Emigranten » Gerrit Jan Houwers (1764-1837)

Personal data Gerrit Jan Houwers 


Household of Gerrit Jan Houwers

He is married to Aaltje van Eerden.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Aalten (GL) on April 30, 1791.

They were married in church on May 29, 1791 at Aalten (GL), he was 26 years old.Source 3

svreen 92: https://permalink.geldersarchief.nl/CE0CCD2DE33D4B1F9D2E66C8171BC718

Child(ren):

  1. Toni Houwers  1792-1853
  2. Jan Endrik Houwers  1794-1866
  3. Hendrik Houwers  1796-1869
  4. Dora Houwers  1803-1840 
  6. Dirk Houwers  1813-1874

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Jan Houwers

Gerrit Jan Houwers
1764-1837

1791

Aaltje van Eerden
1769-1837

Toni Houwers
1792-1853
Jan Endrik Houwers
1794-1866
Hendrik Houwers
1796-1869
Dora Houwers
1803-1840
Janna Geertruijd Houwers
1809-1879
Dirk Houwers
1813-1874

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Sources

  1. Aalten, baptisms Dutch Reformed 1733-1789
  2. sourcenumber 19
  3. Aalten, marriages Dutch Reformed 1733-1811

Historical events

Christening day September 30, 1764

  • The temperature on September 30, 1764 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. 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)
  • 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 29, 1791

  • The temperature on May 29, 1791 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. 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 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 3 » The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • June 21 » King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.
    • July 14 » The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
    • September 9 » Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
    • September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
    • December 15 » The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.

Day of death February 17, 1837

  • The temperature on February 17, 1837 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder winderig. 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 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
    • June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
    • September 18 » Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
    • November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
    • December 7 » The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
    • December 17 » A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.


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Source: Wikipedia


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