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Personal data Willem van der Merwe c4 


Household of Willem van der Merwe c4

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Elsje Wilhelmina van Heerden) is also his cousin.

He is married to Elsje Wilhelmina van Heerden.

They got married on August 11, 1726 at Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Hendrik van der Merwe  1734-1775 
  3. Izak van der Merwe  1751-< 1788

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    Historical events

    Birthday October 4, 1701

    • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1701: Source: Wikipedia
      • May 23 » After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
      • July 19 » Representatives of the Iroquois Confederacy sign the Nanfan Treaty, ceding a large territory north of the Ohio River to England.
      • July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
      • August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
      • September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
      • October 9 » The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook.

    Day of marriage August 11, 1726

    • The temperature on August 11, 1726 was about -14 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1726: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 13 » Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
      • February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
      • May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
      • October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.

    Day of death July 3, 1776

    • The temperature on July 3, 1776 was about 17.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1776: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
      • April 12 » American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
      • July 8 » Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
      • August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
      • October 11 » American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
      • December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
    

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    About the surname Van der Merwe


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