Family tree Wim en Annelies de Leede » Catharinus Plooij (1847-1913)

Personal data Catharinus Plooij 

  • He was born on March 14, 1847 in Schiedam.
  • Profession: Kleermaker; Winkelier o.a. in "Don Carlos Barets, Heeren- Jongeheeren- en Kinderkleding, Dames en Kinderbontartikelen, Fransche zijden petten, fantasie-, stijf-, en slap-vilten hoeden, pelterijen, stroohoeden, uitrustingen voor officieren van alle wapens"; Secretaris Christelijke School; Ouderling; Secretaris en voorzitter Kerkelijke Kiesvereeniging Evangelie en Belijdenis; Bestuurslid en 1e voorzitter Vereeniging tot Bevordering van de Belangen der Ned. Herv Kerk; Voorzitter afd. Werkmansbond van die vereniging; Voorzitter afd. Kinderkerk; Correspondent Nederlandsch Traktaatgenootschap, Bestuurslid Algemeene Hulp Zendingvereeniging afs. Schiedam.
  • He died on September 22, 1913 in Schiedam, he was 66 years old.
  • A child of Pieter Plooij and Niesje van Diggelen

Household of Catharinus Plooij

He is married to Adriana Johanna Fontijne.

They got married on November 9, 1870 at Schiedam, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Niesje Plooij  1871-1959
  2. Jacob Plooij  1873-1910 
  3. Daniel Plooij  1874-1876
  4. Daniel Plooij  1877-1935 
  5. Hendrik Plooij  1879-1933
  6. Adriana Plooij  1881-1970
  9. Willem Plooij  1887-1932 

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Birthday March 14, 1847

  • The temperature on March 14, 1847 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt dampig. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.
    • March 29 » Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
    • April 16 » Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

Day of marriage November 9, 1870

  • The temperature on November 9, 1870 was about 3.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. 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 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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
    • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
    • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
    • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

Day of death September 22, 1913

  • The temperature on September 22, 1913 was between 8.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
    • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
    • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
    • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
    • 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.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.


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