Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Maatje deRijke (1840-1923)
Personal data Maatje deRijke
- She was born on September 1, 1840 in Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands.Sources 1, 2
- Resident in the year 1880: Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.Source 3
- She died on February 6, 1923, she was 82 years old.Source 1
- Alternative: She died on October 6, 1923, she was 83 years old.Source 4
- She is buried in Greenbush Cemetery, Greenbush, Wisconsin.Source 1
- A child of Leunis DeRijke and Maatje deRijke
Household of Maatje deRijke
She is married to Jacobus Melis.
They got married on October 14, 1863 at Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, Netherlands, she was 23 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Maatje Melis 1864-1865
- Adriaan Melis 1867-1893
- James Melis 1870-1870
- Jan Melis 1873-1873
- John Melis 1874-1964
- Janus Melis ± 1877-????
- Lawrence Melis 1879-1946
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Sources
- Find-A-Grave website
- Wie Was Wie
BS Geboorte Westkapelle
- 1880 Federal Census
Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, dated June 21-22, 1880
- Membership records of the Sheboygan Falls Reformed Church
Historical events
Birthday September 1, 1840
- The temperature on September 1, 1840 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
Day of marriage October 14, 1863
- The temperature on October 14, 1863 was about 14.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
- July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
- July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
- August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
- October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
- November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
Day of death October 6, 1923
- The temperature on October 6, 1923 was between 5.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
- January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
- August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
- September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
- October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
- October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
Same birth/death day
- 1848 » Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist († 1931)
- 1850 » Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager († 1919)
- 1851 » John Clum, American journalist and agent († 1932)
- 1854 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer († 1921)
- 1855 » Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic († 1909)
- 1856 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist († 1953)
- 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
- 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
- 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
- 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
- 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
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The Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin publication was prepared by Janice Hesselink.
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