

Registratie datum: 22-04-1770
Huwelijksplaats: Kerkelijke gemeente - Meeden
Soort akte: registratie
Bruidegom: Menso Tonkes, van Meeden
Bruid: Gesijn Pieters Graver, van Hamdijk (Bellingwolde)
Bron: Doop- en trouwboek 1644-1800 Kerkelijke gemeente - Meeden
Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 273, folio 230
They got married on May 18, 1770 at Meeden, Groningen, Nederland, he was 37 years old.

Huwelijkscontract
Brg: Aijolts Tonkes, vader (niet aanwezig); Aijolt Tonkes en Tetje Harms, broer en aangetrouwde zuster; Edze Tonkes en Eetje Eppes, broer en aangetrouwde zuster; Sijben Tonkes, zuster; Eenje Tonkes, broer; Jan Averesch, aangetrouwde neef; Jan Averesch, zoon van bovengenoemde Jan Averesch.
Br: Pieter Feikes Graver, vader (niet aanwezig); Zwaantje Coenes, moeder (niet aanwezig); Wolbert Coenes en Antje Pieters, oom en sibbevoogd en aangetrouwde moeij; Jan Waalkes, vreemde voogd; Imke Pieters Graver, zuster; Feike Pieters Graver, broer.

Child(ren):

  1. Tonko Menses Tonkes  1771-1814 
  3. Pieter Menses (Tonkes)  1775-1804 
  4. Eetje Menses Tonkes  1777-1834 
  5. Ayolt Menses (Tonkes)  1780-1848 
  6. Imke Menses Tonkes  1783-1846 

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Birthday 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
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    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
    • April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
    • April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
    • May 16 » The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
    • June 11 » British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
    • July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • 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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