Voornaeme Geslachte en Eenvoudige Luyde » Cornelia van de MERWE (1872-1949)
Personal data Cornelia van de MERWE
- She was born on November 29, 1872 in Dubbeldam.
- She died on March 14, 1949 in Dordrecht, she was 76 years old.Source 1
- A child of Arie van de MERWE and Willempje van GENT
Household of Cornelia van de MERWE
She is married to Hendrik SMITS.Source 2
They got married on April 29, 1897 at Dubbeldam, she was 24 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Willempje SMITS 1898-1898
- Arie SMITS 1899-1963
- Hendrik SMITS 1900-1934
- Gerrit SMITS 1903-
- Maarten SMITS 1905-1905
- Cornelia SMITS 1908-
- Josina SMITS 1909-
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Sources
- Akte 194
- Regionaal Archief Dordrecht
- Akte 12
Historical events
Birthday November 29, 1872
- The temperature on November 29, 1872 was about 8.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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).
- In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
- March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
- April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
- June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
- November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
Day of marriage April 29, 1897
- The temperature on April 29, 1897 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
- June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
- August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
- December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death March 14, 1949
- The temperature on March 14, 1949 was between 3.7 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
- April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
- April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
- August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
- December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
Same birth/death day
- 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
- 1874 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
- 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
- 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
- 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)
- 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
- 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
- 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
- 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
- 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
- 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
- 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
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