Die Wittgensteiner Familiendatei » Jakob Benfer (1764-1834)

Personal data Jakob Benfer 


Household of Jakob Benfer

(1) He is married to Elisabeth Jung.

Ehelich: Ja
Quellen: Jakob Benfer junior, Lah, & MElis Jung, Tv NN, Hofsattler, Laa

They got married on October 21, 1794 at Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein, he was 29 years old.

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Child(ren):

  1. Luise Benfer  1814-1849 
  2. Christine Benfer  1812-1855 
  3. Friedrich Benfer  1805-???? 
  4. Henriette Benfer  1803-1804
  5. Ludwig Benfer  1800-1864 
  6. Magdalene Benfer  1798-1800
  7. Friederike Benfer  1795-1867 
  8. Rudolf Benfer  1809-???? 


(2) He is married to Elisabeth Wagener.

Ehelich: Ja
Quellen: JJakob Benfer, Sv JJakob, Lah, & AElis Wagner, Tv JJakob

They got married on May 18, 1790 at Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein, he was 25 years old.

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Child(ren):

  1. Jakob Benfer  1791-1853 


Notes about Jakob Benfer

Familienname: Benfer
Weitere Namen: Johann Jakob
Vorname (kurz): JJakob
Name (kurz): Jakob Benfer
Familienstand: JJakob Benfer, Leinwebermeister; hl. 7 K
Freier Text: P Fdg 1791 JWagener, 93 CWeber; Laa 1785 JBüdenbender, 86 JVöpel, 1800 HBode, 03 HRind, 03 FVomhof, 06 CBörner
? P Laa 1788 JBenfer
Quellen: AR 1804-1832; Stadt 1824; LK 1820, 1827
UV 1786 (21)
Laa, Stadtarchiv, B 670, Stammrolle 1824, Lah, lfd. Nr. 23
Paten: JJakob Martin, Lah; Sus & JChrn Becker, hft. Kutscher, < MS

Timeline Jakob Benfer

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jakob Benfer

Jakob Benfer
1686-1750
Elisabeth Frank
1691-1763
Adam Rödener
1694-1760
Margarete Noll
1711-1767
Jakob Benfer
1736-1801

Jakob Benfer
1764-1834

(1) 1794

Elisabeth Jung
1771-1825

Luise Benfer
1814-1849
Christine Benfer
1812-1855
Friedrich Benfer
1805-????
Henriette Benfer
1803-1804
Ludwig Benfer
1800-1864
Magdalene Benfer
1798-1800
Friederike Benfer
1795-1867
Rudolf Benfer
1809-????
(2) 1790

Elisabeth Wagener
1771-1792

Jakob Benfer
1791-1853

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Historical events

Birthday November 15, 1764

  • The temperature on November 15, 1764 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
    • January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
    • February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
    • September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Day of marriage May 18, 1790

  • The temperature on May 18, 1790 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1790: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
    • July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
    • September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
    • October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
    • December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
    • December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

Day of death July 10, 1834

  • The temperature on July 10, 1834 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. 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 1834: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • May 16 » The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
    • July 7 » In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
    • July 15 » The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
    • August 1 » Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
    • December 1 » Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
    • December 3 » The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.


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