Family tree De Kunder » Heerke van der Wal (1840-1870)

Personal data Heerke van der Wal 

  • He was born on October 14, 1840 in Groningen.
  • Profession: matroos a/b "Nelly".
    Vanaf 1869 stuurman
  • He died on July 5, 1870 in At Sea, he was 29 years old.
    Het schip waarom Heerke van der Wal als matroos werkte, is op een reis van Oostmahorn naar Gloucester na een storm vermist en er is nooit meer iets van hem vernomen. Op 4 mei 1870 is op Langeroog een zeemanskist aangespoeld met daarop de tekst "H vd".
  • A child of Harm Heerkes van der Wal and Jantje Scheffers
  • This information was last updated on April 2, 2025.

Household of Heerke van der Wal

He is married to Swaantje Spel.

They got married on January 28, 1869 at Groningen, he was 28 years old.

RFN 1091

Child(ren):

  1. Harm van der Wal  1869-1870

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Heerke van der Wal

Heerke Jans van der Wal
1785-1851
Gesina Harms Domenie
1778-1831
Christoffer Scheffers
± 1790-1852
Harmanna Geert Kuiper
± 1791-1859

Heerke van der Wal
1840-1870

1869

Swaantje Spel
1847-1939

Harm van der Wal
1869-1870

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    Historical events

    Birthday October 14, 1840

    • The temperature on October 14, 1840 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken. 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).
    • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
      • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
      • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
      • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
      • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
      • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.

    Day of marriage January 28, 1869

    • The temperature on January 28, 1869 was about 4.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
      • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
      • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
      • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
      • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
      • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

    Day of death July 5, 1870

    • The temperature on July 5, 1870 was about 21.1 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
      • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
      • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
      • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
      • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
      • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    

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