Geensen database » Abraham Faas (± 1796-1862)
Personal data Abraham Faas
- He was born about 1796 in Schoondijke, Zeeland, Nederland.
- Profession: Veearts.
- He died on December 2, 1862 in Schoondijke, Zeeland, Nederland.
- A child of Jan Francies Faas and Maria Clicquennoi
- This information was last updated on March 15, 2013.
Household of Abraham Faas
He is married to Janna Geensen.
They got married on February 18, 1824 at Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland.
Child(ren):
- Francois Faas 1825-1858
- Abraham Faas 1826-1865
- Maria Faas 1829-1904
- Pieter Faas 1830-< 1831
- Janna Faas 1832-????
- Pieter Faas 1833-1883
- Jannis Faas 1834-1905
- Cornelis Faas 1837-1854
- Reijnier Faas 1839-1870
- Janna Faas 1842-1937
- Anna Faas 1844-1888
- Elisabeth Faas 1848-1850
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Historical events
Day of marriage February 18, 1824
- The temperature on February 18, 1824 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
- January 22 » The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
- March 5 » First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- June 21 » Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- August 6 » Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
- August 15 » The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
- October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
Day of death December 2, 1862
- The temperature on December 2, 1862 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
- 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 1862: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
- February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
- March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
- March 23 » American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
- November 5 » American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to hang. 38 are ultimately executed and the others reprieved.
- December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
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- 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
- 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
- 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
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Jaap Geensen, "Geensen database", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/geensen-database/I852.php : accessed February 13, 2026), "Abraham Faas (± 1796-1862)".