Afstammelingen Govert Andriesz van Mersbergen » Lourens van Mersbergen (1846-1914)

Personal data Lourens van Mersbergen 

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Household of Lourens van Mersbergen

(1) He is married to Jenneke van den Heuvel.

They got married on April 17, 1878 at Genderen, he was 31 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. John van Mersbergen  1879-1962 


(2) He is married to Antonetta Adriaanse Branderhorst.

They got married on October 19, 1881 at Genderen, he was 34 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):



Notes about Lourens van Mersbergen

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Lourens was a farmer near the towns of Genderen and Eethen.

Following the American Civil War, many railroads were built into the midwest, opening up vast new farmlands. The resulting increase in the supply of grain caused a drop in the agricultural prices worldwide, and by 1878 a depression reached The Netherlands. Many farmers were no longer able to earn a living on the farms, and the cities and towns did not have enough jobs available to absorb the influx of laborers. Some moved to Harlaamermeer and other newly drained lands in Holland, but as the years went by, emigration to the United States, Canada,and South Africa increased.

Lourens emigrated with his wife and 5 children to the United States of America, embarking from Rotterdam on the steamship Spaarndam at the end of July and landing in New York on August 10, 1892. He continued on to Pella Iowa, where he settled, renting a farm just east of the town.

On the same ship was his sister, Clasina, her husband Willem Vos, and their children, also destined for the Pella area.[Aert.FTW]

Lourens was a farmer near the towns of Genderen and Eethen.

Following the American Civil War, many railroads were built into the midwest, opening up vast new farmlands. The resulting increase in the supply of grain caused a drop in the agricultural prices worldwide, and by 1878 a depression reached The Netherlands. Many farmers were no longer able to earn a living on the farms, and the cities and towns did not have enough jobs available to absorb the influx of laborers. Some moved to Harlaamermeer and other newly drained lands in Holland, but as the years went by, emigration to the United States, Canada,and South Africa increased.

Lourens emigrated with his wife and 5 children to the United States of America, embarking from Rotterdam on the steamship Spaarndam at the end of July and landing in New York on August 10, 1892. He continued on to Pella Iowa, where he settled, renting a farm just east of the town.

On the same ship was his sister, Clasina, her husband Willem Vos, and their children, also destined for the Pella area.

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    Birthday December 25, 1846

    • The temperature on December 25, 1846 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt . Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 10 » First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
      • February 19 » In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
      • May 13 » Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
      • August 22 » The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
      • September 10 » Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
      • December 24 » British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.

    Day of marriage October 19, 1881

    • The temperature on October 19, 1881 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
      • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
      • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
      • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
      • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
      • November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

    Day of death June 9, 1914

    • The temperature on June 9, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
      • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
      • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
      • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
      • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
      • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
    

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