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Personal data Cornelia de Wit 


Household of Cornelia de Wit

She is married to Willem Meijers.

They got married on March 8, 1886 at Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Petrus Meijers  1887-1934 
  2. Simon Petrus Meijers  1888-1981 
  3. Anna Maria Meijers  1889-1980 
  4. Pieter Meijers  1893-????
  5. Cornelia Meijers  1897-1900
  6. Johanna Meijers  1900-1970
  7. Janus Meijers  1901-1992
  8. Johannes Meijers  1905-1906

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Historical events

  • The temperature on November 14, 1865 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
    • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
    • March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
    • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
  • The temperature on March 8, 1886 was about -2.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
    • September 4 » American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
    • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
  • The temperature on August 6, 1911 was between 15.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
    • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
    • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.


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