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Personal data Rachel Clara Witjas 

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Household of Rachel Clara Witjas

She is married to Levie van Buren.

They got married on May 23, 1907 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, she was 26 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rachel Clara Witjas

Isaac Witjas
± 1848-????

Rachel Clara Witjas
1880-????

1907

Levie van Buren
± 1882-????


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    Sources

    1. Netherlands, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. Netherlands, Civil Marriage Index, 1795-1950, Ancestry.com, Noord-Hollands Archief; BS Marriage / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    • The temperature on July 30, 1880 was about 19.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 1880: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
      • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
      • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
      • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
      • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
      • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
    • The temperature on May 23, 1907 was between 11.0 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
      • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
      • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
      • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
      • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
      • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
      • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
    

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