Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Willem Smit (1861-1941)

Personal data Willem Smit 


Household of Willem Smit

He is married to Elizabeth Geertruida Kwestroo.

They got married on May 18, 1892 at Leiden, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Smit  1893-1958
  2. Simon Carel Smit  1894-1956
  3. Cornelis Smit  1895-????
  4. Jan Smit  1897-1963
  5. Pieter Jan Smit  1898-1899
  6. Cornelia Smit  1899-????
  7. Jannetje Smit  1903-

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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 28, 1861 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • 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 year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 13 » American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • November 1 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.
    • November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
    • November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
    • November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
  • The temperature on May 18, 1892 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
    • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
    • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
    • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
    • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
    • December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
  • The temperature on September 2, 1941 was between 10.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • April 27 » World War II: German troops enter Athens.
    • July 4 » World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
    • September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
    • November 26 » World War II: Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
    • December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
    • December 26 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

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R.A.Hemerik, "Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/parenteel-hemerik/I83156.php : accessed January 29, 2026), "Willem Smit (1861-1941)".