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Personal data Wilhelmus Brocken 


Household of Wilhelmus Brocken

(1) He is married to Maria Elisabeth Simons.

They got married on June 2, 1864 at Tilburg, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Anna Maria Brokken  1865-????


(2) He is married to Maria Anna Smets.

They got married on June 20, 1872 at Tilburg, he was 31 years old.

Ook: Smets

Child(ren):



(3) He is married to Antonia van Drunen.

They got married on February 7, 1878 at Tilburg, he was 36 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Brocken

Franciscus Jacobus Brocken
1763-1840
Dijmphena van Hooff
± 1766-1843
Adrianus Swaanen
1778-1851
Johanna Couwenberg
1781-1831
Peter Brocken
± 1792-????

Wilhelmus Brocken
1841-1917

(1) 1864

Maria Elisabeth Simons
1843-1871

Adrianus Martinus Brocken
1864-1940
Anna Maria Brokken
1865-????
(2) 1872

Maria Anna Smets
1844-1877

Joannes Theodorus Brocken
1873-1953
Cornelis Hubertus Brocken
1875-1953
Johannes Baptist Brocken
1876-1949
(3) 1878

Antonia van Drunen
1843-1908


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Birthday April 10, 1841

  • Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1841: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 20 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
    • April 4 » William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
    • April 6 » U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in, two days after having become President upon William Henry Harrison's death.
    • June 28 » The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.
    • July 18 » Coronation of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
    • November 13 » James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.

Day of marriage February 7, 1878

  • The temperature on February 7, 1878 was about 0.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

Day of death November 11, 1917

  • The temperature on November 11, 1917 was between 0.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
    • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
    • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
    • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
    • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
    • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.


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