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Personal data Leonardus de Wit 


Household of Leonardus de Wit

(1) He is married to Maria Hofmans.

They got married on August 30, 1894 at Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Bertha Ida de Wit  1895-1984
  2. Cornelis de Wit  1896-1977 
  3. Antonia de Wit  1897-1979 
  4. Ida de Wit  1898-1899
  5. Johannes de Wit  1899-1900
  6. Ida Johanna de Wit  1901-1978
  7. Johannes de Wit  1902-1910
  8. Wouterina de Wit  1902-1903
  9. Maria de Wit  1903-1961 
  12. Antonius de Wit  1906-1906


(2) He is married to Francijna van den Bogaard.

They got married on June 4, 1915 at 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 45 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):


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Historical events

Birthday September 21, 1869

  • The temperature on September 21, 1869 was about 16.0 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

Day of marriage June 4, 1915

  • The temperature on June 4, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
    • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
    • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
    • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
    • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

Day of death May 30, 1944

  • The temperature on May 30, 1944 was between 13.2 °C and 31.5 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
    • September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
    • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
    • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
    • December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
    • December 31 » World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major Wehrmacht offensive on the Western Front begins.


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