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Personal data Willem Cornelis Geense 


Household of Willem Cornelis Geense

He is married to Cornelia Schenk.

They got married on November 17, 1898 at Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Teunis Geense  1899-1969 
  3. Teunis W Geense  1912-1978 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Cornelis Geense

Willem Geense
1806-1887
Adriana de Hollander
1816-1897

Willem Cornelis Geense
1874-1953

1898

Cornelia Schenk
1877-1954

Willem Teunis Geense
1899-1969
Lijntje Maatje Geense
± 1901-
Teunis W Geense
1912-1978

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    Birthday April 15, 1874

    • The temperature on April 15, 1874 was about 8.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
      • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
      • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
      • July 8 » The Mounties begin their March West.
      • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
      • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

    Day of marriage November 17, 1898

    • The temperature on November 17, 1898 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
      • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
      • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
      • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
      • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
      • December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

    Day of death May 11, 1953

    • The temperature on May 11, 1953 was between -1.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
      • April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
      • May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
      • June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
      • July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
      • October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
    

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