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Personal data Willem van Gorkom 


Household of Willem van Gorkom

(1) He is married to Helena Wilhelmina Blewanus.

They got married on February 1, 1883 at Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Jacoba Riems.

They got married on September 17, 1900 at Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 40 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem van Gorkom

Willem van Gorkom
1860-????

(1) 1883

Helena Wilhelmina Blewanus
1859-1900

Karel Johannes van Gorkom
1891-1929
(2) 1900

Jacoba Riems
1856-1917


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Historical events

Birthday July 11, 1860

  • The temperature on July 11, 1860 was about 22.2 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • In the year 1860: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
    • May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
    • June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
    • September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
    • September 21 » Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
    • December 26 » The first ever inter-club English association football match takes place between Hallam and Sheffield football clubs in Sheffield.

Day of marriage September 17, 1900

  • The temperature on September 17, 1900 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
    • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
    • March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
    • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
    • June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
    • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Van Gorkom


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