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Personal data Wilhelmina Mary (Wilhelmina Mary "Willa") "Willa" Meyer 


Household of Wilhelmina Mary (Wilhelmina Mary "Willa") "Willa" Meyer

She is married to Amos C. Greenlaw.

They got married on March 16, 1870 at Spanaway, Pierce Co., WA, she was 15 years old.

Amos C. Greenlaw oo Wilhelmina Mary Meyer

Marriage source: Hanson, James, Our Family Stories, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=family_stories&id=I2486, xxix July MMVI)

"... Amos C. Greenlaw ... Prefix: Captain Sex: M Birth: 26 Jun 1837 in St. Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada Death: 28 Dec 1895 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington Burial: 30 Dec 1895 Steilacoom Masonic Cemetery ... ... Marriage 3 Wilhelmina Mary Meyer b: 10 Sep 1854 in Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington Married: 16 Mar 1870 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington ... Sources:

1. Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January2000

2. Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: #8 Note: Source Media Type: Film Page: Film #: 1903603

3. Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: #8 Note: Source Media Type: Film Page: Film #: 1903584

4. Repository: Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000

5. Repository: Title: Washington State

6. Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: #21 Note: Source Media Type: Film Page: Film #: 1903603" <>

Child(ren):

  1. Lauren Thomas Greenlaw  1888-1959 


Notes about Wilhelmina Mary (Wilhelmina Mary "Willa") "Willa" Meyer

Wilhelmina Mary Meyer

Source: Hanson, James, Our Family Stories, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=family_stories&id=I2486, viii Oct MMVI)

"... Wilhelmina Mary Meyer ... Nickname: Willa _AKA: Willamina Myers, Willamina Myer, Wilhelmine Greenlaw _MARNM: Willa Greenlaw Sex: F Birth: 10 Sep 1854 in Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington Death: 18 Oct 1913 in Spanaway, Pierce,Washington Burial: 20 Oct 1913 Steilacoom Masonic Cemetery DSCR: light complexion, blue eyes and golden hair that darken on aging ...

Note: Willa was light complected, blue eyed, and had golden hair, that darkened in later years. Her name is spelled Wilhelmine Greenlaw on her gravestone.

Willa is recorded in the 1860 census as William and male. 1 Change Date: 8 Oct 2006 ...

Father: Frederick Meyer b: Nov 1825 in Westphalia, Germany Mother: Frances Louisa Relyea b: 8 Nov 1838 in Newburg, Wyoming, New York

Marriage 1 Amos C. Greenlaw b: 26 Jun 1837 in St. Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada Married: 16 Mar 1870 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington ... Children

1. Mary Greenlaw b: 18 Feb 1871 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 2. Lustrous Greenlaw b: 29 Nov 1873 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 3. Nettie Greenlaw b: 2 Feb 1877 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 4. Amos Greenlaw b: 29 Dec 1879 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 5. Ruby Greenlaw b: 17 Jul 1882 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 6. Leonard B. Greenlaw b: 29 Nov 1885 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 7. Loren Thomas Greenlaw b: 8 May 1888 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 8. Cyrus Greenlaw b: 8 Aug 1890 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 9. John Wesley Greenlaw b: 19 Apr 1893 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington 10. Wilma Greenlaw b: 10 Sep 1895 in Spanaway, Pierce, Washington

Sources:

1. Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January2000" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmina Mary Meyer

Wilhelmina Mary Meyer
1854-1913

1870

Amos C. Greenlaw
1837-1895

Lauren Thomas Greenlaw
1888-1959

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Birthday September 10, 1854

  • The temperature on September 10, 1854 was about 15.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
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    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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.
    • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
    • July 13 » In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
    • July 28 » USSConstellation(1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
    • December 3 » Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.

Day of marriage March 16, 1870

  • The temperature on March 16, 1870 was about 7.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
    • January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
    • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
    • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Day of death October 18, 1913

  • The temperature on October 18, 1913 was between 1.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
    • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
    • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
    • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
    • November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
    • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Day of burial October 20, 1913

  • The temperature on October 20, 1913 was between 5.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
    • May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
    • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
    • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
    • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
    • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.


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