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Personal data Maria Elisabeth Scheepers 

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Household of Maria Elisabeth Scheepers

She is married to Johannes Jacobus Viljoen.

They got married on November 22, 1789, she was 14 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Christoffel Viljoen  1792-1892 

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  1. BREET/van ROOYEN Web site, Willem Breet, Maria Elisabeth Scheepers (Viljoen), February 18, 2016
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Historical events

Christening day February 19, 1775

  • The temperature on February 19, 1775 was about 6.0 °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 1775: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
    • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
    • June 14 » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
    • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
    • July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
    • November 13 » American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.

Day of marriage November 22, 1789

  • The temperature on November 22, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
    • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
    • September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
    • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
    • November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
    • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

About the surname Scheepers


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