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Aeilko Jans Zijlker

Male 1840 - 1890  (50 years)


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  • Name Aeilko Jans Zijlker 
    Birth 31 May 1840  Nieuw Beerta, Beerta, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1880  Sumatra, IDN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    manager of the East Sumatra Tobacco Company 
    Reference Number 90383 
    Death 27 Sep 1890  General Hospital, Singapore, SGP Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 45y!?; died suddenly of meningitus, "his vision still unrealized. His grave was marked with an inconspicuous monument" Some of this from akte in Veendam dated 14 Sep 1891
    Person ID I90383  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2017 

    Father Jan Freerks Zijlker,   b. 28 Apr 1805, Nieuw Beerta, Beerta, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Mar 1868, Winschoten, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Talje Derks de Ruiter,   b. 24 Nov 1810, Beerta, Oldeambt, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1882, Winschoten, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 17 May 1831  Beerta, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F39194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Sumatra Oil 1885
    Sumatra Oil 1885
    The discovery of oil in teh jungle at Telaga Said beginning in 1885, on teh island of Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies, made Royal Dutch a major competitor in world markets. From "The Prize"

  • Notes 
    • formed "The Royal Dutch Company", an oil company drilling the first wells in Indonesia

  • Sources 
    1. [S329] Daniel Yergin, The Prize, (Free Press; Simon and Schuster Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, 2009), pp. 57-59.


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